This was a really fun class for me to take because it caused me to think in a way that I normally would not. Throughout the class, I was tasked with looking at different ethical points of view and learning about how different philosophers view morality and ethics. There were seven different philosophies that I was exposed to in the class, and I had to use four of them while writing on different moral and ethical conflicts. I have always felt that I have a rather decent moral compass and that I know right from wrong, but this class taught me a very valuable skill, which is cognitive empathy. While I might not share the values held by the different philosophers, I was tasked with taking up their different perspectives and justify whether different situations were ethical based upon their writings and my understanding of them. Cognitive empathy is an important soft skill to have in the field of cybersecurity because it allows professionals to understand a little bit more about why somebody may be deciding to engage in a cyber attack or even get in the attacker’s mind before it happens and come up with effective preventative measures.