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    Moral Responsibility

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    their troubles‚ or patiently save money. Eventually when the person achieves their desire‚ he/she feels great happiness‚ and it remains in their lives as a pleasant memory. However‚ sometimes people have conflicts between their wants and their moral responsibilities. What should human beings put first in their lives? Is there a method that helps human beings to find a balance among different values? My desire was to have designer bags. It started when I was a freshman in college. I

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    Moral Rights 1. Right to Live: The first and main right of man is his right to live. The object of a moral life is improvement of the self and life is a necessary condition to effecting this improvement. The right to life is a fundamental right it is a sacred right. The right to life also included the right to work without money earning the necessities of life cannot be obtained. The life of a person without occupation becomes difficult. To the right of life is conjoined the duty of respect

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    Cassie Jordan Freakonomics Throughout the book Freakonomics written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner‚ the readers minds are constantly tested by atypical questions that make them change their way of thinking‚ from morally to scientifically. It points out how people have an ideal image of how things should be‚ or what they familiarly recognize to be the “right” way things work‚ and economics prove how things actually work. Based on the data and research gathered on specific topics shown in

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    Honesty is perhaps one of the greatest morals that one can possess. A moral is something that we look at to remind ourselves of what is right and what is wrong. Throughout our history there have been many stories and myths that are based off of this idea. One story‚ made even more popular by its Disney remake‚ is Pinocchio. Once upon a time‚ there lived an old man. His name was Geppetto. He was a sad‚ lonely old man whose only real desire was to have a son. In this story‚ Geppetto creates a wooden

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    Moral Degradation

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    You can’t just deny this fact. It’s all in the statistics. I mean it is facts and figures that we are talking about; black and white. Nothing remains to hide and no where to run. We are in a reality to face it. Some would debate before they say it moral degradation. However‚ if they do so you have enough reason to ask them about what morality constitutes and how he or she would label this new unexpected development. Moreover‚ the increase in juvenile cases recent months is shocking and the news of

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    October 2010 Moral Responsibility America would not be where it is without the laws that have been placed and the citizens who follow the laws. In order for this to happen the knowledge and acceptance of the laws are needed to establish order. African Americans had been secluded in the past through harsh laws of segregation. Although many believe disobeying the law is morally wrong and if disobeyed a punishment should follow‚ Martin Luther King’s profound statement‚ “One has the moral responsibility

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    Moral Corruption

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    Bertunie Berluce Professor Hofer ENC 1101 6 February 2010 Moral corruption results from mankind’s need to satisfy their selfish desires. Ancient philosophers such as Aristotle‚ Plato‚ and Socrates sought out to explain why we do what we consciously know is not the moral ideal. Aristotle defined moral weakness as a person who‚ "knowing that what he does is bad‚ does it as a result of passion." In Flannery O’Connor’s short story‚ “The Life You Save May Be Your Own‚” Mrs. Crater and Mr.Shiftlet’s

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    Moral Assignment

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    Content: Introduction Synopsis Introduce of characters Moral Values Conclusion Reference Introduction: Due to the need to accomplish the moral project‚ we were given a task to select a movie with moral values as lesson to our daily life. We have chosen the movie with the title ‘Fireproof’. It’s about marriage that leads to some movement and changes in life. For everyone knowledge‚ we will step into the marriage stage one day. So we used this movie to urge everyone the way and attitude to

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    Moral or Immoral Should people have the power to act as God? Should scientific studies be limited? Some people would say yes‚ while others would say no. There are countless debates that are constantly going on in the biological field. Two examples of these highly debated topics are stem cell research and euthanasia. In the U.S. today‚ many people are questioning the morality of stem cell research and euthanasia. Stem cells are cells that can renew themselves. They have the ability of making an

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    The Divine Command Theory is a meta-ethical theory which proposes that an action’s status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God. The theory asserts that what is moral is determined by what god commands‚ and that to be moral is to follow his commands. As a Christians‚ I believe that my people use divine command theory approach rather than egoism or act or rule utilitarianism as a basis of the ethical systems. In Christianity‚ Judaism and Islam‚ good and bad are seen as being

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