Political Science 348 Philosophical Essay March 11‚ 2013 People are forced to face moral challenges in making day-to-day decisions. When it comes to benefitting individual and societal good‚ the great question of politics is raised: what is the right thing to do? In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ there is a dilemma whether to abide by the laws of the gods above the laws of the state. Antigone makes a decision that not only affects her future but the future of the state under her uncle’s rule. Antigone
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Germanic peoples reconcile such differing perspectives? Ostensibly‚ their worldviews and ideologies appear vastly dissimilar and incongruous. It seems impossible that they could ever agree on issues regarding personal afterlife‚ bravery and heroism‚ morality‚ the ideal life‚ and conflict. In any case‚ Germanics tribesman idolize those individuals who lay claim to great deeds and gallant victories‚ while early Christians prefer the gifts received after death. Early Christians might be scandalized
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“The Morality of Birth Control.” “The Morality of Birth Control” by Margaret Sanger‚ an American Birth Control Activist‚ gave logical information‚ arguments about ethics for women‚ and brought out an emotional response. The rhetor gave off a logical appeal with arguments that were reasonable‚ and credible. She gave examples of ethical appeal that touched on the sense of morality. Also‚ the rhetor exemplified emotional appeal; bringing out the good and bad values in certain types of people.
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According to www.rome.info‚ "There were 32‚000 prostitutes in Rome‚" even when Rome was still relatively stable‚ and emperors like Caligula and Nero "became infamous for wasting money on lavish parties where guests drank and ate until they became sick." The decline in morals took a sick turn‚ seeing as‚ by law‚ it was "illegal to execute a virgin‚ so Roman soldiers were instructed to rape the victim before execution." "Morals break down and an obsession with sex and violence takes hold. Citizens
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In the beginning of Macbeth‚ it is clear to see the morals differ between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth has no trouble with the idea of murdering the king‚ while her husband has second thoughts. Macbeth reflected on the peoples’ love for King Duncan and his own honors that he had been awarded recently. When his masculinity comes into question‚ Lady Macbeth delivers the response that Macbeth is not a man at all until he fulfills his original ideas. It becomes obvious by the murder of Duncan
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In recent years‚ the concept of ethics and social responsibility are essential in the business world as society is increasingly paying attention on the social responsibility of the companies and the ethics of their managers. According to Post et al (1996)‚ ethics refers to standards of behaviour and moral judgement differentiating right from wrong. In addition‚ Bartol et al (2003) defined managerial ethics as “standards of conduct and moral judgement managers’ use conducting their business”. The
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is obvious that morality is relative" . Critically asses this claim Religious Education 23/04/2012 Views on Morality are varied and changed throughout different cultures and societies. Morality in the definition of the word‚ is the natural sense of right and wrong. This sense is usually gained from the surroundings on a person as a young child or from influences in a person ’s life. The statement that Morality is relative can be looked at in many different ways. Morality to be seen in a
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literature if the characteristics of the protagonist are closely related to those of the reader. In Monkey ‚ the author carefully parallels the traits of Monkey to the lives of human beings. Then why does the author portray so much resemblance between Monkey and human? The author’s approach in attracting the audience by using symbolism successfully accomplishes the intention in the novel. All humans feel a need‚ a hunger for the things that benefit their way of living. Monkey easily symbolizes
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initially proposed by Turiel (1983) and distinguishes “moral‚” “conventional‚” and “personal” norms. The distinction‚ which has received much attention in subsequent research in philosophy and psychology‚ is based on people’s dispositions to judge whether the validity of a norm is dependent or not on authority and context. An alternative typology has been proposed by Shweder et al. (1997) and includes what they call norms of “community‚” “autonomy‚” and “divinity.” Their so-called “CAD model” distinguishes
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Rachels argues that there is not one theory that will define what is right or wrong. Rachels believes that aspects of cultural relativism‚ such as keeping an open mind and tolerance‚ are important. According to Rachels‚ one can accept those concepts without endorsing the entire theory. In this paper‚ I will describe Rachels’ position on cultural relativism and his belief that individual‚ internal standards play a large role in morality and ethics. Because of that individuality‚ cultural relativism is a
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