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    The False of Gems

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    False Gems In the short story "False Gems‚" the author Maupassant utilizes the concept of irony to contribute to social criticism. In the story Madame Latin states: This cannot be true because she was "good and virtuous" when they first met. Her desire for money corrupted her‚ so she has changed. The author is mainly implying that money corrupts; in most cases‚ a person’s desire for money can cause pain and sorrow. Her second weakness is her desire for money‚ which is a contribution to social criticism

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    The False Moon

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    The False Moon When you choose to put children into this world‚ when you choose to give birth to a little child. That little child becomes your responsibility. You cannot let it down because it will affect it when it grows up‚ when it has to make its own family. It is your responsibility to give love to this child‚ to show this child how to live a life. If you cannot cope with the task of taking responsibility of the child you have brought into this world. You have to forget your pride and speak

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    Moral Relativism vs. Moral Absolutes Paul Sartre’s atheistic existentialism divides the world into 2 groups‚ authentic and inauthentic. Authentic people are distinguished by their deliberate choices to use their freedom to find purpose and meaning in their existence‚ while inauthentic people are characterized by passivity. John Gardner disagrees with moral relativism evidenced in Sartre’s existentialism and chooses to believe in moral absolutes. He portrays Grendel in his book Grendel as a

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    Moral Objectivism and Moral Relativism Today there are many people that stand by moral relativism‚ which claims that moral values are not objective. The liberal mindset of accepting other cultures and values leads some people to select moral relativism over moral objectivism‚ which claims that moral values are objective. Moral relativism is problematic in that it allows one to validly select any moral argument‚ and ultimately subverts the primary goal of ethics. Moral values are objective‚ and

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    Ethnics are characteristics of a person or a certain group of people that share a culture ‚ religion‚ or language. Moral relativism is just a viewpoint from someone’s ethnical standards‚ which is how they feel. Basically it is something that people feel in their opinion that it is either right or wrong from a moral stand point in their eyes. Everyone has ethnics they might not be same as the ones you or I might have grew up with or have ever heard of but it does not mean that they are wrong or

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    False Guilt

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    Therefore if a force is internal and uses some unknown power to generate false convictions or guilt. To give more detail regarding this power I identified its intrusion it’s as if some power or force is in your soul and mind which is connected to your emotions etc. futhermore it produces these false feelings and in this case false guilt. What is more the force controls one entering into areas that are not conventional thus one cannot escape its influence. As I have tediously declared the unconventional

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    A10691383 Cultural relativism promotes understanding and acceptance of differences. Throughout history‚ various conflicts could have been lessened or avoided by encouraging cultural relativism. People throughout the world are greatly influenced by the cultural and environment in which they are raised. Moral and ethical standards and behavioral practices vary across cultures. Cultural relativism is an appealing theory; it should be the goal in terms of promoting tolerance and peace. Reaching that

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    ETHICAL (MORAL) RELATIVISM

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    RUNNING HEADING: ETHICAL (MORAL) RELATIVISM Ethical (Moral) Relativism Exploring Kohlberg’s stance on Ethical Relativism JebbehG Ethics in Contemporary Society | PHI101 A01 July 17‚ 2013 Introduction Presently‚ Americans are comfortable relating ethics to individuality. Often times‚ American citizens expresses their right of freedoms to enhance their own sense of ethics or relativity. In defining relativism‚ moral principles are a matter of personal feelings and

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    Ethical relativism is a concept in which most simple minded individuals adhere to. As a broad definition‚ ethical relativism is a theory where morals are determined by each person rather than a general census. This can be divided up into two parts; ethical subjectivism and cultural relativism. Ethical subjectivism is described as moral judgments based on an individual’s personal values and feelings. To go beyond the individual‚ cultural relativism is a theory where beliefs are juxtaposed with

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    Ethical relativism is a view on morality stating that there are no universally accepted moral principles. Morality varies from one culture to another and no society has the right to impose their view of morality on other societies. Ethical relativism can be summed up to mean that morals are derived from what is culturally acceptable in any given society. ER is made up of two theses. The first is the diversity thesis‚ which simply says that moral practices are diverse across cultures. Ruth Benedict

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