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Catholic Church Natural Law
1,095 words... or living a lie by hiding beneath the garments of a prescribed morality, is contrary to natural law. Homosexuals are not making each other, or society, bad or worse by doing what comes naturally to them. Surely, more harm has come from forcing these moral lepers to try and be what they are not. For example: A man knows he is gay but gets married, trying to put on the airs of acceptable social norms. He has three kids with a wife who wants to spend the rest of her life with him. Around the ti...
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State Of Nature Moral Judgment
1,824 words... timely (though Locke himself never uses these terms to describe the distinction). But Locke, in my view, is in certain ways clearer about the distinction than is Notice. For Locke, remember, "no one can be put out of [the state of nature] and subjected to the political power of another without his own consent. " (16) Political power is morally legitimate, and those subject to it are morally obligated to obey, only where the subjects have freely consented to the exercise of such power and onl...
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Morally Permissible Mary Anne
1,383 wordsThe fundamental question that most philosophers agree on when discussing abortion is, How do you determine the humanity of a being (Noonan, p. 117)? Or, in other words, when does a being acquire a right to life? The answer to these questions will determine when it is, if ever, morally acceptable to abort a fetus. There are many different answers varying from one extreme to another. Conservatives believe that infants acquire their rights to life at the moment of conception while the liberals feel...
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Utility Or Happiness Happiness Or Pleasure Increase
1,427 wordster> Sam Vaknin's Psychology, Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web Sites Is there any necessary connection between our actions and the happiness of others? Disregarding for a moment the murkiness of the definitions of "actions" in philosophical literature - two types of answers were hitherto provided. Sentient Beings (referred to, in this essay, as "Humans" or "persons") seem either to limit each other - or to enhance each other's actions. Mutual limitati...
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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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Morally Responsible Moral Responsibility
1,934 wordsIn his essay, Freedom and Necessity, A. J. Ayer maps out his argument for Determinism, the idea that humans act the way they do because of the way already existing factors in their lives incline them to, and not of their own freewill. These already existing factors are known as casual laws. These casual laws are past experiences, feelings, and other factors that make people be who they are. He believes that this theory of Determinism and the idea of freewill can coexist in relation to human beha...
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Morality In Queen Vs Dudley And Stephens
1,121 words1. In the case of Queen vs. Dudley and Stephens, was the killing of the cabin boy, Richard Parker, morally wrong? Relate your answer to one or more of the following ethical theories: Aristotelian ethics, Hobbesian ethics, Utilitarianism, or Kantian ethics. Be sure to give a summary of the main points of the theory, as well as drawing out its implications for the case. In the case of Dudley and Stephens, the murder of Richard Parker cannot be justified as being morally permissible. Our society fu...
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Morally Justified Pro Choice
1,376 wordsAbortions Introduction The problem of abortion was always in the centre of attention of moral and ethical discussions. We can easily notice confrontation of two main groups: pro-life and pro-choice. Differences in historically prevalent orthodox (or conservative) and liberal positions of relatively allowable choice were the subjects of heated debates. Whereas Don Marquis upholds classic non-religious anti-abortion standpoint, Judith Thompson considers that woman has right to choose whether to ma...
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Point Of View Rule Utilitarianism
1,849 wordsAn Analysis of Joanne who is HIV Introduction In this paper Ethical Subjectivism Joanne, argues that it's the right thing to do anything that is in her nature to do. She is willing to engage in sex with Doug, a friend of hers; even though she knows that she's HIV positive. The question I'll be looking for, in this paper, is whether or not she is doing the right thing. Her moral stance will be analyzed from the prospective of different ethical concepts, such as Ethical Subjectivism, Utilitarianis...
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Sense Of Duty Consequential Ist
1,681 wordsDefending Duty Ethics Every society and culture has different ways of interpreting and defining ethics development, understanding, and application by the way their own culture or society norms. According to the Websters Dictionary ethics is defined as the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. A society's culture consists of whatever it is one has to know or believes in order to operate in a manner acceptable to its members. The rituals, customs, ethics ...
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Physician Assisted Suicide Life Sustaining Treatment
1,259 wordsPhysician Assisted Suicide The morality of Physician Assisted Suicide has been in question in the United States since the late 19 th Century. There are so many sides to this issue that make it extremely difficult to draw a line between when Physician Assisted Suicide is morally right and when it is morally wrong. When it seems like it would be right for one person, another person would be completely against it. Physician Assisted Suicide is likely to remain a controversial issue for years to com...
