discussion of moral judgments and the disagreements surrounds their validity in the absolute and moral sense.Most philosophers believe in either Normative Moral Relativism or Moral Objectivism. In class‚ Normative Moral Relativism is defined as the view that the truth or falsity of moral judgments is relative to the traditions etc. of a society or culture. Moral Objectivism‚ however‚ is defined in class as the view that morality is objective only if three rules are met‚ the first being that moral judgments
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Moral relativism is an ethical theory that refers to the concept that there is more than one correct moral judgment. The moral judgments are either correct or incorrect only relative to some specific standpoint. This does not mean that one standpoint is more privileged than any other standpoint. This comes from the idea that cultures from around the world tend to show different moral values; there are no general moral values that everyone in the world shares‚ and no one should push their own moral
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Development of Moral Reasoning‚ Attitudes & Beliefs ( Kohlberg‚ Turiel‚ Gilligan) Lawrence Kohlberg • He established the Moral Judgement Interview in his original 1958 dissertation‚ the interviewer uses moral dilemmas to determine which stage of moral reasoning a person uses. • The dilemmas are fictional short stories that describe situations in which a person has to make a moral decision. • Kohlberg experimented on this theory by interviewing boys aged 10 to 16. They were presented moral dilemmas
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Wartime can bring one both physical conflicts on the battlefield‚ as well as psychological battles in one’s own mind. Stephen Cranes The Red Badge of Courage takes the reader into the life of Henry Fleming‚ a young new recruit during the Civil War. Crane studies not only the physical toll war is taking in Henry‚ but the emotional toll as well. Major concepts in this story of Henry’s journey are him being forced to mature in a short amount of time‚ self preservation‚ feelings of isolation‚ and being
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Henry Fleming and The red Badge of Courage The main character of this book is Henry Fleming‚ mostly referred to as The Youth or Youth. The Youth has dark‚ curly brown hair also; he is a young teenager and is average height when compared to the Tall Soldier. Henry is insecure because he is going through a difficult stage between being a "man" and being a "boy". Henry can’t wait to get to war when he signs up but during the book Henry learns that war has a lot of affects on people
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In A Defense of Moral Relativism‚ Ruth Benedict argues that normal behavior varies from society to society; therefore‚ what’s morally right for one society can be morally wrong for another. To support this argument‚ Benedict mentions how certain cultures practice what’s “abnormal” to us without any difficulty. She goes further to give examples of traits that are abnormal to us such as‚ “sadism or delusions grandeur or of persecution” (Benedict‚ 1934‚ p.1) and concludes saying that “these abnormal
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In the article‚ “Moral Panics: Culture‚ Politics‚ and Social Construction” the authors Erich Goode and Nachman Ben-Yehuda discuss the different perspectives of moral panics. The two perspectives are the objectivist and the constructionist. These two perspectives differ in how moral panics are to come about in a society. However‚ the constructionist view is more important to society than the objectivist view. According to the objectivist view‚ a social problem is something that is a real threat to
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of the moral agent (individual contemplating ethical course of action) what obligation is owed to the claimant? Identify the perspective of each of the claimants by indicating what outcome they would prefer to this issue. CLAIMANT OBLIGATION PERSPECTIVE officer Nixon non injury prefer the moral agent to ingore the situation officer ross non injury pefer the moral agent to ignore the situation husband beneficence prefer the moral agent
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The term “moral panic” has been attributed to the alarm surrounding youth delinquency and sexual immorality. Considering the fact that the concern led to the formation of the Special Committee of Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents it could be assumed that this situation displayed at least two of the characteristics of moral panics: concern and consensus. The heightened level of concern led to a consensus that the threat was real and action had to be taken to remedy the issue. Volatility
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What is the role of shame and fear in the lives of the soldiers? Does it drive them to acts of heroism or stupidity? Or both? What is the relationship between shame and courage? Plan -Soldiers fear being ashamed‚ it gives them courage -Fine line between heroic and stupid - The week he spent with Elroy Beerdal‚ fear of shame‚ courage The roles of shame and fear play a large part in the soldier’s lives. If it wasn’t for the fact that the soldiers were so afraid of being ashamed they may have never
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