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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...

Moral and Ethical Decisions in Business

(Himma, 2003). Throughout their lifetime, individuals are presented with moral dilemmas and situations in which they must make a ...

America and Catholicism

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

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...

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 ...

Moral Philosophy and Evolutionary Theory

for existence in which the fittest members of a varying population survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits to the next genera...

Ethical Validity of Conscription

Halberstadts involvement with the military didnt end after Vietnam. Indeed, he has moved in and out of the military circle for de...

Inclusion and Educational Leadership

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

Sigmund Freud v. Erik Erikson

Eriksons theories emphasize that "identity formation" is a life-long process that occurs on what is largely a subconscious level (...

Morals, Beliefs, and Ethics

Ethics is concerned with how a moral person should behave, whereas values are the inner judgments that determine how a person actu...

Moral Education by Laurence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan

Morality (age 4 - 10) - This is when moral value resides in what the person needs and wants for himself (Laurence Kohlberg, 2002)....

Ownership, the Internet, and Copyrights

emotional pain? Should she ethically bring a suit if she has a legal right to do so? Who would the defendant be?...

Mr. Death Film and The Picture of Dorian Gray

In many ways, the evil and rotten-ness which the portrait comes to represent are exemplifying the monstrousness of society as a wh...

Abortion and Morality

Introduction The issues surrounding abortion are complex to say the least. People are polarized on the issue...

Public Schools and Character Education

the school to lawsuits by parents disagreeing with the teaching. In essence, public education was cut adrift. Teachers and...

Socrates and Odysseus

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

Irony in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Prologue

a Prioresse/That of hir smiling was ful simple and coy./Hir gretteste ooth was but by saint Loy!/And she was cleped Madam Eglantin...

Moral Education and Personal Philosophy

being more or less universally accepted, teachers tend to be reluctant to discuss character education and moral development (Richm...

5 'Golden Threads' and Their Implications

and Shared Minds Implications for business are clear. All of these threads weave together in the effective organization to...

Legal, Moral, and Political Philosophy and the Concept of Rights

the issue of rights we may start with the theoretical foundation of the role that rights and the way these are seen in terms of e...

Practical Ethics by Peter Singer

the universe, in which human beings are pictured a being at the top of the pyramid to one that sees life as an expanding circle th...

'Love Thy Neighbor' and Jewish Morality

the pot-bellied stove; everything else was either burned to the ground or damaged beyond repair from smoke and/or water. It was o...

Euthanasia and Opposition to Its Practice

The arguments in support of euthanasia center around quality of life issues, pain and suffering, and the common good (Kowalski, 19...

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...

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...

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and the Use of Moral Satire

reason, and his virtue is merely appearance" (Galloway). In relationship to the Lilliputians we note that a great deal of pride...

Modern Warfare and WMD Justification

was not going to tolerate anything like this battle again, finding itself compelled to drill this fact home to the Japanese. "If ...