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    –Christian Responsibility Principles For A Catholic Morality Timothy E. O’connell‚ the author of Principles For a Catholic Morality ‚ attempts to speak plainly and directly about a topic which is‚ after all ‚our own lives as we live them. As a personal synthesis‚ he tried to make the book blend the worlds of ordinary living and scholarly reflection. O’connell is the director of the institute of Pastoral studies at Loyola‚ Chicago. He is also the author of ‘ What a Modern Catholic Believes About Suffering

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    The Principles of Catholic Social Thought Catholic Social thought Significantly impacts society with the developing of a more peaceable and sympathetic world of societies over the times. Catholic Social Thought focuses on nine main areas which are Dignity of the human person‚ common good and community‚ subsidiary‚ universal purpose of goods‚ stewardship of creation‚ promotion of peace‚ Global solidarity‚ participation‚ and preferential option for the poor. The Catholic social thought principles have

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    Morality‚ Kant believes is founded on pure reason and his goals are to find a supreme principle of morality. He looks to find this supreme principle of morality by finding some criteria to sort maxims into two categories those who are morally okay and those who are not. Kant eventually finds the meaning of his supreme principle of morality‚ the rules include it is clearly synthetic‚ it is clearly a priori‚ and is therefore an example of pure reason. According to the book “maxims are rules that express

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    to all rational beings in all circumstances. The principle of humanity is not borrowed from experience as this is a universal principle and this applies to all rational beings and experience in itself is not enough and is incapable of determining anything and one cannot rely on it alone. And if we consider experience humanity is not considered as the end of the man because humans as an object themselves make an end and if one follows the principle‚ it should come from pure reason ad should not result

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    The historical background to the Reformation shows that‚ in addition to challenging Papal authority and the morality of the Roman Catholic Church‚ there was a search for biblical truth and recognition of the need for an accurate biblical translation. From this developed the Reformation’s key principles of supreme biblical authority (Sola Scriptura)‚ the sufficiency and clarity of scripture‚ the right of private judgement‚ and the literal sense of Scripture‚ which brought the reintroduction of the

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    natural resources with animals. Considering the killing spree of animals for food‚ Kant gave his most vital principle towards animal ethics‚ as the right of animals against humanity. This right suggests that‚ since animals are also possessors of earth alongside humans‚ they have the right to oppose the humans to save their freedom. Kant recommended that when we decide to act as per any principle‚ we should question ourselves rationally whether everyone would act the way we want to act‚ and whether our

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    The nine principles of Catholic Social Thought are not limited to the catholic community as most cultures and religions have their own similar interpretation of each idea. In accordance to these beliefs‚ individuals demonstrate a crucial role in developing a flourishing society. The nine principles of Catholic Social Thought are as follows: Dignity of the Human Person Each individual life has value. However‚ the value placed on one’s life compared to another may be dependent on the person’s gender

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    the fundamental principle of morality must be a categorical‚ rather than a hypothetical imperative‚ because an imperative based on reason alone is one that is a necessary truth‚ is a priori‚ and is one that applies to us because we are rational beings capable of fulfilling our moral obligations. Kant explains this essential truth is how "an action as objectively necessary in itself apart from its relation to a further end". This refers to how if the supreme principle of morality was only a possible

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    Business Ethics Lesson 2: Morality and Moral Standards In the first lecture I have tried to explain you the concept of Business Ethics‚ its importance in the organization‚ and arguments against its implementation. Along with that we did a small activity so as to make everything clear. In this lecture I shall talk about morality and moral standards. Points to be covered in this lecture: Meaning and characteristics of morality Meaning and origin of moral standards MORALITY What do you actually

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    Morality is the intentions‚ decisions and actions between a good choice and a bad choice. Morality is the concerns beliefs according to good and bad behavior. Morality is something every single person has weather they are a good person of character or a bad person of character. According to philosophy ethics is morality. Ethics is a moral code the study of morality using tools and methods of philosophy. A moral is what you are taught and practiced. Some of the things we are taught and practice are

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