We are taught to believe that we “ought” to do things a certain way‚ considered the “right” way‚ but we never look at what we ought not to do because the society we live in considers them as morally wrong. Standards and principles are taught through social conditioning‚ thus which society one is born into will determine their standards and principles. We are not born with moral values or beliefs; we learn them through the environment that we grow up in. Here are three ways that morality is relative
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If all laws were morally wrong‚ there would be no real system of government. King explains that the difference between an unjust law and a just law is within moral. A just law follows the moral or divine law made by humanity themselves. However‚ an unjust law is a code affecting
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it for various reasons like circumstance‚ war‚ poverty and some by choice. Initially‚ I believe that prostitution is practiced in poor and underdeveloped societies not until I read the articles provided for this class discussion. Prostitution is morally wrong‚ aids human trafficking and it is a gateway to various sexually transmitted diseases. As a Christian‚ the Holy Bible made it clear that our body is the temple of Holy Ghost. Having premarital sex or any kind of sex with someone that is not your
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– one that is in line w/moral laws or laws of God; any law that uplifts human personality · Unjust law- one that is not in harmony with the moral law; any law that degrades human personality · Non-violent civil disobedience is sometimes morally required so that such unfair laws (like segregation) can be replaced with more just‚ democratic laws that would recognize the basic rights and freedoms of people. · criticized the white moderates because of their failure to understand the gravity
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“To egalitarians‚ having more wealth than someone else is morally permissible only to the degree that the person guilty of having more wealth continually apologizes for it and self-sacrificially works to eliminate the disparity” (Ari Armstrong‚ 2014). Egalitarians do not believe in a difference between men and women. They are mostly against traditional gender roles and believe that people should be treated as equals from birth therefore any egalitarian would stand in a position that favors equality
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on where Texas ended‚ America said that the soldiers were petoraling their side of the border and was murdered for no reason‚ but Mexico said they were defending their land. With all this America decided to declare war.] The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because Mexico only defended their land from trespassers plus the only true reason they went to was to get more slavery land.
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hostile to the common people. The federalist paper #10 would show Madison’s views on having a large republic‚ basing his views mostly on Montesquieu‚ who felt that liberty was only safe in small districts. The federalist paper #51 was written to explain why Madison felt that the United States government should divide the legislative branch into
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Is the Death Penalty Justified? Jessica Valentine PHI 103 Informal Logic Professor Stephen Carter March 20‚ 2012 Is the Death Penalty Justified? The death penalty will always be a topic some people refuse to talk about. When in fact‚ it is a very serious topic and people should know how and why the death penalty is not justified. I believe the death penalty is not justified in the least bit because there are people sitting up in prison just living life because the state does not want to
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side who is looked upon as wrong. Depending on who is making the judgement‚ is based on what type of view they have towards the situation being disputed. I agree with this statement completely. People win wars and arguments‚ but not always in a morally just way. Power takes a major toll on the decisions people make. Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen is a story that centers around the conflict two brothers face. Dr. Stockmann is a man who discovered that the bath system is infected with a disease
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Is the death penalty a service that is justified and valid form punishment? One would say there are two arguments to this topic with several different reasons or explanations. One being prevention‚ while the other side is saying there is a potential execution of an innocent man; and the other says justice and punishment; and last one says execution is murder. Murder as we know is clearly part of our society‚ and surely it is evident that something needs to be done about it. A variety of felonies
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