Paper 1: Moral Theory Cultural Relativism Arguments For: (Freedom of expression (Know one has the right to judge moral practices of other cultures (No universal moral code Arguments Against: (There is no absolute truth (Wrong actions could be right (Cultures don’t have to have any good reasons for their moral views (Truth is whatever you believe “What courts as a decent human being is relative to historical circumstance‚ a matter of transient consensus about
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no secret how our society is hurting it’s own members. In his essay‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson talks about the importance of individualism and self-trust. The time period which he lived in affected the way he wrote his essay. Yet‚ I think that his essay is even more beneficial in today’s time. People are always trying to fit in. It seems that to be a part of something make them feel contempt. What people never think about though is that we are already a part of something: ourselves. Our bodies are like
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it‚ because it’s the 21st century and this world has had many advances since the time were a person was told which religion they had to worship. That is not the case. Religious persecution was a problem that began back when the neolithic revolution occurred and has not gone away in today’s world. One of the worst acts of religious persecution in modern day history is the Holocaust‚ and many other acts of hatred towards a person because of their religion have gone on that aren’t as bad as the Holocaust
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faith. Traveling to religious sites has been accounted for in the bible and can been considered as one of the oldest reasons for travel and is a vast growing sector even today. Tourist visit cultural or religious site for that matter for a variety of reasons (Ho & McKercher‚ 2006). According to Levi and Kocher‚ the purpose of visiting sacred sites may from the purposeful tourist who is seeking authentic cultural experiences to the casual tourist who may be visiting a religious site because it is part
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Moral Relativism Moral relativism is an essential aspect of life. Although in excess it can be a social and moral poison. Moral relativism is the position one must hold on what is wrong and what is right in life. On the other aspect‚ the thought is fundamentalism. It is more a less a very dictated way in which every person knows their right and wrong’s. In every way fundamentalism is a very much a one way street with no exists. Therefore‚ it is very straightforward and there is no room for moral
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Freedom of Change It ’s 2013. Women ’s suffrage has been obtained‚ legal racial segregation has come to an end‚ and labor laws now protect a person ’s livelihood in the workforce. Women‚ non-white citizens‚ and most workers in America‚ have worked very hard to fight for those freedoms and rights. Yet as a country‚ we cannot decide if people of the same sex should be given marriage rights. So will gay couples be given the right of marriage in the years to come? Will their fight for change‚ have
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To what extent is individual freedom over the sets of rules and moral values established by our society? An article was published on La Nación‚ Argentinian newspaper‚ that tackles individual freedom over the sets of rules and moral values established by our society. The article presents the life situation of the Argentinian actress‚ Dolores Fonzi‚ who admitted smoking weed not minding her children’s presence. This caused a dispute over people‚ some in favour‚ and some against criticizing what she
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the main characteristics of both visions and conversion experiences [30 marks] Visions and conversions are both a type of religious experience- it’s a subjective experience where an individual reports contact with a supernatural reality‚ an encounter or union with the divine‚ Religious experiences are preoccupied by extraordinary psychological state and no one can give real evidence about it. According to William James‚ a 20th century philosopher; every religious experience has four characteristics
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society’s capability to live freely. This book is a microcosm representing the morals and beliefs of present day society. By using children who have yet to be shaped by the world around them‚ Golding is able to show us the instincts and ideas that have been programmed into society over generations. In the beginning of the story‚ the boys have been completely set free from the control of adults. However‚ the boys take this freedom and shape it into government‚ laws‚ repression. Through this‚ Golding shows
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Morality is a matter of freedom. The statement is accurate because everyone has a freedom of choice in their moral decision. Although there has always been an assumption that inclinations and desires affect the moral values of people‚ this does not indicated their freedom to choose and weigh if the desires and inclinations are wrong. That is the reason that some people find it hard to make decisions freely due to the factors that inclining them to do things that are not out of their own will. In
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