MORALISSUES FILESHARING Story from BBC News: http://bit.ly/tenenbaum Worksheet written by James Greenwood. http://www.james-greenwood.com American student Joel Tenenbaum was taken to court for downloading and sharing songs using the peer-to-peer file sharing program Kazaa. Under US law‚ recording companies are entitled to $750 to $30‚000 per infringement‚ or more if the jury believes the infringements were wilful. In the first case of this kind‚ a Minnesota jury awarded $80‚000 per
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Miracle Okereke (16+ category) 1 GOLDEN The Olympics has spelled us all‚ We all own bikes now‚ riding across our chartered streets Whilst strutting our stuff in our skin tight spandex shorts‚ We are aware we look like fools however‚ In our pixelated vision we are peddling for gold. Yesterday‚ as I rode by‚ I watched the brown leaves slowly float away Whilst the branches wept like clingy mothers‚ In the still noon I watched this departure The leaves like snowflakes fell silently Then
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Philosophy (2011‚ para. 1)‚ “the term ‘morality; can be used either descriptively to refer to some codes of conduct put forward by a society or some other group‚ such as a religion‚ or accepted by an individual for her own behavior‚ or normatively to refer to a code of conduct that‚ given specified conditions‚ would be put forward by all rational persons.” Studying moral development has been conducted for several years. This study within the past decade has been very popular. The psychology field
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The moral guide that American society should use for making moral decisions is moral absolutism. This means that I agree that certain moral ideas should be universally accepted. There are many different cultures and customs and each has their own ideas regarding their own truths and what is moral. There can be so many different views of what is right and wrong depending on the culture and their own beliefs. However‚ there are certain moral ideas that should be universal. Regarding moral relativism
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Moral and ethics are of high importance in determining the nature of a society or a culture. Morals and ethics are used as complimentary terms but they mean different in literal sense. Morals define personal character and refer to the beliefs that a person practices when he interacts in personal and social relationships. The conduct exhibited by the person in personal-social behaviors gives a correct evaluation of his morals. Morals identify the way a person lives. Ethics are the codes or standards
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Introduction of Sabah Sabah‚ the second largest state in Malaysia‚ located on the northern island of Borneo‚ the third largest island in the world. Sabah covers an area of 72‚500 square kilometers with a coastline of 14.400 kilometers of the South China Sea on the west coast‚ Sulu Sea in the northeast and Selebes Sea to the south. Broadly speaking‚ the size of the state is about the size of Ireland in Europe. The capital of Sabah is Kota Kinabalu formerly known as Jesselton during the time
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Bodnath Stupa Ranked #1 of 58 attractions in Kathmandu 800 reviews * "Awesome!!!!" 09/03/2013 * "Fantastic!" 08/03/2013 Category: Religious Sites Owner description: Bouddhanath stupa is the most liked sightseeing place in Kathmandu. Visitors are required to pay Rs. 200 per person as... more » Visitor photos (358) Boudhanath Ranked #2 of 58 attractions in Kathmandu 13 reviews * "Peace" 26/02/2013 * "Terrific - worth visiting" 25/02/2013 Category: Religious Sites Visitor
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The author of the article‚ Ben Bagdikian‚ states that the television broadcasting is dominated by a handful of giant media conglomerates that are heavily tilted to the political right. Bagdikian also states that because the media conglomerates broadcast programs solely for the purpose of making money‚ a lot of television programs involve sex and violence. Bagdikian argues that the aforementioned statements can be explained by the fact that the media companies care more about making money than anything
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Moral Panic about Drug Use Moral panic can be defined as a process of arousing intense feelings about an issue by making an awareness of a moral danger that threatens social stability through dissemination of exaggerated fear mainly through the media‚ in a society. The obstructions to the fear are erected through legislation. The exaggerated fears are created by politicians and to some extent the elite in the society. The issue of social concern is portrayed to be a taboo and a threat to the social
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Are people inherently moral?! ! Bernard Gert (2012) defines the term „morality“ descriptively and normatively. Descriptively‚ morality refers to some codes of conduct which has put forwarded by a society‚ by a religion or accepted by an individual for her own behavior. Normatively‚ morality is a code of conduct‚ which would be put forward by all rational people in some specific conditions. Therefore morality is a knowledge. To assume that people are inherently moral‚ it should also be assumed
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