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Health Care Workers Passive Euthanasia
1,799 wordsThe applied ethical issue of euthanasia, or mercy killing, concerns whether it is morally permissible for a third party, such as a physician, to end the life of a terminally ill patient who is in intense pain. The euthanasia controversy is part of a larger issue concerning the right to die. Staunch defenders of personal liberty argue that all of us are morally entitled to end our lives when we see fit. Thus, according to these people, suicide is in principle morally permissible. For health care ...
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Punishable By Death Cruel And Unusual
1,601 wordsIn 1985, fifteen-year-old Paula Cooper of Gary, Indiana and three of her friends began skipping school and participating in illegal activities. The teenagers needed video game money for entertainment and thought they had a good means of obtaining some. Ruth Pelke, a Bible teacher the girls knew, was seen as an easy target for the girls to victimize. The girls gained easy entry into the house by saying they wanted to take Bible lessons. Once in the house, Paula Cooper stabbed the 78 -year-old Pel...
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Long Term Effects One Could Argue
2,337 wordsFrom a business perspective, working under government contracts can be a very lucrative proposition. In general, a stream of orders keep coming in, revenue increases and the company grows in the aggregate. The obvious downfalls to working in this manner is both higher quality expected as well as the extensive research and documentation required for government contracts. If a part fails to perform correctly it can cause minor glitches as well as problems that can carry serious repercussions, such...
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Jersey Prentice Hall Code Of Ethics
1,901 wordsFor many organisations ethics is something to be defined and managed by senior executives. Consider the arguments for and against this control-oriented position. In todays world it is all too prevalent to see more and more people hungry to gain success at an ever-increasing rate. Modern culture can and indeed is labelled greedy and thoughtless. Through my relatively short time spent in business, I have encountered many of these types of people. But who are they hungry for? Who benefits from thei...
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Martin Luther King Henry David Thoreau
1,653 wordsBy acting civil but disobedient you are able to protest things you don? t think are fair, non-violently. Henry David Thoreau is one of the most important literary figures of the nineteenth century. Thoreau? s essay? Civil Disobedience, ? which was written as a speech, has been used by many great thinkers such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Ghandi as a map to fight against injustice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor that headed the Civil Rights movement. He was a gifted speaker and ...
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Punishable By Death Cruel And Unusual
1,602 wordsby Capital Punishment Capital Punishment by Drew Benson In 1985, fifteen-year-old Paula Cooper of Gary, Indiana and three of her friends began skipping school and participating in illegal activities. The teenagers needed video game money for entertainment and thought they had a good means of obtaining some. Ruth Pelke, a Bible teacher the girls knew, was seen as an easy target for the girls to victimize. The girls gained easy entry into the house by saying they wanted to take Bible lessons. Once...
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Morally Permissible Active Euthanasia
1,546 words073 - 66 - 3337 Trish McGee 0202 Question Philosophy Michelle Dello-Russo 073 - 66 - 3337 Trish McGee 0202 Question 2 Legalize Active Euthanasia I believe that the law should be changed to allow active euthanasia because it is a person? s freedom to determine their time of death if given the opportunity. This paper will discuss what it is like to lose a person through a painful death and how the good consequences of legalizing active euthanasia outweigh the bad consequences. It will further exam...
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School Of Thought Moral Obligation
807 wordsHunger and Poverty During the course of this particular essay, I will prove to you many points. Maybe not to the extreme that it will change one? s thought processes on the subject of hunger and world poverty, but enough to form a distinction between moral obligation and moral capacity. What I will not mention is the fact that Peter Singer? s outdated material (1971), though thorough in the sense of supporting his view on hunger and world poverty as well as examining this school of thought, is u...
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Utility Or Happiness Happiness Or Pleasure Increase
1,407 wordsSam Vaknins Psychology, Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web Sites Is there any necessary connection between our actions and the happiness of others? Disregarding for a moment the murkiness of the definitions of actions in philosophical literature two types of answers were hitherto provided. Sentient Beings (referred to, in this essay, as Humans or persons) seem either to limit each other or to enhance each others actions. Mutual limitation is, for instance, evident in game theory. It d...
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