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    Moral Code

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    Moral Code” Imagine watching evening news Easter weekend and headlining story of the night is a senseless murder of an entire family. Our normal reaction would be filled with distain and disgust. Leaving unanswered questions like “why” or “how could someone do that?” What drives someone to kill other people? Where is their Moral Code? Most stories like this will give you the killers interpretation of why their moral code went astray and usually gain your empathy‚ even though you don’t agree

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    Moral Values

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    Moral values are the standards of good and evil‚ which govern an individual’s behaviour and choices. Individual’s morals may derive from society and government‚ religion‚ or self. Moral values can give meaning and purpose to your life. You are able to direct your behaviour towards beneficial and fulfilling activities. When you live your life according to moral values that are based on honesty‚ compassion‚ courage‚ modesty‚ and forgiveness‚ then you can also form positive bonds with other people

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    Moral Theology

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    1. What is Moral Theology? Moral theology/Christian ethics is that branch of theological inquiry that studies in a systematic way the practical implications of God’s revelatory intervention in Jesus Christ. It is concerned with the kind of people we ought to be and the kinds of actions we ought to perform or avoid. In pursuing its task‚ moral theology must draw upon every available source of understanding: scripture‚ tradition‚ relevant human sciences (such as psychology‚ sociology‚ economics)‚

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    Assess Rachels’ critique of the main argument for normative cultural relativism (NCR)‚ i.e.‚ the Cultural Differences Argument. How might a proponent of NCR respond to Rachels critique? Is the response effective? Why or why not? In this essay‚ I will discuss James Rachels’ article “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism”‚ in which he criticizes the normative cultural relativism argument which is about how different cultures have different moral codes‚ thus there is no single

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    moral compass

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    for me to receive what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ about the social. For example‚ there are critics about the politics‚ environmental issues etc.From time to time‚ my moral compass had been shaped by my parents and the social norms.  Human beings always place their own interest on the top priority while thinking of what they should do. My moral compass go wrong without recognising that it had done so because I wanted to satisfy my own wish and do something that others taught me was ‘wrong’ before. I remember

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    Moral Education

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    Moral education can be given better by parents at home‚ than by schoolmasters and professors in schools and colleges. Parents have numberless opportunities of guiding their children by pre¬cept and example‚ opportunities denied to the teacher. Who generally meets his pupils in large classes‚ and seldom has the means of becoming intimately acquainted with their several char¬acters and the faults‚ other than intellectual faults‚ to which each of them is particularly prone. The first point of importance

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    Moral Obligation

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    Throughout the chapter‚ Genetic Choices‚ the issue of moral obligations in regards to genetic information about potential disease and illness. Upon review‚ I find individuals to have a moral obligation to warn others if they have knowledge about their genetic predisposition in regards to disease and/ or illness. The first case I will discuss is when an individual knows their family members are either at great risk or are certain to have a specific disease and/ or illness due to their diagnosis or

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    Moral Agency

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    Most philosophers suggest only rational beings‚ who can reason and form self-interested judgments‚ are capable of being moral agents. Some suggest those with limited rationality (for example‚ people who are mildly mentally disabled or infants[1]) also have some basic moral capabilities.[3] Determinists argue all of our actions are the product of antecedent causes‚ and some believe this is incompatible with free will and thus claim that we have no real control over our actions. Immanuel Kant argued

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    Moral Dilemmas

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    Moral Dilemma As children we grow up learning the difference between right and wrong from our parents. Later the as we grow older schools and other institutions such as churches instill in is other moral values and ethics. Life often bombards us with many difficult situations and sometimes it is difficult to follow your own personal moral compass. It is particularly difficult when dealing with moral dilemmas. A moral dilemma forces a person to choose between two equally unpleasant things

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    Moral of the Necklace

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    The Necklace Does "The Necklace" have a moral? What is it‚ if it does? The Necklace has many hidden morals‚ one of which is to not be greedy and search for things that you are not capable of getting. Mathilde kept searching for wealth even when she knew that her husband was not capable of doing so. She borrowed the necklace knowing that it makes her seem wealthier that she is‚ because that’s how she wanted people to perceive her. So the story also tells us not to live by how people think of us

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