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Something is Rotten in Hondo; An Ethical Case Study

in that area, only fifteen miles down the road, accepting that level of emission as long as the plant is staffed only by Mexican w...

John Proctor in The Crucible: A Moral Dilemma

as a witch. As the play progresses, suspicion grows on all sides, until the only way to stop the madness is for John to tell the ...

Faulkner: As I Lay Dying

be buried in her familys plot (Lilburn). Its summer, its hot, the journey takes nine days - that in itself is macabre enough, but...

How We Live & How We Feel About Dying

that she does not want to see him to go his death "not owning up to the part" that he played in death of his victim (Prejean 179)....

Exploring Three Different Philosophical Dilemmas

in such a case: 1. They can tell the child what happened. 2. They can pretend that they dont know what happened. 3. They...

John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism and Immanuel Kant's Ethics

this principle, Kant directly addresses the topic of lying by posing the question: "When I am in distress, may I may a promise wit...

Literature and Issues of Gender and Race

how Over three thousand die in the Macondo massacre, and the only surviving witnesses are Jose Arcadio Segundo and a small child. ...

Medical Ethics and Plato's Noble Lie

higher than those with iron. Plato argued that this deception was necessary in order to maintain a stable society, and we ca...

Lying and Whether It Can Ever Be Considered 'a Good Thing'

national and international matters, the people of a nation cannot necessarily handle the truth. The following paper examines how a...

Mismanagement of Enron

Compounding these problems was the work of Jeffrey Skilling. His duties should have included overseeing and regulating various dep...

'Lying Promise' and Philosophy

lying promise is something that is said in order to achieve a favorable outcome. What if someone has a gun to the victims childs h...

David J. Lieberman's Never Be Lied to Again How to Get the Truth in 5 Minutes or Less in Any Conversation or Situation

are often apparent but sometimes misleading. Lieberman delves into how to discern between these signs in his second section on ho...

Culture and Crime in the Works of Oscar Wilde

In five pages this paper discusses the lack of incongruity between crime and culture as this theme pertains to Wilde's An Ideal Hu...

Analyzing Minnie in 'Dry September' by William Faulkner

In five pages the character of Minnie is evaluated in terms of her lying tendencies from the beginning and the racism theme is als...

Unchanging Morality According to Aristotle

could of course provide argument to counteract such objections. Some have said that all ethical, moral principle and judgments ...

Faulkner's Comedy

of comedic elements. As Addie Bundren lays dying her son Cash is busy building her coffin. This is, in many ways, a very powerf...

Analyzing 'Swann's Way' by Marcel Proust

my hands, and to blow out the light; I had gone on thinking, while I was asleep, about what I had just been reading, but these tho...

Lying According to J.S. Mill

that lying is not only necessary in some circumstances, but one may go beyond the few exceptions and see good in the lie. It is ce...

'Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?' and The Book of Job

event? Summary of text Father OMalley feels it is acceptable to add humor to our text summary on the supposition all serious thin...

Lies Are Not Detected by a Polygraph

In five pages both sides of the polygraph issue are considered before concluding that in terms of a detector of lies the polygraph...

Philosophical Issues' Examination

In five pages this paper considers philosophies of James Mills and Immanuel Kant in a discussion of how philosophy can develop iss...

Women and Stereotypes

In seven pages this paper examines how women are depicted as stereotypes in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dy...

Lying and the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

In seven pages this research paper examines the ethical theory of Immanuel Kant in a consideration of his lying stance. Four sour...

Categorical Imperative of Immanuel Kant and How It is Flawed

lives. If a knife is to someones throat, should he or she lie in order to save his or her life? Many people would say yes, but to ...

Cinema and Truth

sister, Cynthia. As if to complicate matters further, Johns old college friend, Graham, shows up in town for a visit and something...

The Dilemma of School Honor Code and Professional Ethics

student who is aware that a fellow student has lied on a questionnaire administered in a blood drive. The intent of the questionn...

Lying and Infidelity

In nine pages this paper examines infidelity as a form of lying as represented in the movie Random Hearts and in literature in the...

Death of Addie Bundren in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

death, Addie exerts control over her family because they seek--by fulfilling her last wish--to somehow make a connection with her ...

Financial Difficulties Faced By Frito Lay

set investors on their collective ear. Few expected such a correction in market value of these companies, and the losses incurred...

What Could Have Been Done to Save Enron

Enron, a publicly held company, was once a top provider of electricity but ended up in Chapter 11 bankruptcy ("Enron," 2002). Pr...