GenEd Ethics — LET Practice Questions

Netiquette = network + etiquette. It's the set of polite, respectful conventions for behaving online: don't type IN ALL CAPS (it reads as shouting), credit sources you quote, ask before sharing someone's contact info, be patient with newcomers, don't pile on in arguments. Just like in face-to-face manners, online manners help people communicate without friction. Schools often introduce netiquette early because students will spend their lives in digital communication.

In moral philosophy (especially Thomistic), 'Acts of Man' are bodily processes done without thinking — breathing, digestion, heartbeat, blinking. They're not moral acts because there's no choice involved. 'Human Acts' are conscious, deliberate, voluntary actions — done with knowledge and free will. Only Human Acts can be morally praised or blamed because only they involve choice. You can't be blamed for breathing, but you can be praised (or blamed) for choosing to help (or refuse to help) someone in need.

Existentialism, especially as developed by Jean-Paul Sartre in the 20th century, claims that 'existence precedes essence.' Other things — a knife, a chair — are designed first (their essence is set by their purpose) and then made. Humans, Sartre argues, are different: we exist first, without any predetermined essence, and then we create who we are through our choices. This puts radical freedom — and radical responsibility — on each person. Nobody can tell you who to be; you're making yourself with every decision. The flip side: you can't blame your nature, your god, or fate; the choices are yours.