YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :James Rachels on Morality
Essays 91 - 120
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...
though he had a good chance of full recovery. This suggests that patients be allowed to terminate their lives if they are in sever...
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...
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 people. For many individuals, the idea that resources should be redistributed, and that the very wealthy should be made to sh...
social order that refuses to acknowledge the elements of good and bad. Correspondingly, Fontana (2003) points out how the good "a...
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...
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 idea of punishment; the God of the Old Testament is particularly fierce in his judgments. So perhaps morality is in reality f...
Characteristic of humanitys constant quest for the concept of Gods existence and the problem of evil, the journey of understanding...
this inquiry is something more. It is attached to religion and doctrine and the canon. In fact, any individuals memories may be ti...
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...
determined by the goodness, or badness, of the results that flow from it" (Colosi 8). The second is the "hedonist principle," whic...
This essay discusses a specific theoretical foundation for humanitarianism called the theory of obligation which, in part, propose...
This essay considers how public policy is affected by religion, morality and worldview. Three pages in length, four sources are ci...
This research paper discusses the Safe to Sleep campaign, which is a promotion effort designed to address the infant morality caus...
caring for the needs of others, rather than the needs of the self (Churchland, 2011, p. 14). These new behaviors are the very mech...
This essay presents the arguments that Hamlet had to be under the influence of intense emotion in order to overcome his indecision...
abstain from killing a little far? These religious groups arent necessarily taking the directive not to kill too far, rather, they...
a paternity test happening simply by blind chance is as low as .0001%. For this reason, paternity tests are considered scientifica...
morality, through exploring how public morality encourages deceit and dishonesty, causes distress and trauma, and ultimately destr...
indicative of a disdain for authoritarian institutions. Vathek is a powerful man who indulges in vast excesses. Beckford makes it ...
traveled into the wilderness in order to achieve moral clarity. Hawthornes title character journeys into a forest near his home, ...
stand up to scrutiny. The question as to whether or not Americans are better served by the conservative stance in terms of person...
own citizens and concerns. However, according to the Just War theory, not only was war with Iraq (and Saddam Hussein) warranted,...
of some moral message in the end. Through danger the characters are made stronger, and they are developed more powerfully, truly p...