What is an Informed Conscience?In order to make a decision doctor’s access a wide range of medical knowledge and patient history in order to diagnose a problem and treatment. The same principle can be applied to making moral decisions. We must be well informed regarding all the facts of the situation, moral values, virtues and laws in order to make our final decision. Therefore, an informed catholic conscience is an educated conscience that knows in any given situation.
Read the following scenario and answer the questions:
Roger Smith, a quite competent swimmer, is out for a leisurely stroll. During the course of his walk he passes by a deserted pier from which a teenage boy who apparently cannot swim has fallen into the water. The boy is screaming for help. Smith recognizes that there is absolutely no danger to himself if he jumps in to save the boy; he could easily succeed if he tried. Nevertheless, he chooses to ignore the boy’s cries. The water is cold and he is afraid of catching a cold — he doesn’t want to get his good clothes wet either. “Why should I inconvenience myself for this kid,” Smith says to himself, and passes on.
1. There are always TWO sides to a conscience. What would Roger’s conscience be telling him?
Helpful, good side - Roger’s conscience would be telling him to go and try to save the teenage boy. Use your talent to your advantage and help someone from the danger of lossing his life.
Worry about your self, negative side - Don’t worry about him he got him self their, he can get him self out. And look at you with your new clothes, you don’t want to wreck them by getting them wet. You took the stroll to relax, not to go out and start rescuing people in need of help.
2. Think of an example of Jesus’ teaching and explain how his teachings can help us to make an appropriate decision?
In Jesus’ teachings, one of the most important parts of his life was when he sacrificed his own life for the rest of us and to take away the sins of the world. Jesus thought of making the decision of sacrificing his life because he thought it was the best thing he could of done that would benifit everyone.
Jesus is not saying to do as he did but to help people even if you think you might be in danger but in doing so would benifit another persons life and would be rewarded for that.
1. How blessed are the poor in spirit; the kingdom of God is theirs.
b) Putting trust in God not things.
d) Blessed are you in poverty; you are not shut in the false world of convention. Riches. And human security.
2. Blessed are the gentle; they shall have the earth as their inheritance.
f) Humility in all we do; non-violence.
e) Blessed are you because you are gentle, you refuse violence and aggressiveness.
3. Blessed are those who mourn; they shall be comforted.
e) Patient suffering and enduring hardships reap their reward.
Blessed are you because you get through tough times in life; your strength is one thing to remember.
4. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for uprightness; they shall have their fill.
d) Getting involved, helping the downtrodden, working for the equality of people.
b) Blessed are you because you hunger and thirst for justice; your heart beats in the rhythm of the heart of Jesus.
5. Blessed are the merciful; they shall have mercy shown them.
h) Mercy and forgiveness.
g) Blessed are you because you are merciful; you attach your heart to misery; you will receive mercy.
6. Blessed are the pure in heart; they shall see God.
g) Loving God with one’s whole heart, whole mind, whole soul.
f) Blessed are you because your heart is pure; you do not accept compromises.
7. Blessed are the peacemakers; they shall be recognised as children of God.
c) Peacemaking; loving those who are hard to love.
a) Blessed are you because at all times and at every moment y want o be an instrument of peace; seeking reconciliation above all things.
8. Blessed are those who are persecuted in the course of uprightness; the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
a) Being willing to suffer for the right thing even if abused verbally or physically; accepting the consequences of living a good life.
c) Blessed are you because you have allowed your own conscience to develop; you have accepted precaution; you have not been afraid to proclaim the truth.
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Answer the following questions on your blog:
1. Give a brief description of who the Dalai Lama is? (Include resources to support)
The Dalai Lama is a teacher that teaches Budism for 2 weeks. Many pilgrims also try and learn from these teachings threw many different translations. These classes go for the whole day.
2. Evaluate how the actions of the Dalai Lama in regard to the riots in Tibet would be regarded as exemplary moral integrity.
The Dalai Lama in regard to the riots in Tabet would be regarded as exemplary moral integraty because they are willing to help save the Tibetans from getting hurt due to the hype of the dangerous riots. This would surely help stop the riots getting worse.
The term ‘moral integraty’ refers to how certain people react to different situations they’re in, this also relates to any decisions they may make, which to there own belief is the right thing do do.
2. Describe why Maximillian Kolbe is regarded as a Christian of exemplary moral integrity.
Maximillian Kolbe is regarded as a Christian of exemplary integrity because of the certain actions he committed to his fellow cell mates and ultimately dying for a man that had a wife and kids.
3. Outline Maximilian’s ethical actions/principles that he demonstrated in Auschwitz.
Maximillian cared for everyone, even the people who have passed on he took care of by giving them a place to rest and just as i said in the above question, he took his own life for another persons, just so he can live on.
