Saturday, July 09, 2005

Interesting isnt it?

Morality Play

Your Moral Parsimony Score is 67%

What does this mean?
Moral frameworks can be more or less parsimonious. That is to say, they can employ a wide range of principles, which vary in their application according to circumstances (less parsimonious) or they can employ a small range of principles which apply across a wide range of circumstances without modification (more parsimonious). An example might make this clear. Let's assume that we are committed to the principle that it is a good to reduce suffering.

The test of moral parsimony is to see whether this principle is applied simply and without modification or qualification in a number of different circumstances. Supposing, for example, we find that in otherwise identical circumstances, the principle is applied differently if the suffering person is from a different country to our own. This suggests a lack of moral parsimony because a factor which could be taken to be morally irrelevant in an alternative moral framework is here taken to be morally relevant.

How to interpret your score

The higher your percentage score the more parsimonious your moral framework. In other words, a high score is suggestive of a moral framework that comprises a minimal number of moral principles that apply across a range of circumstances and acts. What is a high score? As a rule of thumb, any score above 75% should be considered indicative of a parsimonious moral framework. However, perhaps a better way to think about this is to see how your score compares to other people's scores.

In fact, your score of 67% is not significantly different than the average score of 66%. This suggests that you have utilised an average number of moral principles in order to make judgements about the scenarios presented in this test, and that you have tended to judge similar aspects of the acts and circumstances depicted here to be morally relevant as other people.

Moral Parsimony - good or bad?

We make no judgement about whether moral parsimony is a good or bad thing. Some people will think that on balance it is a good thing and that we should strive to minimise the number of moral principles that form our moral frameworks. Others will suspect that moral parsimony is likely to render moral frameworks simplistic and that an overly parsimonious moral framework will leave us unable to deal with the complexity of real circumstances and acts. We'll leave it up to you to decide who is right.

How was your score calculated?

Your score was calculated by combining and averaging your scores in the four categories that appear below.

Geographical Distance
This category has to do with the impact of geographical distance on the application of moral principles. The idea here is to determine whether moral principles are applied equally when dealing with sets of circumstances and acts that differ only in their geographical location in relation to the person making the judgement.

Your score of 67% is somewhat lower than the average score of 73% in this category.

This suggests that geographical distance is on occasion a relevant factor in your moral thinking. Probably, you tend to feel a somewhat greater moral obligation towards people who are located nearby than towards those who are far away. To the extent that this is so, it decreases the parsimoniousness of your moral framework

Family Relatedness
In this category, we look at the impact of family loyalty and ties on the way in which moral principles are applied. The idea here is to determine whether moral principles are applied without modification or qualification when you're dealing with sets of circumstances and acts that differ only in whether the participants are related through family ties to the person making the judgement.

Your score of 18% is a lot lower than the average score of 56% in this category.

It seems then that family relatedness is an important factor in your moral thinking. Normally, this will mean feeling a greater moral obligation towards people who are related to you than towards those who are not. To the extent that issues of family relatedness form part of your moral thinking, the parsimoniousness of your moral framework is reduced.

Acts and Omissions
This category has to do with whether there is a difference between the moral status of acting and omitting to act where the consequences are the same in both instances. Consider the following example. Let's assume that on the whole it is a bad thing if a person is poisoned whilst drinking a cola drink. One might then ask whether there is a moral difference between poisoning the coke, on the one hand (an act), and failing to prevent a person from drinking a coke someone else has poisoned, when in a position to do so, on the other (an omission). In this category then, the idea is to determine if moral principles are applied equally when you're dealing with sets of circumstances that differ only in whether the participants have acted or omitted to act.

Your score of 83% is much higher than the average score of 59% in this category.

It seems that you do not think that the distinction between acting and omitting to act has any real moral significance.

Scale
This category has to do with whether scale is a factor in making moral judgements. A simple example will make this clear. Consider a situation where it is possible to save ten lives by sacrificing one life. Is there a moral difference between this choice and one where the numbers of lives involved are different but proportional - for example, saving 100 lives by sacrificing ten? In this category then, the idea is to determine whether moral principles are applied without modification or qualification when you're dealing with sets of circumstances that differ only in their scale, as in the sense described above.

Your score of 100% is significantly higher than the average score of 74% in this category.

It seems that scale, as it is described above, is not an important consideration in your moral worldview. But if, contrary to our findings, it is important, then it decreases the parsimoniousness of your moral framework.

