into account when it comes to helping. He argues that it makes no moral difference whether the person you help is a neighbor ten yards away or a person in another country (Singer‚ 1972‚ p. 231-232). Singer also wants you to take into consideration that the principles don’t make a distinction between people. It doesn’t matter that it is just you or you and a million others in the same position. If someone is doing nothing‚ in moral terms‚ it is no different than the absence of people doing something
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Why Be Moral Bobby Tucker Grand Canyon University: PHI-305 October 5‚ 2014 Why Be Moral Plato’s idea of justice is along the thought of morality‚ or righteousness while Thrasymachus thoughts were that justice meant superiority. This essay will discuss the two views of justice as well as give purpose to the question of “why be moral?” Before answering the question‚ one must compare the two views of the scholars to get both sides. There could be several reasons for living by a moral code‚ this
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A moral perseverance Violence and Christianity plays a huge part in today’s modern fiction. In the short story‚ "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O’Connor‚ there is multiple situations that portray violence and Christianity throughout the story. In” A Good Man is Hard to Find” there are many factors that can be the theme. The theme can be about a family as a whole that lacks love for the grandmother‚ or about a family that goes on a trip that wound up having an accident‚ which puts them
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our moral compass is pushed to the backburner while our ego leads the way. Another reason why our moral compass is hidden in our society‚ is because we care far too much about what others think. Before most girls leave the house in the mornings‚ they spend hours doing their hair‚ perfecting their makeup and finding the outfit that will impress all the boys‚ and make the girls jealous. When teens today are faced with a situtuation such as drinking at a party‚ instead of allowing their moral compass
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Moral Minima In the article “Some Moral Minima‚” Lee E. Goodman goes into depth in what he describes and defines to believe are four large acts of moral dilemma that are present in our society today. “(1) Genocide‚ politically induced famine‚ and germ warfare; (2) terrorism‚ hostage taking. And child warriors; (3) slavery‚ Polygamy‚ and incest; and (4) rape and female genital cutting.” (Goodman‚ 2010‚ pg 88) The four truths are described in detail and various ways when it comes to each cultures
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Moral Judgements Jakob Bronowski’s book‚ "Science and Human Values" argues that the scientific method of inquiry into reality provides a generally applicable foundation for moral judgement. Bronowski says‚ "in order to keep the study in a manageable field. I will continue to choose a society in which the principle of truth rules. Therefore the society which I will examine is that formed by scientists themselves: it is the body of scientists" (Bronowski 58). Bronowski makes it clear in his book
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role of education is to teach facts‚ not morals.” Certainly‚ teachers have a long list of responsibilities every day. The most important one of course is enriching the minds of our children. A large amount of their time is spent with teachers throughout the week and they become one of children’s biggest influences. Sure‚ their major responsibility is to teach them reading‚ writing and arithmetic‚ they also have an obligation to encourage the right morals as well. In many cases teachers become
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The way I interpret the four approaches to moral differences are as follows: Soft Universalism is where a person or people have certain morals they loosely base their actions/lifestyle on‚ but they don’t have any qualms with straying from them depending on the situation. I think this approach is more of a‚ coward’s way out‚ if you will. It basically means you don’t really have to stand by any morals whatsoever‚ because you can say you’re all for or all against something‚ until the situation arises
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Moral Relativism: An Evaluation The world is becoming an increasingly smaller place‚ culturally speaking. The modern world has more bridges to other cultures and ways of thinking than ever before. This phenomenon is due largely to the advent of the internet‚ global industry‚ and increased travel for business and pleasure to opposite corners of the world. This “global village” we live in introduces the average person to more cultural‚ and seemingly moral‚ differences than previous generations
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Moral universalism Moral universalism also called as moral objectivism which can be defined as the position in meta-ethics that some moral values can be applied universally to everyone which is also known as universal morality. Besides‚ moral universalism also can be defined as the system of ethics‚ or a universal ethic that applies to all people regardless of their personal opinion or the majority opinion of their cultures. Furthermore‚ moral universalism also holds the moral values that apply
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