action that has no inherent moral implications. Since the humanist moral code is completely unencumbered with issues like one’s "closeness to God‚" it includes no such prohibitions against physical pleasure. If two adults willfully consent to have sex‚ whose rights are being violated? Who are they hurting? Themselves‚ by risking STD transmission? This is a risk they’ve acknowledged‚ accepted and‚ hopefully‚ minimized‚ by using protection. My point is that sex is not a moral choice. The only possible
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Have you ever been in the position where you had to choose if you wanted to do the right or wrong thing? Would you describe yourself as a virtuous person? Well‚ the short story called “The Man In The Water” involves a character with moral features‚ as the author Roger Rosenblatt uses the literary elements of character and conflict to express morality. Morality means principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good or bad behavior. This story shows that you have to act with courage
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point‚ as he is a loyal Thane and it is his duty to protect the king. When his wife tries to question his manhood‚ his need to prove himself takes over and he decides to kills Duncan. This is the beginning of his moral downfall. It is at this point that Macbeth begins to loose his morals in the pursuit of power. Macbeth is made king‚ yet now that he has this power‚ he is constantly plagued by worries. He had committed one murder to get to the throne and had to
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John Greer Colorado Technical University Online LITR240-1302B-02: Literature: A Mirror of Life Phase 1 IP: “Love in L.A.” and “A Good Man is hard to find” Professor: Jordine Logan May 27‚ 2013 “Love in L.A.” (Short Story) The setting of the story “Love in L.A.” takes place on the freeway of Los Angeles. The main character‚ Jake‚ is an immature‚ arrogant‚ irresponsible protagonist that is carelessly driving and daydreaming without a care in the world. Amidst the gridlock of traffic‚ he
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Morality Among the "Outcasts of Poker Flat" As Mr. John Oakhurst‚ gambler‚ stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the twenty third of November‚ 1850‚ he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere from the preceding night. Two or three men‚ conversing earnestly together‚ ceased as he approached‚ and exchanged significant glances. There was a Sabbath lull in the air‚ which‚ in a settlement unused to Sabbath influences‚ looked ominous. Mr. Oakhurst’s calm handsome face
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“The opposite of love is not hate‚ it’s indifference.” This quote by Elie Wiesel says a lot. Indifference is dangerous. We have a moral responsibility to help others most of the time. There are moments where it’s okay to be indifferent. This moral responsibility that we have is important to keep our indifference in check. We have a moral responsibility to help right the wrongs in the world but to an extent. There are situations where it is acceptable to be indifferent. For example‚ a part in the
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The Misfit in the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is an interesting character. The Misfit was looked by others as if he was the violent character who truly didn’t have any morals‚ but I disagree with that. The Misfit gave the story a lot more meaning. I don’t think The Misfit cared about much because he simply didn’t know what he was meant to do in life and his motivation was just finding what he wanted to do. I don’t think he cared about killing people because he didn’t care about life itself
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Integrity‚ the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. The definition of integrity is vague and rather open ended. Morals are the premise for all perceptions of integrity and should be further explored to better understand the cloudiness behind integrity. Morals are the standing personal ideas of what basic fibers construct all decisions‚ right or wrong. But morals are personal‚ and ever changing‚ never exactly the same person to person. For example‚ the
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miserable monster whom I had created‚" (pg.152) says Victor upon looking back at his work. If there is another monster there will be twice the power and possibly twice the evil‚ which could hurt or kill his family. When and if Frankenstein commits the moral sin of creating another monster he may be rid of both monsters forever. "With the companion you bestow I will quit the neighbourhood of man‚"(pg 142) promises the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner. When the doctor
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Should the aesthetic (beauty) dimension replace the moral (goodness) dimension? To start I will give a description as to what I believe is the moral dimension. To explain this I will use an example of physics. We must all realize that the moral dimension is explained through the law of relativity which states that nothing is good or bad‚ big or small until it is related to something else. The law of relativity tells us that everything in our physical world is only made real by its relationship or
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