Ethical Orientation Questionnaire

Which is worse?

• hurting someone's feelings by telling the truth
• telling a lie and protecting their feelings
  

Comment:
I think it depends on the situation and how good you know the person. For the moment I don't have any clear answer.

Which is the worse mistake?

• to make exceptions too freely
• to apply rules too rididly
  

Comment:
For me the second point is worse because I don't like rules.

Which is it worse to be?

• unmerciful
• unfair
  

Comment:
Both points of the numeration are very very bad for me and this is the reson why I don't make a decision.

Which is worse?

• stealing something valuable from someone for no good reason
• breaking a promise to a friend for no good reason
  

Comment:
It is very hard for me do make a decision but after careful consideration I take point number one. Further I believe that a good friend will forgive me if I make this mistake.

Which is better to be?

• just and fair
• sympathetic and feeling
  

Comment:
When I was young the first point was very important for me but now I believe the second one is better.

Which is worse?

• not helping someone in trouble
• being unfair to someone by playing favourites
  

Comment:
From the moral point of few I think the first one is the worse one.

In making a decision you rely more on

• hard facts
• personal feelings and intuition
  

Comment:
I always believe more in personal feelings and intuition. Because the hard facts are done by people and they could also do a mistake.

Your boss orders you to do something that will hurt someone. If you carry out the order, have you actually done anything wrong?

• Yes
• No
  

Comment:
Yes it is totally wrong to hurt someone. And till this day I cannot understand that someone can do that. But the history and the daily notices show us that it happens often.

Which is more important in determining whether an action is right or wrong?

• whether anyone actually gets hurt
• whether a rule, law, commandment, or moral principle is broken
  

Comment:
For me it is totally clearly to hurt someone is wrong. Do save the life and the health of other people is the first duty of us.