MORAL POLICING‚ WOMEN‚ MEDIA AND PERSONAL FREEDOMMoral policing is a controversial term. Its supporters say it is an important function to be performed to safeguard our culture against western influence and save our youth from corruption. Those who oppose it see it as a threat to individual freedom and democratic dissent. I would not have been interested in these debates till I saw them affecting my life as an individual and more so as a woman. What is morality? How moral policing is gender biased
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surprise party to honking at a car that cuts you off‚ virtually every one of our voluntary actions must first undergo some sort of moral processing that tells us whether it is okay or not to do. As expected‚ this moral processing varies from culture to culture and is the basis of many of the culturally specific traditions and laws that we see today. However‚ this moral disagreement across cultures is so distinct that many intellectuals‚ especially in this current generation‚ have elected to believe
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Overview In order “to offer high-quality accounting services”‚ Arthur Andersen (AA)‚ a Northwestern accounting professor started a business to offer services to clients promoting “integrity and sound audit opinions over higher short-run profits”. The company’s “four cornerstones” was good service‚ quality audits‚ well-managed staff‚ and profits for the firm. Their strategy was to focus on quality and high standards of audits rather than profits‚ a very successful strategy that led to consistent
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"Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality" In "Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality‚" Peter Singer is trying to argue that "the way people in relatively affluent countries react to a situation cannot be justified; indeed‚ our moral conceptual scheme needs to be altered and with it‚ the way of life that has come to be taken for granted in our society"(Singer 230). Peter Singer provides striking examples to show the reader how realistic his arguments are. In this paper‚ I will briefly give a summary of
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and summer of 1692 in Salem‚ America due to congregational strife with plain back stabbing which caused life in fear. Miller portrayed John Proctors character as kind with strong opinions and principles. He also looked hard working and although he was deeply religious he chose not to go to church regularly because he thought the "Minister was not suitable". John was definitely passionate in anything he believed in regardless of what others said or thought. Miller portrayed that Elizabeth Proctor’s
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make them‚ or you have to contemplate on them. Undoubtedly‚ in the end‚ your morals determine your actions. Internally‚ you have to have moral courage to do what you trust is right and standing up for what you believe in. Moral courage is doing the right thing because it’s right‚ not because of eminence and riches. People morally courageous do what is morally right even if you get hurt or because it is difficult. Moral courage is taking action no matter what the consequences. In Antigone‚ the play
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The Effective vs. Ineffective Teacher What characteristics should a teacher possess? What Makes a Good Teacher? Video – Effective Teacher • An effective teacher can be seen in the following video: Introduction What does being a teacher mean? • Having a vocation for the teaching profession. • Being dedicated. • Being surrounded by a large number of diverse students‚ each with their own baggage and unique character. Knowledge 1st Characteristic of an effective teacher
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NATIONALITY Nationality is the legal relationship between an individual human and a nation state. Nationality normally confers some protection of the individual by the state‚ and some obligations on the individual towards the state. What these rights and duties are vary from country to country. It differs technically and legally from citizenship‚ although in most modern countries all nationals are citizens of the state and all citizens are nationals of the state. Nationality affords the state jurisdiction
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Comic relief is an important theatrical convention that makes the story more interesting and appealing to readers. In Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities‚ Dickens uses one of his minor but fascinating characters‚ Jerry Cruncher‚ to depict this. The two or three chapters dealing with Jerry Cruncher and his family life are humorous and he also illustrates the terrible poverty during the 18th century. And despite the novel’s tragic scenes and symbolic images‚ Dickens uses Jerry to lighten things
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Moral Relativism: An Evaluation The world is becoming an increasingly smaller place‚ culturally speaking. The modern world has more bridges to other cultures and ways of thinking than ever before. This phenomenon is due largely to the advent of the internet‚ global industry‚ and increased travel for business and pleasure to opposite corners of the world. This “global village” we live in introduces the average person to more cultural‚ and seemingly moral‚ differences than previous generations
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