Antigone’s Moral Dilemma Margaret Walsh South University Online Antigone’s Moral Dilemma Perhaps the most pronounced question in the play "Antigone" by Sophocles’ is the value of human law vs. divine law. In this tragic play a newly appointed king Creon declares to his people that treason was committed during battle‚ and
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ethical or moral politician? Council elections are approaching. Show me a politician certain of his solution and I will show you a moral politician. Show me a politician who agonises selflessly over his decisions and there is an ethical one. Morality is about having a set of values or rules which are applied to problems. Such an approach is an effective means of dealing with everyday issues. But when you face a new problem‚ when our existing morals don’t apply‚ how should we solve it? Morals are historical;
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War is a current moral issue because violence is regarded as wrong. Instead of war there should be negotiation and arbitration. War is violent conflict between human beings. There have been many conflicts and wars in history but it is known that humans have also thought about morals and ethics during that time. Although during war many lives are lost and damaged almost all human beings know and have been taught from religion and culture that taking away one’s life is morally wrong. Blood is shed
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The Moral Courage of Danes During the Holocaust‚ many brave individuals risked their lives rescuing the innocents. Those heroes are rare after all‚ but in Denmark‚ everyone participated in the rescue—from the government officials to the normal citizens. The danish people expressed their moral courage all together as a nation‚ yet without certain leadership or organization— it was everyone fulfilling their own righteousness. All of these individual power came together‚ and created a miracle during
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secure the right to whistle-blowing. However‚ by executing these measures‚ employees are then morally obliged to blow the whistle. In this essay‚ we will talk about the importance of whistle-blowing‚ ethics and corporate governance in an organization‚ moral agency and responsibility as well as whistle-blowing as an internal control mechanism. Based on all these factors‚ we will then conclude on whether employees should have a duty to blow the whistle on unethical or illegal acts. IMPORTANCE OF WHISTLE-BLOWING
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Influence of Moral Reasoning Bryan Gordon CRT 205 December 23‚ 2012 Influence of Moral Reasoning After reading the article “Fury Returns to Penn State” by Frank Fitzpatrick‚ the person I selected to write about is the ex-assistant coach Mike McQueary. Mike Queary witnessed Jerry Sandusky doing something horrible to a minor one night in the school locker room. With this knowledge‚ McQueary talked to his father about the incident then informed his superior‚ Joe Paterno‚ about what he witnessed
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Aristotle on Moral Virtue Phil 103 19 Apr 2006 Aristotle was a Greek philosopher c 384-322 BC. He presented us with an idea of moral virtue that is unique. He believed that each moral virtue was a delicate balance of a certain characteristic. This balance was kept between the two extremes: The vice of deficiency and the vice of excess. This balance was unique to each person‚ and to discover it one must use reason‚ the highest capacity of the soul. For example‚ we can look at the virtue
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Moral Duty of Care 1 MORAL DUTY OF CARE Moral Duty of Care 2 There are so many challenges when dealing with a sick loved one. But it can even more difficult when they are unable to speak for themselves‚ uninsured
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moral ambiguity and to emphasize the struggles that are associated with marriage. Picoult portrays Sara as morally ambiguous by contrasting the positive and negative aspects of her within the relationships she has with each family member in order to expose the hardships facing mothers and wives. Family is a central aspect of this novel despite the plot focusing on the legal trial. Furthermore‚ Sara places her family on a high pedestal because she understands that family is the “emotional anchor”
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Huck’s Moral Conscience In the classic novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by the great Mark Twain the memorable character of Huck Finn is constantly choosing between the social morals of the southern states during the time of slaves in America and his own self morals. Throughout the novel Huck is being taught that slaves are lesser beings compared to white folk and that they do not deserve the same amount of respect‚ this leading to the main example of Huck’s struggle with his conscience
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