Contemporary Moral Issues Philosophy 215 Fall 2014 Instructor: Valerie Philbrick-DeBrava Office: James Blair 132 Email: vaphilbrickdeb@wm.edu Office Hours: MWF 9:00-10:00 Phone: (804) 642-4621 Course Times: MWF 10:00-10:50 (01) Course Location: James Blair 201 MWF 11:00-11:50 (02) Course Description: Philosophy 215 is designed to improve our understanding of the moral issues our twenty-first-century society faces. As both a survey of
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In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the importance of standing up for what one believes in is developed through the characters of Scout‚ Calpurnia‚ and Atticus. Although she played a small role in the larger facet of standing up for oneself and what they believe in‚ in the novel‚ Scout Finch‚ one of the main characters stands firmly by her beliefs. When her second cousin‚ Francis Hancock‚ bullied her about her father defending Tom Robinson she attacked him. It was not because she was trying to
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Ethical and Moral Issues in Business Ethical and Moral Issues in Business Ethics and morality are thought to have the same meaning. In reality both have different meanings‚ but come together in values and tradition. Moral values are taught to each human being by its own upbringing from home‚ school‚ and social environment. Everyone identifies morality differently. For example‚ some may think that the correct thing to do is to marry before living with someone; others may think that it is correct
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persons.” Studying moral development has been conducted for several years. This study within the past decade has been very popular. The psychology field has been more interested with this type of development because of school violence‚ such as shootings‚ and juveniles becoming more involved with drug use. The primary theorist in the study of moral development is Lawrence Kohlberg and psychologists rely on his work. Lawrence Kohlberg (1958) developed a theory of moral development using Piaget’s
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I can do a running front flip on the ground and I recently also learned how to do a standing backflip on my trampoline and it’s simple. One glowing night after a very fun activity night‚ my best friend Calen and I thought it would be thrilling to try a standing backflip on the ground because we can do a standing backflip on my trampoline very easily‚ with a soft mattress of course‚ So we practiced our standing backflip on our trampoline that night because it was getting a little too dark to spot
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Moral by definition means‚ "of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior". To get a better understanding of what that means here it is in less complicated terms. Moral means having the ability to differentiate between right and wrong. The American citizens are starting to lose our morality. The citizens have started overlooking when the line is crossed and they don’t realize what is wrong and what is right anymore. There are two major places that lacks morality. First‚ the home‚ terrible
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Christina Santos ERWC Period 2 October 11‚ 2014 The Value of Life How should our society assign value to a human life? Should people assign a monetary value to a human life? In excerpts from radically different viewpoints from the optimistic Lance Armstrong to the pessimistic outlook of Hamlet‚ the tragic events of 9/11‚ to the cold Human Life Calculator readers are provided with examples on such thought provoking questions. Throughout the years‚ especially after the tragedy that occurred on September
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Congress authorized a few small ships. Creating the Continental Navy. Esek Hopkins was appointed commander in chief and 22 officers were commissioned‚ including John Paul Jones. From those early days of naval service‚ certain bedrock principles or core values have carried on to today. They consist of three basic principles. Honor: "I will bear true faith and allegiance ..." Accordingly‚ we will: Conduct ourselves in the highest ethical manner in all relationships with peers‚ superiors and subordinates;
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Values education is term used to name several things‚ and there is much academic controversy surrounding it. Some regard it as all aspects of the process by which teachers (and other adults) transmit values to pupils.[1] Others see it as an activity that can take place in any organisation during which people are assisted by others‚ who may be older‚ in a position of authority or are more experienced‚ to make explicit those values underlying their own behaviour‚ to assess the effectiveness of these
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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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