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
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Is Abortion an Acceptable act? Abortion is a very controversial issue in today’s society‚ there are two extreme opinions regarding the subject. Some find that abortion is simply murder and that the foetus is a human being from the beginning of its existence and that having an abortion is simply homicide‚ these people are pro-life. Then there are others who are pro-abortion‚ who find that the foetus is merely a cluster of cells‚ which relies on its mother to stay alive. Pro-abortionists support
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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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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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No matter how you slice it‚ abortion is morally wrong. Although that should not be misinterpreted for a pro-life stance on abortion because there are numerous circumstances that must be considered in each situation. Just because abortion is morally impermissible‚ it does not mean that society will deem you a bad person for getting an abortion under extreme circumstances. For that reason‚ abortion is a specifically tricky topic to discuss. There is no clear-cut answer as to whether or not abortion
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Module Title: Responsible Business Responsibility Audit Report Module Leader: Mark Winter Module Tutor: Mark Winter Katie Anderson Student Number: 1067051204 Date of Submission: 17/12/2012 Contents Heading Page no. 1.0 Introduction 3 Task A 2.0 Environmental Scanning 3 2.1 Operations 3 2.2 Human Resources 4 2.3 Marketing 5 2.4 Finance Task B 6 3.0 Ryanair’s responsible practices
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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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Abortion: Morally Permissible or Impermissible? Abortion can be defined as a means of terminating a pregnancy by removing or expelling a fetus from the uterus before viability. Abortion has been‚ and will always be‚ a controversial issue in today’s society and in the future. People have always struggled to determine whether it is ethical to abort a fetus; morally permissible (acceptable) or morally impermissible (unacceptable). The polarizing views that are associated with abortion makes this
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To what extent were the NAACP responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign in the years 1945–57? The NAACP was an organization who were heavily involved in the civil rights movement. To a certain extent‚ the NAACP was entirely responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign between the years 1945-1957. However‚ there were other factors such as federal government‚ peaceful protests‚ other black activist groups‚ the media and contextual factors that were involved in enhancing
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Question : Critically analyse whether the implementation of responsible tourism principles makes better business sense than traditional mass tourism. While responsible tourism is fast becoming a global trend nowadays‚ some may wonder if it makes better business sense than traditional mass tourism. By defining the words “business sense” from Cambridge dictionary‚ it means an understanding of the ways in which business works successfully and/or if something makes good business sense‚ it will help
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