Blog post #2 Chapter 1

While reading preface and chapter one, two things attracted my interest to discuss. First one is Communicative Absense. I could understand or feel the same way when I read pretty much everything in this section. Taking a class has a basis of interactive communication process between professor and students, students and students, or me and myself. Recieving information from lecture, understanding it in our own way, expressing our opinions and listening others' are all parts of communication process during class. Therefore, Being physically absent or late can interupt not only our own learning, but also other classmates' and be wrong in terms of communication ethics. The text also mentions about the absence of reflection and explains "We need reflection and deliberation to identify the good needed for a given moment and situation"(p7 ). This part was a little bit unclear for me, but how I understand is that our own thought process and ability to express the thought is as much crucial as not being absent to class because without it, communication can't be existed and so can't communication ethics.

The other fascinating part in the reading was Multiplicity of Goods. According to the text, it is exlained when we are confronting a situation when there are multiple good and bad results coming with together. I have an experience of this phenomenon, where I am a Buddhist and my best friends are all Christians. They go to the church on every sunday and sometimes go to the trips or seminars together from the church. In these occassions, I had two options of following my besties to the church or not going to the church and keeping my Buddhist faith strong. If I go to the church, I may feel less lonely or isolated since I can have much more time with them. However, I feel guilty or confused about my religious faith. On the other hands, If I keep my Buddhist practice strong regardless of my friends, I may feel disconnected with them, but can keep my conscience and feel better as a strong religious practitioner.