When going about making moral decisions‚ should one employ reason‚ sentiment‚ or both? David Hume‚ a recognized empiricist and skeptic‚ would argue we need to utilize both. When describing morality‚ Hume says that “If any material circumstance be yet unknown or doubtful‚ we must first employ our inquirer intellectual faculties to assure us of it; and must suspend for a time all moral decision or sentiment” (135). In other words‚ Hume is saying that before one makes a judgment of morality‚ one must
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Adam Smith (1986) wrote‚ “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher‚ the brewer‚ or the baker that we expect our dinner‚ but from their regard to their own interest” (p. 119). Aristotle‚ perhaps unknowingly‚ described Homo economicus in his Politics; discussing the nature of self-interest‚ he wrote
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reward and punishment. However‚ he believes that people are not motivated by vague‚ uncertain and distant promises but their own natural inclinations. He is convinced that people are motivated to be good by the moral‚ basic human sentiments of benevolence which drives them towards compassion and desires of a just
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The long period of peace under the Tokugawa shogunate made a dramatic rise in commerce and manufacturing‚ especially‚ especially in the growing cities. By the mid-eighteenth-century‚ edo was one of the largest cities in the world. The growth of trade and industry was stimulated by a rising standard of living and the voracious appetites of the aristocrats for new products. The daimyos need for income also contributed as many of them began to promote the sale of local goods from their domains. Most
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Power Distance In Dutch culture power distance is not a common behavior. “Acting Normal” is the appreciated standard. Dutch people do not accept hierarchy. Egalitarianism plays an important role in the private as well as business behavior. Employees in a lower positions cannot be treated as a “subordinates” or as inferiors who do everything their boss will tell them. Here the director of the company should say “hello” to the cleaning personal and should be careful with giving them the feeling that
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Learning about Buddha’s Life is not Important in Buddhism Buddhism is a religion that encompasses a variety of traditions‚ practicing teachings largely based on those of Siddhartha Gautama‚ commonly known as the Buddha‚ meaning ‘the awakened one’. The Buddha lived and taught in the eastern part of India between 6th and 4th centuries BCE. His journey to enlightenment has inspired 300 million people to follow his way of life‚ thus some Buddhists believe that it is a prerequisite to learn about the
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his thoughts in five major ideas of moral character as follows: 1. Inner freedom-Action based on one’s personal convictions which are related to Maslow’s self-actualization. 2. Perfection‚ to develop consistency between thoughts and actions. 3. Benevolence‚ concern for the welfare of others. 4. Justice the balance between individual desires and group standards. 5. Retribution‚ reward‚ and punishment for
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To be civilized means to be humane‚ organized‚ and refined. In order for a society to be civilized it must show compassion and benevolence‚ it must maintain organized practices and customs‚ and it must be free of impurities and undesired elements. The western world often possesses the stigma of Africa remaining an uncivilized population. However‚ in Chinua Achebe’s traditional novel Things Fall Apart Achebe dares to break this stigma by depicting the civilized society of the Igbo people; The Igbo
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interactions. The creature first situation of hate and repulsion is when his own creator flees from him. The creature then wanders into a forest and comes across a family who lives in the cottage. He soon starts to love and admire the family for their benevolence. "The gentle manners and beauty of the cottagers greatly endeared them to me; when they were unhappy‚ I felt depressed; when they rejoiced‚ I sympathized in their joys" (Shelley 108). He hoped that these cottages would be able to look beyond his
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Music has developed a lot over the years. Classical music has evolved in a more gradual manner with a number of smaller revolutionary steps along the way. In the 9th to 14th centuries the development of music was documented in a physical form. This was where music could now be communicated efficiently‚ and succeeding generations would know something about the music of their ancestors. There where demands of the church that required a musical notation‚ and so the earliest written music was largely
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