DOING THE RIGHT THING 21 This excerpt is from Michael J. Sandel‚ Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?‚ pp. 21-30‚ by permission of the publisher. The Runaway Trolley Suppose you are the driver of a trolley car hurtling down the track at sixty miles an hour. Up ahead you see ve workers standing on the track‚ tools in hand. You try to stop‚ but you can’t. The brakes don’t work.You feel desperate‚ because you know that if you crash into these ve workers‚ they will all die. (Let’s assume you know
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Why Do Women Still Earn Less Than Men? By Laura Fitzpatrick Last year’s tax returns may already be signed‚ sealed and delivered‚ but April 20 is the day the average American woman will finally finish earning her 2009 salary — at least‚ the one she would have received if she were a man. That’s because U.S. women still earned only 77 cents on the male dollar in 2008‚ according to the latest census statistics. (That number drops to 68% for African-American women and 58% for Latinas.) To highlight
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Do things have to be equal to be fair? Well‚ yes‚ they do. If things weren’t fair‚ they wouldn’t be equal‚ simple. People hear the saying all the time‚ “Life isn’t fair‚ so just deal with it.” But life should be fair‚ for many reasons‚ especially our history. First‚ an example is the schools of London in the 1900s. The boys and girls were taught differently. The girls would learn how to keep house‚ and the boys would learn labor‚ and how to pay bills and such. True‚ that is what most people would
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Doing the Right Thing It Is Always Ok To Do The Right Thing Rachel Lake Liberty University Abstract American citizens‚ whether children‚ college students or adults‚ should not be afraid to stand up for what is right. There are many reasons why a person might feel hesitant to report crimes. One reason is that it is easier to look the other way and to mind one’s own business. Students and young people should be encouraged to be responsible and report any suspicious behavior. Preventative
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Why good people do bad things? “Doing bad is easy but doing well is not”. Yes‚ that saying is the most concrete explanation why good people do bad things. Good people do bad things with good intentions. We‚ humans‚ are all sinful by nature. No one of us can behave perfectly and sinless. But we have the capacity to avoid temptations and to distinguish what’s right from wrong. Good intentions cause most of the world’s great evils. There are many things that happened in the past that can construe
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inherent personality trait. "Only shady people do shady things‚" right? We assume the CFO who reports false financial data and the hedge fund manager who commits insider trading do so because they are inherently "bad people." The maxim of individual responsibility is comforting because it implies that‚ to eradicate criminal or unethical behaviour‚ all we need to do is identify and weed out the corrupt few. However‚ that maxim has two major flaws. First‚ it overlooks the fact that we rarely know
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PUTTING FIRST THING FIRST In this topic‚ discussing about putting things first is a great way to organize our goals in life. This is about prioritizing things. It is associated with planning because of course we have to distinguish what would be the first thing to do‚ the next and the last especially if us students‚ are setting valuable goals and dreaming big in the next years of our lives. Also‚ it is concerning more likely to a "step-by-step process" to achieve a certain goal. The story
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“Do the Right Thing” Course Assignment #3: Movie Night Overview: The movie my partner and I chose was Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing.” Our reason for choosing this movie was that both of us have never seen a Spike Lee movie before‚ and I have heard a lot of good things from his movies and always wanted to watch one. I also watched the trailer and the movie seemed like it was going to be both entertaining and have a lot of racial conflict. The movie follows “Mookie” who is a young black man
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Life Outcomes ‘’She just want you to do the right thing’’ is what I tell myself as I struggle through life obstacles. She referring to both my mom‚ dad‚ and family altogether. That inspirational quote helps me throughout my education‚ and helps me focus on who is there for me and who cares the most. Also‚ when having education‚ it can get you a good job and get you money. Money‚ family‚ and education is the most important thing in life today. In the book ‘’The Other Wes Moore‚’’ we see
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with more school work‚ and being responsible. In some ways it can be a good thing but it can be a frightful thing as well. It is one of the biggest challenges most teenagers will encounter to be successful in life. After all those four years of high school‚ it is now the time to join the ranks of the high school graduates who have chosen to achieve a higher education. Some might think it is very exciting while others might have a different opinion about it. Regardless of how they feel‚ being able
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