MORAL POLICING‚ WOMEN‚ MEDIA AND PERSONAL FREEDOMMoral policing is a controversial term. Its supporters say it is an important function to be performed to safeguard our culture against western influence and save our youth from corruption. Those who oppose it see it as a threat to individual freedom and democratic dissent. I would not have been interested in these debates till I saw them affecting my life as an individual and more so as a woman. What is morality? How moral policing is gender biased
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Why Be Moral Bobby Tucker Grand Canyon University: PHI-305 October 5‚ 2014 Why Be Moral Plato’s idea of justice is along the thought of morality‚ or righteousness while Thrasymachus thoughts were that justice meant superiority. This essay will discuss the two views of justice as well as give purpose to the question of “why be moral?” Before answering the question‚ one must compare the two views of the scholars to get both sides. There could be several reasons for living by a moral code‚ this
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are ways that prostitution can be considered morally right but for the general sense of the term prostitution‚ it is considered unjust by many. The cons significantly outweigh the pros for getting into prostitution and one should think about them when making the decision to become a prostitute. Prostitution in itself is both morally and ethically wrong and there are many moral beliefs that can back this up. Regardless prostitution is ethically wrong because it is just the degrading of one’s body by
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Evaluating Adultery Bonnie Steinbock in her essay “What’s Wrong with Adultery?” starts by quoting the data from studies to show that the number of women who have committed adultery has significantly increased. Despite this increase in female adultery‚ it is in some degree due to the attitudes changing toward sex and sexuality‚ but Steinbock thinks that people should use rational justification to evaluate the disapproval of adultery. Then in the rest of the parts of Steinbock’s essay‚ she is generally
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the right reason? Would you feel guilty afterward? You shouldn’t steal regardless of whether someone is in need. There are consequences involved with being immoral. Doing the wrong thing for the right reason is wrong because‚ there are many ways to help a person in need without stealing from anyone. If you had morals that you follow then you decided to not follow them‚ then this could cause guilt that would most likely stay without for a while. Guilt could overcome you do something wrong while
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role of education is to teach facts‚ not morals.” Certainly‚ teachers have a long list of responsibilities every day. The most important one of course is enriching the minds of our children. A large amount of their time is spent with teachers throughout the week and they become one of children’s biggest influences. Sure‚ their major responsibility is to teach them reading‚ writing and arithmetic‚ they also have an obligation to encourage the right morals as well. In many cases teachers become
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The Divine Command Theory is a meta-ethical theory which proposes that an action’s status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God. The theory asserts that what is moral is determined by what god commands‚ and that to be moral is to follow his commands. As a Christians‚ I believe that my people use divine command theory approach rather than egoism or act or rule utilitarianism as a basis of the ethical systems. In Christianity‚ Judaism and Islam‚ good and bad are seen as being
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Piracy‚ is it morally wrong‚ or right? Through our recent history there have been a rise in the peer-to-peer sharing programs and the availability of many types of media on the internet being available and free. In order to understand and gain knowledge on this issue‚ we can apply some universal moral theories which include the Kantian‚ Utilitarian‚ and Rights ethics. With how technology has advanced‚ the internet has become easier to get access to. Most of these users participate in file-sharing
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to save lives outweighed the ethical and moral obligations. Human rights become involved‚ including the ramifications it could have. An American free society is supposed to be 100% free. Free to come and leave‚ speak their minds‚ and be a democratic society. American have given themselves a reputation to have a very high standard of morality and ethics. With that being said if torture is considered to be morally wrong then does
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The moral standards approach is the approach that focuses on three dimensions of the impact of the proposed action: (1) whether it provides a net benefit to society; (2) whether it is fair to all stakeholders; and (3) whether it is right. The moral standards approach was developed by Professor Manuel Velasquez in 1992. Although some overlap some of the first approach‚ the focus is less company centred‚ and is better suited for the evaluation of the decisions where stakeholders are the ones who are
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