BLaw 210 1st Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture II. Philosophical GroundingsIII. Avoiding Ethical DilemmasOutline of Current Lecture IV. QuotesV. Ethics exercisesCurrent LectureAssigned Readings: Cases in the back of the book after the blue tab, Declaration of Independence; Chapters 1-4II. “The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character” – Dwight EisenhowerIII. Sincerely Held Beliefa. Character-shaping beliefb. Moral beliefsIV. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by the majority rule is a person’s conscience” – To Kill a Mockingbird – Atticus Fincha. What is conscience?i. Little voice inside you that tells you if something was right or wrong.V. Ethics Exercisea. You’re at the grocery store; you pay for your items & leave. When you get home, you realize that a pack of gum somehow got into your items that you didn’t pay for. What would you do & what should you do?i. Keep it, it was their mistakeii. Keep it, it was only $0.79iii. Return it, it can mess up inventoryiv. Keep it, food products can’t always be resold.v. Keep it, you get overcharged at times so it evens out in the endvi. Return it but not til the next time you go to the store anywayvii. Keep it if the cashier was rude.viii. What if you don’t have teeth?ix. Is sending it back to the wholesaler going to cost more than the gum itselfcost?These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.x. Return it, integrity, the cost doesn’t matter.xi. Call the store to see if they want you to return it so at the least you’re clearing your own conscienceb. You come to a stoplight at 2:00am, it’s red. There are no cameras, no law enforcement or anyone else around. Do you stop or not? What are you thinking & actually saying?i. Stop – it will change eventuallyii. Stop – out of habitiii. Go – why wait?iv. California stopv.