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An 8 page analysis of essays on the topic of when it is morally defensible to keep a secret. In Making Choices: Reading Issues in Context, authors Michael Cooley and Katherine Powell offer the reader a selection of essays that address this issue. Each essay introduces a situation or moral dilemma that involves this topic and stimulates the reader to form moral judgements based on the given situations. In essence, the authors provide fuel for a discussion centered on this issue. The writer summarizes several of the articles and then offers some perspective on the question. No additional sources cited.
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in turn, will encourage the readers to form moral viewpoints that can aid them in making judgements later in life. One section, "When the Truth Has Consequences: When
Should You Keep a Secret?," deals with essays that picture situations and circumstances were those involved do not so much lie as choose to conceal the truth. In so
doing, Cooley and Powell raise some interesting moral questions. In particular, two of the essays, "My Life in the Military Closet" by Jos? Zuniga and "Passing" by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip,
deal with issues that are closely related and indicative of the moral dilemma occurs when people find it appropriate or necessary to hide personal details. Haizlips "Passing" is the
authors account of the reactions that she encountered when she went on a promotional tour around the country to promote her book The Sweeter the Juice. Haizlips book details
the authors family history and recounts how a portion of her mothers family "disappeared" out of her mothers life leaving her to be raised by a distant cousin. Fulfilling a
promise to her mother, Haizlip researched her history and found out that her vanished family had deliberately set out to change their identity, deny their heritage and try their hand
at living in the world as white people. Haizlip proceeds to graphically demonstrate the irony and the pain that is associated with the obsession in the United States regarding
race. Traditionally?and in many cases--legally, any American who has even a small portion of African ancestry has been considered "black." However, as shown by Haizlips experience, in many cases,
individuals who are theoretically black have blond or red hair, pale skin and eyes of every hue. What makes these individuals "black" is the context of where they live, whom
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