good will and gets a feeling of satisfaction from doing them is not acting morally. In the same way that a soldier saves another soldiers with only an inclination that he will get a medal is also not morally dutiful. So how can we have Overdetermined dutiful moral actions? Henson attempts to get around Kant’s rather stark doctrine by saying that a dutiful act would have moral worth provided that respect for duty was present and would
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Yes people should be hold responsible for a life or death situation. Say if someone killed another human being or a living organism you would be hold accountable for their action. But it depends on what they did. They should be responsible for a life or death situation but it depends on what they did or did not do.“I am getting out there! I yelled to k... I was sure l had yelled loud enough but my voice did not seem to have reached (Murakami 139)”. In this case he is not responsible for his friend
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Langstrand 1 Russel Langstrand Professor Sayle English 101-157 9-27-11 The Grim Reaper Floats The story Floating by Karen Brennan is about a woman who can miraculously float. She floats around the house day after day seeming to never leave. Her husband‚ however‚ seems completely unimpressed by her ability and sees her as a burden. A burden that he must feed and take care of. It is not long into the story before she finds a baby and brings it into her house. While this is happening another
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Morally Ambiguous Characters What does it mean to be morally ambiguous? The characters created by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Francis Bret Harte are divided between being purely good or purely evil. The environments that the characters live in are judgmental and hypocritical. While being isolated from society‚ they also deal with struggling to disassociate themselves from their pasts. The Scarlet Letter and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” characters Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and John Oakhurst illustrate
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Is All Murder Morally Wrong? By Lianna Nicole Santiago PHI 2010 Murder is a touchy subject that can be very controversial depending on who the victim or victims are‚ and also who the predator is. Things like the relationship between a victim and predator‚ and the essential “reasons” behind the murder play a big part on whether or not all murder is ethical or unethical. The basic view of murder by most of the population‚ in any sense‚ is that it is morally wrong. Though there are circumstances
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Responsible Consumption Angela Green‚ Laytonia Goodman‚ Ramona Shuman‚ Robin Boyette SOC/105 Irma J. Davis-Gibson‚ Ph.D. August 31‚ 2010 University of Phoenix Responsible Consumption Mass media has been criticized for not practicing high moral and ethical values (Wilson & Wilson‚ 2001). Electronic media and print media advertise wealth in todays’ society. For example‚ the media broadcast stories concerning wealthy individuals’ personal lives filled with luxury items. In todays’
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The word abortion brings many different views and ideas to mind that range from a woman’s right to her body to outright murder. Although at the present‚ many governments in world allow abortions to a certain degree‚ millions of people have debated for years whether abortions are morally acceptable or not. It is in the opinion of this author that abortion‚ though a controversial topic is generally wrong and should not be allowed in the vast majority of cases. In the Evangelium Vitae‚ Pope John Paul
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Most people think stories swill always end with the famous "happily ever after". However‚ that is not the case with William Shakespeare’s‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The main characters‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ have an unintended love that ultimately leads to their deaths. But it is not just their fault that they died‚ for there are many people contributing to this tragedy. Despite these many contributions‚ one stands out on top as the main reason for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Although he has a
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are neither morally binding‚ nor do they ultimately have the force of law attached to them. Nevertheless‚ they are necessary and generally adhered to because of the context in which they operate. Rules might also come about through custom or practice‚ and involve the disapproval of the community rather than any legal sanction if such a rule is broken. The bills of exchange act 1882 in effect did little more
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Without having a single line in the play‚ Rosaline is indirectly responsible for the death of both Romeo and Juliet. Rosaline was the first person that Romeo fell in love with. Even though he loved her‚ Rosaline did not decide to love him back. This caused Romeo to cry and be upset until he found Juliet and then forgot completely about his love for Rosaline. The death of Romeo and Juliet was Rosaline’s fault for making Romeo and Juliet meet each other‚ and not giving Romeo an idea of what true
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