The Crucible Reading Questions Directions: Answer all questions using textual evidence. ACT I 1. (a) What is Betty’s condition at the beginning of the play? (b) What were she and her cousin Abigail doing the night before? 2. Summarize Abigail’s prior relationship with the Proctors. 3. Who is Reverend Hale? Why is he contacted? 4. What seems to be the main motivation for Reverend Parris’s concern about Abigail and Betty’s behavior in the forest? 5. (a) When Reverend Parris leaves
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Deontological moral theory is a Non-Consequentialist moral theory. While consequentialists believe the ends always justify the means‚ deontologists assert that the rightness of an action is not simply dependent on maximizing the good‚ if that action goes against what is considered moral. It is the inherent nature of the act alone that determines its ethical standing. For example‚ imagine a situation where there are four critical condition patients in a hospital who each need a different organ in
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or harming one’s own body. Abortion would most likely be considered harming one’s own body‚ and in addition the life of another body and therefore would be immoral. A virtue ethics perspective may be a little more ambiguous in the dilemma of whether or not to follow through with an abortion. In virtue ethics‚ having courage‚ being sincere and generous‚ and being just generally good it moral and right (Fieser‚ n.d.). However‚ we would need to wonder whether having the courage to have an abortion
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After reading specifics of Tertullian and Justin Martyr‚ my first observation of the two is that Justin concerned his accusers to the point that while the Jews had prophecies to reflect on about the Messiah because of" the prophets books" in their custody‚ they did not recognize him‚ nor did they believe that Jesus was the Christ. (KERR‚ pg.20) Tertullian spoke‚ and I quote” Heresy will lose its strength if we are not surprised that it is strong”. (KERR‚ pg.39) Tertullian reflected on doctrines that
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JUSTIN TRUDEAU’s LEADERSHIP PROFILE The current Prime Minister of Canada- Justin Trudeau (the eldest son of Pierre Trudeau- previous Prime Minister of Canada). In 2007‚ Trudeau chose to battle in the locale of Papineau for the Liberal Party designation. He won the assignment with a huge lion’s share vote and went ahead to win the Papineau decision the following year. From that point‚ his political vocation picked up footing: between 2008 – 2009‚ he turned into an individual from parliament of the
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What constitutes a great and memorable speech? Following the recent results of the October 19th federal election in Canada‚ two major speeches were delivered – Justin Trudeau’s victory speech and Steven Harper’s defeat speech. Just as with President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory speech ("Top 10 Presidential Addresses of All Time")‚ people with political preference may rank one of the two speeches more highly solely due to the identity of the speaker. Thankfully however‚ Lifehack provides some invaluable
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of approaches are deontological and consequentialist ethical decision-making approaches. Each one of these approaches like all things is similar in some ways and different in some ways. Therefore‚ I will explain them both briefly. Now deontological ethics is one of those kinds of normative theories regarding which choices are morally required‚ forbidden‚ or permitted. In terms this is what helps us make our choices for what we ought to do or not do. Now consequentialist ethics is the view of normative
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human pregnancy. It is my opinion that abortion‚ completed early enough in a pregnancy‚ is not an unethical act and should not be considered to be a decision that is immoral. My argument is based on ideas that are rooted in both utilitarian and deontological ethics as I will show throughout the essay. One of the few religions to condone acts of abortion is Hinduism. This is not to say‚ however‚ that Hinduism is blindly accepting of all kinds of abortion. In Hinduism‚ the belief is that one should make
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COMPARE UTILITARIAN AND DEONTOLOGICAL THEORIES Utilitarianism is the idea that the moral worth of an action is determined by its usefulness. In maximizing utility and minimizing negative utility‚ in short it can be defined as pleasure minus pain. Deontology means duty or obligation. This theory was founded by a German philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). According to Kant‚ it is the only way of making moral decisions. Another definition for deontology is that it is an approach to the justification
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Differences in Virtue Theory‚ Utilitarianism‚ and Deontological Ethics When talking about ethics it is hard to distinguish between ethics and morality. It is also hard to distinguish exactly what realm of ethics contributes to my everyday decisions. Ethics can be defined as “well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do‚ usually in terms of rights‚ obligations‚ benefits to society‚ fairness‚ or specific virtues [and] ethics refers to the study and development of one’s
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