although this action might be dutiful and amiable it is still of no moral worth. For example a man who does acts of good will and gets a feeling of satisfaction from doing them is not acting morally. In the same way that a soldier saves another soldiers with only an inclination that he will get a medal is also not morally dutiful. So how can we have Overdetermined dutiful moral actions? Henson attempts to get around Kant’s rather stark doctrine by saying that a dutiful act would have moral worth provided
Premium Ethics Morality Immanuel Kant
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
Premium Morality Ethics Sociology
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
Premium Argument Animal Agriculture
is all psychological. So if we dont have a control on our psychology‚ then how can we be morally responsible for the consequences of the actions that arise out of that psychology? In order for us to be morally responsible for our actions we have to have created our own psychology‚ but this is impossible. So since we never had control on what our character is or how or psychology is then how can we be morally responsible for the actions that arise from our psychology? Therefore‚ Strawson concludes
Premium Free will Determinism Choice
"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
Premium Semantics Linguistics Ambiguity
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
Premium Ethics Utilitarianism Morality
“The war on drugs is wrong‚ both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid‚ too reckless‚ and too irresponsible to decide whether and under what conditions to consume drugs. The war on drugs is morally bankrupt” ("war on drugs is wrong‚ both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid‚ too reckless‚ and too irresponsible to decide whether and under what conditions to consume drugs. The war on drugs is morally bankrupt. - Larry Elder - BrainyQuote‚" n.d.) Everyone
Premium Drug addiction Prohibition Drug
to our very souls. For humans to consider the cloning of one another‚ forces everyone of us to question the very concepts of right and wrong that makes us all human. The cloning of any species‚ whether they be human or non-human‚ is ethically and morally wrong. Scientists and ethicists alike have debated the dangerous implications of human and non-human cloning extensively since 1997 when scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland produced a cloned sheep‚ named Dolly. No direct conclusions have
Free Human Morality Ethics
something that determines the way in which we behave‚ whether because we submit ourselves to it voluntarily‚ as would be the case with moral rules‚ or because it is enforceable in some general way‚ as would be the case with laws. Many rules are neither morally binding‚ nor do they ultimately have the force of law attached to them. Nevertheless‚ they are necessary and generally adhered to because of the context in which they operate. Rules might also come about through custom or practice‚ and involve the
Premium Law Sociology Political philosophy
word 2 lasted for six years). Moltse‚ the famous German Field Marshal‚ declared war to be part of the God’s World-Order. War is a necessary phenomenon‚ it has a way of separating the weaker from the strongest. World War 2 for instance granted American the world power after they showcase their superiority over their counterpart.
Premium World War II