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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and a study guide to “Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death” by neuroscientist Adrian Owen. It is a supplement to the original book‚ to make its main ideas easier to understand and put to practice. The “gray zone” is the twilight region between full consciousness and brain death. People with sustained brain injuries or victims of strokes or neurodegenerative diseases‚ such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are often in the gray zone. Many of them are oblivious
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The Evolutionary Conquest of Gray Wolves Today‚ there are over 8.7 million different species that share planet Earth‚ and scientists believe that each species all share a common ancestor. That single ancestor‚ to which is not discovered yet‚ has evolved over eons‚ creating these vast amounts of species that we know today. The Gray wolves‚ or Canis lupus‚ is one prime example of an evolutionary species. Although the history of wolves is still unclear‚ scientists believe that wolves evolved from a
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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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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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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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inaugurate’s new features of an certain status. Robert Gray and Christo Erasmus‚ both explore the concept of self discovery but alter the discovery to being either new and refreshing or challenging and confronting. “Journey‚ North Coast” written by poet Robert Gray‚ demonstrates the self discovery of a concealed environment. This influences the persona’s demeanour to an undulate and stimulating psyche. However‚ the poem “The meatworks” by Robert Gray‚ and short film “The Pencil” (TROPFEST) directed by
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Robert Gray Robert Gray was born on the 23rd of February 1945 in Port Macquarie on the North Coast of New South Wales. In primary school‚ his teacher read to him The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham. This was his first literary experience that he remembered clearly‚ although it wasn’t until 15 that he began to enjoy and write poetry. His teacher‚ Hugh McRae‚ who was himself a poet‚ and the well-known poets D. H. Lawrence‚ T. S. Elliot‚ Patrick White‚ Les Murray and Kenneth Slessor were the
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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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