As
I reflect on the course and the top three key lessons you take away from the
course is the various aspects of how ethics is incorporated into society. The
text for the course painted a picture about ethics in a different shade of grey
as outlined simply through the understanding of the Golden Rule in week two to
the abstract thoughts about world hunger. I think the biggest conclusion is
that ethics is not meant to have a silver lining but application throughout
each day. I gained insight and abstract ideas of how affirmative action works
for and against the system. I perhaps was slightly ignorant to the third order
effects but now realize the impacts and although support equality, would not
support it through this program. Lastly, I think I have a different
understanding of the truth and how it can be applied, omitted, and bent which
all presents separate ethical implications.
Overall
my perceived value of this course is large in that ethics in general, as
pointed out in the course, is but a scratch on the surface in most
universities. I’d like to think that had more ethics been incorporated the
Enron, Housing Market and other scandals would likely have been prevented. The positive aspects of this course were that
it provided me a greater level of insight and slightly different understanding
of ethics. I have a better understanding of what is ethics personally, but also
how society can often ignorantly overlook ethics. A negative aspect of this
course is that I slated it against a relatively busy schedule and some areas
wish I could have gone more in-depth but under severe time constraints. I think
to improve your learning experience it would have been to slate this course
aside from being deployed and taking MSLD 500 as well.
I
think the course was well rounded; the focus was not too myopic per subject. I
actually like that am incorporating various ethical topics which were very relevant
to current events. An example of relevance is the concern over gun control and
the recent Florida Case involving George Zimmerman. I think if I could alter
this course in any way it would be to reduce the weeks that had two discussion
questions down to one so the comments and focus would be more concentrated.
Having multiple discussion questions per week tends to water down the comments
slightly. Overall, the course was great and provides various views of ethics on
several topics which have a significant impact in general.
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