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    Adultery: Scarlet Letter

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    Adultery is a sin never to be taken lightly. However‚ while it remains a serious crime‚ determining the requisite punishment for adultery proves difficult. In Nanthaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester‚ the main character‚ is forced to wear the letter ‘A’ on her chest symbolizing her act of adultery with an unknown person. Through his novel Hawthorne sought to demonstrate how‚ under certain circumstances‚ the personal consequences of a crime may serve as sufficient punishment. In early Puritan

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    Kantian Ethics Outline

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    Is the prohibition on torture an absolute moral rule? Chapter 9: The Categorical Imperative (Annex D- “Elements of Moral Philosophy”) Wk 11 29th & 31st Oct Kantian Ethics: Good will‚ cont’d Categorical and Hypothetical Imperative‚ Duty‚ Rational Nature‚ Just War- Just peace‚ Terror‚ Punishment Is the prohibition on aiming at the death of a harmless person an absolute moral rule? Is the prohibition on torture

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    Adultery In Scarlet Letter

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    After reading the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne I came to believe that Adultery is a terrible thing and can have very bad repercussions‚ especially in the early to mid 1700s. Back then committing adultery was a very serious offense to not the just the community but to your family also. Adultery used to destroy family relationships and to this day it still does. Adultery is also more of a religious problem but also goes into social and legal consequences. When it talks about social consequences

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    Utilitarianism

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    Utilitarianism Utilitarianism the ethical doctrine of the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the criterion of the virtue of action. The principle that utilitarianism use in making moral decisions is a form of moral hedonism; that people should seek pleasure and avoid pain. Utilitarianism seeks to produce the greatest good for the greatest number. But‚ the problem is in determining what the greatest good is. Utilitarian define the “good” as good is what equates pleasure and reduces

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    Utilitarianism Classical Utilitarianism is a moral philosophy‚ which was developed in 19th century England by Jeremy Bentham‚ John Stuart Mill and Henry Sidgwick. The essential feature a utilitarian reside in‚ is the notion that an action is right if it produces the most amount of happiness well limiting suffering. Utilitarianism focuses solely on the consequences of the action‚ in an attempt to bring about the most happiness from each situation‚ well ensuring everybody’s happiness is equally

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    Erik Turley Paper #4 12/5/11 How Adultery is Permissible In Don Marquis’ “What’s Wrong with Adultery” he gives several examples of why adultery can be used or justified in a marriage. He brings up issues like one partner agreeing to a marriage contract but not fulfilling their side of the contract in the marriage. Another point he uses is one spouse not fulfilling the others desire in the “sex and love” department (213). Adultery is a sinful word for many; while some have justifications for

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    utilitarianism

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    Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a philosophical theory that believes that right thing to do comes from a measurement of the amount of pleasure over the amount of pain‚ and decides that the right thing to do results in what will be the greatest pleasure for the majority of the group. In other words by calculating happiness you will be able to decide what the right thing to do is as long as it is right for the majority of the people. This seems as if it will only help the people that agree on the

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    Utilitarianism

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    Utilitarianists are often persecuted for holding a morality in which the end always justifies the means‚ no matter how repulsive it may be to intuitional moral standards. Hare attempts to quiet controversy by combining act and rule utilitarianism in daily life in such a way that internal moral standards are satisfied and overall good is promoted. Kymlicka stays firm in his opposition to Hare’s theories and shuns the idea of consequentialism having intrinsic value greater than that of intuitive moral

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    Adultery In Biblical Times

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    Normally in society today adultery‚ even though it is a crime in most states it is not one that people who commit it usually spend time in jail for‚ if it were our jails would be more overcrowded than they are now. In Biblical times it was crime that usually ended in punishment. For example the story of David and Bathsheba‚ even though Bathsheba was married she had sex with David and had gotten pregnant‚ David in turn had her husband put into a position during fighting that would have him killed

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    Utilitarianism

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    Utilitarianism is a moral theory that is considered to be influential in a society. A moral theory is an explanation of how the paradigms of right or wrong associated with actions‚ simultaneously explaining how one’s character can be considered good or bad. Through this moral theory known as utilitarianism‚ one’s actions play a key role. An individual who practices the utilitarian moral theory has right actions as long as it promotes happiness for the maximum number of people possible leading to

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