1. Is it more important to be a good person or to perform good acts (virtue ethics vs. action ethics)?

I believe that it is more important to perform good acts then to be a good person.  Yes, being a good person is a great quality but just having this quality isn’t enough if you don’t put it to good use.  The world is full of hate and discrimination.  I feel that if more people performed good acts these would decrease.  The world needs people to go outside of their comfort zones and do more good acts.  We need more people to take actions as doing good acts can be viewed as a domino effect.  Once someone sees another person taking action it tends to bring more people to do the same.  Whether it is helping them out or simply making them want to perform a good act towards someone else or even better themselves.  Doing good acts will have so many positive effects that it will definitely change this world and the people in it for the better.

3) Does the process by which decisions are made matter more than the outcomes of these decisions (procedural justice vs. distributive justice)?

I feel that the process by which decisions are made matter more than the outcomes of these decisions.  Thinking of all the possible options before making a decision will lead a person to choose the correct one.  Everyone knows that all decisions have consequences whether they are good or bad.  By using a good decision making process and thinking things through, you can actually have the outcomes be positive ones.  A person can even alter the results of a decision by considering the other alternatives and choosing one that will be more of a benefit.  This will in turn have a different influence on others as well.  If a person realizes how important the decision making process is, they will learn how to think things through and look toward how the consequences of their decisions will effect not only themselves but others as well.  This will enable them to make the proper choices for all.

6) Is my own life worth more than the lives of others, the same, or less (selfishness vs. altruism)?

I am a person who put others before myself; therefore, I must say I feel that others’ lives are worth more than my own.  I always put other peoples’ needs before my own.  I have always found myself caring for and going out of my way to help others even though it meant I sacrificed things I needed.  I have already bought others something that I would have liked but found I wouldn’t spend the money on myself and preferred spending it on someone else.  In high school I had my baseball bag stolen with items in it which included not only by baseball things but my wallet and sneakers as well.  I ended up not being worried about what I lost but found that I was worried that the kid who took them did so as he was in need.  I even felt guilty in the fact that I had these “extras” when he didn’t even have the “basics”.