Do You Think Influence You The Most In Your Interpersonal Ethical Decision-Making?

Journal #6 Ethics and Communication

1. Which source/ sources from the Ethical Compass (see class slides for a reminder) do you think influence you the most in your interpersonal ethical decision-making? Why do you think you most rely on that pointer? Where does it come from?
The source from the Ethical Compass that influences me the most in my interpersonal ethical decision-making is Intuition. I think that I rely most on this pointer because most of the time I use it, something good always comes out of it. My intuition comes from my values; is this the right or wrong thing to do?
2. What do you do when your own pointers disagree with each other (ex: what seems logical to you differs from your gut feeling about something)?

For example: What did my last experience teach me? How logical is it? What did my word of authority tell me about this subject? Was following my instinct the best decision last time?
3. What about when your pointers disagree with other people’s pointers (ex: your word of authority differs with their word of authority)? How do you analyze another person’s decision-making?
When my pointers disagree with other people’s pointers, I usually just stick with my own unless they have better logic as to why I should go with their pointer. I analyze another person’s decision-making by seeing if they have a logical enough reason for why they chose the decision that they chose.
4. In class, we discussed situations where it might be okay to lie. How did you go about determining whether each situation would be okay or not? How did you go about “drawing the line” between what is okay and what