An Ethical Issue or Moral Dilemma in Your Private or Student Life

This essay presents a personal reflection on an ethical dilemma encountered during the author's student life. The author details a period of addiction to video games, leading to neglected studies and ultimately, expulsion from school. The essay describes the author's subsequent actions, including lying to parents and school officials to conceal the situation. It explores the negative consequences of these actions, including damaged trust and academic setbacks. The author analyzes the ethical implications of lying, referencing relevant sources, and discusses the process of realizing the severity of the situation and making amends. The essay concludes with a reaffirmation of commitment to ethical behavior and a discussion of the importance of moral responsibility, parental guidance, and the impact of choices.

An ethical issue or moral dilemma in your private or student life
Made by: Vo Van Minh Quan

Table of content
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1
Discussion………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..2
Analysis……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….4
References list…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5

As we all know, ethics is one of the most important part in deep our souls to distuinguish the animal part
and human part. Ethics also help people to evaluate the good and the bad of a person. ethical
For someone who is honest and follows good moral standards, use the adjective ethical. Ethical comes
from the Greek ethos "moral character" and describes a person or behavior as right in the moral sense -
truthful, fair, and honest (Vocabulary). Every peoples in the world did at least one thing that immoral in
their whole life. Some get tormented but some not. When I was a student, I did a lot of bad things also.
It’s go contracditory with my moral consciense and a lot of my decision made my parents sad about me.
That time I was really shy of what I did and I wish I could turn back time to fix my bad ethics action in the
past. It’s has created a soil in my soul and I will never do it again in my entire life.
In my student life, a lot of things happen to me. At first, I was really addicted in game. I play game all the
time, whenever I free, I play game with my friend. Because of that, I neglect my study and make it a big
mess. My parent was really disappointed about me. They advise me a lot, but I ignored all. In that time
I’m still a immature thinking person, all I wants is having fun and sit on a computer, control my character
and eliminated my enemies. My worst mistake begin from here. One time, after finish the whole school
programs, I begin to travel around the game center to search for my friends and start the adventure
together. I played so much, I didn’t even know the weather around or who waiting me at home. I played
it until midnight and began to go home. Then I started to relize I didn’t go to the math class today. My
mind said it’s ok to skip a class, there will be no problem. But tomorrow, a message from my principle
has made me very regret of what I decided yesterday. He said that I get expelled from school because I
didn’t achieved enough school days for this semester and my grade is too bad. That’s a big shock to me, I
didn’t know the situation got too serious. I really scared to notified my parent about this. My mom and
my dad will be really sad about me. This is when my bad moral action start. I’m started to lied. I still
dress like a student, put books in my bag and pretend going to school like usual day. On the way to
school, I tried to figured how the ways to lied about this situation. So I started to said this: “ Yesterday

my bicycle broke down so I can’t make it to the class on time. Because of that the principle has expelled
me from the math class”. My parent said that it was a reasonable reason but my principle still didn’t
accept it. So my parents come and have a conversation with the principle. This is when the problem
serial problem coming up to me. When the conversation end, my parent look really bored, they said that
I have to pay the school fees again in order to continue study. I feel sad for them but the important thing
is I lied to my parent and principle, and they believe that’s is true- That’s what my immature brain
thinking in the past. So I keep continue going to school. My parents doubt what I said so they started
their investigation. They come and ask my friends, asking about the math teacher and even looking for
the people who has fixed my bicycle. Month through month, the investigate still haven’t done yet. When
the fisrt school semester done, I got really bad grade. In that time I’m still really addicted in games.
Whenever finish the school times, I begin to sit on a chair and open my favorite games. And the karma
start to hit me. One time when I was playing video games with friends at home. I forgot to turn off the
mic chat, so my friends said the time when I decided to off a math class and playing games with them,
that times was really fun. Accidentally my brother heart that, and he told that to my mom and dad. They
was really mad at me. According to BBC News about Ethics Lying article, it said:
The person who is lied to suffers if they do find out because:
 They feel badly treated - deceived and manipulated, and regarded as a person who doesn't deserve the
truth
 They see the damage they have suffered
 They doubt their own ability to assess truth and make decisions
 They become untrusting and uncertain and this too damages their ability to make free and informed
choices
 They may seek revenge

My parent is so disapointed about me, my mom is crying also. I knew I have did something really
teribble, I began to feel repent. When I was a kid, my parent expected my to be a good citizen and have
perfect moral suitable for the community, they hope me could do a lot charity and save the orphan also.
But now I have did contracditory what my parents think me in the past. I have too many sins, one of the
biggest one is lying to parent.
I knew what I did in the past is totally bad ethics, so now I’m changing myself so my parent could proud
and forgive what I have done when I was a immature kid. I deleted the game which make me addicted
and start to quit it. I tried to avoid bad friends whose influeces me to their bad habit and start make
friends with educated person who can help me in study. I also focusing to my studied so I can get a good
grade and it will help me all along my study journey. I love my parent and I will never diaspointed them
again. And I also try to help as much peoples as I can in order to become a moral citizen like my parent
expected.
My action in the past is unacceptable, but my parent has given me another chance. I can know how
serious when a lied developing the situation and make it worst. According to Tim C Mazur, lies are
morally wrong, then, for two reasons. First, lying corrupts the most important quality of my being
human: my ability to make free, rational choices. Each lie I tell contradicts the part of me that gives me
moral worth. Second, my lies rob others of their freedom to choose rationally. Lying make everything
worst, and it may cause the consequence not only yourself, your friend and also your family. But not all
lying is bad. Sometimes lying is a moral acitivies people used in life. Such as help the patient have a
beautiful life for the rest of their life or lying to give more advantage to you depend on your currently
situation. But in order all, lying is bad about ethics and if we lying too much, nobody will trusted us and
the eyes of other peoples look at us will diffrence. It might ruin your reputation and nobody gonna
respect you. If I keep continue playing game and don’t know what stop point is, I may end up a homeless
guy with no knowledge and ethical inside me. Nobody gonna respect me and I have to live with that for

the whole of my life. That’s why moral thinking and started to give a decision is really important for
everybody.
Overall, my childhood story is a bad things in life has draw for me a lot of expericences in life. The
affection to our life and the way peoples look at us. Lying is bad, it usually result with bad things and the
peoples get affect the most is you and people around you. You will earn no respect if you keep lying too
much- like mine in the past. Becoming a moral citizen is really hard, much harder then becoming a bad
person for the society. And we also need to listen to our parent, they are the only person in the world
really care and pull you out from the slough. They help you to recognize the mistake that you make and
help you to fix it.
Refferences list:
• Tim C Mazur( Nov/13/2015), Lying, Santa Clara Univeristy, viewed 11/ November/ 2019 <
https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/lying/
• BBC (2014) , Ethics- Lying, BBC, viewed 11/ November/ 2019 <
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/lying/lying_1.shtml#h2
• Vocabulary, Ethical, Vocabulary, viewed 11/ November/ 2019 <
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/ethical