India and Australia

In Question 13 you were asked the following: You see an advertisement from a charity in a newspaper about a person in severe need in Australia. You can help this person at little cost to yourself. Are you morally obliged to do so?
However, fifty percent of people undertaking this activity are asked a slightly different question, where the country India is substituted for the country Australia. The idea is to determine what kind of impact "culural distance" has on the moral judgements that people make. The important point here is that the vast majority of people who visit this web site are from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Consequently, in a comparison of the lives and lifestyles of TPM Online visitors, residents of India and residents of Australia, there will be bigger cultural differences between TPM Online visitors and residents of India than between TPM Online visitors and residents of Australia. Of course, whether a perception of cultural differences will enter into moral judgements, and if so, what its impact will be is entirely a matter of conjecture at this point. Indeed, whatever results we find here, they will only ever be suggestive of further avenues of enquiry. This aspect of the activity is simply not rigorous enough that it will be possible to draw definitive conclusions. It will nevertheless be interesting!

The Results
24% of respondents who were asked about a person in severe need in Australia responded that they were stongly obliged to help compared to 23% who responded this way when asked about a person in severe need in India.
42% of respondents who were asked about a person in severe need in Australia responded that they were weakly obliged to help. This is exactly the same as the percentage who responded this way when asked about a person living in India.
34% of respondents who were asked about a person in severe need in Australia responded that they were not obliged to help compared to 35% who responded this way when asked about a person in severe need in India.

Friday, July 08, 2005

1. whose picture is it that you keep on your wallet?

2. what time do you go to bed?
umm..now its usually after 1am

3. what was the last thing you did before filling this survey?
eat my breakfast

4. who's the one you always meet the most?
no one particular

5. who's the person you're gonna call if you need help?
depends who will be useful?

6. what's on your mind right now?
..i shouldnt do this survery

7. who's number on your speed dials?
mom's , dad's , home's , Glad's

8.with whom do you wanna be to have fun?
huh? anyone

9. what movie do u wanna watch now?
Fantastic Four

10. when was the last time you went out?
yesterday.

11. what do you hate the most for now?
My life. Myself

12. when was the first time you slept alone?
been sleeping alone since pri 3

13. what do you wanna do for now?
Swim... NICE WEATHER!

14. what do you do everyday besides eat and sleep at home?
surf the net. Read. bring dogs for walk. watch tv. Clean the house

15. what could piss you off?
Depends on the situation. etc : bitchy china women cutting queue.

16. fave pet?
Dogs, Turtles

17. colors that make you happy?
Blue, White

18. most fave thing in your room?
PC

19. what was the last thing you bought for your room?
umm....a car plate. I didnt bought it. I FOUND it

20. any instruments in your room?
nope

21. do you cook?
yeap

22. miss someone?
yeap

23. plan to buy something?
alot!

24. are you satisfied with your life now?
definitely NOT

25.do you like seafood?
YES! Butter prawns! Black pepper crabs!

26. breakfast or dinner?
HUH?

27. what do you usually eat for breakfast?
dont eat breakfast

28. did you eat breakfast today?
nope -_-"

29. do you recycle?
paper

30. do you have a laptop
umm yea.. "koya" laptop

31. what's your favorite fast food?
dont like fast food

32. cats or dogs?
dogs

33. salty or sweet?
sweet!

34. city or country?
?

35. what's your favorite kind of jeans?
comfortable. Makes u look SLIM . haa

36. Is kissing normal for your age?'
yea.

37. are you athletic?
guess so..

38. do you swear?
like duh..

39. would you ditch your friends for a date?
depends on the situation

40. do you have your own cell phone?
yeap

41. what do you wear to bed?
tshirt and shorts

42. ever had a crush on a teacher?
nope. but i think matthew and chris is way too CUTE

43. coke or pepsi?
dont like soft drinks

44. sugar or spice?
sugar?

45. can you use chopsticks?
of course!

46. do you like to read for pleasure?
yeap..

47. do you care about getting good grades?
umm yea...really

48. have you ever fallen asleep in class?
ahuh

49. get a job or ask your parents for money?
get a job

50. is your mum strict?
not really

51. do your parents give you enough privacy?
yeap

52. do your parents trust you?
yeap

53. would you trade places (in life) with your bestfriends?
hmmm..nt really

54. does your best friend get on your nerves?
sometimes

55. do you make friends quickly?
i think so... just talk?

56. do you get jealous of your friends?
yea. sometimes.

57. do you tell your mom everything?
nah

58. what do you and your parents fight about?
my dad being insensitive
my mom being stubborn
my brother

Thursday, July 07, 2005

Suddenly

i miss the my old blog url

www.ilovebeingagirl.blogspot.com


easy to remember
easy to pronounce
easy to spell



easy to be happy

everyone is so busy
..i feel like a useless bum
wasting my life away..

