Essays 211 - 240
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 morality, or immorality, of his actions. He does, of course seem to realize that much of what he lost, long ago, was lost when...
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...
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 the participants brings something nasty back from the "other side" (James, 1990). It appears that at least one of the things th...
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...
as the support of civilised and social community. He stated he did not believe that law should be based on any moral codes, in thi...
the idea of punishment; the God of the Old Testament is particularly fierce in his judgments. So perhaps morality is in reality f...
had been deemed traditional. Many people around the world do not like American culture and it is hard to argue that this newfangle...
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
While in our society we have the right to eat, wear, and live in anything that we can afford, to do so is not always morally sound...
and reflection question : In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus pictures a religious and moral orientation that draws on Jewish tradit...
meaning; however, it has a totally different meaning if one steals from a prosperous bakery in order to keep ones family from star...
but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they ...
in bone marrow transplants, continues to rage on within the medical community. Proponents of umbilical cord blood usage for other...
a democracy. Plato contended that it would be impossible within a democracy to have the kind of harmony and societal unit...
play the desires of the majority, upon which this nation is primarily based. If the majority of the people, for example, believe t...
what no republic may dare" (1784). Interestingly, about five years after the writing of this piece the French would take the heads...
controlling people, usually against their will and in such a way that escape is impossible without tragedy. We see this, for ...
From this beginning, other theories involved that explain social behavior in terms of learning theory. According to social-learnin...
are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...
to understand the last mans comprehension of these notions, and why the last man is not able to create beyond himself, one has to ...
in terms of a code of ethics, such as seen perhaps in something like the Ten Commandments. Morality needs the study of ethics in o...
God wills at any particular moment." To this proposition, Nielsen poses three questions: 1. Is being willed by God the, or even a,...
is further demonstrated when Vivie tries to talk to her mother about her life and how her "way of life" may not suit her mother. V...
than just law, justice is the product of morals and ethics (Kropotkin, 1923). Three philosophical frameworks in particular can be...
smacks of anarchy. As long as we dont "hurt" anyone, anything goes. Absolute truth has been discarded. It would seem that there is...
indicative of a disdain for authoritarian institutions. Vathek is a powerful man who indulges in vast excesses. Beckford makes it ...
of some moral message in the end. Through danger the characters are made stronger, and they are developed more powerfully, truly p...