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Virtue Critiques in Billy Budd, Sailor and 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

- he refuses to take nourishment or leave his place of business. Instead of taking a sympathetic view of his employee, the narrat...

Film Documentaries and Traumatic or Moral Dilemma Representations

hide those Jews that were being persecuted by Hitlers war machine. He used his unsuccessful businesses as fronts to move various f...

Policies on Dating in the Workplace

times, one person is pursued by another, but the advances are unwanted. This too can result in a suit. Finally, uncomfortable situ...

Social Importance of Moral Right Theory

the other rights come from and then they spread like branches (Joffrain, 2001). This view sees a work as "an extension of the cre...

Gattaca and the Ethical Dilemmas the Film Poses

dime to look like an model. In fact, in reality, it was not too long ago when it was discovered that models were selling their egg...

Emotions and Moral Decision Making

life of one individual for the greater good, for the lives of all the others on the trolley (Helmuth, 2001). But if the same indi...

A Character and Thematic Comparison of Desiree's Baby and Antlers

knowledge that Desiree has gone to her death, even though Arnaud will have to cope with a revelation that shakes the foundations o...

Examining Suicide from a Fresh Perspective

suicide ideation is often aligned with a lack of clear thinking. Thus, suicide should not be prohibited or encouraged, but rather ...

Looking at Ethics Personally

thirdly the contemplative" life" (Aristotle, 350 B.C.E.). Here, Aristotle divides life into types. Such a typology is applicable t...

Addiction and Kohlberg and Adler

and their attempts to fulfill their desires (Boeree, 1997). This leads to a lack of social interest or concern (Boeree, 1997). On...

Trading Floor Conflict Harvard Case Study

be able to live with himself if he follows orders and faxes information that is at best misleading. Another ethical dilemma for ...

Morality Theory of Immanuel Kant

physical body to be sold, for the enjoyment of others, is tantamount to transforming the human body into a physical object. Kant...

Nursing and Ethical Dilemmas

arise during this absence. Not only is this practice unacceptable professionally, but it is also problematic legalistically, as th...

Preemptive War and Moral Considerations

This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...

Ethics and Morality According to Martin Luther King Jr. and William Blake

him from within and turns him into a murderer. Blakes Songs of Experience have been described as an "unforgettable condemnation of...

Moral Living from a Christian Viewpoint

a relationship with Him, cultivating that relationship is possible. Further, the relationship with God is personal. Despite the fa...

Adolescence and Moral Development

drops out of society or gets into a car accident. They may be on the road to addiction, which can be life changing and even end in...

Determination, Free Will, and Incompatibilism

system and ones desires, but there must still be an element of freedom if one is to turn those desires into action. Compati...

James Rachels' and Opposing Moral Relativism

beyond culture. Humans have intrinsic morality. The student goes on to explain that James Rachels does argue that point and claim...

Happiness and Virtue According to Boethius

reversals of fortune, illness, accidents and other events which contribute to their unhappiness. At the same time, the "evil m...

Overview of 'Designer Babies'

In eight pages this paper considers the issue of 'designer babies' or babies who have been genetically manipulated in order to emb...

AIDS, Morality, and 'Cheap' Drugs for Africa

result in drugs no being developed. Conversely, where the drugs are required, and profits are being made in the developed ...

Beck, Wright, Sowell, Berger, and Courtwright Idea Connection

attitudes and our approaches to society. With this simple illustration of Courtwrights work in mind we present similar ideas found...

Inclusion and Educational Leadership

University of Melbourne). In fact, McCrea and Ehrich commented that educational leaders are faced with ethical and moral dilemmas ...

Exotic Dancing and Moral Nihilism

who has decided to take up smoking, go for an extended trip to the country, or fix dinner. "What I relate," Nietzsche wrote in The...

Kantian Concepts of Morality

other words, it must be a universal law. For instance, killing is wrong. That would have universality. If the woman decides she sh...

Philosophy, Ethics, and 'Doing the Right Thing'

agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...

Worldly Circumstance and Moral Worth

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

America and Catholicism

and symbols of faith, Catholics are able to participate in their religion, which serves a variety of sociological and psychologica...

Moral Foreign Policy Difficulties and 'Just War' Theory

given and part of that speech includes the following observation: "For centuries, philosophers and theologians have grappled with ...