Module 6.1 5/14/14 Posted: 5/14/14 at 8:49 pm Students I responded to: Brooke Hygema posted 5/14/14 ("Great explanations and detail! I never thought of signs posted‚ but that’s a smart idea. Good job!") and Emily Bartholomew posted 4/19/14 (response: Great point on number two. I completely agree! Although I see where you are coming from on the first answer‚ I do not think it is worth people dying just because one person has crazy driving‚ but that is my opinion. Excellent explanations. :)")
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Moral panic A moral panic is an intense feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten the social order.[1] The term first appears in the English language in The Quarterly Christian Spectator‚ a publication from 1830: ‘Do they not speak as men do on other subjects‚ when they express activity? And is it not the natural language of these expressions that the mind is as far as possible from stagnation‚ or torpor‚ or "moral panic?" ’[2] It was used again in the following
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behaviour. If the change is lasting or relatively permanent‚ it is considered to be a developmental change. The environment can also influence our behaviour‚ feelings or thoughts‚ and change our development. Genetics can also be a factor in development. Moral development involves the gradual development of an individual’s concept of right and wrong. It includes the development of conscience religious values‚ social attitudes ad certain behaviour. Research undertaken by Laurence Kohlburg has been broken
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Should Animal Hunting Be Banned? I personally think animal hunting should be banned because hunters are one of the main reasons why animals suffer‚ are extinct‚ and are endangered. Because of hunting animals are becoming extinct‚ and with arsenal of rifles‚ shotguns‚ muzzle loaders‚ handguns‚ bows and arrows‚ hunters kill more than 200 million animals yearly. It Is Cruel; Animals deserve just us much respect as we do. There are primates that are the closest living animal to us and we hunt them.
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Moral Minima In the article “Some Moral Minima‚” Lee E. Goodman goes into depth in what he describes and defines to believe are four large acts of moral dilemma that are present in our society today. “(1) Genocide‚ politically induced famine‚ and germ warfare; (2) terrorism‚ hostage taking. And child warriors; (3) slavery‚ Polygamy‚ and incest; and (4) rape and female genital cutting.” (Goodman‚ 2010‚ pg 88) The four truths are described in detail and various ways when it comes to each cultures
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out hunting‚ I always like to have the best equipment. Usually‚ I’ll go out to hunt deer‚ but since I live in an area with a wide variety of critters‚ I like to mix things up a little bit and hunt all kinds of animals‚ from rabbits to raccoons to wild turkeys. Overall‚ when it comes to my guns‚ I have everything I need. However‚ one of the most important parts of my rifle is the scope. If I can’t see my target well‚ how am I supposed to kill it? If you do a lot of small to mid-range hunting‚ then
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role of education is to teach facts‚ not morals.” Certainly‚ teachers have a long list of responsibilities every day. The most important one of course is enriching the minds of our children. A large amount of their time is spent with teachers throughout the week and they become one of children’s biggest influences. Sure‚ their major responsibility is to teach them reading‚ writing and arithmetic‚ they also have an obligation to encourage the right morals as well. In many cases teachers become
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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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THE MORAL ARGUMENT How do we explain the fact that people often refrain from immoral acts even when there is no risk of their being caught? There are many formulations of the moral argument but they all have as their starting point the phenomenon (fact) of moral conscience. In essence the moral argument poses the question: where does our conscience‚ our sense of morality come from if not from God? It also asserts that if we accept the existence of objective moral laws we must accept the existence
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Never Forget In the darkest of times‚ heroes or cowards are not made‚ but are revealed to the eyes of humanity. Heroes do not do unrealistic things‚ but do realistic things under unrealistic circumstances. Men and women put their lives on the line just so you can be safe. Those men and women do it every day of our lives‚ whether it is firefighters‚ police officers‚ or even soldiers overseas. No one can pay them back for what they do‚ and yet‚ they still go out and give up their lives so that someone
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