We are taught to believe that we “ought” to do things a certain way‚ considered the “right” way‚ but we never look at what we ought not to do because the society we live in considers them as morally wrong. Standards and principles are taught through social conditioning‚ thus which society one is born into will determine their standards and principles. We are not born with moral values or beliefs; we learn them through the environment that we grow up in. Here are three ways that morality is relative
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Gray wolf Where the animal is: Habitat: The gray wolf habitat‚ in the past‚ included areas as varied as deserts of Egypt and the bone chilling‚ icy tundras. The gray wolf is as adaptable as man; it is no wonder that the habitat of the gray wolf is spread all over the world. The Great Plains Wolf‚ which is a subspecies of the gray wolf‚ is a native to the gray wolf habitats in North America. It is also known as the buffalo wolf or the Eastern timber wolf. Once‚ these gray wolves dominated
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and a study guide to “Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death” by neuroscientist Adrian Owen. It is a supplement to the original book‚ to make its main ideas easier to understand and put to practice. The “gray zone” is the twilight region between full consciousness and brain death. People with sustained brain injuries or victims of strokes or neurodegenerative diseases‚ such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are often in the gray zone. Many of them are oblivious
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The Evolutionary Conquest of Gray Wolves Today‚ there are over 8.7 million different species that share planet Earth‚ and scientists believe that each species all share a common ancestor. That single ancestor‚ to which is not discovered yet‚ has evolved over eons‚ creating these vast amounts of species that we know today. The Gray wolves‚ or Canis lupus‚ is one prime example of an evolutionary species. Although the history of wolves is still unclear‚ scientists believe that wolves evolved from a
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Robert Gray Robert Gray was born on the 23rd of February 1945 in Port Macquarie on the North Coast of New South Wales. In primary school‚ his teacher read to him The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham. This was his first literary experience that he remembered clearly‚ although it wasn’t until 15 that he began to enjoy and write poetry. His teacher‚ Hugh McRae‚ who was himself a poet‚ and the well-known poets D. H. Lawrence‚ T. S. Elliot‚ Patrick White‚ Les Murray and Kenneth Slessor were the
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ELC – Level 3 20 October 2010 Morally Indefensible and Environmentally Unsustainable Wu 1 When witnessed in reality‚ it goes without saying that the modern killing of animals Neophyte 11/3/11 11:04 AM Comment [1]: Topic sentence tells me exactly and concisely what this essay will be about. for food is
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"Ambiguous" means "not clear‚ and able to be understood in more than one way‚ according to the Longman dictionary. The book Ambiguous Adventure is about an ambiguous journey of a young Diallobe student who studied in the French school. Everyone who had read the book knew what Samba Diallo ’s Journey is about‚ but today‚ I want to go in a little deeper than that‚ which is to analyze the meaning of this Journey. First of all‚ it is very important for us to know why the Journey is ambiguous for Samba
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Morally Virtuous Virtue and morality are things we all possess to some degree. We all try to be as virtuous as possible. It is a daunting task to be the most morally virtuous since we are competing against each other everyday. However‚ being morally virtuous might hinder another aspect of a person like attractiveness. Attractiveness whether physical or mentally can be lessened. Being morally virtuous does in fact entail that an individual be a personally unattractive character. In todayfs
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The Consequential Theory or also known as‚ Consequentialism‚ in determining whether an act is considered as morally right or not‚ we rely solely on the consequence of the action itself. If the outcome of the action is positive‚ then the action is morally right. Based on consequentialism‚ we should opt for the action with the best overall consequences and we should always try to promote the best consequences. There are numerous types of consequentialism‚ however‚ we will focus mainly on egoistic
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Reintroduction of the Mexican Gray Wolf The Mexican Gray Wolf once flourished and roamed the lands from México to Canada‚ but in the 20th there populations were severely dwindled and they now find themselves on the endangered list. The United States government approved a systematical eradication of the Mexican Gray wolf from the lower 48 states (Mexican 1999). During the 1800’s‚ westward expansion was rapidly moving across the US leading to the elimination of the larger mammals the wolves preyed
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