where the question of ethics should not be left to relativism but a universal standard of ethics should be adopted. These areas include: genocide‚ politically induced famine and germ warfare; terrorism‚ hostage taking and child warriors; slavery‚ polygamy and incest and rape and female genital cutting. Goodman (2010) argues that murder is wrong‚ simply because it puts an end to a person’s life. Genocide is a moral atrocity and completely wrong not only because it involves elimination of many people
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woman and man‚ all individuals have the same right in society; because same-sex couples can constitute a good based family; because it is just a way to make official a common union nowadays‚ even with the religious issue; because it is not related to polygamy; and because love matters and it does not differ in nature according to the sex of its object or the person who experiences it. The first reason why same sex marriage should be legal is because it is fair for all individuals to have the same rights
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What is the concept of relativist morality: Moral relativism is an opposing perspective from the objective ways of a moral absolutist such as Plato ‚ whose moral standards are fixed regardless of the context. The whole concept of absolutism is universal and deontological; therefore it is unchanging. Whereas Moral relativism is teleological: the outcome of the action is not taken into consideration‚ meaning that moral relativism possesses moral truth that is dependent on place‚ culture‚ time and
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deceased) friend‚ and lover‚ Tariq‚ and the fact that the ongoing war makes it too dangerous for girls to be alone. Once again‚ the aspect of polygamy‚ specifically polygyny (one man married to more than one woman)‚ is largely practiced in the Middle East and Africa. While many nations allow polygamy‚ only 10-25% of the men in those nations practice polygamy. Women forced into marriage often end up in polygynous marriages‚ like that of Mariam and Laila. They have little say in their lives and are
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Article 13 (14) would seem to make personal law unconstitutional. Furthermore‚ Article 13 also requires non-discrimination based on "sex"‚ whereas Muslim Personal Law favors the man in many cases‚ especially in the issue of divorce and in the issue of polygamy. Equality before the law would essentially mean that Muslim women could take up to four husbands. These issues remained unresolved in the constitution. The debate over the Uniform Civil Code was kicked off by the Shah Bano case. Shah Bano’s Husband
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allowed to publicly celebrate their commitment and receive the same benefits of marriage of a heterosexual couple. Also‚ there is no such thing as traditional marriage. Given the prevalence of modern and ancient examples of family arrangements based on polygamy‚ communal child-rearing‚ the use of concubines and mistresses and the commonality of prostitution‚ heterosexual monogamy can be considered "unnatural” in evolutionary terms. American Civil Liberties Union says‚ gay marriage is protected by the Constitution’s
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Abstract In this paper I will discuss about the history of the Mormon religion also called the church of Jesus Christ of the latter day saints‚ also the doctrine that they as church follow. How were the founder and how they lived back in beginning of the Church‚ also how they live in today society and how other people see this religion‚ is some of the subjects that this paper will talk about. The Mormon religion used and still has different doctrine as all the Christian religions in the United
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contrasting martial structure‚ gender roles‚ and class distinction‚ Chopin showcases the weight of societal pressures on women during the 19th century. One of the foundations for marital structures is the conflicting ideas of monogamy and polygamy. Calixta represents polygamy while Bobinot represents monogamy. While Calixta slept with Alcee‚ she felt a “response in the depth of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached” (83). One could perceive that Calixta‚
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Why is Marriage The Most Important Part of Life ? Why is marriage important? Because it is equality.The full quality of being able to marry the person we love‚ just as our parents and siblings have done. Marriage makes an incomplete human being into a complete one. It makes him or her a grown up and gives him or her responsibilities wheter those responsibilities are to feed and cloth the wife or to assist the husband. Marriage is supposed to take a person out of the hectic lifestyle that one
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lifestyle. What they eat and they way they cook it is healthy. They use all natural material‚ so there is no harm to the environment; everything is in balance. What makes the Native American tribe seem very savage like is the cannibalism and polygamy. The thought of eating another
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