I tire myself out today

thats probably a good thing
i thought i have become numb

*yawn*
a whole day of cycling and swimming isnt that bad after all
my butt aches alot...

just to got to know this friend
and i sorta like his nick
"stay happy always, make urself happy always, everything happens for a reason"

oh yea
i wish i could

going to look for a job soon
i feel...LOUSY!
sigh..

last man standing... says:
haiz first job kanna con liao


SHAPDUP LAH
wont let her off so easily.......

being a girl sucks

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Its 2.45am

i went to bed at 11 plus

at 2am..MY EYES ARE STILL WIDE OPEN!

so i decide to go online and see who i can "kar jiao"

Mad: guess what?

HL : huh..what?

Mad: My mom bought HL BA na na milk~

HL:Bo jio....

Mad: hehehe...

about 5 mins later

HL: Guess what?

Mad: what?

HL: I got HL BA NA NA MILK TOO

Together : HAHAHAHAAH

so why cant i go to sleep?

sigh..i dont know..

am i thinking about something?

...i dont think so..

my mind is CLEARLY awake

my eyes are WIDELY open

the song kept playin in my head

*slurps*

i just love HL banana milk

=)

mr mocheeba isnt around
i sang nursery rhymes to him
he didnt answer me

there are plenty of things for me to talk about

like how much i love my dogs

like how much i gonna miss HL, "xiang gong" after july 22nd

like how troubled i am about the problem i'm facing with my previous employer

like how fat and unhealthy i feel about myself

like how i should strive harder and be happy and stronger

....

i dont wanna dwell on the past

sob sob

sigh..

somehow i dont look forward to being 20..

i am going to have a new hairstyle

est said i should wait for another month so that the hairdresser can cut a new hairstyle for me

To a woman, hair is of ultimate importance. It's an expression of her individuality, her temperament. her self.

tsk tsk

thats is so true isnt it?

time now is..4.10am

*GASP*

i been playing minesweepers with my classmate for THAT long?

*yawn* ---> my first yawn

time to sleep a lil..

GOOD MORNING!

Monday, July 04, 2005

i made up my mind

I NEED TO JIAN FEI~

Another one of those days

I looked away

Then I looked back at you

You try to say

The things that you can't undo

If I had my way

I'd never get over you

Today is the day

I pray that we make it through

Make it through the fall

Make it through it all

And I don't want to fall to pieces

I just want to sit and stare at you

I don't want to talk about it

And I don't want a conversation

I just want to cry in front of you

I don't want to talk about it

'Cause I'm in love with you

You're the only one

I'd be with 'til the end

When I come undone

You bring me back again

Back under the stars

Back into your arms

And I don't want to fall to pieces

I just want to sit and stare at you

I don't want to talk about it

And I don't want a conversation

I just want to cry in front of you

I don't want to talk about it

'Cause I'm in love with you

Wanna know who you are

Wanna know where to start

I wanna know what this means

Wanna know how you feel

Wanna know what is real

I wanna know everything

Everything

i'm going running...

i'm bored
i got things to do
but i am just plain lazy

i ought to be sleeping
but i just dont want to sleep

argh...
my room is messy again
i have to UNclutter my table again

let's have some breko time
ANYONE ???

Sunday, July 03, 2005

I'm feeling FAT

*warning this is an extremely senseless entry*

maybe because i had KFC with est the other day
then Burger King yesterday
oh yea..THE STUPID KFC
they must have served us expired chicken!
we got a bad stomachache after that

urban infest was fun
i got a scubapunk shirt~
but its too large..L size
the mr nice punkie guy gave it to me
i told him it isnt my size..so he should take it
he pushed it to me saying i should give to my boyfriend
too bad i got no boyfriend liao~~~
if not i can give it to him~~~~
LOL
...wad sort of joke is this?
there's many cute guys~
and they should call me JIE JIE
not giving me the face that says " huh? you're 20 meh?"

then i meet up wth shu hui
surprise surprise
she called me..whahahhah so happy
got to know 2 of her friends as well..think they're real fun
i like them!

..i think i'm really not used to fast food
i feeling sick and fat and lazy
*gasp*
oh no how~

i was feeling lousy enough
when a moroon keep insisting i put words in his mouth and got worked up himself
tsk tsk
as if i care
*gives a dismissive shrug*
actually i do
cause i feel totally insulted

today ..
laziness got over me
i just feel like eating..only


nowdays..
theres nothin exciting going on
...
so bored..
ARGH...
wanna go shopping ~ but i got no money
i wanna buy skirts cuz i feeling.. girlie
waste of money
i probably wear them like twice a year
die mad..you are so UNfeminine
how are you going to get married?
who says I WANNA GET MARRIED~~~~~

wanna get a new hairstyle
A NEW HAIRSTYLE
i know~
i cut BOTAK~