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    During the Hundred Years war‚ Joan of Arc was one of the most famous figures of the time known as “the Maid of Orléans. Joan of Arc was and still is known as a saint and a military leader‚ Joan also led the French army to victory over the British during the Hundred Years war. Even though Joan had no military training and had not been taught to read or write‚ Joan of Arc was able to change her society in France by guiding the French army to victory‚ being a strong leader of her time‚ by sacrificing

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    Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response ‘Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response’ is an article printed in the magazine ‘Philosophy Now’ and is written by Jesse Prinz who is a distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York. This is an argumentative article where the writer‚ Jesse Prinz‚ has argued in favor of moral relativism and supported the theory that moral judgments are based on emotions hence they vary from person to person. The writer has written was

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    English 109 23 May 2013 Assignment 3: Morality Dialogue Introducing Theologist and college professor‚ Preston Jones; Naturalist‚ Bad Religion front man and professor of evolutionary biology‚ Greg Graffin; Jesuit Priest‚ Dan Berrigan; Buddhist monk and Zen master‚ Thich Nhat Hanh; and finally‚ myself‚ curious student and linguistic anthropology major‚ Edlynn Andrus as moderator. Andrus: Today we bring you an amazing set of individuals to discuss morality. Where does it come from? Is it possible

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    “Conflict Between Law and Morality” * Aakriti Pandey Student of RMLNLU‚ Lucknow Introduction In ancient times there was no distinction between law & morals. The Hindu jurist in ancient India did not make any distinction between law & morals. However‚ later on‚ some distinction came to be made in actual practice. The Mimansa made a distinction between obligatory and recommendatory rules. By the time the commentaries were written‚ the distinction was clearly established in theory also

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    In chapter four the issue of whether or not morality is dependant upon religion is analysed with respect to many different religious theories regarding morality. The chapter begins by acknowledging that there is a presumed connection between morality and religion. In the case of Judge Roy Moore‚ an advocate for religion and morality correlational relationship‚ he asserted that God’s law was as prevalent as the state’s law in his courtroom. Moore was sued multiple times for violating the separation

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    In the spring of 1430‚ King Charles VII requested Joan of Arc to Compiègne to face the Burgundian attack. Amid the fight‚ she was diverted from her stallion and left outside the town’s entryways. The Burgundians kidnapped her and held her for a while‚ consulting with the English‚ who considered her to be an important purposeful publicity prize. At last‚ the Burgundians traded Joan for 10‚000 francs. Charles VII was uncertain what to do. Still not persuaded of Joan’s perfect motivation‚ he separated

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    Discuss the relationship between law and morals and whether law should uphold moral values? Phil Harris in an introduction to law defines a society’s ‘code of morality’ as a set of beliefs‚ values‚ principles and a standard of behaviour. A compliance with these rules is not compulsory and not required by the state. People are influenced by their family‚ friend’s religion. However‚ they could consider from themselves what they believe to be moral or immoral in their view‚ because a society is pluralistic

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    Morality in no way depends on religion as an entity in and of itself. That being said‚ religions can have a very influential factor in the creation and passing of morality to the next generation; but this is simply because a religion is simply a social grouping. Any social group‚ ranging from families to secular communities to workplaces can and do have influence on morality. So‚ in a way‚ morality does depend on religion‚ but only the religion as a social group; the religion as a belief in

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    In Thomas Nagel’s essay titled “The Objective Basis of Morality”‚ Nagel claims that “[t]he basis of morality is a belief that good and harm to particular people (or animals) is good or bad not just from their point of view‚ but from a more general point of view‚ which every thinking person can understand” (Nagel 124). When applying this theory to the immorality of the price of higher education‚ it can be argued that making college so expensive is immoral because any thinking person can see it is

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    Developmental Psychology Chapter 7: Morality‚ Wisdom and the Life-span Moral Development and Life-span Research: -Longitudinal research: expensive‚ labor-intensive‚ takes a long time‚ research gets wrinkled and wither. -Cross-sectional research: more suitable for research on moral development across the life span. Definition of "Moral Maturity": 1. What is established in the early years remains more or less fixed throughout life; later experiences may expand this‚ but it is essentially

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