Assess the view that conscince should always be obeyed - (35 marks) Conscience is differently defined by people‚ some think its an inner feeling that speaks to person when carrying out a type of actions whilst others might define conscience as a guilt feeling that occurs within a person when performing wrong actions. However‚ conscience is defined as a moral sense of right and wrong felt by a person through an inner feeling. In my opinion conscience should always be obeyed because I believe everyone
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since the time of St. Augustine of Hippo. In The Confessions of St. Augustine‚ he initiates this premise and argues in its favor. Discourse about evil is based on the Christian theological teachings of the omniscience‚ omnipotence‚ and perfect benevolence of God as well as the understanding that evil is present in this world. Since these four concepts are contradictory‚ one of them must be rejected. Thus‚ St. Augustine argues that evil does not exist. I find St. Augustine’s explanation to be satisfying
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America than in America. Stanley Elkins went so far to compare slavery to the Nazi concentration camps. More recently‚ scholars such as Eugene Genovese have said that slavery embraced a strange form of paternalism‚ a system that reflected not the benevolence of southern slave owners‚ but their need to control and coax work out of their slaves. The revised conceptions of the master-slave relationship also spilled over into the debate of slave personality. Historians such as Elizabeth Fox-Genovese‚ Jacqueline
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IntroductionGoogle was created in 1998 due to the need for a more efficient Search Engine. Actually Google is one of the most successful internet based companies since the booming of "dotcoms" in the late 1990s and remains to be a leader. This success is based on its great organisational practices and core competencies. Google´s success it ’s not only in its technology and the functionality of its product; it´s also in its aggressive ability to get profits innovating‚ which is critical to their workforce
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indulged by those born into the aristocracy. By characterising Mr Brocklehurst as excessively and hypocritically pious‚ Brontë highlights the upper clergyman’s propensity to masquerade as a great nobleman‚ rather than to exercise the competence and benevolence integral to his role. Finally‚ Brontë implements a love of “servitude” and disdain for a “still … doom”‚ as well as the ambiguous social position of a governess in her protagonist‚ Jane Eyre‚ rendering her an agent for the middle class’ philosophy
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this view is transferred to a strong belief in the very foundations of Christianity that God is a good‚ benevolent being. According to the bible‚ God created the Universe ‘Ex Nihilo’. The fact that God even created the Universe demonstrates benevolence because without the Universe‚ there can be no life and in the
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benefit themselves. But unlike other famous stars in Hollywood‚ Oprah chooses to give back to people who are struggling in life. Oprah Winfrey is such an amazing woman and to better understand her‚ one must examine her childhood‚ her image‚ and her benevolence. For Oprah Winfrey‚ a childhood of misfortune came upon her at a very young age. Oprah Gail Winfrey was born January 29‚ 1954 in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi (“Oprah Winfrey”). The start of her misfortune came when she was named. Originally‚ her parents
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ethical teachings include the following values: Li: includes ritual‚ propriety‚ etiquette Hsiao: love within the family: love of parents for their children and of children for their parents Yi: righteousness Xin: honesty and trustworthiness Jen: benevolence‚ humaneness towards others; the highest Confucian virtue Chung: loyalty to the state However‚ it has neither church nor clergy‚ no teaching on the worship of God or gods‚ or life after death. Confucianism is actually a philosophy of life‚ not
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“character traits”. We all have by nature the potential to be moral persons‚ but we need to practice the virtues‚ to cultivate them. Ex. a medical doctor should cultivate virtues such as: compassion‚ discernment‚ trustworthiness‚ integrity‚ benevolence and non-malevolence Kinds of virtues: 1) intellectual (wisdom‚ understanding etc) 2) moral (temperance‚ patience‚ courage etc) An individual is moral not because of his/her intellectual activities‚ but because of his/her feelings and
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prosperous union may seem absurd‚ historically speaking‚ it has been a successful method in cultivating unity and balance. Namely Cesare Borgia‚ whose “cruelty had brought order to Romagna‚ united it‚ restored it to peace and obedience.” Whereas the benevolence of the people of Florentine ultimately led to the demise of Pistoia and similarly‚ the armies of Scipio rebelled a reluctance to mandate strong retribution. In other words‚ excessively merciful regimes provoke chaos‚ resulting in disarray and inevitably
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