Gambling --Is it Right or Wrong Gambling has been around forever‚ and I am sure it has always been a controversial issue. History and ethnography show us that‚ across societies of the past and present‚ gambling varies considerably with respect to its organization‚ social meanings‚ and how it is regarded in moral terms. (Binde‚2005). Since the time when the guards for Jesus cast lots for his clothes‚ when Las Vegas was built and now today with the availability
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People always say that if they could be able to notice and correct the causes of a tragedy‚ it would not happen. However‚ things happen for reasons. In the famous Ancient Egypt tragedy Oedi- pus written by Sophocles‚ while Oedipus is trying to help the citizens who are experiencing a disas- ter‚ he finds out that he is the killer of his natural father and his wife is his real mother. It does not matter what could be avoided before everything happens‚ the play Oedipus could not have had a different
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people is so great. Slavery was and is wrong because the damage never truly dies‚ it truly never goes away.
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without any say so? Millions of babies go through this worldwide each year. Abortion is wrong for many reasons. For example‚ abortion is murder‚ abortion is unsafe and painful for both the mother and baby‚ and abortions reduce the number of adoptable babies. The killing of an innocent human being is wrong. Abortion is a sustainable subject in society and should not be legal. One of the obvious reasons abortion is wrong is the fact that it is murder. The Bible does not point out differences between a
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= Voting For the Wrong Reason Natalya Hill Ivy Tech Community College I have to argue the fact that people who vote for the wrong reason‚ are just as at fault as the president of the United States of America. When citizen of the United States of America vote for president because of their own personal beliefs and views‚ they should think twice about voting for those reasons. When a presidential candidate is campaigning to become president and they express their personal views‚ people should
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the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group) "the Puritan ethic"; "a person with old-fashioned values" (a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong the philosophical study of moral values and rules known as moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is‚ concepts such as good and evil‚ right and wrong‚ virtue and vice‚ justice‚ etc. Major branches
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is why looking at the topic of abortion is so important it is defiantly a very widely debated topic. This paper is going to talk about if abortion is morally wrong or morally permissible through talking about both sides of this ethical question. Abortion is morally wrong for a handful of reasons here is some insight on why it’s morally wrong. For this paper the definition of abortion that will be used is deliberate removal (or deliberate action to cause the
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there’s a fine but distinguishable line between doing the right and wrong thing. Sometimes‚ decisions are made without entirely knowing what the situation is and how it came about. W. Clement Stone once said‚ “Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right.” Hale follows these expectations to good integrity. When everybody fell in line with the court he saw they were wrong‚ and he broke away to try to save who was left. Throughout the story
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The Death Penalty: Right or Wrong? The death penalty is one of the main solutions to prevent crime rates in different states. It should be legalized in all fifty states‚ to avert from crime‚ keep repeat offenders off of the streets‚ and to reduce taxpayers the cost of keeping those found guilty of immoral crimes in prison low. The death penalty can‚ in fact‚ prevent outrageous crimes from being committed when it is lawful in a state. Social scientists have stated‚ “The act of general deterrence
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Cheating in school is a mind-deteriorating problem growing at an extremely fast rate that needs our attention in order for it to be stopped once and forever. Cheating occurs mostly because of two main reasons: pressure and parental expectations. Copying in homework and during tests is two of the principle ways of cheating. The worst of cheating is that students are so used to it that happens almost on a daily basis. Another sad part of cheating is that people that cheated in school are likely to
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