“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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“ There are two standard moral codes for interacting with others‚ the widely popular Golden Rule and the lesser known Platinum Rule. The Golden Rule‚ which seems to be almost a moral standard as variations of this rule are found amongst various religions which we sum to “Treat others as you would like to be treated.” The platinum rule is the idea that you should “Treat others as they would like to be treated ”. The Golden Rule encourages an egocentric based morality which cultivates a distorted
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crimes‚ they are attempting to right a wrong‚ even if that means breaking the law. The point of instituting laws is to uphold morals; to keep people safe and make sure things are as fair as they can be. In some situations‚ though‚ as demonstrated by real-life historical events like segregation and by characters like Tom Joad and Huckleberry Finn‚ the law itself is not so moral. Both Twain’s and Steinbeck’s
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becoming more important as it teaches children to accept those around them‚ helping to prepare these children for the cultural diversity they will undoubtedly be surrounded with in their adult lives. This socialization also assists in reaffirming morals that may have been taught at home‚ if not supplying a new set of guidelines for their new environment at school. In my opinion this socialization process can and should become the most direct teaching of general morality for our youth‚ and by creating
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because the way the black people were getting yelled at just because the wanted to be as equal as everyone else. Also I liked how they didn’t retaliate and all they did was sing. They really proved violence didn’t solve anything. 2) Miriam Thompson moral development at the beginning of the movie and the end of the movie are almost completely different at the beginning of the movie she was not as racist as the rest of the white people in the movie. She thought of Odessa as her wife and that’s all at
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Based on the situation we should try to choose the best overall outcome‚ but it’s up to us to decide what the best outcome is. In relation to famine I think that any aid given is good‚ but we are not obligated to give it. If we can give it without moral sacrifice to ourselves‚ then yes we should do that‚ but we have the right‚ as the donator‚ to decide what to give‚ how
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