In the reading of Jane English‚ English argues that" grown children have no filial obligations towards their parents." In her professional philosophical theory‚ she agrees‚ "that whatever duties children are willing to perform for their parents should not be one that is established out of repayment but from the result of a friendship that molded from the love between them." I do agree with English’s theory based on my cultural norms which foresees it as a form of accepted behavior and beliefs that
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of Law Interpretation of CISG- Objective and subjective test • Formation of a contract; offer‚ acceptance‚ withdrawal‚ acceptance with modification. Overview • Buyer’s and seller’s obligations • Buyer’s and seller’s remedies GENERAL STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE • Both buyer and seller have to perform their obligations under the contract. • A party that fails to perform is in breach. • The party that does not breach has remedies. Fundamental Breach • When one party breaches‚ the other party may avoid
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Title How is one to determine one’s moral obligation? What is one ought to do in a given situation and how exactly should we go about calculating and determining which actions we should do? The first principle that we will examine is the Simple Principle‚ which is a principle that says‚ of the available actions‚ one should do the action that will produce the best outcome. Liam B. Murphy in “The Demands of Beneficence” argue that the Simple Principle‚ requires too much from a person especially
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National Obligations If someone is hurt and there are others nearby who could be of some help‚ generally they are obligated to do so. Generally‚ at no cost to themselves‚ they can help someone else whenever the need arises. However‚ there are sometimes circumstances in which the helper must do more than just care enough to help. Sometimes‚ they will need to commit more time and effort than it could be worth. Sometimes‚ helping someone else could cost them dearly. In even worse case‚ helping could
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decision though‚ because their money is rightfully theirs. There is no reason for the wealthy to be obliged to help the poor. The wealthy should only help the poor if they feel compelled to do so. It is not a law that they must do so‚ rather a social obligation and even with that they do not have to. We need to show the poor how to help themselves‚ rather than being dependent on other people in
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to the idea of genetically modified foods. (McLean). However the process of genetic modification was not very well perceived by UK consumers‚ as agreed upon by Bryan Endres‚ the author of “GMO: Genetically Modified Organism or Gigantic Monetary Obligation? The Liability Schemes for GMO Damage in the United States and the European Union.” This sparked the initial controversy about whether or not genetically
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Many philosophers have pondered the immense question surrounding the prima facie moral obligation to obey the law. Do we have a moral obligation to do as the law tells us‚ outside of the fact that the law deems it illegal? There are many opinions on this‚ such as Wolff’s idea that there is in fact no moral obligation for anyone to obey the law because there is no legitimate state with control over people. This is one of the many viewpoints discussed throughout time‚ but there is a more level headed
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This perspective of Suarez as occupying an intermediate position between voluntarism and naturalism has been questioned by Terrence Irwin. In Obligation‚ rightness and natural law‚ Irwin places Suarez squarely in the voluntarist camp when it comes to moral obligation and moral law. Despite lending a greater degree of coherency to Suarez’s position‚ I believe that Irwin is fundamentally mistaken for characterizing Suarez’s philosophy as voluntarist. Most notably‚ the rhetorical move is mistaken for
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Humans’ Moral Obligation to Preserve Endangered Species Many species that exists today are becoming endangered to extinction. In the past era where humans did not exist‚ extinction occurred due to natural causes. On this present time however‚ extinction of species are threatened by humans’ existence. Humans are the only moral agent; in which‚ it has the intellectual capacity that animals and plants do not have. Thus‚ humans are powerful and dominate over any species. Many practices that humans
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1 RIGHT‚ DUTY AND OBLIGATION/RESPONSIBILITY: A SEARCH FOR ETHICAL FUNDAMENTALS By Dr. Ani Casimir K.C 2 1) Introduction: Immanuel Kant gave philosophy four fundamental questions with which it is to concern itself and they are: (1) What can I know? ; (2) What is man?; (3) What can I hope for‚ and‚ (4) Finally‚ what ought I to do. The latter—‘what ought I to do?’ is the central subject of ethics‚or what is variously called moral philosophy or philosophy of morality. With the concepts
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