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Commit Adultery Cultural Relativism
823 wordsMoral standards are in eye of the beholder. Different views on moral standards lead us to know whether something is right or wrong. There is the divine command theory, which states that God is the one who tells us what is right and what is wrong. God's commands (or commandments) are our source of religious morality. This theory only holds true if your are a beleive in a devine being. If you are an atheist this morality theory will not apply. Natural Law is another means of finding a moral standa...
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C S Lewis And Natural Law
2,349 words... (Abolition 46) The Magician's Nephew, the tale of the creation of Narnia, gives two characters who exemplify the Controllers -- Jadis and Uncle AndrewKetterley. Both claimed to be above Natural Law; they had "a high and lonely destiny. " Jadis was a monarch and Uncle Andrew was a magician, but both were strongly suggestive of modern science gone wrong. They bothwell that common rules are fine for common people, but that singular great people must be free-to experiment without limits in searc...
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Good Or Bad Moral Relativism
4,406 wordsMORAL OBJECTIVISM 1 What is the issue The present essay is a defense of a view called moral objectivism and attack on its opposite, subjectivism or moral relativism. Moral relativism is probably the subject concerning which more nonsense has been written and said in modern times than any other in moral philosophy. I suspect this is partly because people wish to provide arguments in favor of relativism without first having a clear idea of what their thesis is; partly because the authors' argument...
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True Or False Moral Judgements
4,317 words... ons of deaths, that it impoverishes the country in which it is adopted, and that it greatly restricts people's freedom. I think that is a good argument. It certainly is not some kind of simple logical fallacy, as the concept of 'the naturalistic fallacy' would presumably imply, since I am deriving a moral judgement from other, non-moral judgements. It might be, and standard is, replied that the argument presupposes certain implicit moral judgements, that life, prosperity, and freedom are goo...
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Source Of Knowledge Sources Of Knowledge
1,178 wordsKnowledge can be defined as the fact or state of knowing. There are many different aspects of knowledge. Knowledge comes from many different places. There are great numbers of philosophers who have tried to describe where knowledge comes from. Also knowledge can be divided into different parts according to the way we receive knowledge. There are many things that related to the knowledge of something. The development of questions in philosophy about knowledge began back in the day of Plato. They ...
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Group Of People Cultural Relativism
1,078 wordsThe True Believer is a manuscript that attempts to grant justification as to why people would be drawn to a mass movement. A mass movement is a form of social, economic, or religious movement where a large group of people attempt to rise up and evoke a change away from the status quo. 'This book deals with some peculiarities common to all mass movements, be they religious movements, social revolutions or nationalist movements. ' The book is divided into four parts. Part one pertains to The Appea...
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Moral Judgments Normative Ethics
910 wordsOn the Need for Normative Ethics: A study of Subjectivism thought Foremost is a brief description of Subjectivism, particularly Emotivism. Subjectivism thought rests on the idea that morality is a function of one's individual emotions, and that is all. The strength of Emotivism over other avenues of Subjectivism lies in its awareness of the other purposes of language. Rather than statements designed to convey information, Emotivism relies on utterances that can be deemed neither true nor false. ...
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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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Categorical Imperative Socially Responsible
1,852 words... notion of Divine Command, which is being originated by William Ockham. It tells us that it is an individuals duty to God, which alone should be used, while trying to figure out whether any particular action is moral or not. Yet, we cannot be considering this theory seriously, because the existence of God has never been proved scientifically. Therefore, it cannot serve as the basis, upon which the argument might be established. (3) But the other approach, suggested by Emmanuel Kant, is much m...
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Socially Constructed Homeless Population
1,429 wordsHomelessness There has been a long debate about the definition of homelessness in Western countries (Polakow & Guillean 118). This is more than a mere academic issue, as the lack of agreement over definition makes it difficult to enumerate the homeless population and to urge governments to meet the needs of homeless people. It is usually accepted that those who sleep in public places or squat in derelict buildings are homeless, but the following questions are often raised. How should we classify...
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Pleasure And Pain Detrimental Effects
1,351 wordsMills Utilitarianism: Sacrifice The Innocent For The Mills Utilitarianism: Sacrifice The Innocent For The Common Good? Mills Utilitarianism: Sacrifice the Innocent For The Common Good? When faced with a moral dilemma, utilitarianism identifies the appropriate considerations, but offers no realistic way to gather the necessary information to make the required calculations. This lack of information is a problem both in evaluating the welfare issues and in evaluating the consequential ist issues wh...
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Pleasure And Pain Detrimental Effects
1,318 wordsWhen faced with a moral dilemma, utilitarianism identifies the appropriate considerations, but offers no realistic way to gather the necessary information to make the required calculations. This lack of information is a problem both in evaluating the welfare issues and in evaluating the consequential ist issues which utilitarianism requires be weighed when making moral decisions. Utilitarianism attempts to solve both of these difficulties by appealing to experience; however, no method of reconci...
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Female Genital Mutilation Divine Command
566 wordsMy Meta-ethical Position When asked the question Are there any ethical truths? I respond with a resounding Yes and when asked What makes the ethical truths true? I respond Facts independent of anyones say-so. That makes me an ethical realist. I reject all forms of conventionalism and also subjectivism. There are three different forms of conventionalism, the first is Divine Command Theory which says thing are right or wrong based solely on Gods say-so. While I do believe in God I reject that ethi...
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True Or False False Statements
876 wordsTo make a statement on the ethical goodness or badness about some action can be neither true nor false due to the fact that this statement is merely an opinion of mine and not actually based on facts. This opinion is an extension of my expression that this action performed is wrong. I can express my opinion in many different ways such as body language or speech but none of these will make the opinion I have, or in this case the statement I make, true or false. There are also those statements in ...
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