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Brokeback Mountain A Timeless Struggle
1,313 wordster> A Timeless Struggle: Knowing the Right Thing to do and Doing the Right Thing Author Isaac Asimov once wrote, Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right. This saying came to mind while reading both Montana 1948 and Brokeback Mountain. The authors, Larry Watson (Montana 1948) and Annie Proulx (Brokeback Mountain) both write stories with the internal conflict of man vs. himself. In Montana 1948 Larry Watsons main characters the Hayden family cope with a situat...
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412 wordsThe three main characters of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, and Arthur Dimmesdale, were all morally corrupt. They all showed incredible proof of this through out the novel. The very beginning of this novel starts with Hester in a jail cell. The only reason she was in this cell is because she was an adulterer. While her husband was on his was from England, she found time to woo a mate, establish a bad reputation, and have a bastard child. The fact that she produced a chil...
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Violent Acts Major Religions
1,355 wordsReligion, which is a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices, serves the purpose of establishing rules and principles in a society. When studying various religions, it becomes apparent that the principles instilled are those that are morally just. Each major religion specifically addresses the issue of violence, and the vast majority condemns such actions. Individuals following a particular religion are expected to follow the rules and principles established which theoretically should ...
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Law And Justice In Society
1,045 wordsMartin Luther King once stated, Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Would most people agree with this statement by this highly lauded historical figure? It is very possible that a majority of the people in the world would acquiesce to the powerful words of Dr. Martin Luther King. What about those that would disagree with this statement? What would their argument against this utterance be? Is unknown injustice still a threat to justice everywhere? For instance, if someone had th...
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Prenatal Diagnosis Categorical Imperative
1,523 wordsThe case that I chose to discuss is an article which assesses the argument of whether it is ethically right or wrong to have a prenatal diagnosis of the sex of a child, in order for parents to decide if they want to keep the child or not. Some questions are raised as to whether sex selection through abortion is moral or immoral, and if it were immoral, in what circumstances, if any, would it be justified. Prenatal gender selection through abortion is a legal practice in any country where abortio...
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Cloning Humans Human Cloning
446 wordsThe point of many cloning critics is that cloning humans is against the will of Providence. However, it is mentioned in the Bible that man was created in the likeness of God (Bible, 1). In order to be more like God, which is his will, we can duplicate what he created. God will not be displeased, but pleased with this major accomplishment. Cloning of humans is widely considered to be immoral and unethical. Many countries and legislatures have banned cloning based on the issue of morality. Allowin...
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Sense Of Duty Majority Of People
2,082 wordsKant (1). It has been rightfully suggested that the philosophy of Immanuel Kant revolves around his unique understanding of notion of morality. According to philosopher, morality has universal properties, which cannot be discussed within the context of their practical utilization, because otherwise, morality becomes subjected to perceptional subjectivity. Kant believed that every individual is being psychologically divided between two realms that are essentially opposite the realm of pure ideas ...
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Obedience To Authority In The Military
1,499 wordsObedience to Authority in the Military I would like to start by saying that during the US-led operation in Iraq the British and Australian troops were told to use their own judgment in the decision making process of whether or not to shoot in the civilians. They were told that they would not be punished for disobeying the American leaders. Here we see the example of how the personal conscience is used against the obedience to authority, yet generally the obedience to the military authority is un...
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Late 19 Th Century Importance Of Being Earnest
2,204 wordsThe Birth of Feminism in the Victorian Comedies of Oscar Wilde Essayist, dramatist, novelist, and poet Oscar Wilde was better known for his scandalous lifestyle than his literary theories and their execution in his dramas. However, subsequent generations have regularly revived his delightful comedies of manners, and now it seems as though his work will survive his notoriety. Literary critics were often unenthusiastic, or even hostile, toward his works, finding them to be overly contrived or reck...
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Picture Of Dorian Gray Basil Hallward
1,463 wordsThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the story of moral corruption by the means of aestheticism. In the novel, the well meaning artist Basil Hallward presets young Dorian Gray with a portrait of himself. After conversing with cynical Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian makes a wish which dreadfully affects his life forever. " If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not giv...
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Genital Mutilation Oxford Blackwell
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Van Den Haag First Degree Murder
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Opponents Of Capital Punishment Deters Murder
1,514 wordsCapital Punishment Pro Outline Thesis Statement: Although the opponents of capital punishment believe this to be immoral and non-productive, advocates of capital punishment have proven this to be a cost effective, and ethically correct deterrent of future murders. I. Cons of capital punishment A. Racism in sentencing B. Immoral C. Unproductive II. Pros of capital punishment A. Deters murder B. Cost effective C. Morally correct III. Support for capital punishment A. Support in The United States B...
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Telling The Truth Categorical Imperative
1,543 wordsKant: the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative Kantian philosophy outlines the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative as a method for determining morality of actions. This formula is a two part test. First, one creates a maxim and considers whether the maxim could be a universal law for all rational beings. Second, one determines whether rational beings would will it to be a universal law. Once it is clear that the maxim passes both prongs of the test, there are n...
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Taking Sides Clashing Sides Clashing Views
2,129 wordsHow America should react to homosexuals Many experts agree that homosexuality has existed as long as human beings themselves, although the attitude towards them has undergone dramatic changes in some countries. Accepted by many societies during Greek and Roman era, most of the time homosexuals were considered to be sinners against nature and even criminals. In Medieval and modern periods homosexuals were prosecuted. Enlightenment brought some liberation, substituting death penalty by imprisonmen...
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Michael Wilson Fysm Euthanasia Should Be Legal Life
895 wordsMichael Wilson FYSM 136 - 01 9 / 15 / 96 Professor Euthanasia Euthanasia Michael Wilson FYSM 136 - 01 9 / 15 / 96 Professor Lee A long time ago, culture was universal and permanent. There was one set of beliefs, ideals, and norms, and these were the standard for all human beings in all places and all times. We, however, live in the modern world. Our ethics are not an inheritance of the past, completed and ready for universal application. We are in the situation of having to form our own beliefs ...
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Clement Vii Medieval Church
1,481 wordsThe Christian Church in the Middle Ages played a significant role in society. Unfortunately though, the church is often regarded as the capital of corruption, evil, and worldliness. Today, so many people depict the medieval church as being led by materialistic popes, devouring tithes from poverty-stricken peasants, having various illegitimate children, and granting indulgences for money from wayward believers. Yes, circumstances like this may have been the case, and is often hard to disapprove, ...
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3,270 wordsAcross Ending Starvation Ending Starvation Across the globe in impoverished third world countries an estimated 50, 000 children die of starvation every day (Quine 36). We have all seen the images of these children bloated bellies, fly covered, bulging eyes television pleas by various charitable organizations. While these images sicken us, we idly sit by (often flipping the channel to avoid them), refusing to help these less fortunate kids. The problem is made worse by the ever-increasing populat...
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Van Den Haag Death Penalty
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Genital Mutilation Oxford Blackwell
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