A presentation on

Ethical Dilemma and Mindset

Presented to
Prasad Sundararajan
Phd GENIUSCHOICE
INSTITUTE
Situations of ethical dilemma for the cook in the
parable the master cook

Dilemma is a situation in which choice has to be made

between two or more alternatives, especially equally
undesirable ones.
 Ethical Dilemma

The confusion and debates about the right and

wrong, good and bad, great and evil are due to
incapacity of the analytical engines of the mind and
intellect
 Expertise

Desire

In the parable The Master Cook the ethical dilemma faced by the
cook is between expertise and wish(desire)
the master cook was expertise in the art of ceremony but he begin
fostering a feeling that the art of sword is better than the art of tea-
ceremony especially in achieving fame and recognition
he ignored his own inbuilt qualities of being a good cook and gave
preference to the art of sword
he decided to learn the art of Sword in privacy though he was not
permitted as he didnt belong to Samurai Community
the cook violated the values and principles of the system of
monastery of martial arts training, and deviated from the code of
conduct of the cook
the cook contradicted the historical principles of learning from a
 he did the most unethical doing by violating the trust of Master
Samurai.
Later he learned and grasped the techniques of the Sword and could
easily manage and settle the opponent to ground
but due to incapacity of the analytical engines of his mind he
justified himself and begin representing himself as Samurai and
unknowingly by fault challenged Shozen a master swordsman and
eventually reached the verge of death
but lastly his expertise saved his life as Shogan accepted his cup of
tea and spared his life.
The ethical dilemma for the cook in the whole story was
that he was not aware and didnt know what to pursue.
He was a great cook but desired to be Samurai. He felt
being a Samurai he will seek reputation and recognition
and in pursuit of it he gave all his effort. Kyozan made
him realize his strength that was cooking.

It wont be wrong to say that his wish,(which was

to be a Samurai) pushed him to the verge of death
and his expertise (which was cooking) saved his
 Mindset (Block)
60 table
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My Score
Column1
1)Anxiety My Score 20 Average Score 51
inability to handle unknown unseen
I feel that anybody can perform well under known situation, but the
real test of person is unknown and unlike situation
2) Centricity & Conformity My score 41 Average
Score 31.26
lack of vision
every person in order to be successful in his/her life need to think
out of the box
3) Inability to manage failure My Score 7 Average
Score
4) Fear of humiliation My Score - 13 Average Score-
31.66
Fear of humiliations makes people shy and stops them from
expressing themselves. I literally feels great things become great
passing through the eyes of thousands of critics
5)Self Control/ Confidence My Score 13 Average Score
25.31
Belief in ones ability to perform an activity
6) Rigidity in thinking My Score 7 Average Score
43.34
 Experience of doing the analysis
of Mindset

After doing the analysis of my mindset I feel totally

satisfied with the results.
The best part of all is that in most of the parameter i
have scored below the average score.
As a whole I feel this presentation is quite good and
insightful and would definitely help me too
All the 7 parameters on which we ere tested
depicted the things which we face in our daily life and
Im quite happy to do well in almost all parameters
 SELF ASSESMENT

My scores should be somewhat 86%.

I feel Im knowledgeable & creative but there is
still a lot to discover
I feel I have lots of scope to learn many new
things
There is no end to creativity thats why i have
given myself 86%
In the end I would like to thank
Sunderarajan Sir who literally
helped me to analyze more deeply as
to what kind of person Im
 My New Name
Sayid Zaigham- (Arabic name)
se :-
eans Lion(Cat), Powerful, Brave, Honest, Wise, Creative
name may help me to come closer to Cat
name will bring more creativity to me especially under the pressure
name may make more adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve my object
name will make me more honest and fair