Lying, false and untruthful. In the articles “Brad Blanton: Honestly, Tell the Truth” by Barbara Ballinger and “Rejecting All Lies Immanuel Kant” by Sissela Bok, they argue that lying is never allowed because it leads to many complicated situations. Lying can lead to humiliating your friends and hurts the liar’s mental state.…
Guilt is defined as the fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime. Guilt overwhelms two of the main characters Proctor and Hale. Proctor feels guilty throughout the story about his affair. Later on through the story his wife Elizabeth is accused of witchcraft and thrown in jail. Hale feels guilty about all of the false accusation he made towards the women he accused of witchcraft. (ACT IV)…
I was in my freshman year of college, home for the summer and my best friend Shakira went on a date with this guy and know one could reach them. Well of course her mother and father called me looking for her, because she told them she would be with me. I lied and told her that Shakira was in the bathroom and she would call her when she got out. I decided to call her and went to where she was, once I got there I let her know her mother was looking for her and let her use my phone. Once called her mother was relieved that she was okay, because she was told that Shakira was at a hotel with some guy. Though I had to lie, my friendship for her wouldn't let me get her in trouble. On the other hand Shakira's friendship for me put me in the middle of the situation telling her mother that she was with me. This is how Darren and Steve in Cirque Du Freak was with their friendship.…
-A good parent is nurturing, understanding, and willing to make an effort to be on good terms with their child and help their child reach their full potential. A bad parent, contrastingly, is one who brings a child into their life for personal gain, who does not allow a child to voice its opinions or concerns, and does not know how to determine a proper punishment for the mistakes a child is bound to make.…
I will know defend the claim that evil is a degree of wrong, as well as how it isn’t qualitatively distinct. Eve Garrard argues that evil is the intent to create harm as well as how silence plays a role in this. However, philosopher Luke Russell, discusses how, “Garrard, refuses to modify her account by adding the condition that evil actions must be harmful” (). Russell later states that extreme harm doesn’t have to be a contributor of evil. In a sense, it has been there but it not always is. This supports my initial argument since it can be compared to how evil is an extent of wrong, as well as how a harm does not need to be a contributor of wrong. An example of this can be seen in certain religious groups, such as the Ancient Civilizations…
Goodness is self-righteous: evil is purposeful. Seems rather counterintuitive doesn’t it? But what truly is good and what truly is evil, or are the two even separate entities to begin with? After all, good and evil is all hinged upon perspective, viewpoint is the key. Can something so obscured by opinions really be quantified? So where do monsters fall then? Who are the monsters? Why is our society obsessed with such monsters both in reality and fiction tales? The answer is rather simple: since we cannot define what good and evil is and we presume monsters fall into the spectrum of evil, we write about them, mold them into what we believe they should be to fulfill our desire for a definitive ideal of good and…
Good is perceived as manifestations of love, purity, salvation and goodness in the lives of people. Lesser good is judged to be evil. Frequently, the perception of good and evil is based on our own frame of acceptance. When we judge other people, we create a separation between good and evil. Such people believe their actions are based on clear reasons and understanding.…
Teleological theories. If you do an act that is intended to be good but actually turns out to be bad, it's still considered a good act. For example, You and a friend are at school or work place or where ever you go and your friend starts to get bullied, you stick up for your friend but you end up getting into a fight with a bully. You tried to do something good but it also resulted into something bad. The idea was to get the bully to stop bullying and that was the good act; the fight was the bad act and you may get punished for the bad act but its still considered as an overall good act. The decision of punishment or whether or not it was a good act would be how much it helped or benefited the situation. It would have to be questioned of how much it helped the situation, and what was more for seen (what was intended to happen.. if the good has more reason for the bad)…
Evil people do evil things: that statement seems simple enough. However, the motives behind evil acts tend to be more complex than that simplistic thought. Although some may believe that any dishonesty is evil, people are not inherently evil, and acts that may be considered evil are not deliberate. More likely, they occur because of the denial of private responsibility through the pursuit of self-gain.…
Everyone has made a bad decision at one point in their lives and later felt bad about it. Many people feel remorse for things they did that not only affected their life but the people around them and who they associate with. Everyone feels the impact of regret big or small. Whether you cheated on a test or lied these decisions had some type of impact on your life. These actions most likely came with consequences that taught you a lesson in some way. The guilt of not doing the right thing may eat you up inside temporarily, but there are many people who live with guilt or remorse for most of their lives for something they did long ago. Their decision having an everlasting impact on their life; it helped mold and shape the rest of their life.…
The feeling of guilt is a feeling that he/she either did something you shouldn't have, or didn't do something you should have, and he/she is aware of the mistake. Guilt can often lead to depression, anxiety, feeling worthless, and even suicidal thoughts or actions. Even as horrible as the feeling of guilt is, the aftermath of feeling redeemed can be rewarding. The only was that a person can feel redeemed is by feeling remorseful about his/her own guilt. One’s own remorse is the only thing that can lead to one’s own redemption as shown by Khaled Hosseini in his bildungsroman, “The Kite Runner.”…
What is right or wrong and where do we get our moral filter to distinguish the two? The Apostle Paul tells us that our conscience is our moral compass that has been written in our hearts by God. (Romans 2:15) Many people are…
Guilt can pressure a good person to do the right thing, showing the potentially positive effects of an essentially negative sentiment. John Proctor wanted to confess to the charge of witchcraft and live. However, he chose not to confess and tarnish the names of the remaining accused. He knew the guilt of his confession would be too great a burden to live with. Revered Hale's guilt of condemning the innocent "witches"� to death was his main motivator in advocating Proctor's inclination to confess. Guilt can apply much strain on the conscience of a person, hopefully with a positive aftermath.…
Therefore what happens to all the false guilt and the inaccuracy of scripture that they have suggested how do I solve this with family and the church? In many ways this has and is still a spiritual crime as well as me being wrongly done as a citizen I don’t and we don’t base our lives on what they refer to as a “jacket” supposedly this “”jacket” can discern and search ones inner being however as I just briefly stated and have mentioned ceaselessly the scripture and the Lord is perfect and in this context that means he searches us perfectly guilt according to him and his word is specific anything that is not specific can be considered harassment and for me dread for I continue through the control of this force experience these false convictions…
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.…