University:
Seton Hall University
Course:
RELS1503 | Christian ethics
Academic year:

2024
Views:

135

Pages:

2
Author:

Andrea B.

Andrea Borg Professor Ethics 9/15/2021 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 is a very interesting chapter in explaining how we can find the good in life and see beyond things that maybe you can’t normally see which is present in our everyday even if it is the good in little things. In this chapter the authors use the same example of someone who is an expert wine. One might think that most wines taste similar, whereas someone who is an expert at wine knows the different level of taste or maybe notices the thickness of the wine, simple things that maybe someone who doesn’t take wine very often can’t see the good in, same as a farmer, they could see the goodness and richness of a tomato compared to other tomatoes, whereas we potentially see every tomato the same. Also, in this chapter they explain that no one knows what their destination is going to be in the future and that moral life is an adventure and throughout this adventure there are going to be some bumpy roads and difficulties and during this journey you will start to mature and see the good in the little things every day, “Rather than a simple journey to a known destination, the moral life is a quest… it is a quest, not to faraway lands, but to seek the good in little things dayto-day” (page 29). The way I interpret this is that there are going to be struggles all the time in life, but it is very important to see the good in things everyday to lead you onto the right path to the destination you should be at. Another thing they explain in the book that I found very interesting is to not have one view of life and be close minded, try and learn new things. For example, in this chapter they use the example of Allegory of the cave. If the prisoners where to someday see the light instead of the shadows they would feel uncomfortable and not want to take that path because all they know are the shadows, but then you could argue that they will never know if they prefer to sun over the shadow because they aren’t trying it. ”Plato suggests that our world is a reflection of what is ture and good, but that seeing the true and good requires risk and transformation”(page 31). So, in life try go out of your comfort zone as you might find something else that you are passionate about throughout your life journey and might take you to a different destination that could do you better. (Professor, I wasn’t in class last class so I couldn’t relate it to what the students were saying)