On Morality/ By Joan Didion As it happens I am in Death Valley‚ in a room at the Enterprise Motel and Trailer Park‚ and it is July‚ and it is hot. In fact it is 119°. I cannot seem to make the air conditioner work‚ but there is a small refrigerator‚ and I can wrap ice cubes in a towel and hold them against the small of my back. With the help of the ice cubes I have been trying to think‚ because The American Scholar asked me to‚ in some abstract way about “morality‚” a word I distrust more every
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Morality is the reference to codes of conduct that are brought forward by a society. It is evident in the play Macbeth that making moral decisions is superior to making immoral choices. In the end of the play the result of the characters moral and immoral choices all comes to fruition. Consequently the actions of those who acted morally dealt with their situation much better than those who did not. Morality is the reference to codes of conduct that are brought forward by a society. It is evident
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Kelsey Berry Hartung Humanities 10/23/12 What is Morality? The inevitable fore comings of being a child literally flash right before your eyes. One minute you are learning how to walk and talk and in the next you are graduating high school. We find ourselves constantly wondering where the hell all that time went. And in between all this growing up it seems we acquire a set of “morals” and “values”; merely things we tend to blame our actions and thoughts on. It’s like this illusory line
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“Nietzsche on Judeo-Christian Morality” In Nietzsche’s aphorisms 90-95 and 146-162 he attacks what he believes to be the fundamental basis of the “slave” morality prevalent in the Judeo-Christian tradition as well as other religions and societies. From the beginning‚ he distinguishes the two different types of moralities he believes to exist: the “master morality”‚ created by rulers of societies‚ and the “slave” morality‚ created by the lowest people in societies. The former stresses virtues
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the basic principles of morality. He states‚ “reason is the slave of the passions”‚ meaning that since Hume was a sentimentalist who held that ethics are based on emotion or sentiment rather than abstract moral principle. Hume believed that sentiment or emotion motivated us to obey rules to determine what is morally good. However‚ comparing it to Aristotle who argues that emotion or sentiment only arises in a well-ordered individual. When looking at these two moral theories who is right? Which truly
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In this paper‚ I will argue that Mill’s theory of morality does not withstand the philosophical reasoning; therefore‚ making his theory invalid. I will do so by first stating a brief synopsis of Mill’s theory and then provide two objections that go against his approach. Once I have given the two objections‚ I will discuss the response Mill gives for each of these objections. Finally‚ I will give a critical evaluation of Mill’s theory of Utilitarianism as well as give supporting evidence as to why
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majority of the population‚ probably including yourself‚ claims they act "morally". Many of these people ask other people to act "morally"‚ but when you ask these "moral" people what morality is they stand there for a minute‚ and almost every single person will give you the wrong answer. So what is morality? In brief‚ morality is a basic set of principles that people follow. A perfect example would be Osama Bin Laden‚ a man that believes completely in what he does‚ and does it to his best. He has his own
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obligations because he believed that citizenship should be a task‚ a responsibility to contribute to those moral condition. Therefore‚ it was his goal to inform people that morality is a duty and duty alone. Morality should be independent and not affected by any other factor. For this reason‚ the strength behind
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In this essay I intend to give an account of the ‘Divine Command’ theory of morality‚ outline it’s main objections‚ in particular with regard to the ‘Euthyphro Dilemma’ and whether these objections can be answered. The ‘Divine Command’ theory‚ otherwise known as ‘Moral Transcendentalism’‚ is an ethical theory that holds the view that morality is dependent upon some form of transcendent being or God and that morality is ultimately based on the word of character of said God. Thus‚ according to this
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The mythical creation story of our very own existence is characterized differently by cultures‚ but they all articulate the same meaning and that is God as creator and we as his people. They are two story lines according to the beliefs of creation of the Jewish people and the Babylonians. The different creation belief is seen in the books of Genesis‚ in the Old Testament and the creational myth of the Babylonians: Enuma Elish. In Genesis the meaning of our creation is written in a sense of myth
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