Bertunie Berluce Professor Hofer ENC 1101 6 February 2010 Moral corruption results from mankind’s need to satisfy their selfish desires. Ancient philosophers such as Aristotle‚ Plato‚ and Socrates sought out to explain why we do what we consciously know is not the moral ideal. Aristotle defined moral weakness as a person who‚ "knowing that what he does is bad‚ does it as a result of passion." In Flannery O’Connor’s short story‚ “The Life You Save May Be Your Own‚” Mrs. Crater and Mr.Shiftlet’s
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Content: Introduction Synopsis Introduce of characters Moral Values Conclusion Reference Introduction: Due to the need to accomplish the moral project‚ we were given a task to select a movie with moral values as lesson to our daily life. We have chosen the movie with the title ‘Fireproof’. It’s about marriage that leads to some movement and changes in life. For everyone knowledge‚ we will step into the marriage stage one day. So we used this movie to urge everyone the way and attitude to
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position in normative ethics stemming from the late 18th and 19th century philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Contrary to the deontological approach to ethics that perceives morality as a duty or a moral rule that has to be followed‚ utilitarianism is a form of teleological ethics focussing on the consequences of actions meaning that the moral value of an action is solely determined by its outcome. Thus an action is considered right if it tends to produce happiness and wrong if it leads to
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Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence‚ knowledge‚ values‚ reason‚ mind‚ and language. It is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical‚ generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument. The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek (philosophia)‚ which literally means "love of wisdom"‚ and was originally a word referring to the special way of life of early Greek philosophers. The main subjects
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Moral or Immoral Should people have the power to act as God? Should scientific studies be limited? Some people would say yes‚ while others would say no. There are countless debates that are constantly going on in the biological field. Two examples of these highly debated topics are stem cell research and euthanasia. In the U.S. today‚ many people are questioning the morality of stem cell research and euthanasia. Stem cells are cells that can renew themselves. They have the ability of making an
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Globalisation had brought new and common standard for worldwide. The norm‚ consumption attitude‚ believes and personal preference had been made into common. The global process shows fast growing speed make business communication becomes more multicultural. It also leads to complex condition in business. The growing need for cross culture ethic that require more regulations such as equal treatment‚ work safety guarantee and environment friendly policy. Under the globalisation trend‚ economic links
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An exceedingly strong need to achieve‚ as opposed to a need to be liked‚ or to exercise power. The trait of following through on a commitment‚ not quitting half-way through when the going gets tough. In short‚ perseverance. Positive mental attitude‚ or the ability to remain optimistic in difficult situations‚ which is the result of being self-confident about one’s abilities. Objectivity. The ability to accurately weigh and assess risks associated with a particular course of action‚ as well as
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writing skills‚ more specifically comprehension‚ speaking‚ listing‚ reading‚ and writing”(Cook‚ 2007). The requirements of these assessment also include assisting in the students’ accomplishment of the state’s academic achievement standards. Since the federal standards has been made to the educational system there needs to be a new method created and evaluated in the way that states and schools can continue adjusting and properly evaluating English Language Learners. The population of English Language
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‘Uniform Accounting Standards Produce Uniform Financial Reporting’ Inro Why is the question important? In an increasingly interconnected world‚ the operations of international corporations are transnational. In addition‚ more and more investing takes place on a global level. Historically‚ different countries have developed their own national accounting standards. Before the introduction of the IFRS‚ the accounting principles of neighbouring countries were similar in many respects but used different
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Never Forget In the darkest of times‚ heroes or cowards are not made‚ but are revealed to the eyes of humanity. Heroes do not do unrealistic things‚ but do realistic things under unrealistic circumstances. Men and women put their lives on the line just so you can be safe. Those men and women do it every day of our lives‚ whether it is firefighters‚ police officers‚ or even soldiers overseas. No one can pay them back for what they do‚ and yet‚ they still go out and give up their lives so that someone
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