According to Aristotle‚ we get moral virtue as a result of habit and none of the moral virtues arise in us by nature‚ because nothing that exists by nature can form a habit contrary to its nature. Nature has no effect on how moral virtues arise in us. Instead‚ we receive nature when we adapt‚ and therefore are made perfect by habit. A good example Aristotle uses is that we have senses before we even know how to use them. Eventually we learn how to use them by exercising them everyday. Another good
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October 2010 Moral Responsibility America would not be where it is without the laws that have been placed and the citizens who follow the laws. In order for this to happen the knowledge and acceptance of the laws are needed to establish order. African Americans had been secluded in the past through harsh laws of segregation. Although many believe disobeying the law is morally wrong and if disobeyed a punishment should follow‚ Martin Luther King’s profound statement‚ “One has the moral responsibility
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Abortion There are many people in this world that are strongly against the act of abortion‚ such as Republicans and most religions. I on the other hand‚ am not one of those people. Yes I believe in God and that the gift of life is precious‚ but I also believe in the mother’s having a choice on whether or not they want to be responsible for a human being. There are many valid reasons as to why a woman would consider having an abortion‚ and each reason is extremely important and should not be looked
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Electric utility bills. When an electric utility customer uses electricity‚ the electric company has earned revenues. It is obviously impossible‚ however‚ for the company to read all of its customers’ meters on the evening of December 31. How does the electric company know its revenue for a given year? Explain. According to historical data‚ the electricity usage usually tended to be fairly constant from month to month. The company can estimate the revenues for each month‚ by using historical data
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Environmental issues are harmful effects of human activitity on the biophysical environment. Environmentalism‚ a social andenvironmental movement that started in the 1960s‚ addresses environmental issues through advocacy‚ education and activism. The carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere has already exceeded 400 parts per million (NOAA) (with total "long-term" GHG exceeding 455 parts per million). (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report) This level is considered
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The Divine Command Theory is a meta-ethical theory which proposes that an action’s status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God. The theory asserts that what is moral is determined by what god commands‚ and that to be moral is to follow his commands. As a Christians‚ I believe that my people use divine command theory approach rather than egoism or act or rule utilitarianism as a basis of the ethical systems. In Christianity‚ Judaism and Islam‚ good and bad are seen as being
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In what ways can an organization’s structure and culture be internal strengths or weaknesses? Every organization has a corporate structure and culture these vary based on several variables. I will discuss the most common which is a divisional structure‚ which is appropriate for a large corporation as well. According to our text regardless of the size of a company to be strong the basic structure within the company must easily support a strategy under consideration by top management. Management in
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/opinion/the-moral-animal.html?_r=0 The Moral Animal By JONATHAN SACKS Jonathan Sacks is the chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth and a member of the House of Lords. Published: December 23‚ 2012 IT is the religious time of the year. Step into any city in America or Britain and you will see the night sky lit by religious symbols‚ Christmas decorations certainly and probably also a giant menorah. Religion in the West seems alive and
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It is noticed that all the above issues can be tied to discrimination in the work place. The fact the company is hiring good people makes it crucial for us to create policies that will keep them within the organization. From the addressed list above we can see that we need to apply changes to our policies. Our current policies might cover all or most of these concerns and the issue is in enforcing them‚ or they could lack the coverage for such issues and needs to be addressed. A full review and revision
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Moral Decisions It is so easy to set back and judge others for their decisions but if the one judging puts their self in the other person’s situation it is not so easy to say what they would really do. In the two plays Antigone and Trifles‚ there are two characters‚ Antigone and Mrs. Peters‚ which are prominent due to their decision-making process. In these two plays‚ both Antigone and Mrs. Peters make very important decisions based on what is right or wrong. Their decisions are life-changing‚
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