Michael Josephson's Making Ethical Decisions

To me, ethics is a subject that creates great debates. There are no such things as the correct ethics to live by because everyone believes in different things. In the book Making Ethical Decisions the author does a great job explaining this in the beginning. I like how he made the distinction between values and ethics because they are different and I think this is where people go wrong. Human beings values typically dictate everything they do whether it is right or wrong in your eyes. To them, they are making ethical decisions when they stick to their values. This, in my opinion, is why there is so much trouble in the world because no one can agree on anything. This book helped put into perspective exactly what ethical decisions look like and simple ways to live by them. Michael Josephson talks about the complexity of the six pillars and how all of them are needed in order to make proper ethical decisions. I think he nailed it on the head with the six principals and I liked how he broke each one down into subsections to give you a little insight as to what they really mean. Over the last few years I have consciously been making an effort to be the best person I can be and reading the six pillars really showed me that in my opinion, I am on the right path. I value each and every pillar.
For me I almost need to be told exactly what to do to actually do it. I really liked the seven-step path and will definitely implement it in my daily life. The step I liked the most, no big surprise, was # 1 stop and think. This is my biggest issue and really creates a lot of unneeded stress in my life. I tend to not think of what I say and especially when I am mad I really say things I shouldn’t. Michael broke it down in a way that created empathy with me, almost as if he cares for me and wants me to be the best I can be. I believe I follow most of the other steps pretty well, besides a slip up here and