Where Do You Come From? Start your essay off by describing the moral foundation you lived with as a child and/or young person – i.e., your roots. Describe what you believe to be the most important character traits your family of origin valued. If you had more than one family/home growing up, describe the one you think was most influential.
Where Are You Now? What resonates with you, today, when you ask yourself the question “How do I want to live my life?” and “What do I expect from other people and from institutions?” Who you are today is significantly impacted by the values and beliefs you were exposed to growing up. That doesn’t mean we always mirror our childhood belief system! Some people do remain consistent, other people are influenced by other sources and change over time. What character traits do you value right now, in yourself and from others? What new influencers shaped your moral foundation as you moved from childhood to adulthood?
Where You Want to Be: Are you exactly the person you want to be right now? Or do you have goals for your own moral growth and development? Describe those goals for personal growth, explain why a change in this direction is important to you, and describe what you think will need to happen for you to make the needed changes in order to “walk the talk.”
Ethical Connection: Connect your journey to approaches to global ethics and specific ethical theories: Consider the ethical theories we have learned about in this course (reference the framework if needed). In week 1 you identified an ethical approach that resonated with you – now,at the end of the course, is your answer the same? Which theory makes the most sense to you as a lens for ethical decision-making? Why does it make more sense than the others? Can you connect that theory, and its approach to ethical questioncixs, to your own ethical journey?
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