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    Kant’s categorical imperative approach implies that while making an ethical decision‚ facing an ethical dilemma‚ a person should act in such a way he/she supposes other persons will also act in the same situation. Therefore‚ moral rules must be universal and there should

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    In Beyond Good & Evil‚ Friedrich Nietzsche seeks to develop the idea of moral philosophy beyond basic pleasures‚ how they relate to the general population‚ and further into our own personal intricacies and how they create a set of rules that apply to most individuals. Throughout the book‚ Nietzsche articulate well over 200 epigrams‚ each of which highlights a different aspect of human morality. Nietzsche’s 68th epigram dictates: “‘I have done that‚’ says my memory. ‘I cannot have done that‚’ says

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    up a simple experiment at Yale University to test how much pain an ordinary citizen would inflict on another person simply because he was ordered to by an experimental scientist. Stark authority was pitted against the subjects’ strongest moral imperatives against hurting others‚ and‚ with the subjects’ ears ringing with the screams of the victims‚ authority won more often than not. The extreme willingness of adults to go to almost any lengths on the command of an authority constitutes the chief finding

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    first day is always the hardest. 2 I like to eat chocolate. B An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. e.g. 1 Can you find my umbrella? 2 Will I find my way around the school? C An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a full stop e.g. 1 Don’t panic. 2 please check your schedule. D An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. e.g. 1 Oh my look at

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    C.S. Lewis lived from 1898 to 1963. During his lifetime‚ he wrote over thirty books. One of his most popular books is Mere Christianity. Mere Christianity is broken up into four books ranging from twenty-five to seventy-five pages. Content for each of the books came from a series of radio broadcasts between 1942 and 1944. They read like a conversation instead of an essay. In Book One‚ C.S. Lewis seeks to explain the Law of Human Nature. He says that everyone appeals to some kind of standard of behavior

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    “THE UTOPIAN DREAM‚ WHILE NOBLE‚ IS SHORT SIGHTED BECAUSE IT FAILS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FLAWS IN HUMAN NATURE.” George Orwell’s allegorical novel ‘Animal Farm’ demonstrates the rapid shift from hopeful Utopian Dream‚ to reproachful dystopian nightmare as a result of fundamental flaws in human nature‚ such as avarice‚ selfishness and the thirst for power over others. In the novel‚ the animals are promised a better life if they revolt and institute the system of Animalism‚ then they are promised a better

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    Question No. 7 Answer: For the vast majority morals are sets of guidelines that we should comply‚ they let us know what is correct or off-base. Moral philosophers need to find how these guidelines are legitimized‚ and at the consistent outcomes of moral or moral convictions. The time of enlightenment saw a questioning of religious and customary qualities. Philosophers expected to construct moral framework in light of reasonable grounds. Kant’s moral framework depends on levelheadedness. It endeavors

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    In Plato’s Republic‚ Plato challenges the question of what defines morality. Morality is a subject that delineates Ayn Rand’s notion of the “sense of life.” Rand elucidates‚ “You have no choice about the necessity to integrate your observations‚ your knowledge into abstract ideas‚ ie.‚ into principles (Thomas‚ p. 1).” It is explained in the article by William Thomas that a sense of life is something that all humans have. A sense of morality is also something that all humans have within them (we

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    embrace theory. The principles do not provide the answers to how one should behave‚ but rather “help to direct the thinking toward achieving a consensus on what ought to be done in difficult circumstances” (Tschundin‚ 2003‚ p.51) which was studied in health promotion (Cottrell‚ Girvan‚ & McKenzie‚ 2006). A principle is the value of life principle “Without living human being‚ there can be no ethic” (Cottrell‚ Girvan‚ & McKenzie‚ 2006). The principle of goodness is (rightness). “Good” and “right”

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    In the most basic sense evidentialism focuses on the justifications‚ beliefs‚ conclusions‚ and the evidence for each of these for any given person. William Clifford’s work‚ The Ethics of Beliefs‚ presents his principle of evidentialism and how one must judge the beliefs and justifications rather than consequences. Given Clifford’s definition‚ counter arguments regarding the necessity of consequences towards an individual’s action arise to invalidate Clifford’s claim. I will argue that despite the

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