Can one be moral and not believe in God? Carolyn Jones PHI103: Informal Logic (GSK1219A) Instructor: Fabio Escobar June 11‚ 2012 Can one be moral and not believe in God? Let’s start by defining what it is to be moral or have morals. Morals simply is defined by Webster as “of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior‚” (Merriam-Webster‚ 2011) When you believe in a spiritual being this can play a major role in one’s moral belief. If one do not believe in God or a spiritual
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Ancient Moral Systems Throughout history different civilizations have been able to demonstrate their moral systems through their codes‚ laws‚ and religions. Beginning with the Mesopotamian civilization during the Babylonian empire‚ King Hammurabi brought forth the Code of Hammurabi. The Hebrew civilization used guidance from their Hebrew bible as a template for their moral standards. Order was established by their religious beliefs which were derived from two stone tablets given to Moses on Mount
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The Odyssey Moral Values The Odyssey by Homer uses Odysseus’ 10-year journey home from the Trojan War to illustrate some of the most important moral values of book. The moral values in the story include loyalty‚ compassion‚ self-control and perseverance. Each one has a tale or two associated with it. Loyalty is an important moral value in The Odyssey because Odysseus is devoted to his family. He is determined to return home to his wife despite all of the obstacles in his way. Odysseus stayed
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As a prince you have to have confidence or else the people might walk all over you. Machiavelli story “The Morals of the Prince”‚ talks about how a prince needs to be feared in order to have full power over his kingdom. With fear comes confidence because if you do not believe in yourself and show weakness people will not take you serious and try to over power
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RUNNING HEADING: ETHICAL (MORAL) RELATIVISM Ethical (Moral) Relativism Exploring Kohlberg’s stance on Ethical Relativism JebbehG Ethics in Contemporary Society | PHI101 A01 July 17‚ 2013 Introduction Presently‚ Americans are comfortable relating ethics to individuality. Often times‚ American citizens expresses their right of freedoms to enhance their own sense of ethics or relativity. In defining relativism‚ moral principles are a matter of personal feelings and
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Society ’s Influence on Morals The atrocities of the Holocaust have prompted much inquiry by researchers to understand how humans can behave so cruelly toward their fellow man. Theories have been formed that cite the men of Battalion 101 as " exceptions" or men with "faulty personalities‚" when‚ in fact‚ they were ordinary men. The people who attempted to perform a genocide were the same people as you and me with the only difference being the environment in which they worked. The behavior
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DREAM “Is the American dream a myth or a reality for Hispanics today?” What is the DREAM act? Development‚ Relief‚ and Education for Alien Minors – The DREAM Act is an American legislative proposal that was passed by the American senate on August 1‚ 2001. The act covers illegal aliens as old as thirty-five years old. The DREAM Act “provides conditional permanent residency to certain immigrants of good moral character who graduate from U.S. high schools‚ arrived in the United States as minors‚ and
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Self and of Morality‚ Gilligan presents a theory of moral development that asserts that women confront ethical dilemmas in a different way than men. She notes that men approach issues with a need for justice while women approach issues with a need for care. This theory is largely what causes her to criticize Kohlberg’s model of development that places women a stage lower than men. She argues that Kohlberg’s degradation of the level of female moral development is the result of male intellectual bias
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Morals‚ character‚ integrity‚ what do these words mean .actually‚ the question is‚ do you have them. A man named Dwight Moody once said‚ "Character is what you are in the dark." You cannot see your morals‚ character‚ or integrity‚ these are only shown as your values. Someone could only show their own values‚ which are very important to themselves and everyone else. Integrity is the firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values. The way you show your integrity‚ character‚ and morals
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I will also explain how our emotions play a role in our decisions to make consequentialist moral judgements and deontological moral judgements. Next‚ I will discuss how our emotions influence our decisions. Greene believe that we should not trust our deontological moral judgements. I agree with Greene and I will give examples and reasoning behind why I also do not think we should make deontological moral judgements. Consequentialism says we should only focus on the consequences of our actions
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