Tuesday, May 25, 2010

A motivational Talk......?

I have noted with concern that matters relating to morals and ethics are rarely discussed in the open. This issue is treated like a very personal matter. Indeed it is a matter of personal choice to be ethical or not to be. That could be the reason it is not easy to teach ethics in the traditional classroom setting.Ethics and integrity is all about our actions and our thoughts when no one is looking. It is against this background that i feel convicted to organise a motivational talk instead of a forum.The talk aims at demonstrating that there are some leaders who have made a difference in the society by their choice to uphold moral and ethical convictions. I have in mind a speaker who is an extremely experienced person in the issue of corruption especially corruption in governance. He has advised the United Nation on corruption related matters for many years.I can not give out his name at this stage because i need to talk to him first. Do you have suggestions of your own? I have never organised a motivational talk before , so please feel free to share some tips that will make this event a success here at UQ. I think it is better we have the event in middle of June. What do you guys think? looking forward to hear from you.....
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  1. richiejones789May 27, 2010 at 8:06 AM

    Hi Mary, I really agree with what you have said about morals and ethics. You are definitely correct in that it is a hard subject to teach in a class room without imposing the teacher's ethics on the students. I think it is possible to learn about ethics though and how they can be considered culturally relative of universal. The Universalistic view on ethics will argue that there are ethics that apply to everyone, like in religions. The culturally relative view assumes that our ethics reflect our socialisation process relevant to whatever culture we grew up in. I also agree that it is not often spoken about in an open manner and like conversation about philosophy or religion it seems to occur infrequently. Sometimes when you do manage to get someone to talk about these big questions the person turns out to be really passionate about it. Thanks for your thought provoking post and I think your community project is very noble. Seeyou in class, Richard :)

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  2. maryMay 29, 2010 at 7:18 PM

    Thanks Richie,
    Your raise valid ways of looking at ethics and values. That it can be urgued that there are those values that have a universal application and they can be the core values. I have been thinking of what a good idea it would be for a society to agree on some core values that shape it. In deed as an international student who was coming to Australia for the first time, I was given comprehensive information to read about the core values of the Australian society. I was impressed by the respect given to individual freedoms.And my favourite was the value that respected family as a core unit of the Australian society.I love family deeply and any society that encourages it deserves a pat on the back. My prayer is that other societies will be inspired to do so.

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  3. UnknownJune 1, 2010 at 7:17 AM

    Hi Mary,

    I agree that morals and ethics are something very personal in nature. This is because (to me) moral and ethical values are entirely dependent on the conscience of a person. Conscience is a human faculty that judges right from wrong.So, if someone has a good and active conscience, I believe that he/she will be a more ethical person.

    Re:motivational talk that would be a great idea. Looking forward to it:-)

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