Scenario 1: You are on a train coming home from a day at the beach. The train stops at a station and a group a youths get on the train and start bashing an elderly ethnic man. You notice people getting off the train.
Discuss what you would do in this situation.
In this situation I would have called the local train station and informed them about what was happening on the train. I would not have wanted to get involved in the situation and tried to physically stop them as I know that God has other plans for me on the earth.
Scenario 2: You get a message from a girl that you are interested asking you to come over her house. When you get there a number of her friends are present and they say they are bored. One of them promotes the idea of going for a walk and causing a riot. At first you tell them “No way”. However, the girl you like states that “she will like you more if you go”.Discuss what you would do in this situation.
In this situation I would just leave and lose all my association with her and her friends because my mum told me once that if you have a friend that is not responsible just dont be associated with them. I would also do this on any occasion regardless of what she had told me.
A persons conscience is basically what they think is the right think to do in the situation. In a conscience a person will make an action based on what they feel is right.
2. Describe how a person’s conscience works in making moral decisions. Explain the relationship between religion and conscience.
A persons conscience can influence ones moral maturity and decision making. A conscience can help make a moral decision. Basically it means that by using your consciece you can think about making the right moral decision in a situation. The realtionship between religion and conscience is that religion relates to ones beliefs and conscience refers to ones personal decision, to sum it all up you could say that they both are about what you believe is right. E.g. Having a conscience to do the thing that Jesus would do and making the moral decision.
Moral Maturity refers to having the correct conscience to make the right decision in life.
2. Discuss the reasons why the 25 year old man mentioned in the article would be regarded as having a lack of moral maturity.
The man in the article would be regarded as having a lack of moral maturity for the following reasons.
Fighting Back: The man had a choice not to fight at the police. He could have just remained calm and not fight back. However because the man responded back with aggression he would face a bigger charge. And he had the nerve to want to get in more trouble which can be described as not having any moral maturity.
Resisting Arrest: When he was chased down by the police the man would have known for sure that he was no hope of escape and could have easily made a choice to surrender.
3. Identify the differences between ‘morality’ and ‘immorality’.
Morality means to make the right or wrong decision based on ones concsience. The meaning of immorality however is to go against the moral rules. The difference between the two is that morality is making a decision based on good morals however immorality is to make decisions based on ones own decisions without thinking of the moral rules.
4. Watch the clip and describe the reasons why Governor Spitzer’s actions would be regarded as ‘immoral’.
As many people would know, the internet has become a natural part of our world. People access it all the time in different corners of the earth. However while the internet is very useful their are some countries which have placed bans on it. These countries are: Belarus, Burma, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Lybia, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Vietnam. The countries which have banned the internet are referred to as the “enemies of the Internet.”
2. Describe what the following image is about. (Provide two websites to support your findings)
This image depicts how youtube is banned in various countries by showing different cultures. It mainly shows China because of the Chinese flag and the Chinese man. China has banned Youtube due to a large amount of protesters from Tibet. The man in the image is the leader of the Tibetan Community.
The first website which shows this is http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/16/tibet-china-blocks-y.html
This website shows a news report of the Chinese people blocking Youtube. The website shows the protest which was on the 16th of March. The reason that youtube was blocked was due to people posting videos of protests by the Tibetan people
The second website is almost the same but however is a bit more detailed. This site however talks about what kind of videos were posted. The videos posted contained montages of images, music and video.
3. Provide evidence of at least FIVE sources (Websites, newspapers, blogs, videos etc) that discuss reasons why these countries have taken such a drastic approach.
This is a short video which shows simple reasons as to why the Chinese Government has banned youtube. It only identifies the reasons however.
4. Discuss how you would feel if the Australian Government Banned the Internet. What privileges would you lose?
If the Australian Government had banned all access to the internet in Australia I would be at a complete loss. The average Australian relies on the Internet for almost everything. Almost every household contains a computer with internet access. If the Australian Constitution were to ban the Internet it would be good for both sides. However in order to find out if the action is fair one must look at both sides of the topic. As a personal opinion though I would be fairly disappointed as I would be at a big loss of my life. The internet has been known to contain harmful sites to computers. Some aspects include theft identity, credit card details and money stolen online, pornography and cyber bullying. However on a positive side though the internet is a great resource for information, excellent form of communication, keeps old friends back in touch, helps people on the other side of the globe, is a great opportunity to be more knowledgeable and a lot more.
If the internet was banned by the Australian Government I would not be able to talk to my friends which many people decide in the world is a complete waste of time. While many believe this, software such as Msn is helpful for people like me who’s team mates in debating have Msn. With Msn we can discuss topics for practice debates etc. For our group work as well it is very helpful. Another privilege which I would lose is an access to simple and easy information which makes it easier than going through a 10 000 page book. To be honest however I would be a fair bit dissapointed.
Using the internet find and research descriptions for the roles of the following newspaper personnel:
Editor-A person in the newspaper company who will go over and re-read work. The editor is also responsible for determining what will be in the final article/publication.
Reporter-The reporter is the person who will go to the scene/incident and interview or report news as it is.
Journalist-A journalist is a person who writes down the dialogue and make a report. It is important as a jornalist that the report is not biased to the public.
Designer-Designers in newspaper are responsible for the layout of the newspaper. E.g. positioning and size of pictures, where articles should go, consider the size of the page etc. Designers are the reason that newspapers have good aesthetics.
1. Explain the difference between secular and non-secular.
Secular is a term used when groups and organisations should not be involoved with religion.
Non-secular however means activities which are religious such as praying and going to church.
2. Provide 5 links to media organisations who provide media to the public.
Daily Telegraph-www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/
Fox Sports-www.foxsports.com.au/
Channel Nine-http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/
Sydney Morning Herald-www.smh.com.au
Channel Seven-http://au.tv.yahoo.com/tv/seven/
Q3. Select one event in the news currently in the news and provide a summary.
An event currently in the news is the whaling situation which the Japanese are conducting. For almost the past century Australia’s whales have been targeted by Japanese whaling ships. These ships launch harpoons at the whales which are then sent to be eaten in Japan. The ships have been confronted by Australian GreenPeace ships who are trying to resolve this conflict.
