13. Crime needs to be punished to reestablish the balance of morality that has been disturbed when someone has violated laws or moral rules. True or False.
14. In the movie “Doubt” Sister Aloysius, the School Principle, believed that stepping outside the Church or away from God in the pursuit of wrongdoing was ok. Is this a sound ethic for religion? Why or Why not?
15. Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” How would that statement relate to the study of Ethics?
16. What did we learn about ethics from the movie “Game Show.”
13- The given statement is TRUE
14- No. This is not at all a sound ethic for religion. Such a mental framework may tend to scatter the feeling of preconceived notions and may drastically degenerate the faith of the common people in the divine and the set absolute standards. This may further communicate the zero utility of religion not only for the theists but even for the atheists and further worsen the tendencies to act.
15- During Socrates's trial for impiety, Socrates had uttered the given sentence. Living under the rules set by others without any questioning, analysis, investigation and enquiry was of no utility at all for Socrates. But it's very difficult to bring this statement into reality as the human life includes many aspects which are not examined but done, acted upon and lived on the basis of faith, love and affection, for example, Life in relation with family and friends.
16- The thirst of the human beings after the materialistic aspects of this very life specifically power and fame leads humans nowhere. The vicious circle of truth, pride and materialism in the context of money is the core part of the movie. The movie expresses ethical dilemmas in human life through its characters.
13. Crime needs to be punished to reestablish the balance of morality that has been disturbed...