What are the Key features of Situation Ethics? Situation ethics is a Christian ethical theory that was principally developed in the 1960’s by a priest called Joseph Fletcher and expanded by Bishop John Robinson. It is a teleological theory‚ but in contrast to utilitarianism; it is based on Christian principles‚ and primarily the promotion of agape. The moral worth of any action is judged on its consequences‚ not on the action itself. The judgement is made on how much love is produced by the action
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The Single-Feature model discussed in the text best described my “I don’t really care” clothing decision. When deciding on a clothing option on any day where my appearance does not seem to make a difference this is the most simple decision process. When I was choosing an outfit to wear for that day‚ I picked the most comfortable shirt and pants combination. Based on my personality it would not even have to match because I do not care what others think of me for the most part (“you cannot judge
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One feature of a moral panic is stigmatisation. This means that individuals involved in that particular moral panic are labelled. For example‚ Mods and Rockers didn’t often fight however‚ after a small conflict at a seaside location many people believed that the mods and the rockers were in a consistent conflict and in turn many media sources began using words such as “antisocial” and “violent” in relation to any youth belonging to this particular subculture. Labelling these groups as the cause of
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Introduction Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ distinguished by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine (food)‚ social habits‚ music and arts. In other words‚ it is defined as the “ the collective programming of the mind of one category of people which is different from other category of people where mind refers to the way of thinking‚ feeling and behaving”. This gives people a sense of who they are‚ their belongings and social behavior. Different anthropologists
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Explain the key features of Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the belief that the rightness of an action‚ rule or principle is to be judged by its presumed consequences. Whilst Kant developed his view that human beings were rational animals who can develop a moral society based on reason. Kant based his moral philosophy on what he regards as a priori knowledge. Utilitarian’s in coming to a conclusion about the rightness of an action‚ rule or principle‚ are forced to answer two fundamental moral
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multiple advantages and disadvantages of having a multi party system and a two party system in our country. Changing the way that our political system works would confuse many. Staying with the current two party system would allow our political system to stay more stable and would influence more democracy in our country unlike a multi-party system.(7) There are many more advantages of a two party system than to multi-party systems. When compared to multi-party systems‚ two party systems are more balanced
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his house are not fixed? Why one has not received his ‘ration card’ yet? Looking up on the above questions‚ the Parliament of India has enacted RTI Act‚ which has the potential to bring transparency‚ accountability and reduce corruption. The main features of this Act are given below: - * The Act extends to the whole of India except J&K. * It has 31 Sections in 6 Chapters. * A citizen‚ who desires to obtain any information under this Act‚ should need to make an application to Public
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Sabina Leng Outline the important features of utilitarianism (21 marks) The theory of utilitarianism determines the rightness or wrongness of an action by its consequence. The theory uses a teleological approach where it primarily focuses on the amount of pain or pleasure created as the result of a given action. As such‚ it moves beyond the scope of one’s own interests and takes into account the interests of others. Utilitarianism is a relativist system of which most versions do not set out
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C O F H E R the six features of academic style Complexity Written language is relatively more complex than spoken language. Written language has longer words‚ It is lexically more dense and it has a more varied vocabulary. It uses more noun-based phrases than verb-based phrases. Written texts are shorter and the language has more grammatical complexity‚ including more subordinate clauses and more passives. Formality Academic writing is relatively formal‚ which means that in an essay you
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CAVITE NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL Maragondon‚ Cavite Using a Digital Camera to Measure Light Pollution of Towns in Cavite Prepared by Price Brix Rexson Q. Bernal IV-Hydrogen INTRODUCTION Light pollution‚ also known as photopollution or luminous pollution‚ is excessive or obtrusive artificial light. * The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) defines light pollution as: Any adverse effect of artificial light including sky glow‚ glare‚ light trespass‚ light clutter‚ decreased
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