The Nature of Religion: Religious Traditions Religion is defined as a way of life founded upon the apprehension of sacredness in existence (Ch.1‚ pg 4). A tradition is of course the handing down of any set of beliefs ideas or customs usually between groups of people. We can then define a religious tradition as anything that deals with a people’s way of life given or learned to them by something sacred. Here in America monotheism is widely accepted which is the belief in one God. God is the divine
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In his Treatise of Human Nature David Hume offers two categories of virtue which aim to divide the moral terrain into the natural and the artificial virtues. In order to assess Hume’s distinction‚ I shall firstly establish what Hume identifies ‘virtue’ to be. I shall then proceed to catalogue two distinctions employed by Hume in establishing his distinction: their degree of partiality and equality and the motive distinction. As Hume’s distinction has been contested for its blurriness I shall thus
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As we grow and become an adult that is able to form our own opinion is almost like a rite of passage because reading over the six steps almost seems like I have been a part of each step at some point in my life. When I was growing up I think relating to Stage 1: The Punishment and Obedience Orientation was definitely part of my life. Of course we don’t want to get in trouble as kids so generally we recognize that the authority will provide a severe enough punishment that will stop us from doing whatever
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Ethics of Profit‚ Part 3: The Profit Motive Posted March 29‚ 2011 Filed under: character‚ competition‚ corporations‚ decision-making‚ ethics‚ finance‚profits‚ white collar crime | This is the third in a 3-part series on the ethics of profit. (See also Part 1 and Part 2.) As mentioned in previous postings‚ we should distinguish between our ethical evaluation of profit per se (which‚ after all‚ just means financial “gain”)‚ and our ethical evaluation of the profit motive. After all‚ I don’t worry
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Public Policing Versus Private Security When comparing private security to public law enforcement there are both many similarities and differences (COPS‚ 2012). Private security is paid by a private company or agency‚ whereas public policing is paid by government salaries and taxpayers (COPS‚ 2012). Public police officers have the authority to enforce laws and protect and serve society (COPS‚ 2012). Private security officers are paid to protect private property
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that we could accept as universal laws – that is‚ rules we would be willing for everyone to follow in all circumstances. (Ruggeiro. V.R. ‚2011) 2.0 What Is a Virtue? The first systematic description of virtue ethics was written down by Aristotle in his famous work Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle said that a virtue is a trait of character manifested in habitual action. The word “habitual” here is important. The virtue of honesty‚ for example‚ is not possessed by someone who tells the truth only
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Public Policing Versus Private Security Kayla Cook CJA/500 November 8‚ 2009 Mrs. Jancie Graham Abstract Public policing and private security have several distinct differences. Public policing is the ability to enforce the law and maintain order in society. Private securities are paid agencies that perform the protective and loss-prevention duties not handled by police officers. Yet public policing and private security offers the same services and duties. These services and duties
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The concept of nature in English and Kazakh literature The content: 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Concept- a notion or statement of an idea 2.1 A concept is a fundamental category of existence. 2.2 Сoncepts as mandated by a particular mental theory about the state of the world. 2.3 A concept is a common feature or characteristic 2.4 The notion of sense as identical to the notion of concept 1. A general idea derived or inferred
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2011 Unit 6 Community Policing Project This is indeed one of the last projects for this term. I have had an awesome time in this class and I have learned a lot with the different projects that we have been asked to do. As I begin this project I will try to describe a few different things and hope that you learn as much as I do as you read this project about Community Oriented Policing and Problem Oriented Policing. These are the two different types of policing that I will be describing
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Sommers suggested the teachers to teach their students individual virtues as they are further away from their morality. Striking changes have taken place from the more directive teaching of right and wrong‚ by study and example‚ to situation ethics‚ dilemma ethics and other approaches that rationally dissect moral acts. The set of approaches imply that there are no moral absolutes to uphold. Sommers feels that if students are taught that way they can lose a sense of moral direction and not take
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