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    1. Three actions that I believe would always be morally right: Not pocket the money picked up Treat your parents with honor Donate goods to those people who need 2. Three actions that I believe would always be morally wrong: Steal other people’s belongings. Kill or torture animals for fun Plagiarize homework and assignments I believe that not pocket the money you picked up would always be morally right. While you see someone falls a hundred dollar on the floor‚ you face a moral issue

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    I think that people should be held accountable for their actions‚ but only if they can help‚ because when something major like a life-or-death situation arises‚ fear tends to come upon us‚ and we freak out and don’t know what to do‚ and sometimes we do things that we tend to regret. But if it’s something that you know is wrong and you still do it‚ you should be held accountable for it. For example‚ if 2 people are in a situation where only one person will be able to survive and one of them decides

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    Murder is the intentional or negligent killing of another human being. It could be argued that Victor Frankenstein acted negligently and is responsible for the deaths of the monster he created. However‚ just because Victor Frankenstein created the monster does not necessarily mean he is responsible for the monsters actions. Victor Frankenstein did not create the monster with the intention to harm or kill another human being. The monster acted on his own free will. Even though Frankenstein created

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    these types of situations‚ the idea of accountability gets tangled with survival instincts‚ causing the situation to not be so black and white‚ which gives us the gray area of whether people should be held accountable or not. People in life or death situations should not be held accountable for their actions or any mishaps that may happen‚ because when people are in critical situations their own life is their first priority

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    Is Affirmative Action in the university setting morally justified? Affirmative action is defined as the effort to improve employment and educational opportunities as well as promote the rights or progress of minority groups and women. A minority group is any type of person that is differing from others in some characteristic of the same population and are often subject to different treatment or discrimination. Discrimination is the act of showing favor on a specific person based on group‚ class

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    In this text‚ William K. Clifford is discussing the answer to the question of whether or not we are morally responsible for our beliefs. Clifford explains the immoral act of believing things based on insufficient evidence when he states‚ “Not only does it deceive ourselves by giving us a sense of power which we do not really possess‚ but it is sinful‚ because it is stolen in defiance of our duty to mankind” (4). In other words‚ Clifford suggests that we do have a moral duty or responsibility to mankind

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    Things Parents Should Teach Their Children There are many things parents should teach their children‚ but I think the most important things children should be taught are how to forgive‚ how to respect themselves and others‚ and how to be a good citizen to society. The most important thing parents should teach their children is how to forgive. Children today grow up hating people that hurt them because they don’t know how to forgive. Forgiving the people that hurt them will set their soul free and

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    A child working at early ages is not as good as you think. Children should not work at early ages. Children should not work at early ages because children may care more about the money and less about their education may drop out of school‚ and not be able to balance school work and their job life. Children should be able to be children for as long as they can be without worrying about a job‚ but getting their education. Some children’s minds are set that they feel money is everything they need.

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    “Human beings are responsible for their moral actions. Discuss.” Libertarianism‚ otherwise known as incompatabilism (the idea that you cannot be free and determined)‚ holds the belief that we are completely free to make moral decisions and that nothing is determined in any way. Therefore‚ human beings are totally responsible for their moral actions. Some philosophers rejected the idea of determinism because it ruled out any individual‚ moral responsibility but the question still lies as to whether

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    Is Macbeth responsible for his actions? When reading William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ we really have to contemplate whether Macbeth was responsible for his actions or whether he was manipulated and persuaded by people around him. When scrutinising the play in detail‚ the events show that‚ without the persuasion of Lady Macbeth‚ the witches and the ambition to become king‚ the events that occurred in the play wouldn’t have happened the way they did. The witches’ role in Macbeth’s downfall occurred

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