Critique #3 Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against "Aid" that Harms By Garrett Hardin After reading the above reading by Mr. Hardin‚ I had come to the conclusion that in life there are many choices that must be made. In correlation to my Environmental Science class I can understand more of what his thought process is. In comparison‚ he could be talking about world hunger. His strongest points in the article were "each rich nation can be seen as a lifeboat full of comparatively rich people‚ and in
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According to Aristotle‚ we get moral virtue as a result of habit and none of the moral virtues arise in us by nature‚ because nothing that exists by nature can form a habit contrary to its nature. Nature has no effect on how moral virtues arise in us. Instead‚ we receive nature when we adapt‚ and therefore are made perfect by habit. A good example Aristotle uses is that we have senses before we even know how to use them. Eventually we learn how to use them by exercising them everyday. Another good
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Ethical Lens Inventory My personal preferred lens is the Results Lens. According to this ethical view an action is ethical if good results come from good actions. A moral person must take actions that create the greatest good and the greatest happiness for many. I listen to my intuition. I use my sensibility to implement the decisions that will determine the greatest good. I try to be equal and fair. My blind spot is that I get satisfied with too little good or unrealistic role expectations.
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The choice we make and the actions we take result in consequences we have to live with for the rest of our lives. The decisions we make in the present will decide what the future holds for us. Today young adults are pushed to make better grades and excel in extracurricular activities so as to get into a good college. The motto "the more high quality education the better the future"� has been taken as gospel for today’s youth. This often makes me wonder whether our goals are contorted and out of
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FORGIVENESS IS A VIRTUE Forgiveness is a word that we use lightly in the world today. Forgiveness is more than just a three syllable word‚ it is a word that keeps this world moving. What I mean by that is‚ without forgiveness‚ everyone would go around in the world hating each other for everything. Jesus tells us that no one is perfect‚ so how can we expect people not to make mistakes? The definition of forgiveness is "excusing a mistake or offence". That is pretty simple
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we need virtue‚ both of thought and of character‚ to achieve that completeness leading to happiness. This is the function: activity in the soul in accord with virtue‚ where soul is defined as what is in us that carries out our characteristic activity. Aristotle is right in believing we need virtue. The end of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics Book I introduces the idea that since happiness is “a certain sort of activity of the soul in accord with complete virtue‚ we must examine virtue‚” because
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Habit and Virtue Aristotle says that we are all endowed by nature with the ability to reach virtue‚ but he also says that we become virtuous by making virtuous acts. He explains how acting upon virtuous acts could possibly become “second nature”‚ which means it could become a habit. What he is trying to imply is that normally things become a habit if you work on it a lot‚ so by working on virtuous acts could make it a habit. This could happen if people are put into situations in which they demonstrate
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How does the notion of harm reveal entangled relationships between social welfare and crime control? The concept of harm is a complex one‚ The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines the term as “hurt‚ damage‚ cause harm to” (Allen‚1990‚P.539). In a physical sense harm can be defined and characterised by damage caused from a war or a natural phenomenon that inflicts considerable damage upon an individual‚ community or nation. The notion of harm has characterised humanity since the dawn of its existence
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Human Growth and Development Ch. 7 & 8 Study Guide *. During early childhood‚ on average‚ girls are smaller and lighter than boys. *. By the end of early childhood‚ compared to each other‚ boys have muscle tissue‚ whereas girls have fatty tissue. *. By repeatedly obtaining brain scans of the same children for up to four years‚ researchers found that the children’s brains experience undergo dramatic anatomical change between the ages of 3 and 15. *. Researchers have found that in
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Internet is Doing to Our Brains Reading this book was very difficult‚ which is very ironic. I found myself constantly putting it down and checking my phone. I strongly agree with What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains‚ The Shallows by Nicholas Carr. He believes that the internet is changing the way we think and the way we act‚ slowly making us become more shallow over time. The internet makes it very hard to concentrate. Before things such as social media weren’t in the reach of our fingertips
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