PHIL-201 DB#2 Due to recent occurrences in history‚ the U.S. has found itself in various situations where serious questions have arisen about the way that we treat our prisoners of war. The question has been posed: should we torture someone if it means that we will gain information that will protect a large number of people? A person with a utilitarian view might suggest that because the torture would bring about the right information that would save many people‚ it would be ok to torture someone
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Aristotle’s morals are once in a while alluded to as "righteousness morals" since its concentration is not on the ethical weight of obligations or commitments‚ yet on the improvement of character and the procuring of ideals‚ for example‚ mettle‚ equity‚ moderation‚ altruism‚ and judiciousness. What’s more‚ any individual who knows anything about Aristotle has heard his regulation of ideals similar to a "brilliant signify" between the extremes of abundance and insufficiency. Aristotle is not suggesting
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BATMAN BEGINS Last month I just borrowed an old movie named Batman Begins. It’s not very old‚ though it was released in 2002. As the others movie I have ever watched‚ it contains Hero‚ Mentor‚ and Shadow. These three characters are always related to the other. Generally‚ action movie tells about Hero’s Journey. In the movie “Batman Begins”‚ the Hero decided to become poor people and he travels to Special World to fight for justice and righteousness. According to Joseph Campbell‚ Hero’s Journey
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from Batman Begins (2005)‚ directed by Christopher Nolan. The reason why I chose to analyse this movie‚ is because it was one of the first films that made me appreciate film on a deeper level. Approaching the film as a whole‚ it is clear that this scene depicting the death of Bruce Wayne’s parents – Thomas and Martha Wayne – is vital to the story. It was‚ after all‚ Bruce’s resolve that resulted in Batman existing (McKay‚ 2011). This is where Batman is born‚ the war on crime in Gotham begins here. There
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MORALITY AS ANTI-NATURE TARGET AUDIENCE: 10TH GRADERS IN TOMAHAWK PURPOSE: TO SUMMARIZE Friedrich Nietzsche‚ a prominent German philosopher in the 19th century is one of the most well-read philosophers of the past two-centuries. His ideas regarding morality and nature continue to be discussed and debated to this day among scholars of all beliefs. All living things are given desires by nature. These desires exist as part of who we are. They define us in a way; they can aid us and they can
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benefit those around him. Forrest had honesty‚ integrity‚ and love. These character traits caused him to live justly and encourage others to become better and eventually good at heart. As learned in the Junior Justice and morality class‚ there are different categories under morality. Forrest had all of the virtues (Theological‚ Cardinal‚ and Moral). The film opens with a feather falling to the feet of Forrest Gump who is seated on a bus bench in Savannah‚ Georgia. Forrest picks up the feather
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people’s mind. Television first started as our eye for outer world which we don’t know about and for being informed which we can say a “tool” but now it is just our “aim” to be on television. So this is forming obsessed brains which causing death of morality as Rushdie says. First of all‚ main reason why people are joining these reality programmes is just the anxiety of being rich and famous which are the most two important notions in western society in these days (Rushdie‚ 2010‚ p.63). Contestants
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po5. STRICT FATHER MORALITY In this chapter and the next‚ we will see that two different models of ideal family life can motivate corresponding sets of metaphorical priorities‚ each of which constitutes a distinct moral system. Let us begin with the following model of an ideal family‚ a model which Americans should find familiar. Different individuals may have somewhat different versions of it‚ but in its major outlines it is an important part of American mythology. Some of the variations on the
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Monkey Represented as a Human Character Monkey is created by the author as an individual entity that resembles the characteristic of an ordinary human being. It is quite obvious that the audience would better understand the idea hidden in the literature if the characteristics of the protagonist are closely related to those of the reader. In Monkey ‚ the author carefully parallels the traits of Monkey to the lives of human beings. Then why does the author portray so much resemblance between
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UTILITARIANISM Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that holds that an action is right if it produces‚ or if it tends to produce‚ the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people affected by the action. Otherwise the action is wrong. This cost-benefit analysis is a form of utility calculation. People in business theory use utility curves to plot the results of various actions‚ choosing those that maximize whatever it is that they wish to achieve. This utility approach is not foreign
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