iBook Readings: Ethics Section

Open the iBook in the application, and read the "Ethics" section.

This section covers the readings: 1) Exodus 20 2) The Qur'an Surah 6 3) Transcripts of the Salem Witch Trials 4) Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

For each of those readings, answer the following comprehension questions. Keep a running word document and submit all the questions at once when you are finished with all of the readings and all of the questions.

EXODUS 20

1. What paradigms, or models, does exodus provide for the Israelites?
2. Who wrote or transcribed the commandments?
3. Why should one “honor thy mother and father”?

Qur’an Surah 6: 151-153 and Surah 17: 23-39

1. How does this passage compare and contrast to the Ten Commandments?
2. What social and economic problems are evident in the cultural context of this passage?
3. Does the passage provide justifiable reasons to kill?
4. What does Allah want his followers to follow?

Transcripts of the Salem Witch Trials

1. A government ruled by priests and dictated from religion is what form of government?
2. What does religious freedom mean in the United States?
3. What role does the devil play in witchcraft?
4. Who was Martha Carrier?

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

1. How does Benjamin Franklin define the virtue of Order?
2. How does Benjamin Franklin define the virtue of Industry?
3. According to Franklin’s hypothesis and experiment, are people capable of moral perfection?
4. According to Benjamin Franklin, what role does habit play in moral conduct?
5. Although having failed in his experiment, what positive aspects does Franklin believe he takes away from the experience?