Businesses Moral Responsibility Darryl A. Young April 18‚ 2008 Philosophy GEPI 140 One of the most important questions in all businesses is‚ whether businesses have any moral responsibilities at all beyond simply earning as much of a profit as possible for their owners? If you look at it from the business point of view they are only responsible for making a profit. The company is an agent of the shareholders and is responsible only to them‚ and only for making a profit. Looking at it
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Importance of Moral Education Before 1976‚ education was the exclusive responsibility of the states. In the Constitutional Amendment of 1976‚ education was included in the Concurrent list. Since then‚ the central government continues to play a leading role in the evolution and monitoring of educational policies and programmes‚ the most notable of which are the National Policy of Education (NPE)‚ 1986‚ and the Programme of Action‚ 1986 as updated in 1992. The modified policy envisages a national
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Are Moral Values Objective? “The Subjectivity of Values”‚ chapter 1 of John Leslie Mackie’s “Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong”‚ addresses the question: are moral values objective? Mackie opens with the simple statement that there are no objective values‚ a standpoint to which he gives the name moral scepticism. He goes on to clarify what he means by objective values‚ and distinguishing his moral scepticism from similar views. And finally Mackie presents the arguments in support of moral scepticism
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Absolute Moral Rules One may believe that an absolute rule against killing humans is essential because killing is always evil and inhumane. Others believe that there are great exceptions to killing humans‚ such as self-defense‚ that need to be taken into account when making an absolute rule about killing humans. If someone tries to kill your family member or tries to kill you‚ should you stand there and die because you do not want to violate the absolute rule‚ even if your reason behind breaking
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Moral breakdown is a phenomenon in which a major degradation or a complete loss of moral values takes place within a particular society. Theodore Roosevelt once said‚ “To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace in society.” Morals are the basis by which people live in a positive manner because morals typically mean that people are compassionate to our fellow beings. When people have morals we know right from wrong. It’s important to have morals with a smart mind so
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Ethics and Philosophy- Paige Stewart a) Explain how Natural Moral Law can be used to decide the right moral action Plan: Explain the basic principles of Natural Moral Law Explain about the purpose and that everything seems to be striving to fulfil its purpose Link Aquinas to Aristotle ‘Do good and avoid evil’ Primary precepts and the use of reason to establish the secondary precepts Difference between real and apparent goods and interior and exterior acts Thomas Aquinas used his understanding
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Support of Moral Relativism: My topic is on moral relativism‚ and I am trying to argue that moral relativism is applicable and is required to explain the current phenomenon. First I would try to show how culture affects moral decisions‚ and that such shows the need for a relativistic explanation. I would propose a few arguments and analogies for the need of relativism‚ such as that in different situations the same moral rule may not apply. I would then try to see if there are any moral standards
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Raising a family in a society that is fast-paced and ever changing can make it confusing to know just which values to teach your children. As a general rule‚ it’s up to you to teach your children what to believe‚ and how they should live their lives. But when it comes to teaching and instilling moral values‚ I’d love to pass on a few values to teach your children from a young age. These are simple and common everyday values that are quickly fading from our younger generation. Read on to discover
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prosperity gap is a serious moral problem. Some people believe it’s a religious problem. Jim Wallis‚ a Christian writer and political activist‚ have said "God hates inequality."‚ when calling for a rise of the minimum wages. The United States public principles form by the Judeo-Christian tradition guides people with pride as equals before the law‚ regardless of their social status. There are many talks about greed in the Bible‚ but not one passage that shows income inequality is a moral evil. Americans worry
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What did Schaeffer conclude about a society without moral absolutes? Do we see this in society? Schaeffer concludes that if a society has no moral absolutes then there is no final appeal to judge between individuals and groups whose moral judgments conflict. There will be no standards and only conflicting opinions. 3. On what authority do Christians base their belief in moral absolutes? How specific is this authority? Christians base their beliefs in moral absolutes through the Bible. Of course
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