Instructions: Each reply must be at least 250 words and have 2–3 citations in current APA format as well as integrate 1 biblical principle. Acceptable sources include any of the assigned textbooks, the Bible, outside texts, and articles from peer-reviewed journals. Not everything found in the Liberty Online Library is peer reviewed. You have to check the boxes for “Peer Reviewed” “Full Text”, and “Scholarly Journals”. On a different note, please understand that when directly quoting from the literature, APA requires that you include a page number. Textbooks: (I sent you the link to these. Let me know if you need it again) School’s online library: https://learn.liberty.edu/webapps/portal/execute/tabs/tabAction?tab_tab_group_id=_76_1 Login: [email protected] Password: Gabrielle6 Topic: What does "right" really mean? How do you know when something is truly right or wrong? Student’s thread: Rhonda Brown  DB 2-Why do peoples views on what is right or wrong differ? Top of Form Why do people’s views on what is right and wrong differ? Hosmer offers an explanation to the reason why people’s views on what is right and wrong differ. These views are influenced by personal goals being the expectations of outcomes, personal norms or the expectations of behavior, personal beliefs or the expectations of thought, and personal values as the metric to judge and prioritize. “Moral standards of behavior differ between peoples because the goals, norms, beliefs, and values upon which they depend also differ, and those goals, norms, beliefs, and values in turn differ because of variations in the religious and cultural traditions and the economic and social situations in which the individuals are immersed” (Hosmer, 2011, p. 3). Ferrell also proposes that a portion of the population adopts law and policy to dictate right and wrong, while others follow their own selective value system, or follow the philosophy that majority rules accepting group norms (Ferrell, 2017, pp. 204-206). Guorong proposes the integration of virtues with moral norms, explaining that “moral conduct is based on virtue, but it must simultaneously be consistent with common norms”, as “virtue is in most cases integrated in personality”, and “provides a premise for the formation of norms” (Guorong, 2014, p. 103).  Both virtue and norms give direction toward moral practice as virtue involves both norms and conduct in its question “what we should be” to norm’s question of “what we should do” (2014, p. 106).  An unemployed sawmill worker may embody the virtue of honesty, and adopt the norm not to use the system to survive, but to conduct an authentic livelihood. While the young lawyer may embody the virtue of kindness to God’s creation, and adopt the norm to enjoy and preserve nature.   No one would argue that either of these norms are wrong, and would agree that both individuals have reason to feel their views are right.      When invited to the meeting of the Aeropagus, Paul confronted the philosoph.

1. Instructions: Each reply must be at least 250 words and have 2–
3 citations in current APA format as well as integrate 1 biblical
principle. Acceptable sources include any of the assigned
textbooks, the Bible, outside texts, and articles from peer-
reviewed journals. Not everything found in the Liberty Online
Library is peer reviewed. You have to check the boxes for “Peer
Reviewed” “Full Text”, and “Scholarly Journals”. On a different
note, please understand that when directly quoting from the
literature, APA requires that you include a page number.
Textbooks: (I sent you the link to these. Let me know if you
need it again)
School’s online library:
https://learn.liberty.edu/webapps/portal/execute/tabs/tabAction?
tab_tab_group_id=_76_1
Login: [email protected]
Password: Gabrielle6
Topic: What does "right" really mean? How do you know when
something is truly right or wrong?
Student’s thread: Rhonda Brown
DB 2-Why do peoples views on what is right or wrong differ?
Top of Form
Why do people’s views on what is right and wrong differ?
Hosmer offers an explanation to the reason why people’s views
on what is right and wrong differ. These views are influenced
by personal goals being the expectations of outcomes, personal
norms or the expectations of behavior, personal beliefs or the
expectations of thought, and personal values as the metric to
judge and prioritize.
“Moral standards of behavior differ between peoples because
the goals, norms, beliefs, and values upon which they depend
also differ, and those goals, norms, beliefs, and values in turn
differ because of variations in the religious and cultural
traditions and the economic and social situations in which the
individuals are immersed” (Hosmer, 2011, p. 3).

