Rory Faust

5/14/06

 

“What I Really Learned in this Junior Morality Course”

 

 

         This year in morality class I have become more and more of an absolute moral standard developing around me and in myself.  I am beginning to see that in most situations, there is right way to solve the problem.  Whether we chose to carry through with what we realize is the moral thing to do or not is up to us however.  That is not to say however that we don’t feel a very strong calling to do what our conscience tells us is right.  

Almost all well-founded moral systems preach the same things such as to refrain from lying, to avoid war, and to not harm the innocent.  We can even form our own moral system if we have a sound conscience.  If we simply take our time to think about what we ought to do, we will come up with the right thing to do.  Thinking slowly and carefully is very important when making moral decisions and this year, this course has helped me to slow my decision-making process down.  By thinking slower and more concisely, I have been able to make what I feel was the right moral decision on several occasions.

This course has also helped me to know myself better and to discover who I really am and what my morals were even before I consciously knew I had them.  The right speech experiment was a big help in examining myself and understanding myself better.

What I have picked up on the most this year have been the facts and knowledgeable facets of morality such as Catholic Moral Teachings, Jesus’ morality, and morality concerning war, medicine, and business.  Morality class has made me aware of the factual side of morality which has helped guide me a lot because I am a logical person who needs facts and proof.  Morality is not some kind of religion or weird faith, but it is a simple yet important ideology that goes on all around us.  For example, the Catholic Church presents its most concise interpretation of morality in the Catechism, Jesus’ morality is found written throughout much of the New Testament, and morality plays huge roles in three of the dominating influences on our lives today: war, medicine, and business.

This Morality class has been a way for me to learn more not only about morality at play in the world, but also the morality that I possess and the morality with which I live my life.  The class has expanded me as a moral person and has made me more aware and respectful of the big world that surrounds me.