ultimately murdered‚ he raises his right hand in honor of the gods saying: “the ones who sent me forth have brought me home” (pg. 134). This most accurately portrays Agamemnon’s dilemma; that is‚ he is imprisoned in the middle of two moral obligations. Each of these obligations is absolute but in utter opposition with one another. Agamemnon is an innocent man forced by the gods into making a morally problematic decision. Agamemnon arrives late in Aeschylus’ play; until his arrival with Cassandra‚ most
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Peter Singer argues that all people have a moral obligation to donate all that we can to the poor. The suffering and starving of those people living in poverty are not inevitable; many of us have the ability to eliminate this suffering‚ however‚ we choose not to. We have a moral duty to prevent bad things from happening as long as it does not cost at the cost of “sacrificing anything morally significant”. (Ethical Theory). Therefore‚ making such donation is moral duty for people living in affluent countries
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a family in Zimbabwe access to the basic necessities of life. Singer argues we have widespread obligations to the world’s poor‚ but we can meet them without being deprived of all of our worldly assets and possessions. This essay aims to defend Singer’s arguments that we‚ fitting a picture of absolute affluence‚ have a moral obligation to help those in poverty. Singer’s position on our moral obligation to aid the world’s poor is characteristically frank and rests on three premises. The first premise
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I’ll begin by looking at Savulescu’s strong belief of the moral obligation to genetically modify humans. Recent studies have shown there are early indicators‚ in our genes‚ that determine certain aspects of our future characteristics. Savulescu states we are morally obligated to treat and prevent diseases. This is viewed as a medical intervention because we are promoting the child’s health. With our advances in technology‚ he also believes we are morally obligated to engage in genetic enhancement
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from the citizens in the U.S. According to “I am my brother’s keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him‚” Eugene V. Debs‚ socialist who commented on unfairness of this maintains that moral obligation is a kind of human nature that everyone in the society should have. While this claim may be true in some situations‚ people should be able to make the decision of whether or not to help those in need. Moral obligation should be in the eyes of the giver‚ not justified by the needs of the needy. Back
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Exegetical Peter Singer states that citizens of affluent nations are behaving immorally with the way they react to moral issues like helping those in need and our moral conceptual scheme needs to change. To do so‚ we need to be morally obligated to prevent bad things from happening if it does not require sacrificing something of comparable moral significance. His argument includes this principle where proximity or distance should not be taken into account when deciding whether to prevent something
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Analysis of Ethical Theories Deontology Deontologist’s approach focuses on our sense of moral duty and obligation. It also argues that one must obey the rule of right conduct that has been put in place in our society (Ross & Malloy‚ 1999). Deontologists argue one has the duty to protect the rights and autonomy of individuals (Rensburg et al‚ 2013). In Canada‚ there are laws and policies that promote autonomy and freedom of choice therefore a deontologist argues that the mandated choice of organ
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MORAL OBLIGATIONS Legal obligations are clear cut line between what is right and what is wrong in the world‚ however there are many grey areas. Since no one judicial system can define all the grey areas in the world were are left to decide what is right and what is wrong using our moral compass. Some moral compasses are sounder than others but moral obligations are our unwritten duties to do or not to do something based on inner beliefs. The moral obligations to Peggy are to protect her privacy
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Introduction Moral panic is an intense feeling that is expressed by a group or an individual when an issue is perceived to be of threat to the current social order. The moral panics are the controversies that increase social tension and arguments among the people and it often becomes difficult to disagree with them‚ as taboo is at its center. Media played role of agents to moral indignation‚ even when there was no one consciously involved in muckraking or crusading. Revealing of facts are often enough
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Moral Obligation Eugene Debs was a socialist who spoke out during the progressive era and wrote this speech. In this excerpt of “Brothers Keeper” Eugene Debs Points out that he is under a moral obligation to help his friend because he doesn’t want to feel guilty if he doesn’t help him. Even though his argument may be true in some cases‚ most of the time we don’t have a moral obligation to help anyone. Debs wrote this essay during the progressive era which was a time of need for everyone. Some situations
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