2. Ferrell also proposes that a portion of the population adopts law
and policy to dictate right and wrong, while others follow their
own selective value system, or follow the philosophy that
majority rules accepting group norms (Ferrell, 2017, pp. 204-
206).
Guorong proposes the integration of virtues with moral norms,
explaining that “moral conduct is based on virtue, but it must
simultaneously be consistent with common norms”, as “virtue is
in most cases integrated in personality”, and “provides a
premise for the formation of norms” (Guorong, 2014, p. 103).
Both virtue and norms give direction toward moral practice as
virtue involves both norms and conduct in its question “what we
should be” to norm’s question of “what we should do” (2014, p.
106). An unemployed sawmill worker may embody the virtue of
honesty, and adopt the norm not to use the system to survive,
but to conduct an authentic livelihood. While the young lawyer
may embody the virtue of kindness to God’s creation, and adopt
the norm to enjoy and preserve nature. No one would argue
that either of these norms are wrong, and would agree that both
individuals have reason to feel their views are right.
When invited to the meeting of the Aeropagus, Paul confronted
the philosophers of Athens who had diverse beliefs and norms
from his own. Paul uses reason and relation by stating “I see
that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked
around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even
found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD”
(Acts 17:22-23, NIV). Paul’s audience did not include
unemployed sawmill workers and nature loving lawyers with
undeniably differing virtues that lead to diverse norms. Paul’s
audiences’ belief in the “unknown God” gave Paul an
opportunity to introduce and share our God. Some of the
philosophers that day welcomed the worldview change as what
was wrong with their beliefs, and declared God’s truth in their
lives.
References
Ferrell, O. C., Fraedrich, J., & Ferrell, L. (2017). Business

3. ethics: Ethical decision making and cases (11th ed.). Boston,
MA: Cengage Learning.
Guorong, Y. (2014). Virtue, Norm, and Moral
Practice. Dao (13). 99-110. DOI:10.1007/s11712-013-9360-
z
Hosmer, L. R. (2011). The ethics of management: A
multidisciplinary approach (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw
Hill/Irwin.
Bottom of Form
Ferrell, O. C., Fraedrich, J., & Ferrell, L. (2017). Business
ethics: Ethical decision making
and cases (11th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. ISBN:
9781305500846.
Hosmer, L. T. (2011). The ethics of management: A
multidisciplinary approach (7th ed.).
New York, NY: McGraw Hill/Irwin. ISBN: 9780073530543.
Discussion Rubric: Graduate
Your active participation in the discussion forums is essential to
your overall success this term. Discussion questions are
designed to help you make meaningful
connections between the course content and the larger concepts
and goals of the course. These discussions offer you the
opportunity to express your own
thoughts, ask questions for clarification, and gain insight from
your classmates’ responses and instructor’s guidance.
Requirements for Discussion Board Assignments
Students are required to post one initial post and to follow up
with at least two response posts for each discussion board

4. assignment.
For your initial post (1), you must do the following:
11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time.
Thursday at
11:59 p.m. of your local time zone.
other
discussion boards from the current module and previous
modules, when
appropriate.
-reviewed sources to support your
discussion
points, as appropriate (using proper citation methods for your
discipline).
For your response posts (2), you must do the following:
initial post
thread.
by Sunday
at 11:59
p.m. Eastern Time.

5. Sunday at
11:59 p.m. of your local time zone.
agree” or
“You are wrong.” Guidance is provided for you in each
discussion
prompt.
Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in
Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade
Center. For more information,
review these instructions.
Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement
Not Evident Value
Comprehension Develops an initial post with an
organized, clear point of view or
idea using rich and significant
detail (100%)
Develops an initial post with a
point of view or idea using
appropriate detail (90%)
Develops an initial post with a
point of view or idea but with
some gaps in organization and
detail (70%)
Does not develop an initial post

6. with an organized point of view
or idea (0%)
20
Timeliness Submits initial post on time
(100%)
Submits initial post one day late
(70%)
Submits initial post two or more
days late (0%)
10
Engagement Provides relevant and
meaningful response posts with
clarifying explanation and detail
(100%)
Provides relevant response posts
with some explanation and
detail (90%)
Provides somewhat relevant
response posts with some
explanation and detail (70%)
Provides response posts that are
generic with little explanation or
detail (0%)
20
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ic_feedback_instructions_student.pdf
Critical Thinking Draws insightful conclusions that
are thoroughly defended with
evidence and examples (100%)
Draws informed conclusions that
are justified with evidence (90%)
Draws logical conclusions (70%) Does not draw logical
conclusions (0%)
30
Writing
(Mechanics)
Initial post and responses are
easily understood, clear, and
concise using proper citation
methods where applicable with
no errors in citations (100%)
Initial post and responses are
easily understood using proper
citation methods where
applicable with few errors in
citations (90%)
Initial post and responses are
understandable using proper
citation methods where
applicable with a number of

8. errors in citations (70%)
Initial post and responses are not
understandable and do not use
proper citation methods where
applicable (0%)
20
Total 100%