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Ms. O’Keefe
American Literature
April 5, 2019
Ethics is the moral principles that govern a person's behavior, like doing what you know is right
based on who we are as people. My definition of justice is the right thing being done fairly and
truthfully. Ethics and justice can be related because they both come back to the idea of being
right and doing the right thing. The ethical framework that guides my rules is the duty
framework because it follows giving everyone dignity and respect. Following one's own moral
My 10 rules to live by, on how to be a good person for me are for everyone and some involve
myself. The rules are Do no harm, Be honest to everyone, Show everyone love, Help anyone you
can, Don’t judge anyone, Push yourself to be outgoing and talk to people, Always speak your
mind, Stand up for what’s right and yourself, Don’t give into what others say of you, Always
think 3 times before making a decision. Do no harm means to not kill or hurt anyone because it’s
the right thing to do. Being honest to everyone goes along with being fair/equal to everyone and
treating people the same. Showing everyone love also has a similar meaning to treating every
individual the same which is the right good thing to do. Not judging people and helping anyone
you can are acts of kindness but like in a way something us as people should do because it’s the
right thing to do. Theses rules use the duty framework and are natural duties people should
follow. For the other rules involving yourself reading this or me following these rules to Push
yourself to be outgoing and talk to people, Always speak your mind, Stand up for yourself, Don’t
give into what others say of you, Always think 3 times are rules to follow for yourself as a
person in order to make good decisions and make you live more of a honest life being a good
person. These use duty, consequentialist framework and the virtue framework with following
what you think is right and by following these rules my life would change and change in the way
I act in my life with situations or on the daily. My rules each guide with the Duty framework
because they apply to all and are doing the right thing in any given situation looking out for the
I developed my list based on my frameworks and justice papers. I also used my own knowledge
and how I would want to be treated as well. I made rules based on what is the right way to act as
people with everyone not just one subjected person. Some revisions I had to make were to make
my rules follow the same idea but not all be the same have each something different to do in a
way for people or themselves. I made these changes so that my rules were open enough to be
I think my life would maybe be a little harder but just because some people aren’t used to this
type of full open honesty and kindness giving them a hard time to accept it. Maybe as a person
you will feel better and more free to the fact you're playing by your rules and treating everyone
the same with respect and giving yourself rules to be a good person. I think the world would be a
better place because if everyone is honest, treating people equally and showing each other
respect then there would be more kindness, honesty bring people more together and not keeping
things from each other causing betrayal and other feelings which cause people to turn against
each other.