MONEY AND MORALITY: Gifts of eternal truth in moments of the mundane By Cheryl Leis‚ PhD‚ Management Consultant/Practical Philosopher As inhabitants of this 21st century Western world‚ we all have to deal with money. We participate in the world of commerce as a means to obtain those things considered necessities of life. Money plays the role of the most commonly accepted means in this giving and getting from others. And the more money one has‚ the greater one’s power to regulate the particulars
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Morality refers to personal decisions about what is right and wrong- Everyday situations. Absolute morality is when the answer never changes and is the same in all circumstances ‘don’t cause anyone harm’ Relative morality is when the answer can be adapted to the person’s circumstance‚ ‘don’ cause anyone harms’ – might go to war because it causes harm to others but stops greater suffering in the future. Sanctity of life: for a religious believer the sanctity of life is a reason
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Punishment Dante Alighieri‚ an Italian poet‚ was born in Florence in 1265. The exact day of his birth and death is unknown. He was born into a noble family with a no fortune. He may have attended the University of Bologna‚ and around the age of twenty he married Gemma Donati‚ with her he had several children. He began writing poetry at a very young age. After he was exiled from Florence he wrote the epic poem‚ Divine Comedy. It is believed that some of the epic poem‚ of the Inferno was written
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Walberg ‚John Lianas English 201 September 18‚ 2012 Morality and its Consequences’ Middle-English poems written during various points throughout the twelfth‚ fourteenth‚ and fifteenth centuries often involve King Arthur. The works are called Arthurian accounts and Arthurian romance; they place emphasis on the Arthurian Court or Chivalry. Two Poems‚ Marie de Franc’s “Lanval” and The Perl Poet’s “Sir Gawain and The Green Knight”‚ written between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries tell different
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Before his imprisonment‚ Edmond Dantes was what you’d considered as every parent’s dream child. He’s what you’d describe as hard-working‚ honest and innocent to the point that he is naive. He cared immensely for his aging father‚ always wanting the best for him and supplying him with love and money. Edmond admired his boss‚ Monsieur Morrel greatly‚ and he even thought kindly of the three men who clearly loath him. Everything was going swell for the young sailor as he was soon to marry Mercedes‚ the
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Master Morality vs. Slave Morality: Neiztche Wikipedia defines morality as “a system of principles and judgments based on cultural‚ religious‚ and philosophical concepts and beliefs‚ by which humans determine whether given actions are right or wrong.” (Wikipedia Morality) Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche‚ a German philosopher thought up of the idea that there are two moralities; The master and slave morality. These define a person by there actions to there world around them and how they handle certain
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In Dante’s Inferno‚ the Third Pouch of the Malebolge is reserved for simoniacs; clergymen that sold ecclesiastical preferment and/or offices to members of the Catholic Church in return for money and material goods. In the Third Pouch‚ these men are hung by their feet in pits of darkness while their feet are charred by the flames of fires above them. This punishment reflects Dante’s abhorrence for simoniacs‚ whom he considers to be unethical‚ avaricious‚ and inconsiderate of the souls that they have
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fibers construct all decisions‚ right or wrong. But morals are personal‚ and ever changing‚ never exactly the same person to person. For example‚ the Ten Commandments‚ implemented on primitive people for thousands of years attempted to instill basic morality into barbaric people who‚ with the fear of a higher power‚ abided. The late George Carlin summarized these ten into a basic 4. Don’t lie‚ cheat‚ steal‚ or kill. Now‚ in a civilized world‚ in a country that defines social civility‚ these 4 seem easy
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less frowned upon than before. One of the most important challenges to humanity today is obviously our drastic decline in morality. Some may say our morals are even being completely redefined. At this rate‚ will our generation’s children grow up in an even worse environment than our current situation? One of the most influential causes for society’s decreasing morality is today’s music. Children as young as three years of age are learning such profane language from listening to lyrics without
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RELIGION AND MORALITY (i)Examine the views of scholars concerning the idea that religion and morality are linked. In this essay I am going to be looking at all the different view points on why some people may think religion and morality are linked. I will talk about a few things that link them such as conscience‚ divine command ethics‚ Kant ’s view and Aquinas ’ view. Many people believe that morality is based upon religion and the rules written in the Bible and other holy books‚ although some
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