GALIMA, ERIKA MAE S.

SEPTEMBER 2019
BS PSYCHOLOGY 18 1A ETHICS SIR BEN OLIVER TUTOR

ETHICAL THEORY SLEEPYNISM

A. DEFINITION OF GOOD
AN ACTION IS GOOD IF YOU CHOOSE TO SLEEP RATHER THAN TO BE TIRED
“According to Merriam Webster 2019, sleeping or sleep is a reversible periodic state of
many living things that is marked by the absence of wakefulness and by the loss of conciousness
of one’s surroundings, and is accompanied by a typical body posture (such as lying down with the
eyes closed), the occurrence of dreaming, and changes in brain activity and physiological
functioning.”
We, humans have all the capabilities in the world especially when we get enough sleep.
Sleep plays a vital role in our health, which getting enough quality sleep at the right times can help
us to protect our mental health, physical health and safety. When we sleep our body is working to
support healthy brain function and to maintain physical health. Sleep helps our brain to work
properly and enhances our learning skills and helps us to pay attention, make decisions, and be
creative. Some people aren’t aware of the risk if you don’t have enough sleep, it may lead to sleep
deficiency which causes your brain to malfunction in a way that it alters the activity in some parts
of the brain, you also may have trouble making in decisions, solving problems, controlling your
emotions, behavior and coping with change. Sleep deficiency can also be linked to depression,
suicide, and risk-taking behavior.
“An action is Good if you choose to sleep rather than to be tired”, this theory has a wide
definition for us, but it determines some specific point that will tell how much important sleeping
is. . . . . . . . . . .

B. METHOD OF PICKING MORAL PRINCIPLES

 Environment
Environment has a big role in sleeping, where you sleep is important which is the
bed and the room should be placed in a comfortable way for sleeping. Everything that
you do in your life can affect to your sleeping act or can change the quality of your
sleep. Temperature, Noise Levels and light has a part in determine our sleep. If you
having a trouble sleeping or experiencing low quality of sleep, attempt keeping a sleep
diary to determine if there are patterns that can help to solve your poor quality of sleep.

 Health
We know that having illness or being in sick can affect the quality of sleeping
 mentally and physically like depression and anxiety frequently hand to hand with sleep
problems even having cold, runny nose or sorethroat can affect the quality of sleep.
It’s important to check regularly your health status mentally or physically that can be
the cause of waking you up in your sleep.

 Attitude
You can sleep faster if your body is in relaxed or comfortable position and not
worrying or let go of your concerns like deadlines, reports or problems. We’ve all had
a night where we lie awake and worrying about something in the time before we go to
bed that can affect our quality of sleep. We should attempt or try to loosen up or wind
down. Be less relaxed and inspired. These days this can be harder than ever, but using
relaxation techniques, a warm comfortable bath and meditating or mindfulness
practice can solve the problem. If you know that you’re having trouble sleeping. It is
always best to wake up perhaps drink a warm milk and then sleep again if you feel the
you’re sleepier than before. Sometimes you’re attempted to watch a TV or use a phone
to check about concerns in life but this can stimulate you or can wake you up that can
cause to make you harder to nod off or sleep.

 Lifestyle
We know that food or drinks can affect our sleep like drinking coffee which have
caffeine can stimulate you that can make it harder to sleep. A beer or alcohol can help
you to make you sleep easily but it reducing your quality of sleep and people call it
HANG OVER. In food if you absorb a heavy or sugary meal before bedtime can cause
you to sleep uncomfortable that can wake you up.There is a good way to make you
sleep faster which is taking exercise in daylight or during the day because it can make
you sleep faster because your body is tired and in need of sleep but sometimes taking
exercise can stimulates you becaise of adrenaline so taking exercise during the evening
is bad or may be less helpful.

C. ASSUMPTIONS/MOTIVATIONS BEHIND THE ETHICAL THEORY

There is no variation in this ethical theory but mostly students and workers is covered in this
theory due to enhancing the performance to this epoch that affect the societies improvements. This
ethical theory can help everyone to enhance the performance in the society that can affects to their
daily lives. This theory must approve because this will guide them to a better life.

D. OBJECTIONS/CRITICISM(OPTIONAL)

Everything in this world has a good side and bad side even this theory is useful
for enhancing the performance of people, still has a bad side which will be tackled. In
further explanation of this theory, this entail in characters to performs this theory;
 - Time. We know that having a good quality of sleep must be at least 8 hours of
sleep so the problem that will covered in this epoch. Time is important, and in other
culture the time is the problem, why? In the Philippines there is a problem in the society
which is the transportation because Philippines is experiencing a heavy traffic anywhere
so the solution for not being stucked in the traffic is waking up early that will affect the
time of your sleep that will reduced the quality of your sleep

- Discipline is important because discipline will guide you to better judgement and
action for you to perform better in the society so if your lifestyle is not good like if you
always party all night it will affect your time order of your sleep due to enjoying the
precious moments of your youth or time of living.

- If you are loaded of your works this can affect your time that will change the
order of your sleep because of worryimg about your concerns in life that’s why having a
overload of works can affect the quality of your sleep. Worrying over something can
stress you out and can affect your sleeping habits. That’s where the word “tired” comes
in, that you would rather be tired than to sleep.

We often hear about the benefits of having a good enough sleep, but what about the risk or
real dangers of getting too little sleep or getting too much sleep. An excessive amount of time in
bed can also be linked with health hazards in a way that it has certain risk factors:

• Too much sleeping can be bad for your health

• It can lead to cognitive impairment
• Has the higher risk of being obese and having diabetes
• Has the higher risk of heart disease and stroke;
• And higher all-cause mortality
• Can cause laziness and not able to finish what he or she is doing
• Lack of sleep can make you prone to diseases

E. REPLY TO OBJECTIONS/CRITICISMS (OPTIONAL)

REFERENCES:
Merriam Webster, 2019
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/blog/importance-sleep
https://www.amerisleep.com/blog/oversleeping-the-health-effects/
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/sleep-deprivation-and-
deficiency#targetText=Sleep%20plays%20a%20vital%20role,quality%20of%20life%2C%20and
%20safety.&targetText=During%20sleep%2C%20your%20body%20is,and%20maintain%20you
r%20physical%20health