Rosemarie Gorman Essay Paper Personal Commitments In this essay I will try to analyze two topics from the book‚ “Personal Commitments by Margaret Farley.” The first topic will discuss‚ “The Way of Fidelity.”‚ the second topic will be‚ “Discerning Obligation: A Love.” There are two situations when there is a need for and sense for fidelity‚ in a love relationship‚ and a commitment or promise made to a person or institution. According to Farley sense of duty is not the only thing that fidelity is based
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The quality of having experience‚ knowledge‚ and good judgement. These virtues‚ otherwise known as wisdom‚ are things people value. Based on my reading of Cicero on Obligations‚ the people of Rome placed great emphasis upon wisdom on a social‚ economic‚ and political level. In Ancient Rome‚ these three aspects are more cohesive than we’ve seen in any other ancient civilization. For the first time‚ we saw a direct correlation between social status and economics. Due to these two aspects being so closely
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A constellation is a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its form. The Libra constellation is just one of the twelve zodiac constellations. In Latin the word Libra means “the weighing scales”‚ which is normally depicted as the scales held by Astraea‚ the Roman Goddess of justice. The Libra constellation to me depicts the balance between the good and bad in humanity. I believe that while trying to make decisions based on the impact of their outcome‚ there
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Helping people in need a supererogation or an obligation People in poor nations are starving to death when we are enjoying our delicious meal with our friends and family. There are various governmental aid-projects and privately run charities which are responsible for delivering donations from the relatively wealthy nations to the nations in need. I believe it is a morally right thing to help the people in need‚ but not every one of us would make donations regularly. Peter Singer uses the drowning
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Ethics Awareness Inventory Analysis: Obligation According to the Ethics Awareness Inventory [EAI] (Williams Institute for Ethics and Management [WIEM]‚ 2003)‚ "[My] ethical perspective is most likely to be based on obligation‚ and least likely to be based on equity." In this paper‚ I will apply the results of this inventory to my personal and professional development‚ explaining how my educational experience has shaped my ethical thinking‚ addressing my use of ethics in thinking and decision-making
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Presentation | Presentation: Rights and Obligations of Employers and Employees | Introduction Statutes and their regulations and common law determine the rights and obligations of employers and employees to each other and may differ from state to state. Employers and employees have an "employment relationship" that is sometimes referred to as a contract of service.When an employee accepts employment‚ that individual agrees to work for some form of payment‚ such as wages‚ salary‚ commission‚
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AHIMSA: OBLIGATION OF HOMO SAPIENS SAPIENS A Term Paper Presented to Religious Education‚ Philosophy And Peace Education and Development College of Arts and Sciences Notre Dame University In partial fulfilment of requirements for the Oriental and Chinese Philosophy JOHN LUKE SORIENTE PADILLA PART I Introduction In the regeneration and divinization of man‚ the first step is to eliminate his beastly nature. The predominant in beast
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Over 280 million girls and boys under the age of 15 are forced to get married under age due to religion beliefs and just being sold for a selfish cause. In this video Kimberly Motley talked about two specific girls who were forced into marriage. The guys who they married were way over age…..She lives thousands of miles away in a town in Afghanistan. It would be hard to reach her is she is in danger or needs help with her civil rights as a young female. Nagma who married at the age of 6. Her father
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If we do not do everything in our power to help just because we think that our minimalized efforts meant that our moral obligations are lessened‚ this could lead to a world where no aid is being given at all to those who are suffering and far away from us. Also‚ with instant communication and a globalized network today‚ it is not difficult to source for credibility reports and
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In order to have consideration each party must either promise to provide a detriment or benefit to one another. From a legal perspective Mario does not have a legal obligation to Trudy. Mario’s promise of giving Trudy the $500 was gratuitous. Trudy had not saved Mario from the ditch with the intention of getting something in return. Mario’s consideration was given before he had contemplated the contract. There was no mutuality and therefore their can is no consideration. When Trudy offered to help
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