MARINETH RAMOS

EDUC 202 – ADVANCED PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

QUESTION NUMBER 3.

COMMENT ON THE FOUNDATION OF MORALITY “DO GOOD AND AVOID EVIL”

“Do good and avoid evil” is one of the many foundation of morality that i believe.

Being a teacher, mother and an individual this ethics guides me to choose the actions

needed in every situation to promote life, and happiness all the time. To know what is

right we need to know the basic principles in life and to think rationally in every situation.

Always remember that choosing to do good means choosing something that is good to

do.

Every individual has a fair share of evilness in the heart or in their personality. So

one of the biggest question that needs answer is, how we can avoid evil? For me first

and foremost is too seek guidance to our God, He is the one who always guide us in our

everyday life. He may give us challenges in life but these challenges will be our test to

be better individual for our family and to the society. Always seek for guidance and

wisdom to our God because he will never fails us. Another is to be rational in every

situation that we are in, don’t make decisions that you will regret. Don’t make decisions

when you are angry because it will affect your rationality in every situation. Trying to

achieve something good by doing something bad is never the right thing to do. Maybe

there are situations that you need to be bad but it is always up to us if we are going to
be bad or to be good individuals. Choosing a bad moral object is always bad, no matter

what good purpose might motivate that choice.

Being a good person does not depend on your religion or status in life, your race

or skin color, political views or culture. It depends on how good you treat others. Always

remember that we must treat people the way we want to be treated is one of the biggest

indicators that you are human in the sense that you see goodness in other people.

Always see goodness in every individual that you meet. Be understanding and always

see the both sides of story. Don’t judge people on how they dress, how they speak, and

their family. Be nice to everyone and show kindness especially to those people who

needed it. Always show respect to every person that we meet whether he is a President

or a janitor in an area. Everyone has their own story and it is not your story to tell.

Always choose a morally good object for the sake of a morally good end. Being a

good person is not hard, but it doesn’t just happen. As much as anything else, you have

to be a good person and make choices that correspond with your beliefs. No matter

where you are in your life. Good decision always results good outcome.