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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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Natural Law Universal Moral
1,215 words... even to what Aquinas called the wise. The wise formulate these elaborations only after intense consideration, reflection, and experience, and the common man learns these applications from the wise. I have certain questions of the theory at this point. From Aquinas through to contemporary expositions, natural law theory has been founded on the concept of analogy, the notion that human reason reflects the eternal Reason that is God. At best, this seems only formally true; that is, it is true t...
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Martin Luther King 1
1,152 wordsMartin Luther King Jr. writes the Clergymen that have written him a letter disputing his actions in Birmingham. King is disturbed and offended by the Clergymen disagreeing with his purpose in Birmingham. King say he normally does not respond to criticism because it would waste to much precious time, but since these were men of good will he wanted to give his answers to their statements. In Kings letter he appeals to many emotions as pathos, ethos, and logos to appeal to his audience. King starts...
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Unjust Law Martin Luther
1,138 wordsAccording to the theory of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18 th century French political philosopher, in a democratic society the state represents the general will of the citizens, and that in obeying its laws each citizen is pursuing his own real interests. Thus, in an ideal state, laws express the general will. An individual who disagrees with a law must be failing to look at things from the moral standpoint. Rousseau is talking about an ideal state where laws express peoples general will, a will that...
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Morally Justified Greatest Happiness
1,084 words... virtue of being a person the doctor had rights, dignity, and intrinsic moral worth, as well as value. Hence, killing the doctor would be the wrong thing to do and through Kant that action is not morally justified, since the moral law demands that we treat others as ends in themselves, and never as mere means to other ends. In other words, you should always treat other rational beings (persons) as having absolute moral worth, or as the ultimate ends of action. This I will call the principle o...
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Patrick Devlin And Morality In The Law
1,920 wordsFirst we must state clearly the questions to be examined, these could be loosely put in It is important to state Devlin's case as much debate has sprung from, and refers to it. In 1959 Patrick Devlin gave a lecture, later published as, "The Enforcement of Morals" concerning whether morality ought to be protected by the law. He begins equating morality with religion and its distinctions between good and evil. Religion states immorality is sinful. Should the criminal law concern itself with enforc...
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Does Desires Lead To Happiness Part 1
1,545 wordsDoes full filling desires lead to happiness? In this paper I will try to determine whether or not the accumulation of material things or full filling desires can lead to a happy life. Also I will try not only to explain my own point of view on this subject but also will use famous works on human ethics. The definition of ethic seems somewhat blurry to me but studying this subject helps me to understand human nature better. It also helps to inderstand the nature of human deeds better. Some people...
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John Stuart Mill Pain And Pleasure
2,803 wordsPhilosophy Of three philosophical structures that have been proposed for examination, namely virtue based ethics, utilitarianism and deontology, virtue based ethics appears to be the most relevant. To prove correctness of my proposition, Ill give a brief account of the history of philosophy concerning the concept of ethics as being viewed by various philosophers, and examine all three trends by juxtaposing them and indicating their strengths and weaknesses. Likewise, I will try to focus on some ...
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Divine Command Command Theory
707 wordsThe Divine Command Theory Religion and ethics are seen to be somehow inseparable in our culture. Religious leaders are usually appealed to in some capacity when dealing with various moral and political problems. Their opinions are given great weight because they are thought to be in some kind of special relationship with God that the common person does not have. The view that God creates the moral law is often called the Divine Command Theory. According to this view, what makes an action right i...
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Miller Tragic Figure
1,707 wordsDavid Siren 4 / 3 / 00 Bastien Dysart, The Common Tragic Figure? Peter Shaffer? s play? Equus? reads like a true tragedy blending religion and adolescence while questioning society? s? civilized norms? . Although Alan Strang seemingly suffers the most throughout the story, the true tragic figure in the play is Dysart, Alan? s psychiatrist. Dysart is forced to question everything that he previously accepted and his whole life is thrown out the window upon meeting Alan. Both Arthur Miller? s defin...
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