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    Moral Philosophy Notes

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    less fortunate people are starving –Rachels Drowning child in shallow rudimental pond -To save child‚ he has to get wet/muddy Premise 1: If we can prevent something bad from happening without sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance‚ then we ought to do so. Premise 2: Absolute poverty is very bad (because of pain‚

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    Copyright r 2005‚ Society for Research on Adolescence Moral Development in Adolescence Daniel Hart Rutgers University Gustavo Carlo University of Nebraska-Lincoln Themes in the papers in this special issue of the JRA on moral development are identified. We discuss the intersection of moral development research with policy concerns‚ the distinctive qualities of moral life in adolescence that warrant investigation‚ the multiple connotations of ‘‘moral‚’’ the methods typical of moral development

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    The Modern Moral Order

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    start with the new vision of moral order. This was most clearly stated in the new theories of Natural Law which emerged in the seventeenth century‚ largely as a response to the domestic and international disorder wrought by the wars of religion. Grotius and Locke are the most important theorists of reference for our purposes here. Grotius derives the normative order underlying political society from the nature of its constitutive members. Human beings are rational‚ sociable agents who are

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    Moral and Ethical Issues

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    Moral and ethical issues greet us each morning in the newspaper‚ confront us in the fundamentals of our daily jobs‚ encounter us from our children’s daily school activities‚ and bid us good night on the evening news. We are bombarded daily with discussions of drug abuse‚ the morality of medical technologies that can prolong our lives‚ the rights of the homeless and abortion‚ the fairness of our children’s teachers to the diverse students in their classrooms‚ and sexual morality. Dealing with these

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    Moral Saint Meaning

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    The lack of a Moral Saint in the world today as well as a lack of historical moral saints begs the question of whether such a being can possibly exist. I would tell you that such a notion is ridiculous and that to truly commit oneself to morality is impossible. By moral saint I refer to what Susan Wolf defines as‚ “A person whose every action is as morally good as possible‚ a person‚ that is‚ who is as morally worthy as can be.” The sound of such a person is absolutely terrifying‚ but the question

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    Personal Moral Worldview

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    Personal Moral Worldview An individual’s personal moral worldview is manipulated by the many unique encounters experienced throughout life. The foundation for morals begins to form at an early age and is shaped by the home environment and the people they are exposed to on a regular basis. In Moral Traditions: An Introduction to World Religious Ethics‚ Heidt states‚ “One’s conscience is not‚ then‚ static. It changes as we change and grows as we grow” (Heidt‚ 2010‚ p. 9). In other words‚ what

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    Plato's Moral Theory

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    terms of how an individual should structure the different parts of his mind in order to become a just person and then enact that justice in the outside world. This paper delves into several ideas that provide a simplified outline of how to become a moral person. The Republic brings many concepts to light‚ but the major intent of the book is to articulate an extended definition of justice or morality and how it fulfills one’s life as a human being. Plato asserts that if humans are to live an ethical

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    Moral Luck, Nagel

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    Moral Luck Through Moral Luck‚ Nagel discusses the problem of moral luck and the conflict that arises between the common practice and intuition that most of society believes in regarding morality. Throughout his essay‚ Nagel defines intuition and the phenomenon of moral luck and claims that‚ despite having this intuition‚ people often make moral judgments about people based on factors that are beyond their control (for example‚ a drunk driver who kills a child). Nagel claims that the problem of

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    Moral Leader Analysis

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    MORAL LEADER FINAL PAPER How do you define a moral challenge? What is your definition of moral reasoning? What does moral leadership mean to you? These are the questions we were presented with at the beginning of this course. At the time‚ I had difficulty answering each one. I had never actually sat down and thought about any of these concepts before. I always felt that I had a solid idea of what leadership consisted of and what I considered to be moral but in answering those questions I realized

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    Media and Moral Panic

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    plays a variety of roles in society; its main responsibility is that of providing information. As constant consumers and users of this information the relevance to the majority of members in the wider community inclusive of teachers and students is critical. The media positions us as the audience to take a particular viewpoint of a topic‚ issue or problem that is evident in our society. To what extent though does this role as information provider influence moral panic? Moral panic refers to the exaggerated

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