ASSESSMENT 1 - CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE

1. Should individual conscience alone influence our decision making?

Explain your answer with examples from real life

2. Select a current moral issue (e.g. one studied in class), and write a 500 word report which presents

1. society’s view
2. a discussion of which of the Ten Commandments may apply to the situation
3. the result for self and society if individual uninformed conscience is followed
4. the result for self and society if the steps in the STOP SIGN method or formed conscience are followed.

3. You are an alien who has come to the earth after living on a planet that has no moral code. Explain in half a page what this alien would find unusual on earth. (That is, what examples of morality would the alien find?)

CRITERIA

1.

• depth of thought
• at least four reasons from own experience or own thought

2.

• a thorough description of the moral issue
• an analysis of the Commandments which relate to the issue with explanation of why you think so
• description and understanding of real life examples of consequences of listening to an uninformed conscience
• description and understanding of real life examples of consequences of listening to an informed conscience

3.

• provide examples of actions, beliefs, philosophies, government agencies etc. which support an understanding that people are basically good and abide by an informed conscience