Create a personal ethical philosophy and explain from which philosophies you created it and why the
contents are important and meaningful for you. List its precepts.
Take your personal ethical philosophy statement and use it to work through the famous case of the Ring of
Gyges. This story raises the question of what sanctions prevent people from just taking any liberties they
are inclined to take. The whole subject of ethics, seen in large scale, is that of accepting and living under
moral standards.
What would you do if you had that second ring?
What else within this course helps in responding to this fictitious situation or in explaining it?
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Are they holding true to their own personal
ethical philosophies in their resolutions of the dilemma? Further the dialogue by providing more
information and clarification.