A MORAL OBLIGATION: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY 1 A Moral Obligation: Personal Responsibility Richard D. Paul II University of Phoenix A MORAL OBLIGATION: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY 2 Two years ago I separated from the Air Force after thirteen years of service. I finally made the decision to further my education to open more career opportunities and advancements. Since the courses I am taking are online‚ there is an even higher pressure for the accountability
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I’ll begin by looking at Savulescu’s strong belief of the moral obligation to genetically modify humans. Recent studies have shown there are early indicators‚ in our genes‚ that determine certain aspects of our future characteristics. Savulescu states we are morally obligated to treat and prevent diseases. This is viewed as a medical intervention because we are promoting the child’s health. With our advances in technology‚ he also believes we are morally obligated to engage in genetic enhancement
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ultimately murdered‚ he raises his right hand in honor of the gods saying: “the ones who sent me forth have brought me home” (pg. 134). This most accurately portrays Agamemnon’s dilemma; that is‚ he is imprisoned in the middle of two moral obligations. Each of these obligations is absolute but in utter opposition with one another. Agamemnon is an innocent man forced by the gods into making a morally problematic decision. Agamemnon arrives late in Aeschylus’ play; until his arrival with Cassandra‚ most
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a family in Zimbabwe access to the basic necessities of life. Singer argues we have widespread obligations to the world’s poor‚ but we can meet them without being deprived of all of our worldly assets and possessions. This essay aims to defend Singer’s arguments that we‚ fitting a picture of absolute affluence‚ have a moral obligation to help those in poverty. Singer’s position on our moral obligation to aid the world’s poor is characteristically frank and rests on three premises. The first premise
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In a true democratic society‚ it is essential to ensure a government that follows the will of the people and not the one that force the people to follow it‚ that is‚ a “government of the people‚ by the people‚ and for the people” as said by Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg address which lasted a little over two minutes on November‚ 19‚ 1863. Democracy is not government of some people by some people and for some people as a frequent practise in some developing nations. Democracy is a nation ruled
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Contributing to a More Democratic Society The Zenger Case‚ the Great Awakening‚ and immigration contributed greatly to a more Democratic society. The Zenger Case contributed more to the winning freedom of press while immigration allowed more freedom of religion and the Great Awakening gave people the idea of making their own political decisions. The Great Awakening greatly influenced a democratic society in the colonies. The Great Awakening had a democratizing effect on the way colonists viewed
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Exegetical Peter Singer states that citizens of affluent nations are behaving immorally with the way they react to moral issues like helping those in need and our moral conceptual scheme needs to change. To do so‚ we need to be morally obligated to prevent bad things from happening if it does not require sacrificing something of comparable moral significance. His argument includes this principle where proximity or distance should not be taken into account when deciding whether to prevent something
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In our society being informed or in the know is beneficial to all. Our ability to apply creative thinking is part of our free society. Most non-democratic societies will not allow creative thinking‚ mainly because of the fact you are opposing the ruling parties. We also take for granted the critical thinking that is allowed in our society. The punishment for criticizing views in the most non-democratic society’s citizens could be death or worse. Information is the key to solving the problems that
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The American Colonies‚ in the eighteenth century‚ were just beginning to become a more democratic society. With immigrants coming from all over Europe seeking religious refuge and economic profits‚ the Great Awakening‚ and the Zenger case‚ the colonies were becoming more and more democratic with each passing year. The population in the American Colonies had a tenfold increase between 1701 and 1775. More than one million people had come across the ocean to join the other colonists. Newcomers did
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The Ethics and Morals in Society Ethics and morality are two different concepts but interrelate that together lead to the same end. The outcome we want is a society of excellence to live and to leave for future generations. Will discuss how ethics and morals in our society have been deteriorating over time. And above all the greatest impact that this problem has had on our society and everyday life where the loss is these values has hurt us all. Ethics are the acts which man performed in
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