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Moral Studies final was on Friday.

Sorry all you poor poor friends of mine who had to endure my whinings on Thursday night.

And sorry to Jeff and Rezza who had to listen to me recite the whole sub chapter on the Deontological Theory, Egoism and Utilitarianism.

Sorry to Ai Ling who I didnt lend my notes to in the end cause I coudnlt leave early, and for giving her a heart attack everytime I blatantly turn around in the exam hall to confirm some of my answers

Sorry to Raisha who I did the same thing too =)

Sorry to Nicholas who I didnt let copy me in the end.

Sorry to Simone for copying my obviously-wrong answers

Sorry to Ms Ting for stepping on her toe when I was jumping up and down after the exam =(


Well, the exam was...quite bad.

HOW COULD I FORGET THAT THERE IS NO ELEMENT OF UTILITARIANISM IN PRUDENTIAL CLAIM??? I CONSIDERED PRUDENTIAL CLAIM MY SAFEST BET!

WHY DID I CHANGE MY ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION :

Is Nirvana part of the Four Noble Truths?

Well, the four noble truths are
1) full of suffering
2) cause of suffering
3) ending of suffering
4) end of suffering

Well, Ms Geetha said that end of suffering is Nirvana. So I put that it was right....but then Ai Ling said 'NO! ITS NOT!' and Raisha too.

So I changed it

AAARRRRGGHHH (hopefully their correct =( )

And I didnt think "Kant Ethics" was important, so I just glossed over it, and there was one objective question on it!

I remembered Place Inclination and Rigorism, but forgot Abstraction =(

And how am I supposed to know :
Do followers of Immanuel Kant oppose war?

I put yes.... (I didnt know, so followed ai ling)

AND THEN RIGHT!!!

Does the Koran only apply to Muslims?

I put yes....eventhough there was this nagging feeling that it wasnt...then after passing up I realised that IT APPLIES TO ALL MANKIND!!!!

And though I memorised Kesh, Kanggha, Kara, Kashera and Kirpan it didnt come out! Geetha said it would!!!

Thank God the essay question that came out was on Ethical Code. 10 marks are mine! I remembered all!!! Intrinsic Motivation, Special Terminology, Believed Justification, Believed Important, Admiration or esteem, and Feeling of guilt and disapproval!

But I didnt know the 0.5mark question on the Frankeal Approach. But thank god I remembered that the Altruistic principle was the one that was noble and not the Justice Principle =)


For Structural, the question was that I was wrongly put into prison though I did moral deeds for the benefit of my fellow citizens but they hated me anyway, and my friends have come up with a plan to bribe me out of prison and to send me and my family into exile..


So I said that I wouldnt do it, cause theres no guarantee itll succeed, and since I did nothing wrong God will remind me, and that I didnt want to support corruption by bribing, or tax my family.

And then I connected it to the Utilitarianism and Deontological Theory : Duty : Principle of Goodwill...sayin that since I practice the principle of Utility since I do stuff that encourages maximum pleasure for the most number of people Im in the right by the Utilitarianism Theory, and since I do it from the bottom of my heart and with pure good intentions Im right in the Deontological Theory.

Then I realised I didnt answer the question on why I wouldnt escape based on the theories I follow.

So I said that if I escape, it would discourage pleasure for society so I would be going against the Utilitarianism theory, and Ill be not doing good and will be being selfish so itll be going against the Deontological Theory : Duty : Principle of Goodwill. And I would be going against my moralilty, and itll just prove to society that Im not a moral person and all my moral deeds would go to waste. And God will reward me anyway even if I die.

Then I added this fatal line :

Afterall, its just death!


The question on Existentialism was very very easy. I just had to put that they believe that man had no creator and luckily I memorized that The Principle of Categorical Imparative said that the moral had to be generally accpeted, and that the person may be willing if their in an oppressed situation.


YAY!!

I CAN PASS!!!

It wasnt so bad after all =p

There were obviously tonnes more questions, but I forgot all of them =p