Blog Assignment #2

1. Were the questions on the Moral Sense Test difficult to answer (psychologically, emotionally, conceptually, technically, etc.)? Why or why not? Do you think your responses to the Moral Sense Test questions were consistent? Does this matter?
I do not think the questions were hard in the ways listed above because the questions to me did not all seem to questions morals. I also believe that my answers for the test were basically consistent. I also do believe that a persons answers to that type of test should stick to the same pattern.

2. Should people always follow the law? Why or why not? When might one be justified in NOT following the law? Give examples.
In most events I believe that people should follow the law. Laws are put in place to protect the people who abide them. However, there are rare instances that a person who breaks a law does it for a justified reason. For example if a persons dog is well trained and not a threat to the people outside and also the dog follows its owner then breaking the leash law would be okay. googl

3. In your own words, explain what "social convention" means. Give examples.
Social conventions are generally accepted standards that a large group of the population follow together. For example the question about a man with the flu sneezing into a person wine glass is not immoral but it does break a social convention. That specific social convention would be invading a persons personal space and attacking them with your flu germs. Another convention it breaks is that the person was gross.


4. Should people always follow the conventions of their society? Why or why not? Give examples.
For the most part following the conventions of a society does tend to keep people out of social speculation. On the flip side of following social conventions, if a society is perhaps twisted or has social conventions that are out of date then a individual should not follow them.


5. Should people always follow their own principles? Why or why not? Give examples.
Depending on the principles the person has then people could follow their own. If a person's principles effect other people then they shouldn't be followed. For instance, if a person is racist then their principles would deal with ostracizing people different from them. Those principles should not be followed.


6. Explain in your own words the difference between socially acceptable, legally acceptable, and morally acceptable.
Socially acceptable deals with social conventions and other set rules agreed upon by a society.
Legally acceptable things deal with the laws that are written in a society and if they are broken a person would be punished for it.
Morally acceptable instances are the problems that a person has to decide whats right or wrong for them.


7. Out of 25 points, how many points do you feel your work on this assignment deserves? Justify your answer.
25, I believe I deserve complete points because I took the time and answered the questions fully and elaborated on each answer.