Suicide-A morally responsible action? The suicide culture in Japan has always been a prominent issue‚ and is held in a peculiar view by many. 30‚000 Japanese commit suicide annually (McCurry‚ 2014)‚ making Japan the 8th country with the highest suicide rates (WHO‚ 2014). This “suicide culture” stems from Japan’s historical roots— the warrior bushido honour code which justifies one’s basis to committ suicide. Can suicide be considered a morally responsible action this way? Or is it a beautiful death
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John Greavu My Attempt in Living Morally If life had a rulebook‚ it would be written by the Ancient Greeks. Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle built the foundation of how every human being “should” live. Making decisions based off what is believed to be right or wrong affects almost countless moments in each day for us humans. Eventually‚ after much practice‚ making correct decisions would become near habitual. Can you imagine the world today if everyone strived to live ethically? Before you change
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Switch In Ethos During The Iliad we see the warrior ethos as being the main ethos‚ but as we transfer to The Odyssey we see the transformation from warrior ethos to domestic ethos. Furthermore‚ the novel is based on domestic ethos and how home affects the warrior. Throughout The Odyssey we see Odysseus trying to make his way home after the Trojan War. On his adventure home he goes through trials and challenges before he actually makes it home. He has to outsmart people to be able to get where he
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IX of The Iliad‚ we see Agamemnon’s struggle with war and Achilles personal war in his own head. Achilles is not a door mat for Agamemnon‚ nor should he be; Achilles is a great warrior. Book IX truly illustrates what kind of men they both are. Achilles is right to refuse the embassy in Book IX because he keeps his honor as a man and a warrior intact. Agamemnon is a man of terrible character and he does not understand what honor is at all. Sending others to do his dirty work is morally wrong. He
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catch fish. The sailor dies and the cook butchers and eats him. Pi and his mother try to stop him. He kills Pi’s mother and throws her head towards Pi. Later Pi fights the cook and kills him in a moment of revenge and self preservation Was Pi’s act morally justified? As moral arguments are best proven by analogies‚ let us consider four people in the same situation but a different setting. Four strangers (namely A‚B‚C‚D) are stuck in a lifeboat. A has a gun and decides to kill B (who was already injured
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Friedrich Nietzsche once said‚ “By morality the individual is taught to become a function of the herd‚ and to ascribe to himself value only as a function…Morality is the herd instinct in the individual.” Is Morality absolute or relative? Although there are many interpretations explaining why both could be right‚ each of them have theories proving why they could also be wrong. There are billions of people on this earth who come from different cultural backgrounds. Even though no culture is the same
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In “The Iliad” by Homer‚ the swift runner Achilles fights the prince of Troy‚ Hector. After a comparison of the two heroes‚ there were more differences than similarities. This may be true‚ but both still are great warriors for their side; Achilles for the Archaeans and Hector for Troy. And while Achilles and Hector fight on opposing sides‚ both heroes demonstrate honor‚ sympathy‚ and determination. Even though Achilles and Hector on opposing sides‚ each demonstrates honor to those around them. Hector
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Throughout the Iliad many characters‚ elements‚ and themes can be compared and contrasted due to the many different situations‚ topics‚ and lessons to be shared with the reader. The two words that I have chosen to compare and contrast with examples cited are anger and justice. These words allow for the reader to see different points of view‚ make connections with the characters and understand the events. Anger and justice seem to resonate with my thoughts quite often while reading this story
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Troy vs. The Iliad Homer’s The Iliad is one of the greatest epic poems ever written. The poem shows the lives of the soldiers during the Trojan War‚ the battles‚ honor‚ and revenge (Schultz). The poem is loosely portrayed in the 2004 film‚ Troy‚ screenplay written by David Benioff. Between the two‚ several areas that overlap. Yet‚ poem and film have many differences from the actions of the characters to the way the film ended. There were parts of the film that was correct. The Trojan War was
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The Gods Role in The Iliad The gods in The Iliad are very greedy‚ self-centered‚ vain‚ malicious‚ and two-faced. Homer does a very good job of showing us this throughout the entire epic poem‚ and he does it in such a way so that anyone who reads this can understand. All of the gods that get involved in this war have their own self-serving motives behind all of their interference. Right in the very beginning of the epic poem‚ one of Apollo’s priests prays to him to send a plague onto the Achaeans
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