Westminster International College Subject: Moral Studies Lecturer: Mr. Selva Semester: semester 5th Student Intake: June 2011 Submission Date: 17 December 2012 1) Explain about the Deontological Theory and state some examples. Deontological moral techniques are recognized by attention to the moral law‚ the freedom and obligations. To make the right moral choices‚ we must know that our moral obligations and that the appropriate guidelines exist to control those obligations. When we adhere to
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Some Like It Hot In “Some Like It Hot” by Lawrence Lessig‚ he talks about piracy and what piracy is. It talks about the different types of items that people use piracy for. Piracy is when someone makes their own copy of a product that has its own copyright. I think that piracy is wrong for a many reasons. Including: it brings down the economy‚ the artists that create the piece are not getting paid for it‚ and piracy is also considered stealing. First‚ I am going to discuss how piracy brings
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The moral guide that American society should use for making moral decisions is moral absolutism. This means that I agree that certain moral ideas should be universally accepted. There are many different cultures and customs and each has their own ideas regarding their own truths and what is moral. There can be so many different views of what is right and wrong depending on the culture and their own beliefs. However‚ there are certain moral ideas that should be universal. Regarding moral relativism
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guided the trembling feet along‚ Proud that his own were young and strong; Then back again to his friends he went‚ His young heart happy and well content “She’s somebody’s mother‚ boys‚ you know‚ For all she’s aged‚ and poor and slow; And some one‚ some time‚ may lend a hand To help my mother—you understand?— If ever she’s old and poor and gray‚ And her own dear boy so far away.” “Somebody’s mother” bowed low her head In her home that night‚ and the prayer she said Was: “God be kind to
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Are people inherently moral?! ! Bernard Gert (2012) defines the term „morality“ descriptively and normatively. Descriptively‚ morality refers to some codes of conduct which has put forwarded by a society‚ by a religion or accepted by an individual for her own behavior. Normatively‚ morality is a code of conduct‚ which would be put forward by all rational people in some specific conditions. Therefore morality is a knowledge. To assume that people are inherently moral‚ it should also be assumed
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The moral model states that addictions are the result of human weakness‚ and are defects of a persons character. People who don’t agree with the moral model ‚ often have scant sympathy for people with serious addictions. They believe either that a person with greater moral strength could have the will to break an addiction‚ or that the addict showed a great moral failure in the first place by starting the addiction. The moral model is applied to dependency on illegal substances‚ perhaps purely
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Moral Panic about Drug Use Moral panic can be defined as a process of arousing intense feelings about an issue by making an awareness of a moral danger that threatens social stability through dissemination of exaggerated fear mainly through the media‚ in a society. The obstructions to the fear are erected through legislation. The exaggerated fears are created by politicians and to some extent the elite in the society. The issue of social concern is portrayed to be a taboo and a threat to the social
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In the article Rap and Moral Character by Susan Dwyer‚ the subject of concern is the consequences of listening to rap music and the effect it has on moral character. The author argues that rap music contribute to the corruption of moral character‚ it is misogynistic‚ promotes violence and street crime. In this paper I will examine the author’s claims‚ use of key concepts‚ and her reasoning. By doing so‚ I will be able to demonstrate that Dwyer’s thesis is unjust and unsupported. In what follows‚
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celebrations. These celebrations make up the many traditions within Japanese culture that aren’t as visible as the kimono. It is within this part of the paper‚ we would like to look at the many traditions‚ identities and modernities in Japan and in the book‚ Some Prefer Nettles by Junichoro Tanizaki. Among peers‚ art is often overlooked and is seldom appreciated. During the end of the nineteenth century‚ also during the time of modern development in painting techniques‚ Japan entered the international world
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Seminar Questions 1. Modernism- Benjamin‚ Walter “On some Motifs in Baudelaire” Question 1: In “On some Motifs in Baudelaire” Walter Benjamin argues that extended exposure to stimuli‚ or shocks‚ in the environment alters the human experience of our world and creates a conditioned reaction within the crowd. How does this overstimulation shape our current society and was Benjamin correct in warning against it? Walter Benjamin implied that our minds are not equipped with the facilities
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