Ethics

This past week Easton and Alex did a great class on Ethics!  I think ethics are very similar to morals in regards to the fact that they tend to differ from person to person.  I also think morals play a key roll in ethics.  When we were all asked to share what ethics meant to us, a range of responses came up.  None of them wrong just each from a different view.

When Alex and Easton split us up in to groups my group got an example of teaching a person who you have unresolved issues with.  We had to come up with a good way and a poor way to handle the situation.  A poor way of handing an issue like that is to avoid it or to continue acting angrily towards that person.  In the position we are in as peer mentors we must put our personal life aside and be there for our students when they need help.    A better way to handle something like that is to leave your feelings at the door and be there for the person regardless of the past.  

Ethics has to do with doing what is right not necessarily what is easiest.  Who are you when people aren't looking?  The answer to that says a lot about you and what you stand for; your morals or your ethics.  Each of us will encounter a time or multiple times in our lives where doing the right thing isn't our first choice but through our experiences in this class and our time at college, we can become better individuals and do what is ethical.