Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality Derick Kaslon PHI 200 Prof. Patricia Addesso February 25‚ 2013 Based on the article by Peter Singer entitled Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality‚ he attempts to move us to do more for charities and gives one astounding example. He uses starving children in Bengali and a drowning child. He argues that people have many different reasons to [delete] why they do not donate. His vision is that the people and the government should take care of the problem. He uses a great
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Ms.Yassin I believe animals should be kept in the zoo because it it helps protect our species from being endangered. It also provides the Public education on all the animals‚ helps endangered species by breeding the animals and animals are mostly born in the zoo not knowing what it is like to live in the wild. Zoos are vital for education. It helps people view beautiful animals that they would never see if they were in the wild
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At the pre-conventional stage (most 9-year-olds and more youthful‚ a few over 9)‚ we don’t have a personal code of morality. As an alternative‚ our ethical code is fashioned by the requirements of adults and the results of following or breaking their policies. Authority is outdoor the man or woman and reasoning is primarily based on the physical results of moves and this contains two types of stages in it. Stage one is Punishment and obedience orientation. This is when a person is punished which
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Peter Singer states that “if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening‚ without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance‚ we ought‚ morally‚ to do it” (Singer‚ 1972). I believe Peter Singer has a desire to alter one’s view on the issues that are present at hand. The underlying issue that requires immediate attention is moral. “The unabridged way we look at moral issues – our moral conceptual scheme- needs to be altered‚ and with it‚ the way of life that has come
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Tom Jones and Morality The two hundredth anniversary of Henry Fielding is very justly celebrated‚ even if‚ as far as can be discovered‚ it is only celebrated by the newspapers. It would be too much to expect that any such merely chronological incident should induce the people who write about Fielding to read him; this kind of neglect is only another name for glory. A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read. This is not in itself wholly unjust; it merely implies a certain
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For many people‚ the zoo is a source of fond memories and funny childhood anecdote like the swinging monkey‚ growling tigers and the others animals. Some people and I see zoos as prisons where innocent creatures are unjustly held captive. Firstly‚ animals shouldn’t be kept in zoos because most people go to the zoo purely for their entertainment and truly I think that animals weren’t created for our entertainment and it’s cruel to keep these animals in an artificial environment just for our benefit
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Sarah Gervasi Sunmi Kang College Writing 112 Unit 3 Essay Draft 4 11/6/12 The Morality of Animal Testing Animal testing is undoubtedly one of the most controversial issues in modern society. This practice began in the 19th century; animals were used to test dosing of certain drugs and chemicals. In the 1920’s‚ animals were also being used to test pesticides and food additives (Fano‚ 11). Today‚ animal testing is used to study everything from cosmetics to cancer. With such a wide range of
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rightness or wrongness of a moral act to be done if it’s right or to be avoided if wrong. It has primary and secondary moral principles‚ in which it has to be acted upon‚ which is to do good and avoid evil. Conscience requires practical application.Since morality is not only about knowing the good and the bad but also to be better and to be responsive to the good‚ man ought to practice his rightful conscience. This is done through prudence. Since prudence is the habitual exercise of our rightful conscience
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Utilitarian’s believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things in the world and decreasing the amount of bad things. Suppose the class has a test due and some of the students are debating whether or not they should cheat. The utilitarian would need to know many specifics about the test whether or not what the chances are of getting caught cheating‚ what grade they probably would get if you didn’t cheat‚ and what grade you’d probably get if you did
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Kant defines as a major content in this obligation. Kant assessed the principle of universalizability by denying benevolence which he also used in his other theory “the principle of humanity.” Both of his principles proved the relationship between morality and rationality. Kant did show his opposition to utilitarianism and handled the shortcomings of consequentialism. On the other hand‚ the Kantian perspective has its own problems that are neatly addressed by consequentialism. The Kantian perspective
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