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Introduction To Ethics Question Paper
Introduction To Ethics
Course:Bachelor Of Business Information Technology
Institution: Strathmore University question papers
Exam Year:2008
STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DBT 1103: INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
SPECIAL/SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM
APRIL, 2008
TIME: 2 HOURS
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. ALL QUESTIONS CARRY EQUAL MARKS (20
MARKS EACH)
1) Describe the objective ends of Marriage
2) Explain the virtue of Temperance and say how you can live it practically.
3) Explain the meaning of Trial Marriage and give your own views on it.
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MARKING SCHEME – INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
DBit FT 1
April, 2008
QUESTION ONE
Objective Ends of Marriage:
Ordained realization of human sexuality: Sexual affectivity plays a special role in building up
a stable marriage. ‘Conjugal love’ is a specific way for the life of the couple to become good
living and for those related to them as well.
Procreation - First place where man learns to love and to be loved, and thus what it means to
be a person. Right environment for children to be born and develop their potentialities,
become aware of who they are, dignity, preparation to face their individual destiny.
Nowadays, culture of death, policies deform, destroy millions of lives; cannot merely think of
the economic element.
Mutual aid and support (material and moral) – The partners provide each other with every
type of support – of friendship, love, finances, moral, emotional.
Education of children:
The home is the best place to educate children in virtues, especially self-denial, sound
judgment and self-mastery which are the conditions for true freedom.
• Solidarity and responsibility
• Avoid degrading influences which could weaken them
• Excellent place for children to observe and learn from their parents
QUESTION TWO
Temperance:
It is the virtue that finds the just mean in any pleasurable good. It is the moderation of the
impulses which tend to go beyond the measure determined by reason.
It is a fact of nature that the functions of the body cause a certain amount of pleasure. God
Himself placed these pleasures in the body and therefore they are good. Temperance consists
in submitting these pleasures to the control of reason, a task which requires effort.
Functions of the body fulfill two ends: eating and drinking preserve the health of the
individual, while sex that of the species. Submitting these functions to the control of reason
enhances, rather than decreases, the pleasure.
Ways in which temperance can be lived in daily life:
?? Gluttony should be avoided. Leads to obesity, and therefore to bad health.
?? Abstinence recognizes that taste is important but within reason: simple meals,
balanced, properly prepared, well-presented, tasty, easily digested.
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?? Excessive drink leads to drunkenness, one of the worst forms of slavery
?? Virtue of chastity regulates the use of reproductive powers according to reason, and
reason sees that these powers exist for the good of the species, not for that of the
individual, who can and should live chastity within and outside marriage.
?? Reproductive powers should be used exclusively within marriage, and for the purpose
of marriage, that is, open to life. Marriage is not a remedy for impurity, if a person
has not been faithful before marriage, he/she will not be so, after.
?? Modesty – regulates the pleasure of dressing well, appropriate for every occasion
?? Temperance of the mind known as studiousness which is the good habit of acquiring
knowledge within reason. Opposite is the vice of curiosity by which useless or
harmful knowledge is sought; and negligence which makes us leave our talents
undeveloped.
?? Material wealth – another aspect. Not to want more without moderation; be content
with what we have, to enjoy it within reason and not be sad because someone has
more than we have or what we would like to have. Opposite vice is greed and envy.
QUESTION THREE
Pre-matrimonial relations” or “temporary relations”
Stability of marriage means total, exclusive and lasting conjugal love. Therefore no sense in
trying to experiment over a period of time, the essential totality of man/woman union before
marriage. If it succeeds, will it last throughout life without changing? If it fails, what has
failed – persons, the experiment?
What does this relationship imply? No self-mastery over his passions, wants sexual
intercourse but no commitment. When comfort, ease, disappears and difficulties appear, they
quit!
Distinguish between ‘able to do’ and ‘what ought to be done’ – we can do many things, e.g.
promiscuity, polygamy, prostitution, homosexuality, free love – but they should not be done.
Man’s acts are free, responsible, worthy of merit because he acts according to what has to be
done instead of what can be done, important to remember this in respect of marriage.
(student to give own views)
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