A situation where I had to use moral judgment to decide what I was going to do was when I moved out of my moms‚ walked away from an awesome job‚ and decided to take off to Colorado. I was only nineteen years old at the time and one of my friends wanted to get out of town and move there. Our plan was to go to college there and live in the dorms‚ she had money to get us down there and get us started. I had a hard time making the decision as I only had a day or two to decide on changing my entire life
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Writing Assignment #2 Due October 28 As with the previous assignment‚ you have several options from which you can develop your topic: Critical Analysis: Write a Critical Analysis paper (described in the instructions for Writing Assignment #1) of some claim from philosophers we’ve read after the Minitest. Epicureanism Today or Confucius Today or Stoicism Today: See below. Philosophical Poetry: Analyze and critique one of Laozi’s poems. See below. Epicureanism Today or Confucius Today
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Genesis 22 is a well-known biblical story detailing the trial of Abraham’s faith in God through his willingness to sacrifice his son. In Fear and Trembling‚ written by Soren Kierkegaard‚ the story of Abraham‘s faith demonstrates how faith and the religious life exceed the ethical life. If it were not for faith‚ Abraham could not be a highly regarded figure. In the beginning paragraphs of the chapter “Is there such a thing as a Teleological Suspension of the ethical?” Kierkegaard describes the ethical
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In his ground-breaking essay on the effects of wealth and poverty on global society‚ Peter Singer juxtaposes the responsibility of the wealthy toward the less fortunate. Singer starts off by giving contrasting examples to the abject and severe poverty of third world countries and examples of the richer nations of the world. It is Singer’s assumption that the richer nations have a duty to help the poorer nations to develop into self sufficient societies. Singer goes on toe assert‚ that with the right
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It is not morally right in any situation to save yourself while simultaneously leaving others to die. The rich‚ as shown in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death”‚ attempt to put themselves first more often than everyone else‚ mainly due to available resources. Trying to get oneself to safety is a basic human response‚ but a good member of society knows it is better in the long run to look out for others‚ as seen in “Sierra Leone Battles Ebola Outbreak With Three-Day Lockdown”. Karma always
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War cannot be morally justified‚ even if it seem necessary or the battle looks to be in your favor. In “On Duties”‚ he says we have certain duties to those who have wronged us but‚ by going into a physical altercation with an opponent is the way of the brute. Humans have been on the earth for centuries and have become to civilized to resort to fighting. All throughout history we see many battles being won and lost‚ for more power or for more money in the winners’ pocket. The costs are far greater
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Individual Profile 1. Name: Dr. Aradhana 2. Designation: Reader 3. Department: History 4. Specialization: Ancient/Modern Indian History 5. Coresspondence Address: 52‚Green City Colony‚vill. Sofipur Roorkee Road‚Meerut-250001‚U.P.‚ India 6. Telephone: +91-121-2956041‚ 09759240896 7. E-mail: dr.aradhana@yahoo.co.in 8. Educational Profile: Ph.D. (History) With specialisation in‘Modern Indian History’‚ fromC.C.S.university‚ 1998. Have done M.Phil. with First
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In “My trip to the Land of Gandhi” Martin Luther King states we should help India preserve her soul thus help to save our own. India was struggling with several national problems‚ and according to this article‚ Martin Luther King is describing India’s issues and reasoning why we should help them. At the first of this article‚ Martin Luther King states how he made a trip to India‚ what he felt from land of India‚ and people of India. Martin Luther King made a trip to India with his wife and his
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different sets of morals that are directly controversy to the other. He titles these two morals as the “slave morality” and the “noble morality.” In On the Genealogy of Morals‚ Nietzsche claims that when you have noble morality‚ slave morality quickly follows as a form of “ressentiment‚” his spelling of the word resentment. Therefore‚ according to Nietzsche‚ when there is a noble morality‚ which he describes as “The capacity for and duty of long drawn-out gratitude and revenge – both within the peer-group
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You have probably heard of great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln. Rosa Parks and George Washington‚ too. Well‚ Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela were also great leaders that made an impact on the world. They freed so many people and they believed that everyone deserves freedom. They both worked hard for their freedom. Although both authors presented well‚ Gandhi’s text was more persuasive because he affected more people (people all over India)‚ was a little more peaceful‚
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