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    members. ‘Morals’ is defined as: ‘standards of behavior; principles of right and wrong’; they tend to be imposed by society. ‘Principle’ is defined as: A rule or belief governing one’s personal behavior ‘Values’ is defined as: principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgement of what is important in life: High standard of morals will set standards of behavior for an individual and help them distinguish between right and wrong. Their values will help them determine what is important in life.

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    How Legally Blonde Subverts the Female Stereotype At a first glance‚ Legally Blonde seems like a stereotypical chick flick‚ with millions of female stereotypes abounding the first 20 minutes and beyond. However‚ when you look deeper‚ at the underlying themes and messages‚ you begin to realize that there is something different about this movie. In most movies we see two basic types of females‚ with other sub-branches: the traditional‚ ditzy‚ feminine woman (Type 1)‚ or the “I’m not like other women”

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    References: Business Law: Principles for Today ’s Commercial Environment. (2013). 3rd Edition Author(s): Twomey; Jennings. Legal Information Institute 2-601 Buyer’s Right on Improper Delivery (1982). Retrieved from http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/2-601

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    The Death Penalty‚ Right or Wrong? Fear of death discourages people from committing crimes. If capital punishment were carried out more it would prove to be the crime preventative it was partly intended to be. Most criminals would think twice before committing murder if they knew their own lives were at stake. As it turns out though very few people are executed and so the death penalty is not a satisfactory deterrent. Use of the death penalty as intended by law could actually reduce the number

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    OCR AS Level Ethics Genetic engineering Example of part (b) question (b) “Genetic engineering is ethically justified.” Discuss [10] Since the development of genetic engineering in the 1970s‚ scholars have questioned its ethical justification‚ claiming that it was playing God’ and was unnatural. Others claimed that humans have always altered their environment to benefit themselves. An example is that of genetically modified crops which some people believe can be justified for a number

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    Today most people rise to recognize Detroit as a vacant metropolitan city with countless empty houses and buildings that have given the surge to the suburbs of America. Detroit is heart of the U.S. auto industry and home to the Detroit Tigers‚ the Red Wings‚ Eminem‚ The White Stripes‚ and even Motown. The Motor City once boasted one of the nation’s highest median family incomes‚ thanks to well-paying jobs connected to the assembly lines of the city. Today however‚ the 313 has experienced major population

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    According to the Crito dialogue‚ Socrates argues that "two wrongs don’t make a right." In this argument‚ Socrates claims that no matter how unjust someone was treated‚ it never gives them justification to injury someone. I will argue that there is a potential objection to the claim of Socrates’ argument. I will show that it is possible to oppose the idea that with or without prior injustice from someone it is unjust to do injury to them; by showing that without prior injustice it is justifiable

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    of morals. It asserts that whether an action is wrong or right will depend on the overall effects. To determine the moral worth of any given action‚ the happiness/satisfaction that it brings should be weighed against the unhappiness/negative consequences associated with it. If the overall positive consequences are more‚ then the action is considered morally right. If the negative consequences of the action are more then‚ the action is morally wrong. As it can be seen from the above discussion‚ utilitarianism

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    the word of God sufficient to determine right and wrong? According to the Divine Command Theory of ethics‚ morality comes directly from the word of God- in other words‚ all that God commands is moral and all that He prohibits is immoral. Although upon first glance this is a conveniently absolute code to adhere to‚ a number of flaws and fundamental logical fallacies in the argument for DCT render God’s word insufficient as a means to determine right and wrong. Firstly‚ the very nature of God’s word

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    Animal rights‚ or the establishment and the idea of them being official‚ have become an increasingly interesting controversy for quite some time. The topic seems to question the common morality and ethics of man‚ while simultaneously questioning practices that target humanity’s safety‚ luxury‚ and in some cases‚ survival. In such a debate‚ three articles come to mind. The debating articles: “Cow VS Animal Rights”‚ “Animal Rights‚ Human Wrongs”‚ and “Proud to be a Speciesist” all deliver a very strong

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