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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businessman who is arguing with a homeless woman. Whilst hearing him yell awful slurs about the homeless’ way of living‚ the young lady is confused as to why he is not offering the homeless woman help. Unlike the businessman‚ the young woman understands that because he is a part of a unified democracy‚ it should be his moral obligation to donate to those in need whenever possible. A moral engaged citizen is someone who is not only dedicated to the wellbeing of his or her democracy as a whole‚ but actively
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Developed countries do not have a moral obligation to accept immigrants from developing or third world countries because it affects the whole country in a bad way. As a human being‚ it is our responsibility to help others but our first priority is to protect our country which most of the developed countries are doing nowadays. Moral good and moral must are two different things. If first world countries want to help refugees then we can say that it is morally good and a nice step but we cannot say
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In our society being informed or in the know is beneficial to all. Our ability to apply creative thinking is part of our free society. Most non-democratic societies will not allow creative thinking‚ mainly because of the fact you are opposing the ruling parties. We also take for granted the critical thinking that is allowed in our society. The punishment for criticizing views in the most non-democratic society’s citizens could be death or worse. Information is the key to solving the problems that
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The American Colonies‚ in the eighteenth century‚ were just beginning to become a more democratic society. With immigrants coming from all over Europe seeking religious refuge and economic profits‚ the Great Awakening‚ and the Zenger case‚ the colonies were becoming more and more democratic with each passing year. The population in the American Colonies had a tenfold increase between 1701 and 1775. More than one million people had come across the ocean to join the other colonists. Newcomers did
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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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The Ethics and Morals in Society Ethics and morality are two different concepts but interrelate that together lead to the same end. The outcome we want is a society of excellence to live and to leave for future generations. Will discuss how ethics and morals in our society have been deteriorating over time. And above all the greatest impact that this problem has had on our society and everyday life where the loss is these values has hurt us all. Ethics are the acts which man performed in
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Humans’ Moral Obligation to Preserve Endangered Species Many species that exists today are becoming endangered to extinction. In the past era where humans did not exist‚ extinction occurred due to natural causes. On this present time however‚ extinction of species are threatened by humans’ existence. Humans are the only moral agent; in which‚ it has the intellectual capacity that animals and plants do not have. Thus‚ humans are powerful and dominate over any species. Many practices that humans
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March 29‚ 2011 An Obligation Is Not A Choice What defines an obligation? Is it defined as something that one has to do because it is necessary for their living or is it something that one has to do because someone says they have to? I would define an obligation as something that one has to do because it is necessary for their living. What I do not understand is how one person can dodge their obligations. I see people choose to live a life where their obligations are pushed aside as if
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different races‚ ethnic backgrounds or cultural groups living in one society. Our society is formed of a mix of different people and sometimes it is not easy to define ones self. Since we live in a society that is influenced by many social aspects expressing ones personal identity may be a hard task. Aspects of society that make it hard to identify ones self include a persons sexual orientation‚ their ethnicity and their lifestyles. In society there are many labels that are put on people because of
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