Utilitarianism‚ yet another ethical theory between right or wrong. If everyone acted in an effort to promote the greatest good for the greater number of people our universe would exist with a utilitarian state of mind. Although‚ when one looks at this statement on the surface without further analyzing it‚ most would assume that existing in a universe where everyone seeks the happiness for the greatest amount of people that it would be greater one to live in. Although‚ surface wise we can make
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myself asking‚ when is it okay to break a promise? Or one step further‚ when is it okay to be dishonest? People break promises all the time. You can’t really live a life and not break promises. The trick is knowing which ones you can break and which ones you can’t. Shakespeare helps answer this question in “The Merchant of Venice” when he says‚ “To do a great right‚ do a little wrong.” Giving your friend his chainsaw when he is acting in a violent and drunken manner could result in someone‘s
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“I wonder how abortion got to be the greatest of all sins. What about poverty‚ ignorance‚ hunger and weaponry?” Around two weeks ago‚ a friend of mine from UP Diliman sent me a link and told me to read it if I had spare time. It was an argumentative essay entitled “Abortion‚ Right and Wrong” by Rachel Richardson Smith. In the said article‚ the writer stated what she thought about the two sides – pro-abortion and pro-choice. She also provided arguments for the stand of both parties and in conclusion
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the word of God sufficient to determine right and wrong? According to the Divine Command Theory of ethics‚ morality comes directly from the word of God- in other words‚ all that God commands is moral and all that He prohibits is immoral. Although upon first glance this is a conveniently absolute code to adhere to‚ a number of flaws and fundamental logical fallacies in the argument for DCT render God’s word insufficient as a means to determine right and wrong. Firstly‚ the very nature of God’s word
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lives and treated as equals. [They] wouldn’t tell them what to do‚ but left them to make their own decisions.”(I LET MY CHILDREN DO WHAT THEY WANT) They believe that they are permitting their children to make their own choices when it is quite the contrary because the decision has been made for them. Children have no say in how they will be educated. Although school may not be a favorite among children‚ they do not have the chance to explore what it is like even if they wanted to. It goes both ways:
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is wrong or right will depend on the overall effects. To determine the moral worth of any given action‚ the happiness/satisfaction that it brings should be weighed against the unhappiness/negative consequences associated with it. If the overall positive consequences are more‚ then the action is considered morally right. If the negative consequences of the action are more then‚ the action is morally wrong. As it can be seen from the above discussion‚ utilitarianism is not only concerned about one
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people must approve that social justice and morally right and disapprove wrong when they did not know their status of whether they are male or female‚ old or young‚ and black or white. Rawls argued that social justice arrangements were created by human beings and not by natural factors‚ so what was created by human beings can be changed by human beings (Barry 1989). He argued that social goods-liberty and opportunity‚ income and education as well as the sense of respect must distributed equally among
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Animal rights‚ or the establishment and the idea of them being official‚ have become an increasingly interesting controversy for quite some time. The topic seems to question the common morality and ethics of man‚ while simultaneously questioning practices that target humanity’s safety‚ luxury‚ and in some cases‚ survival. In such a debate‚ three articles come to mind. The debating articles: “Cow VS Animal Rights”‚ “Animal Rights‚ Human Wrongs”‚ and “Proud to be a Speciesist” all deliver a very strong
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Crucible there’s a fine but distinguishable line between doing the right and wrong thing. Sometimes‚ decisions are made without entirely knowing what the situation is and how it came about. W. Clement Stone once said‚ “Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right.” Hale follows these expectations to good integrity. When everybody fell in line with the court he saw they were wrong‚ and he broke away to try to save who was left. Throughout the
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[Date] ANIMAL RIGHTS Is it morally wrong to eat meat? The movement for animal rights‚ which is also known as animal liberation‚ is the concept that the basic interests of animals should be regarded with an equal eye as with humans. It promotes the fact that animal should not be treated as public property‚ traded or be made a part of any business transaction‚ but they should be treated as legal persons‚ with their own rights. According to the Utilitarianism view‚ right is what will promote the
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