cost of tragedy is a huge predicament in society. Having to decide between two moral wrongdoings is almost impossible. With no obvious answer‚ you must decide between the lesser of two evils from an ethical standpoint. While there may be tough decisions to be made‚ you need to ask yourself the obvious question as well as the tragic one. A situation may seem tragic‚ but a truly tragic situation is only when it involves moral wrongdoing. Choosing to eat at home vs eating with your friend for example would
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Moral Dilemmas One of the most difficult trials I face in my life are ethical and moral dilemmas. I believe one purpose for this life is to learn to act for ourselves and learn to see a situation correctly and act righteously. Everyday I’m faced with decisions of right and wrong‚ most of which are easily and correctly dealt with. Sometimes however‚ decisions need to be made that are not easy or perfectly clear. In this paper I wish to discuss a presented moral dilemma and explain what I would
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10. Concentration Camp10952You are an inmate in a concentration camp. A sadistic guard is about to hang your son who tried to escape and wants you to pull the chair from underneath him. He says that if you don’t he will not only kill your son but some other innocent inmate as well. You don’t have any doubt that he means what he says. What should you do?9. The AccidentAmbulanceYou are an emergency worker that has just been called to the scene of an accident. When you arrive you see that the car belongs
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The play Antigone was written by Sophocles around four hundred forty B.C.E‚ in the height of the golden age of Greece. Theater was then‚ as it is now‚ a medium through which to implicate the outlooks of its writer and to examine moral issues‚ whilst providing entertainment. The subjects discussed through theater were often deeply rooted in the dialogue of the characters in the plays and struck the chords of the audience such that enlightenment could take place‚ and in that day and age this purpose
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Antigone and Creon‚ from "Antigone" by Sophocles‚ encounter a philosophical war based on their moral views. A conflict arose when the principles that backed up their actions disagreed with each other. Antigone’s side of the conflict held a gods’ law is the way approach‚ as opposed to the "I am king" approach Creon chose to follow. The variation in the beliefs‚ opinions‚ and moral views of Antigone and Creon were constantly disputed through out the play. Antigone felt that Creon was disregarding
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Omelas Moral Dilemma In "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" Ursula LeGuin is raising the moral dilemma of justice vs. happiness. The happiness of the citizens in Omelas depends on the suffering of a child locked in a closet. She briefly describes the contrast between the child’s situation and the citizens’ position‚ portraying a moral dilemma‚ which is when you have to choose to do one of two equally unpleasant things. LeGuin portrays an ideal life “boats in the harbor sparkled with flags
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to a work studied in this course‚ to what extent is a character’s courage or strength revealed through confrontation with a moral dilemma? Moral dilemmas can lead to either revealing courage and/or strength in a literary work or they may simply show the lack of it. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ courage and/or strength are revealed through confrontation with the moral dilemma of Winston rebelling against the party fuelled by his hate vs. surrendering because of the controlling and powerful party and
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Moral Dilemmas: Euthanasia Applying the Listen Model: Euthanasia Euthanasia‚ also known as assisted suicide‚ physician-assisted suicide‚ and more loosely termed mercy killing‚ basically means to take a deliberate action with the express intention of ending a life to relieve persistent or unstoppable suffering. Some interpret euthanasia as the practice of ending a life in a painless manner. Many disagree with this interpretation‚ because it needs to include a reference to difficult suffering
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Euthanasia: A Moral Dilemma The word euthanasia is derived from two Greek words‚ “eu” which means “good” and “thanatos” which means “death‚” thus‚ you have the translation “good death.” For many‚ when faced with a terminal disease or injury‚ it is all they truly want. That is‚ the ability to choose the right to die‚ in lieu of‚ a slow and painful death. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Euthanasia as‚ “The act or practice of killing hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless
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A moral dilemma is to be placed in a situation which involves conflicts between moral requirements. These situations have a very apparent conflict between moral imperatives such that obeying one will result in transgressing the other. This paper will demonstrate choices‚ tragedy‚ respect‚ individuality‚ and values in the following stories: The Moose and The Sparrow by Hugh Garner‚ The Yellow Sweater by Hugh Garner‚ The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant‚ The Painted Door by Sinclair Ross‚ and David
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