Summary of Morality Without God by John Arthur Nirvair Chahal Dr. Ronald de Sousa PHLA11 S T.A. Chad Horne 996811650 January 24‚ 2012 John Arthur argues that morality exists without the influence of religion in his passage Morality Without God. Arthur claims that morality is independent of religion both logically and psychologically. He first distinguishes what he is referring to when he speaks of morality and religion. Arthur explains that morality is having the tendency to evaluate
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Peter Singer’s "Ethics of Triage" concept suggests prioritizing moral actions and resources based on their ability to prevent the greatest suffering or do the most good overall. He compares this concept to medical triage‚ where resources are focused on those most severely injured or ill‚ with the highest chance of benefiting from treatment. Singer also suggests prioritizing preventing major catastrophes like famine or genocide over smaller but more numerous problems‚ and directing aid first to those
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topic two which is to Critically assess Singer’s argument regarding our moral obligations to those suffering from famine:‚ I will discuss the three premises and the conclusion of this argument. I will explain why I either support or chose not to support this argument in my conclusion Singer is a Utilitarian a who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility‚ so Singer believes that everything and everyone has to be morally useful. Singer’s argument is simple. He has three premises
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Q: To what extent were human factors responsible for a recent named famine? Ethiopian Famine By: Myra Boentaran Ethiopia is a country located in the Horn of Africa (a peninsula in Northeast Africa) and is bordered by Eritrea to the north and northeast‚ Djibouti and Somalia to the east‚ Sudan and South Sudan to the west and Kenya to the south. Ethiopia has a population of 87.9 million and is the second most populated nation on the African continent. 84% of the
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Karl Marx would have agreed with Peter Singer’s evaluation that globalization brought on by changes and advancements in technology have changed the conversation in regard to the role of the nation-state‚ but he would have disagreed with Singer’s call for the rich nations to‚ in effect‚ police themselves and altruistically manifest a global ethical viewpoint. Instead‚ Marx would have argued for a more violent overthrow of the existing social super-structure. Furthermore‚ Marx would have contended
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In chapter four the issue of whether or not morality is dependant upon religion is analysed with respect to many different religious theories regarding morality. The chapter begins by acknowledging that there is a presumed connection between morality and religion. In the case of Judge Roy Moore‚ an advocate for religion and morality correlational relationship‚ he asserted that God’s law was as prevalent as the state’s law in his courtroom. Moore was sued multiple times for violating the separation
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Peter Singer and Jim Mason have written a book entitled The Ethics of What We Eat. Pages 241-248 of this book discuss the idea of whether factory farming is ethical or not. For this short reflection paper I will discuss the ideas that they brought up about the ethics of factory farming‚ while at the same time bringing in my views of factoring farming and the ethics behind animal treatment. The first issue that they bring up is that‚ “Factory farms are designed on the principle that ‘animals are
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Morality and ethics create the bridge between the savage and rational side of each human being. With the intent of explaining morality‚ Pojman displays three different types of ethical backgrounds. The first being ethical relativism which states that an individual’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of the person’s own culture. This idea explains whether or not morality is only a fragment of a person’s cultural norm instead of anything truly universal. For example‚ in
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related to affluence A person’s health is his most precious asset. Good health allows you to fully participate in work and social activities. Your abilities become severely impaired when disease enters your life‚ whether it is for a short time or over an indefinite period. Diseases of affluence‚ which are sometimes also called ’lifestyle diseases’‚ are generally non-communicable and thought to result from increasing wealth and ease of life. There are a number of reasons why affluence brings ill-health
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My favourite singer My favourite singer is Michael Jackson. I like his songs very much because they are full of energy and very melodic. I also like the way he dances. There were nine children in Michael’s family. They lived in a small four room house. Later he lived in a house which has seventeen rooms downstairs and sixteen rooms upstaires. It stands in 2‚700 acres of ground. Besides the house there are guest houses‚ a golf course‚ a swimming pool‚ tennis courts‚ stables‚ gardens‚ lakes‚ forests
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