good‚ if not then war would be inevitable. “Hereby it is manifest‚ that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe‚ they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war‚ is of every man‚ against every man” (Mackinnon‚ Barbara. Ethics: Theory and Contemporary). John Locke followed the Natural Law aspect of this theory. Natural law or the Law of Nature says that a person will do good‚ as it is the moral answer. “To understand political power aright and to derive
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mutual respecting unity with it. He also explores the reasons why people make rash decisions regarding nature specifically from an economic standpoint. Both MacKinnon and
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The courtships and marriages of Theodore Sedgwick and of his seven children span the American Revolution and the early republic‚ with Theodore first marrying in 1767/68‚ his children being born between 1775 and 1791‚ and all except Catharine marrying by their thirties. In some ways‚ Kenslea’s findings are unsurprising‚ as arranged marriages gave way to individual choice: Sedgwick arranged his eldest daughters’ marriages in 1797 and 1801‚ while his sons enjoyed love matches within a decade. But Kenslea’s
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presentations. Another definition is that pornography is verbal or pictorial sexually explicit material that is degrading and demeaning the role of women as mere sexual objects (MacKinnon 2007 p. 222). The first definition explains what pornography quite broadly‚ while the second explains it from a morally wrong type point of view (MacKinnon 2007 p. 222). The definition that describes pornography is correct‚ the second one is also correct depending on what ethical view the person has on it. Looking at the
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textbook‚ Barbra Mackinnon‚ cannot come to a specific definition of what exactly ethics is‚ due to the subject being defined by each individuals personal opinion. However‚ a general conclusion can be drawn‚ and that is that we tend to think of ethics as the set of values or principles held by individuals or groups. Another way of accessing the subject is to think of ethics as being the study of various sets of values people may have. This can be studied historically and comparatively. Mackinnon states that
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as with the emergence of contemporary assertive and independent female characters‚ comes the development of more sensitive‚ responsible males‚ which could be the only option of overriding the prevalence of this new confident female archetype. ( MacKinnon‚ 2003‚ p.13) This current representation of masculinity could in conclusion be a contemporary attempt by media institutions to place women back into the original stereotype of which they previously came‚ as secondary to men‚ as the sex with the
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Johannes Vermeer Vermeer was a realist painter who focused on chiaroscuro and became a master in using this technique. The artist delighted in the technicalities of the camera obscura that had emerged in Dutch markets at this time and was an avid fan of using various lens and glass contraptions to discover new forms of capturing light in various contexts. There is little information about Vermeer’s personal life. He seems to have devoted his time to his work and never left his hometown of Delft
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When I was in my late 20’s‚ Life was difficult. My husband was out the picture‚ and I was trying to raise my two small children while working a full time job and a part time trying to make ends meet. There was no one helping me. My parents taught me stealing was wrong‚ and it was against our family’s good morals. Still‚ if I had received the opportunity to own the ring of Gyges back then‚ along with every chance to keep my traits virtuous because there was no chance of repercussion or anyone knowing
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Julilly is a slave at the Hensen plantation‚ with her mother‚ Mammy Sally. When a Slave trader from the deep South comes to choose his field hands‚ he rips Julilly from the arms of her loving mother and sends her into his cart. Both of them are devastated. When she arrives at the Riley plantation in Mississippi after the long trip‚ Julilly meets Liza‚ and they become instantly inseperable. They fantasize about the promised land‚ Canada. When Massa Ross comes to visit and chooses Lester Adam and Ben
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helping more people than you are hurting‚ then it is okay to lie to or torture someone. Utilitarianism is the ethical theory that the action you choose to perform should result in “the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people” (MacKinnon and Fiala). It is a form of consequentialism that focuses on the consequences of actions that affect everyone rather
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