4. Evaluate whether you think he made the right decision and provide research to support your answer. i.e. Catholic teachings.
Of course Maximillian made the right decision due to the fact that he sacrifced his life for someone else. Doing that act is like the most loving thing you could do for a person and to mention he wasn’t even related to this man. This is just like the type of act that Jesus made for whole of humanity, sacrificing there own life for someone else.
The term ‘interactive TV’ is the new way of watching TV. It involves the use of your own telephone wire to download what you want to watch directly from the Internet via broadband.
2.) Explain the reasons why interactive TV is now called TV 2.0.
Interactive TV is now called ‘2.0′ due to that, usually 2.0 stands for the new or second most advanced type of this piece of technology. For example, there are certain websites/web-tools which are known as ‘2.0′. There is also the ipod where they called the second one the ‘2nd Generation’, which basically means the newer and improved one.
3.) Outline the positives and negatives of implementing interactive TV.
Positives;
You are able to watch anything you want, when you want.
Its more convenient for everyone.
In general, the world is advancing with more technology to make peoples lives better.
Negatives;
If people have a slow Internet connection, it will be slow when they download videos or TV shows.
People sill have to buy a certain box to be able to use the internet to download shows for the TV.
4.) Apple released recently Apple TV – Take 2. Describe the reasons why it needed to be changed.
Apple just admitted that the first Apple TV didn’t quite work out. It had a few things that need a few changes so this year it’s back with a new model that can access iTunes directly, and streams movies from the new rental store in both DVD quality and HD with 5.1 surround. The YouTube selection has also been expanded to 50M videos, there’s now Flickr support in addition to mac, and what’s more, the entire UI has been revamped. The new single menu interface offers quick search of all available titles, and includes access to 600 TV shows, as well as your iTunes library and HD podcasts.
1. Explain the purpose of using ‘youtube’ as a source of digital media advertising?
The purpose of using ‘Youtube’ as a source of digital media advertising is to inform people of what is to come, weather the news is as close as tomorrow or as far as 2078. It is also used as a digital media advertisement because people know that many people watch videos on this site, so they know it will get out into the public.
2. Discuss how collaborative media sites such as youtube, myspace and bebo have changed the current boundaries of media such as news, advertising ect.
These media sites such as youtube, myspace and even bebo have joined with other types of media such as news and advertisments so that they can open more doors and opportunities to having a wider and broader audiance. This also as an ad gives the advantage of relesing there product better and making the public know there brand.
3. Provide a link to an advertising commercial on youtube.
With reference to the image below and answer the following questions:
1. Define the term ‘digital media’.
Digital Media is the type of category, which groups together all the ways in which the public can receive information. This includes newspapers and magazines but in particular with the growing use of digital and hi-tech equipment, it is mainly focusing on receiving information from E-mails, mobiles, podcast, the Internet and many more.
2. How has digital media evolved over the last 5-10 years?
Digital media has evolved over the last 5-10 years due to our world constantly giving information to people via television, radio and especially the Internet. Our world is becoming vary indepandant with the use of the Internet in giving almost all the information you need, it is also accessable almost any where. For example with t.v, advertisment are always seen on television and for example in Japan and Hew York there are giant t.v’s on large buildings promoting various items.
3. Discuss the reasons why digital newspapers are extremely popular?
Digital newspapers are extremely popular due to how accessable they are for almost everyone with the internet. They are also popular because they are free of charge to view, so people can save a few dollars a week so they don’t have to pay for the newspaper at the newsagency. This also saves alot of time so either parents or the ordinary business man can do other important thing which could be at more use.
Scenario 1: You are on a train coming home from a day at the beach. The train stops at a station and a group a youths get on the train and start bashing an elderly ethnic man. You notice people getting off the train.
Discuss what you would do in this situation.
In this particular situation, I would first look around if there is any one else on the carriage of the train. If there is know one there, I would call the police ‘000′ and tell them the situation between the group of youths and the elderly man but if they got off at the next station and left the man there, I would get of and try and find someone to call the hospital to help the man, especially if he produced very serious injures, which could be fatal.
I wouldn’t go off and help the man myself due to the fact that I could get hurt.
Scenario 2: You get a message from a girl that you are interested asking you to come over her house. When you get there a number of her friends are present and they say they are bored. One of them promotes the idea of going for a walk and causing a riot. At first you tell them “No way”. However, the girl you like states that “she will like you more if you go”.Discuss what you would do in this situation.
Discuss what you would do in this situation.
In this situation, I would first ask here why she would like to go and start a riot in the first place. Of course there is no reasonable answer to its question, so I then would explain the risks involved in starting a riot and what sort of problems may arise. If she and her friends are still willing to go, I wouldn’t go even if she said she will like me more. After seeing who she really is as a person, I wouldn’t like to hang out with her any more.
