Professor Norford ENC 1101 3 March 2014 Word Count: 828 The Obligation to Endure Carson writes this essay informing us about pesticides and chemicals farmers use on their crops that can danger our echo system. The pollution man is creating “is for the most part irrecoverable; the chain of evil it initiates not only in the world that must support life but in living tissues is for the most part irreversible.” (Carson 2) There are many different ways that pollution can harm the environment‚ from
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Chapter 4 EXTINGUISHMENT OF OBLIGATIONS Section 1 – PAYMENT OR PERFORMANCE Payment It is the fulfillment of a promise; the performance of an agreement. This consists of: a. the delivery of money or its equivalent in specific property or services‚ or b. doing a certain act or not doing a certain act. How payment is made a. The thing or service contemplated must be delivered or rendered. 1. The debtor of the thing cannot compel the creditor to accept a different one although the latter
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CHAPTER 1 General Provisions “An obligation is a juridical necessity to give‚ to do or not to do.” (Art. 1156) * OBLIGATION * obligatio‚ Latin‚ means tying or binding * tie or bond recognized by law by virtue of which one is bound in favor of another to render something * duty under the law of the debtor or obligor - Civil Code * Juridical Necessity * the rights and duties arising from obligation are legally demandable and the courts of justice may be called
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Nawawi‚ my Islamic Obligation Lecturer (MCL Program) for his guidance and help throughout the making of this task. Your ideas and brilliant thoughts are very useful to me. Your recommendation of the book by Ibnu Taymiya has gained me valuable knowledge. To my parents and family‚ thanks for the endless support and never ending love. I can never make it without all of you…..thank you very much. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Preliminary The rights and obligations of people have been
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Ethical Relativism is the belief that nothing is objectively right or wrong and that the meaning of what is right and wrong depends on the individual and culture. Pojman breaks down Ethical Relativism into 2 main concepts: The Diversity Theory and the Dependency Theory. The Diversity Theory addresses the concept of what is morally right and wrong varies from society to society; therefore‚ there is no universal moral principles that all societies accept. For example‚ Homosexuality in the Middle East
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2.1 How Different Cultures Have Different Moral Codes • Observed fact: different cultures have different moral codes o different things taboos and obligatory o even opposing things as the Darius anecdote illustrates among the Greeks one is morally obliged to cremate the dead one is morally forbidden to eat them among the Callatians one is morally obliged to eat the dead one is morally forbidden to burn them 2.2 Cultural Relativism • Relativist Conclusion drawn from facts like
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New chemicals are being produced and tested every day. Are these chemicals being tested for the effects they could have on our environment though? In‚ “Silent Spring” an excerpt from Rachel Carson’s‚ “The Obligation to Endure‚” Carson suggests that the pesticides and insecticides we have are harmful to more than just the environment. Rachel Carson is an author who is passionate about the environment and concerned about the well being of its inhabitants. This is apparent because of the way in which
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of Moral Philosophy” James Rachels discusses the positives and negatives regarding the concept of cultural relativism‚ but his overall position is that cultural relativism is not a strong philosophy. On the flip side of that Immanuel Kant has a completely different ethical theory that is based around deontology. Despite its positives cultural relativism cannot be defended against Rachel’s criticism‚ but Kant’s ethical theory cannot necessarily defeat cultural relativism. Cultural Relativism is the
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of cultural relativism‚ which is the belief that something is good or wrong if and only if it is approved or disapproved in a given culture. Right and wrong values vary from society to society; therefore‚ there is no standard base to judge what is universally right or wrong between the different cultures. Because of this‚ societies may disagree about the morality of what is right and wrong. Gensler believes that if cultural relativism is true‚ then there are no right or wrong moral values within
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Ethical relativism is the theory that morality is relative to the norms of one’s culture. That is‚ the moral norms of the society practiced depend on whether an action is right or wrong. But‚ the problem with moving from cultural perspective to cultural relativism is rather than saying‚ “we need to understand the morals of other cultures‚” it says‚ “we cannot judge the morals of other cultures‚” regardless of the reasons for their actions. The same action may be right in one society but be wrong
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