To what extent is Ethical Language meaningful? We often hear of people being told how they should behave and they should live their lives; sometimes through advice and sometimes via the governments of countries. However‚ we can never truly know what ‘good’ and ‘bad’ is‚ there is nothing that confirms or denies what each of these mean‚ there is only your opinion. Looking at the meaningfulness and usefulness of ethical language is known as Meta ethics. It also sets out to understand terms used in
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The meaningless existence that was imposed upon King Sisyphus the trickster of the gods‚ was a task that did not coincide with his own will. The moving of the stone up a hill for it to never make it to the top‚ it would roll down and Sisyphus would have to try again. For all of eternity was his punishment by Zeus for tricking the gods. King Sisyphus derived pleasure from his avaricious self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness‚ which his pleasure and will power were always striving. His
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- “Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.”- Kahlil Gibran - Money makes the world go around. Living in the new millennium‚ it is very apparent money is what’s important. Money is the root of all evil‚ yet the source of happiness. Then again‚ this statement could only hold water depending on the financial status of the person in question. There may be more than one thing in life that holds importance. Personally‚ I feel there indeed is more than one thing. Looking at the big
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As a student of religion I have learnt that religion is an indispensable part of human life. History shows that every religion‚ it may be revealed or not‚ has risen in the crucial moment of the human history. According to the Semitic tradition human history has began with Adam and Eve‚ first prophet in Abrahamic tradition. In Indian tradition‚ though God is omnipresent but he directly intervened into this world‚ what we called Avatara‚ to make a clear distinction between right and wrong. In primitive
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Ethical statements could be said to be no more than expressions of emotion depending on whether you take a cognitive approach to meta-ethics or a non-cognitive approach‚ and which branch of that approach you believe in. Ayer was an emotivist and therefore took the non-cognitive approach to meta-ethics. He believed that ethical language is subjective and not objective. He said that ethical statements are merely expressions of liking or disliking a certain action‚ so if you say that ‘Murder is wrong’
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Richard Taylor states that before he addresses the purpose of life‚ he must first describe a meaningless life. A meaningless is best described through the life of Sisyphus. Sisyphus betrayed the gods by providing divine secrets to mortals‚ and as a consequence‚ he was giving a meaningless task of rolling a huge stone to the top of a hill. This task was meaningless because there was no significance behind this task. He would push a stone to the top just to have the stone fall back down and continue
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circumstances‚ and success‚ is the fulfilling of a given task. Now let us imagine success‚ without opportunities; without the opportunity to prove your worth‚ without the opportunity to even get a chance to attempt to work towards a goal. Life is meaningless without opportunities‚ and success thrives on these very opportunities. I would like to share a story with you. One day‚ a young boy decided to buy a goat. After paying up‚ he later found out that the goat was dead. What would an ordinary person
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I first want to thank you for taking the time to read this letter I wrote. Along with reading an article on the website you edit titled‚ The Oath: Meaningless Relic or Invaluable Moral Guide?‚ I have also read both the original‚ and modern Hippocratic Oath multiple times. There are a few opinions and thoughts that I would like to share about the content of both these oaths. I have also considered any changes or improvements that could be made to the oath to make it more adequate in today’s society
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Value of a Language Words and language are a major aspect in a person’s life. Language is how information is communicated and transferred‚ and it has a major impact on how things are perceived. A common issue with language is that it is easily misused. Propaganda‚ errors and tricks are seen everyday‚ but they go unnoticed. Language is sometimes falsified in order to entice society. Often times the subject at hand is not what it seems. The abuse of the English language is most often seen in politics
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’Life… is a tale‚ Told by an idiot‚ full of sound and fury‚ Signifying nothing.’ Why does Macbeth find life meaningless? If Macbeth were to look in the mirror‚ at the time he spoke these words he would see the reflection of an unrecognisable man‚ compared to that which would have looked back at him at the beginning of his story. The man who looks back at him now‚ complaining that life signifies nothing‚ is soul-less‚ empty‚ and resembles very little of the admirable reflection he once saw. This
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