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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lick what we like and dislike‚ it is all psychological. So if we dont have a control on our psychology‚ then how can we be morally responsible for the consequences of the actions that arise out of that psychology? In order for us to be morally responsible for our actions we have to have created our own psychology‚ but this is impossible. So since we never had control on what our character is or how or psychology is then how can we be morally responsible for the actions that arise from our psychology
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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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Death the Final Stage of Growth Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Again‚ this was a very great and influential book to me. I believe I have learned a lot from this book and I agree on the points where we need to live life like we don’t know when it is going to end‚ and also that we need to treat others very kindly and put more into our life and we will receive back. I totally agree with the author’s point that we need to live life like we don’t know when it is going to end. It could end in a year
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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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something that determines the way in which we behave‚ whether because we submit ourselves to it voluntarily‚ as would be the case with moral rules‚ or because it is enforceable in some general way‚ as would be the case with laws. Many rules are neither morally binding‚ nor do they ultimately have the force of law attached to them. Nevertheless‚ they are necessary and generally adhered to because of the context in which they operate. Rules might also come about through custom or practice‚ and involve the
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Is Eating Meat Morally Permissible? It has been argued that meat has high sources of energy‚ minerals‚ and proteins in the human diet. It is rich in proteins which have shown to have a high energy unit as compared to other food types. Proponents of meat consumption support its consumption as it has a greater nutritional value and is good to the test buds. Apart from the nutritional reasons‚ it is also thought meat consumption maintains the ecosystem at equilibrium. If meat consumption was to stop
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ÖZKAN TAŞ İMREN YELMİŞ British Civilization 24 January 2011 ANALYSIS OF NORTH AND SOUTH The reign of Queen Victoria‚ the longest reigning of British monarchs‚ who bestowed the country her name‚ and the century her character which distinguished Victorian Britain from‚ and integrated her with the rest of the world. Most of the writers of that time mentioned the issues of class‚ lantern of society‚ moral questions‚ gender‚ religion‚ individualism‚ divisions both
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Morally Ambiguous Characters What does it mean to be morally ambiguous? The characters created by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Francis Bret Harte are divided between being purely good or purely evil. The environments that the characters live in are judgmental and hypocritical. While being isolated from society‚ they also deal with struggling to disassociate themselves from their pasts. The Scarlet Letter and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” characters Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and John Oakhurst illustrate
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abortion is acceptable or not‚ we need to take in account the extremely unfortunate circumstances at which a child may have been conceived. We need to take in account whether the circumstances and environment that surrounds it is ideal for a newborn child. So‚ the real question isn’t whether abortion is right or not‚ it is under what circumstances is it acceptable for a baby to be aborted? Anti-abortionists bluntly say that abortion is ‘the intentional killing of unborn babies’ and those who undergo the
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