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    Morality

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    Morality is the reference to codes of conduct that are brought forward by a society. It is evident in the play Macbeth that making moral decisions is superior to making immoral choices. In the end of the play the result of the characters moral and immoral choices all comes to fruition. Consequently the actions of those who acted morally dealt with their situation much better than those who did not. Morality is the reference to codes of conduct that are brought forward by a society. It is evident

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    On Morality

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    Kelsey Berry Hartung Humanities 10/23/12 What is Morality? The inevitable fore comings of being a child literally flash right before your eyes. One minute you are learning how to walk and talk and in the next you are graduating high school. We find ourselves constantly wondering where the hell all that time went. And in between all this growing up it seems we acquire a set of “morals” and “values”; merely things we tend to blame our actions and thoughts on. It’s like this illusory line

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    Rachel and Her Children

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    Rachel and Her Children” Not all of us are blessed and able to come home to a roof over our head‚ food on the table‚ daily necessities‚ and happy moments to look back on. Some of us are fighting for shelter‚ starving for food‚ and praying for a smile. As I read Rachel and Her Children I found myself seeing things from the homeless perspective. Homeless does not necessarily mean they do not have a roof over there head. Homeless now to me means not having a place to feel safe and call your home

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    Rachel Whiteread’s House Memory is not alien to us. We all have memories‚ memories that are situated in the past. Our memories are the representations of absent things that get portrayed in the form of an image. A memory is not the real thing‚ it’s just an image of what the minds manifests. Drawing from memory we can begin to bridge the gap between art and the socio-historical dimensions of specific places. A memory can be a reconnection of a place‚ thus establishing authenticity of meaning

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    Explain the difference between absolutist and relativist ethics. The Absolutist theory is the theory that certain things are right or wrong from an objective point of view and cannot change according to culture. Certain actions are intrinsically right or wrong‚ which means they are right or wrong in themselves. This is also known as deontological. The relativist theory is the theory that there are no universally valid moral principles. All principles and values are relative to a particular culture

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    Relativism and Morality

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    Relativism and Morality Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility SOC 120 April 8‚ 2013 According to Lenn E. Goodman some things are just wrong. His article “Some Moral Minima” outlines some of the worst examples of things that are just simply wrong. He mentions rape‚ genocide‚ and incest as things that have no justification. When it comes to any of the above examples‚ Goodman finds something that diminishes another person or party and conflicts with the right to possess

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    Cultural Relativism

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    Cultural Relativism: A Moral Fallacy Cultural Relativism is the theory that all belief’s are equally valid and that truth itself is relative‚ depending on the situation‚ environment and individual. Those who hold the belief of Cultural Relativist‚ hold that all beliefs are completely relative to the individual within a cultural identity. In this essay‚ I will show that cultural relativism is unreliable as an ethical theory by showing the irrationality of the arguments that support it. The

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    Cultural Relativism

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    Cultural relativism holds that there is no universal morality that is common among all cultures. Specifically‚ in an article on cultural relativism James Rachels states the following characteristics of cultural relativism: 1) Different societies have different moral codes; 2) There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one societal code better than another; 3) The moral code of our own society has no special status; it is merely one among many; 4) There is no "universal truth"

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    RR Concerning Children

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    Reading Response to “Concerning Children” In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s essay “Concerning Children” she explains that people are temporarily children‚ and far more permanently (wo)men. She believes that when parenting a child‚ the key to molding him/her into a successful adult is not by making them 100% obedient and telling them to do things “because I said so”‚ but by telling them to do something and explaining why so they understand what they’re doing (Gilaman527-530). Gilman writes this argument

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    Rachel Carson Struggles

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    already done” quoted Rachel Carson. This tells the whole story of her life. Carson was an author who started the environmental movement across the globe. She never intended to do this‚ but she inspired many people with her stories. Rachel had been through so many struggles throughout her life‚ but never gave up and was a true hero. Carson faced many struggles throughout her life. In the end‚ nothing slowed her down from her ultimate goal‚ protecting the environment. Rachel Carson’s belief that

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