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    Moral Courage

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    Moral Courage Given our already stated definition of "moral courage" as (the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition‚ shame‚ scandal‚ or discouragement) several instances can be found throughout history of the use (or lack of) moral courage to influence the decisions impacting the significant events of the world. Our first demonstration of the lack of moral courage can be found during the Holocaust‚ in which Jewish men masqueraded in Hitler’s army and willingly took part in the

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    Moral Values

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    fabric of any society is held together by the standards of morality that we maintain and practice. Values are our personal set of beliefs about what is important‚ unimportant‚ right‚ wrong‚ good and bad. When we are confronted by choices‚ options‚ or moral dilemmas‚ the decisions we make will indicate what values we hold. Human values give worthiness and respect to life. The foundation of human values are based on · Dignity of human life · Respect and consideration for the "other" · The importance of

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    Moral Character

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    Moral Character Viewpoint Robin M Ritchey [ July 21‚ 2010 ] PHI/105 Eric Shark Discussion Question 1- Cluster 2 agreed that moral character is often formed by lessons learned as a child through either experience or through parental instruction. Moral character is also not always defined by a person’s habits‚ as habits are not always classified as good and bad‚ black and white. There are a lot of gray areas concerning habits. Moral character defines who a person is and what that person stands

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    Moral Hazard

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    Moral Hazard A few years ago when Hurricane Katrina wake‚ many people fled the ravaged Gulf Coast were spending disaster relief paid for by taxpayers‚ on tattoos‚ expensive handbags and making trips to their favorite places. In this case the damage has already done and people are using the debit cards issues by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). The debit cards are issued to buy the necessities like food and clothing. But the damage was done and people misused its money. FEMA swore that

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    The Moral of Drones

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    Yu Chen Professor Gaines ENGL 100 10/13/2014 The Moral of Drones Bradley Jay Strawser’s "The morality of drone warfare revisited" discusses his argument in support of using drones. The audience is the government. His thesis is that drone strikes may cause less collateral damage than bombing‚ but that is not an argument for current US targeted killing policy. Mark LeVine’s “When philosophers join the kill chain” discusses the negative side of drones. The audience is the scholars. His thesis is that

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    moral complexity

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    oral complexity in the making and keeping of promises The making of a promise involves the voluntary giving of one’s word that‚ if and when a particular circumstance or situation comes about‚ one will undertake to act in a manner defined by the terms of the promise one has given. The act of making the promise‚ in other words‚ implies a willingness to keep it. What is being agreed is that‚ on the basis of something said in the past‚ one’s future actions will‚ insofar as the future is foreseeable

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    Moral Compass

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    Time to Dust Off Our Moral Compass Is there an objective set of rules governing our behavior of right and wrong decisions‚ or does morality come from our personal own preferences? The phrase “gut feeling” is something most people would describe as our own guide to what is right or wrong. It is like when we feel pain‚ we do not need someone to tell us it hurts‚ we just know it does on our own. However‚ as young adults‚ we tend to fall back on our society’s morals and change our objective morality

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    Moral Education

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    Growing Need & Recognition of Moral Education in Present Scenario By Moral Education “we mean inculcation of refined ideals‚ values‚ principles with a view to bring a purposeful behavioural change among the inhabitants of this universe”. Man is created as a paragon of creation. He has got the power of learning and has changed from a mere animal to a civilized one by inculcating perpetual learning skills. This implies that continuous learning emanating from education plays pivotal role

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    moral action

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    Moral action - Doing something that is right in spite of opposition from others Adam Hochschild’s King of Leopold’s Ghost is the story of no other than European ruler King Leopold II of Belgium‚ and the Congo‚ in which he took ownership of. He later became in control of one of the largest colonies in Africa due to his manipulating ways and tricks. Moreover his Congo‚ mostly the white authorities‚ forced some villages in Africa into harsh labor‚ where they were punished for wrong behavior‚ and in

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    Moral Courage

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    Moral courage is a concept means doing the right thing‚ it means listening to conscience that what does it saying. Standing on what believe. Moral courage has three major elements witch are principle‚ endurance and danger. it means moral courage and doing right things make us in the risk‚ we may face fear and danger for example with losing o job and security‚ reputation or etc. But falling in the risk is not matter because we follow our conscience and it is important because I believe that conscience

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