What is an Informed Conscience?

Read the following scenario and answer the questions:

Roger Smith, a quite competent swimmer, is out for a leisurely stroll. During the course of his walk he passes by a deserted pier from which a teenage boy who apparently cannot swim has fallen into the water. The boy is screaming for help. Smith recognizes that there is absolutely no danger to himself if he jumps in to save the boy; he could easily succeed if he tried. Nevertheless, he chooses to ignore the boy’s cries. The water is cold and he is afraid of catching a cold — he doesn’t want to get his good clothes wet either. “Why should I inconvenience myself for this kid,” Smith says to himself, and passes on.

1.) There are always TWO sides to a conscience. What would Roger’s conscience be telling him?

In order to make a decision doctor’s access a wide range of medical knowledge and patient history in order to diagnose a problem and treatment. The same principle can be applied to making moral decisions. We must be well informed regarding all the facts of the situation, moral values, virtues and laws in order to make our final decision. Therefore, an informed catholic conscience is an educated conscience that knows in any given situation.

Roger Smith’s conscience would be telling him to either help the boy with his swimming, or not to care less about him but focus about himself and do what is right for himself not the boy.

2.) Think of an example of Jesus’ teaching and explain how his teachings can help us to make an appropriate decision?

Jesus’ main teaching is to love one another. Roger displayed no love, but if he was a holy person who alsways prayed, God would have lead him to righteousness and helped him make the correct decision in by helping the young boy.

1. Open up the Values of Jesus Worksheet.
2. Complete exercise 7 - Questions 1 & 2 only.

1. – Believe that God is my saviour and help in times of struggle.

- Believe that there is always faith in God

- To love one antoher as God has loved us (being that it is his ultimate will for us).

2. – Respect others

- Believe in myself

- Believe in others

- Respect myself

- Do not get jealous of anyone

- Don’t be greedy of my needs and wants

1. You shall have no other Gods but me. a
2. You shall not make for yourself any idol, nor bow down to it or worship it. b
3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. c
4. You shall remember and keep the Sabbath day holy. d
5. Respect your father and mother. e
6. You must not kill. f
7. You must not commit adultery. g
8. You must not steal. h
9. You must not give false evidence against your neighbour. i
10. You must not be envious of your neighbour’s goods. You shall not be envious of his house nor his wife, nor anything that belongs to your neighbour. j

1 the term interactive tv mean when the user can interact with tv like on fox the red botton allows you to do many things such as playing games or showing replays in a footy match.

2 tv 2.0 mean the next level of tv

3 young people may become distracted from other things a positive it opens up new learning environments

4 apple tv was changed because it was working the way it was meant to

1.) Define the term ‘digital media’.

The term ‘digital media’ refers to any type of information in digital format including computer-generated text, graphics and animations, as well as photographs.

2.) How has digital media evolved over the last 5-10 years? Digital media has evolved rapidly and quickly over 5 – 10 years. It has changed by new advances in those technologies and the products. An example qould be the completely complicated made radio taking a long time to create is now only on your mobile phone being portable.

3.) Discuss the reasons why digital newspapers are extremely popular? Seeing that they are interesting to follow and read as well as being more presentable.

1.) Watch the following clip:

Scenario 1: You are on a train coming home from a day at the beach. The train stops at a station and a group a youths get on the train and start bashing an elderly ethnic man. You notice people getting off the train.

Discuss what you would do in this situation.

In this situation I would firstly observe the problem in a quicker reaction and see what is going on. Then if I know I am able to I would either tell the young kids to stop, or if the matter is too dangerous security might have to step in.

Scenario 2: You get a message from a girl that you are interested asking you to come over her house. When you get there a number of her friends are present and they say they are bored. One of them promotes the idea of going for a walk and causing a riot. At first you tell them “No way”. However, the girl you like states that “she will like you more if you go”.

Discuss what you would do in this situation.

Well if I didn’t want to go in that matter I would have to let that matter slide seeing that it could get too rough and very dangerous. I would not go this time.

1.) Explain the difference between ’secular’ and ‘non-secular’.

Secular-of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal  

Non-Secular- 

2.) Provide FIVE links to media organisaions who provide media to the public.

Channel Ten

Channel Nine

Channel Seven

ABC

BBC

3.) Select ONE event current in the news media and provide a summary.

Paul McArtney, a former ‘Beetle’ was resently in a bitter divorce settlement, it was today resolved. His wife, Heather Mills, walked away with $52.3 million. This is a current event, and is currently in the headlines, for all the wrong reasons.