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    Can One Be Moral

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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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    Absolute Moral Rules

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    Absolute Moral Rules One may believe that an absolute rule against killing humans is essential because killing is always evil and inhumane. Others believe that there are great exceptions to killing humans‚ such as self-defense‚ that need to be taken into account when making an absolute rule about killing humans. If someone tries to kill your family member or tries to kill you‚ should you stand there and die because you do not want to violate the absolute rule‚ even if your reason behind breaking

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    Making Moral Decisions

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    that good intentions do not justify evil means. This means that even if we do something we good intentions and the outcome is evil‚ the action is still evil. If we have truly good intentions during our decision-making‚ the outcome will be good and moral. If we have any bad intentions at all‚ then the outcome will reflect these bad intentions and the situation will turn out evil. A smart thing to ask ourselves before making a decision is‚ “Would I be proud to do this in front of my mom?” If our answer

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    Moral Luck, Nagel

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    Moral Luck Through Moral Luck‚ Nagel discusses the problem of moral luck and the conflict that arises between the common practice and intuition that most of society believes in regarding morality. Throughout his essay‚ Nagel defines intuition and the phenomenon of moral luck and claims that‚ despite having this intuition‚ people often make moral judgments about people based on factors that are beyond their control (for example‚ a drunk driver who kills a child). Nagel claims that the problem of

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    Morality and Moral Values

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    and ever changing can make it confusing to know just which values to teach your children. As a general rule‚ it’s up to you to teach your children what to believe‚ and how they should live their lives. But when it comes to teaching and instilling moral values‚ I’d love to pass on a few values to teach your children from a young age. These are simple and common everyday values that are quickly fading from our younger generation. Read on to discover what they are! 1. RESPECT One of the most important

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    Moral Standing on Abortion

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    March 2014 Moral Standing on Abortion To say that a person has moral standing is to give consideration to his or her wellbeing. According to Robert M. Veatch’s The Basic of Bioethics‚ moral standing is believed to be “that humans (at least normal humans) have moral standing [as well as] other animals” (27). Moral standing is determined by the physical or mental capacities of self-awareness or rationality. However‚ controversy arises when determining when one actually has full moral standing. Abortion

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    Kants Moral Thoery

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    (1) Explain Kant’s moral theory. Explain and critique Kant’s response to “The Nazis Objection.”  Immanuel Kant is one of the most respected and studied philosopher of all time and is known for his basic yet in-depth moral theories and the belief that morality stems not from divine command or cultural conditioning but from reasoning and human freedom. His straight forward beliefs come from his very strict Lutheran upbringing which consisted of universal rights and universal wrongs with no exceptions(

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    Moral Panic Definition

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    whose focus research is on what people’s attitudes are towards language. She writes a long definition on moral panic in Verbal Hygiene explaining how the media and general public exaggerate concerns beyond reason. Cameron reports that Jock Young describes moral panic as the public’s reaction that is “completely disproportionate to the actual problem.” Cameron explains that the causes of moral panic are analyzed in a simplistic manner‚ but the concern to the problem escalates to intolerable levels

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    Rapping and Moral Values

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    "Teenagers today lack moral values and self-discipline. Do you agree?" Moral values and graciousness‚ in the past‚ were prominent in most teenagers. Majority of the youths then learnt respect‚ courtesy‚ consideration‚ decency‚ propriety‚ honesty and righteousness from a young age‚ and had enough self-discipline to hold to these values. However‚ these moral values and self-discipline are slowly diminishing over the years‚ as most of the younger generation are gradually disregarding these ethics.

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    Morals vs. Religion

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    establish their morals‚ is the way they establish their morals correct or not? The argument of whether morals come from religious teachings or a divine origin has been around since the beginning of time. There is no right or wrong answer to the question of whether there is a correlation between religion and morals. As long as the population has their own belief of what is right and what is wrong and how they practice it is all that matters. But it is interesting to see how morals can or can not be

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