Corporations are moral agents I chose to evaluate the second debate because I thought it was the most significant to the purpose of the class: to analyze the moral responsibility of business. The debaters were assigned to negate and affirm the following motion: Corporations are Moral Agents. In my opinion‚ this motion comes down to the decision to hold corporations responsible for their (corporations) decisions on a moral basis or just hold them responsible for their decisions on a legal basis
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Can One Be Moral and Not Believe in God Name: Course: Phi 103 Informal Logic Instructor: Jennifer Creekmore Date: May 6‚2013 Can One be Moral and Not Believe in God There are many people‚ that do not have any faith or belief in any personal god or deity‚ one that dispenses grace‚ goodness‚ and/or miracles according to his/her ’will’. Many people do not acknowledge any ‘supernatural’ agent or agency that intentionally intercedes in human affairs or selectively
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it the function of education to help us understand the whole process of life‚ or is it merely to prepare us for a vocation‚ for the best job we can get?” Following the though of Jiddu Kristnamurti‚ the main function of education is development of society and individual. We try to understand how the education play its function as development and whether the function of education can do its job perfectly in our system now. When we do the comparison between the non-developed country and the developed
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JANE: Hi‚ Zach! ZACHERY: Hello‚ Jane. JANE: So‚ I was wondering‚ you just finished covering moral relativism in CRA‚ right? ZACHERY: Yup. JANE: Alright‚ well‚ John was talking to me the other day‚ and I was telling him about the work I’ve been doing to support education for women in Africa. And he told me that‚ according to some guy named Mackie‚ that people’s right to education isn’t actually a moral fact and me trying to increase the education of women isn’t justified‚ cuz I’m just forcing my own
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plato.stanfo.edu‚ in the article‚ “Kant’s Moral Philosophy”‚ the author states‚ “The basic idea‚ as Kant describes it in the Groundwork‚ is that what makes a good person good is his possession of a will that is in a certain way “determined” by‚ or makes its decisions on the basis of‚ the moral law.”
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A moral panic is defined by Cohen as ’a condition‚ episode‚ person or group or persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests ’. In other words‚ a moral panic is an exaggerated reaction of fear towards a group or issue that causes panic in society‚ felt and reacted to by the public‚ media‚ police‚ and politicians etc. An example of a moral panic would be the increased fear over knife crime in Britain especially over the last few years. A folk devil is the group/issue
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Understanding Moral Understanding Throughout time there has always been this nagging question of what is right and what is wrong. As of yet‚ there is no universal agreement on the correct answer to that question‚ which leads to wondering: how do we even begin to make the decision of morals and where do they come from? Are morals imbedded in us from birth or are they programmed into us through life‚ nature verses nurture? According to psychology moral understanding is a process. No one starts
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supports the ideas of deontology in society because the person did the right thing in trying to save the person without anything in return. The individual did this act based on his good will and character based on the circumstance. These types of actions are accepted because the individual had good intentions. As a person we can act rationally in society and it is the duty to make right decisions and have good moral actions. We have a duty to be good in our society because we all have to follow certain
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Voters believe atheists are "moral wildcards" and‚ thus‚ unelectable asserts Will Gervais in Jonathan Freedland’s exploration into "Why Americans Won’t Vote in an Atheist." Regrettably‚ the Judeo-Christian Heritage of the United States often trumps the notion of religious freedom and the practice of religious tolerance. Deeming "a belief in God" the foundation of morality‚ many Americans will not even consider the merits of a candidate if he or she does not profess the existence of a higher power
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wish to be moralistic‚ almost every work contains a moral issue. To what extent‚ in what ways and to what effect has the author of the text you have studied explored this issue?’ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has to a great extent explored the moral issues implicit in his 1920’s context. Fitzgerald explores the lack of religion‚ the corruption of the American Dream and the superficial values of his society in order to make his society reflect on their own illusory existence. The 1920’s
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