reach for their wallet with their free hand. Peter Singer’s Utilitarian theory highlights this phenomenon and argues that people living in abundance while others are starving is “morally indefensible”. His reasoning is that if you are already living a comfortable life‚ purchasing anything to pursue more comfort is morally reprehensible and lacks virtue. To his credit‚ Singer supports his theory through practice‚ as it is reported that he donates 25% of his salary to Oxfam and UNICEF‚ and is a member
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emotions‚ and memories. If science goes as far to create such technologically advanced beings‚ are we then to treat them morally similar to a person? Are we to respect them as we do our elders and bosses? If they commit crimes‚ are we to submit them to trials as we do humans? I will argue that even since robots can think and process on humanistic levels‚ they will never be morally equal to a human being.
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STRENGTHS OF INDIAN ECONOMY – “The Might” During Obama’s Visit to India‚ Mr Barak Obama‚ the most powerful man on the earth‚ made the statement that 21st century is going to be the century Indo-American relationship. In this one line‚ there are many hidden statements and prospective. And‚ the most important of them is recognizing India as an emerging Economic Super Power. India has the potential to become one of the global economic leaders by 2025. There are several aspects which will contribute
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cannot be justified. Close your mind. Close your eyes. See with your heart. How do you forgive the murderer of your father? These are just four lines from a song by Lupe Fiasco called “American Terrorist”. It might be just a song but can you really answer that question? - How do you forgive the murderer of your father? - If you can’t forgive the murderer of your father than terrorism is not justifiable. My name is Liliya and I will be persuading you that terrorism cannot be justified. What is terrorism
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modern army. Also numerous people feared a second world war‚ as WW1 was very bad for the citizens on Great Britain‚ especially as it may be over a small country such as Czechoslovakia. Many people would do anything to avoid a war as bad as WW1‚ this is why it was sensible to appease‚ as the public opinion was against war. Additionally many wealthy people‚ and ordinary people‚ would lose their land‚ property and their money if a communist government took over the country. The majority thought that communism
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seemed to be a shift by which the party and country was operated. Indeed‚ by 1930 the Soviet Union was seen very differently both internally and outside of its borders. Some may see this as a ‘second revolution’ and in a sense‚ it is somewhat justified due to
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NAME: Liu Yiran ID: 11412011 TA: Ramesh Ganohariti Instructor: VYAS Utpal The Serious Consequences Of Torture The subject of my article is Torture. I would like to talk about the serious consequences of torture. Let’s make an example about that. Filled with brutal torture and capital punishment witch trial. Let me briefly explain background events. From the fourteenth century to the seventeenth century‚ during this period of up to three hundred years‚ the whole of Europe into a female Asian
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In the world today‚ there are many of concerns on what is ethical right. One of these topics that is a big concern is the cloning of animals. Many people believe animal cloning can be extremely beneficial in the world‚ but others believe it is morally wrong. Although people around the world may disagree‚ scientists have decided to take the risk and began the attempt to clone animals‚ causing political debate. Although cloning is a personal bias and people may not believe in it‚ people have taken
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Simon Lewis’ Justified and Ancient He laughs best who laughs last: That is one of the statements made in Simon Lewis’ short story from the year two thousand. Another one may be a statement of justice. Justice may be a term of the type which value is diminished because of the word put on it. Reading the short story provokes us to reconsider our normal interpretation of the word since the word acts paradoxical in it. When are you justified to do certain actions and who is justified against who
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The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6th 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9th 1945) remains among the most controversial events in modern history. At the time‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs was both strategically and morally justified‚ yet today it is a hotly debated topic‚ thought to be excessive or unnecessary. However‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs‚ while an atrocious act‚ was in fact the lesser of two evils. The alternative was to prolong one of the bloodiest conflicts in global
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