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    Moral Issues

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    MORALISSUES FILESHARING Story from BBC News: http://bit.ly/tenenbaum Worksheet written by James Greenwood. http://www.james-greenwood.com American student Joel Tenenbaum was taken to court for downloading and sharing songs using the peer-to-peer file sharing program Kazaa. Under US law‚ recording companies are entitled to $750 to $30‚000 per infringement‚ or more if the jury believes the infringements were wilful. In the first case of this kind‚ a Minnesota jury awarded $80‚000 per

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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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    The Right to Suicide and Harm Suicide under circumstances of extreme suffering is the morally right action as opposed to the alternative‚ living in pain. J.S. Mill’s Utilitarian ideals provide strong reasoning to support suicide in instances of severe pain‚ while Kant’s moral theory of the categorical imperative provides reasoning against taking one’s own life. Mill’s principle of utility is the maximization of pleasure and the reduction of pain. Mill regards happiness as the greatest good in life

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    Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.” An innumerable amount of people believe suicide is a growing epidemic in today’s society. In fact‚ statistics show in the year 2013‚ 41‚149 suicides had been reported as well as many that went unreported. Although there are suicide prevention tactics‚ there is not a known solution for the rapid increase of suicide deaths. One of the leading causes of suicide is depression‚ which can be caused by numerous reasons. Some of the reasons include:

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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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    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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    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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