Wednesday, July 1, 2015

SERVICE TO OTHERS

In CAS, doing service reflects ethical ideas on what we owe to others.  With your own  service activities in mind, exchange your thoughts with the rest of your classmates on the following questions.  Remember to do the following:  Answer the questions individually and then comment at least one of your classmates posts (you may comment more than once.)

  1. In your own service activities within CAS, have you ever encountered moral dilemmas?  If so, how have you thought about them, resolved them or learned from them?
  2. Consider the following question taken from the IB CAS subject guide.  They are questions asked by both CAS and TOK.  Exchange ideas with classmates on what "ethical education" involves and what "obligation" means -especially as it comes not from outside yourself, but within.
  • In what ways might CAS be said to promote ethical education?
  • Is service to others, in whatever form, a moral obligation?
  • If so, on what might the obligation be based? If not,  why not?