In his ground-breaking essay on the effects of wealth and poverty on global society‚ Peter Singer juxtaposes the responsibility of the wealthy toward the less fortunate. Singer starts off by giving contrasting examples to the abject and severe poverty of third world countries and examples of the richer nations of the world. It is Singer’s assumption that the richer nations have a duty to help the poorer nations to develop into self sufficient societies. Singer goes on toe assert‚ that with the right
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In Peter Singer’s "Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality"‚ he argues that the way people in relative affluent countries react to a situation like that in Bengal cannot be justified. His reason for saying this is due to his belief in his principle "if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening‚ without sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance‚ we ought‚ morally to do it". I disagree with his point of view and I will provide explanations as well as bring in my own arguments to
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War cannot be morally justified‚ even if it seem necessary or the battle looks to be in your favor. In “On Duties”‚ he says we have certain duties to those who have wronged us but‚ by going into a physical altercation with an opponent is the way of the brute. Humans have been on the earth for centuries and have become to civilized to resort to fighting. All throughout history we see many battles being won and lost‚ for more power or for more money in the winners’ pocket. The costs are far greater
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What is a Shavian Play? Shavian – of pertaining to‚ or characteristic of George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) or his works Shaw belongs to the late Victorian age but his era is named as Shavian era or age because he is one of those writers of English history who were able to drag the audience out of their homes on the basis of their strong management of characters and sense of morality. According to Shaw‚ his dramas come under the category of problem plays‚ argumentative plays or plays of ideas. For him
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Problem Play The problem play is a comparatively recent form of drama. It originated in nineteenth-century France but was effectively practiced and popularized by the Norwegian playwright Ibsen. It was introduced into England by Henry Arthur Jones and A. W. Pinero towards the end of the nineteenth century. G. B. Shaw and Galsworthy took the problem play to its height in the twentieth century. H. Granvi lie-Barker was the last notable practitioner of this dramatic type. Thus the problem play flourished
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Collin Laguzza Pl215 Ethics Paper C 12/10/15 Friedrich Nietzsche explores the importance and true value of morality in his work On the Genealogy of Morality. Nietzsche fails to provide a concrete definition of morality however‚ he instills values and their relations to modern humanity. It has been clear that people do not doubt that good is highest in value compared to evil. Nietzsche questions if the opposite were true. He proposes that what we call good may actually be detrimental to our livelihood
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centered on the “good life” (the ideal life‚ the life most worth living‚ eudaimonia‚ happiness) and the role of pleasure of achieving it. (Ref:- http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Hedonism) Objection against Hedonism No general code of morality could be established on the basis of pleasure. Pleasure is essentially subjective feeling‚ and only the individual is the competent judge of how much pleasure or pain a course of action affords him. What is more pleasurable for one may be less so
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Inferior Morality vs. Superior Morality Andre Dubus’s “Killings” Murder‚ a rightfully known act of immorality is proven to be justifiable in Andre Dubus’s “Killings”. The alluring temptations of vengeance‚ too strong for Matt Fowler to push aside‚ were eventually accepted. Fowler commits the exact same crime as his son’s killer‚ both murders seek out revenge‚ however for different reasons. Fowler kills for the sake of his wife‚ he grieves seeing her in agony and he himself is in anguish knowing
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Subjective or Objective Morality on Campus LVE8004 2013/5/24 Introduction The question of morality is objective or subjective has been arguing for centuries. People who hold different perspectives stand on different sides. In this paper‚ I will exam this issue with my own finding in a University in China. I found lots of college students show lots misbehavior and poor in-class performance on campus in the University I teach. Students show misbehavior such as put trash in the
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English 109 23 May 2013 Assignment 3: Morality Dialogue Introducing Theologist and college professor‚ Preston Jones; Naturalist‚ Bad Religion front man and professor of evolutionary biology‚ Greg Graffin; Jesuit Priest‚ Dan Berrigan; Buddhist monk and Zen master‚ Thich Nhat Hanh; and finally‚ myself‚ curious student and linguistic anthropology major‚ Edlynn Andrus as moderator. Andrus: Today we bring you an amazing set of individuals to discuss morality. Where does it come from? Is it possible
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