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is the act of lying. Suppose one is held hostage in a similar situation as the one described, but the victim does not have to do a...

just as problematic when tied to an ordinary citizen as it is for a police officer, the government sees that the motive is differe...

the morality, or immorality, of his actions. He does, of course seem to realize that much of what he lost, long ago, was lost when...

play is Everyman, who obviously stands for everyone in the audience. This is play designed to teach a lesson, and the lesson is si...

the people. For many individuals, the idea that resources should be redistributed, and that the very wealthy should be made to sh...

even when it comes to anonymous tip lines. The drug dealer will figure out who called and then, that endangers the life of the tip...

social order that refuses to acknowledge the elements of good and bad. Correspondingly, Fontana (2003) points out how the good "a...

though he had a good chance of full recovery. This suggests that patients be allowed to terminate their lives if they are in sever...

of the participants brings something nasty back from the "other side" (James, 1990). It appears that at least one of the things th...

he is absolute appalled that Sissy does not know the scientific definition for "horse," and that his own children have been tempte...

of medical advancement that purports to save lives, the necessary research requires the taking of other lives, which presents a di...

film, McNamara discusses several of the primary lessons to be learned from wartime experience, which are covered in detail in his ...

existence as fact. However, the existence of God still remains unproven; the Cosmological Argument has been raging for centuries a...

friends, but whose definition of "friendship" differs. For instance, person A strongly believes that trust is an essential element...

the consequences of human action" (Kemerling, 2001). What Kant is saying is that even if we make a choice to take some sort of act...

this inquiry is something more. It is attached to religion and doctrine and the canon. In fact, any individuals memories may be ti...

had been deemed traditional. Many people around the world do not like American culture and it is hard to argue that this newfangle...

they are part of a modern world where they are clearly in and out of relationships all the time. The fact that they continue to al...

Characteristic of humanitys constant quest for the concept of Gods existence and the problem of evil, the journey of understanding...

drinking, and want to get more for it" (Sinclair Chapter 2). In this the image of Jurgis is one that evokes thoughts of morality...

the idea of punishment; the God of the Old Testament is particularly fierce in his judgments. So perhaps morality is in reality f...

smacks of anarchy. As long as we dont "hurt" anyone, anything goes. Absolute truth has been discarded. It would seem that there is...

own people: he points out that the rape of girls "not ten years old" resulted in the perpetrators being disciplined, but it is cle...

indicative of a disdain for authoritarian institutions. Vathek is a powerful man who indulges in vast excesses. Beckford makes it ...

a context that is relative to his life. Aristotle believed that "happiness is an activity of soul in accordance with virtue." Ar...

aside and did not dig any deeper--there is also something suspicious in it." " (Nietzsche 257). It is here that the philosopher im...

the adult world of constraints into an exciting world of fun in the sun, the children come up against the usual banes of social ex...

of some moral message in the end. Through danger the characters are made stronger, and they are developed more powerfully, truly p...

of difficulty taking a strong stand on what is right and wrong. Kilpatrick addressed this issue: if the adults in the childs life ...

element introduced when Utah encounters Bodhi, and is made to consider rather deeper philosophical aspects of life than the straig...