Essays Tagged: "moral principles"
Natural Law
rs. They developed new ways of thinking about religion andgovernment. Natural law was based on moral principles, but the overall outlookchanged with the times. ... ive or six friends were talking in his room,probably in London. The topic was the 'principles of morality and revealedreligion,' but arguments arose and no real progress or serious discussion to ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Morality - The Pre-existing Doctrine
Morality; The Pre-existing and Universal CodeMorality: A doctrine or system of moral conduct; partic ... ctrine or system of moral conduct; particular moral principles orrule of conduct.To say that modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age is tosuggest that human morality changes wi ... tosuggest that human morality changes with the passing of time. This statement is justunacceptable. Morality is not something of a fad. It should not go through trends likeclothes or popular music, mo ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Capital punishment
Thesis One: In principle a case can be made on moral grounds both supporting and opposing capital punishment.Thesis two: Concretely and in practice ... tration in our society.Two different cases can be made. One is based on justice and the nature of a moralcommunity. This leads to a defense of capital punishment. The second is based on love and the n ... they invalidate the right ofthe perpetrator to membership and even to life. A community founded on moral principles has certain requirements. The right to belong to a community is not unconditional. ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Business do not have to be ethical they are guided by the law. Discuss?
is statement? Support your argument with company responses to ethical responsibility.Ethics are the moral principles that should underpin decision-making. A decision made on ethics might reject the mo ... ould not mean that the firms were becoming ethically minded.An ethical decision means doing what is morally right, it is not a matter of calculation of their costs and benefits. Companies have an ethi ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Macchiavellian theories in "King Lear".
iavelli, power meant politics. Ethics can be best described as a branch of knowledge concerned with moral principles. The Theme of morality and ethics keeps evolving throughout "King Lear" and is demo ... s and gullible in nature. He ridiculed his father, Gloucester for his beliefs and he thought he was morally superior to him. Edmund exploited his father's good nature by enraging with Edgar's false le ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Alabama Justice Moore's rights were inhibited with the removal of the 10 Commandments from the state Judicial building.
the Constitution. Aside from being in the Christian Bible, the Ten Commandments can be perceived as moral principles which serve to maintain a civilized society.The First Amendment States: "Congress s ... s contained in the Ten Commandments by themselves, one would have to agree that they stand as good, moral instructions for proper behavior to create a level of civility in society. The divide between ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
In sociological research, do the ends justify the means ?
nt observation.The definition of 'ethics' in the "Oxford Concise Dictionary" (1995) states a set of moral principles adj. 'ethical' - relating to morals esp. as concerning human conduct; morally corre ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Questioning Morals : Do universally valid morals exist?
Do universally valid morals exist or are they merely relative to cultural approval or individual choice?When I first bega ... clear opinion in this matter, I researched the issue and discovered as many arguments for universal morals as against.To summarize these arguments, the doctrine that moral principles are valid only re ... he doctrine that moral principles are valid only relative to cultural orindividual choice is called moral relativism. It denies that there are any independently justified moralprinciples, insisting ra ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Moral right and wrong are just a matter of opinion.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary (p925) describes morality as: '1) Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behav ... concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour; a system of value and moral principles. 2) The extent to which an action is right or wrong'. What is morally right in rela ... which an action is right or wrong'. What is morally right in relation to one moral framework can be morally wrong in relation to another, and unfortunately no one moral framework is the final word in ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Huckleberry Finn: How it expressed Mark Twain's pessimistic views on the South's social and governmental's system
erall ethics of humanity and cleverly used a teenage boy to state his disagreement with the South's moral principles.One moral value that that Twain addressed was the greediness of Americans. Early in ... y. Twain made is so the reader would feel sympathy towards Jim. Huck never mentions that slavery is morally wrong, but through Jim's feelings, Twain's true feelings of slavery are revealed.The Adventu ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
An introduction to Philosophy
zing itself as will. The state is the end of the dialectical process of history, the realization of moral principles and concrete freedom. The state is the whole of which the individual is part. Disso ... tinguishes two cities, the city of God and the earthly city. For Augustine, as for Plato justice is moral not legal. Both conceive of justice as a right order of relations. However where Plato is inte ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Lord of the Flies
neer between civilised man and the savage.Though Ralph turns out to be a good leader because of his moral principles, initially the boys choose him over Jack because of his appearance: "you could see ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The Impact of Ethics on Decision-Making
set of ethics. What is ethics? Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary defines ethics as "a : a set of moral principles or values b : a theory or system of moral values c plural but singular or plural in ... ement. Striving for 100% agreement, while desirable, may be unrealistic.Once we have pinpointed any moral issues, the question "what are the ethical implications of the decision," needs to be answered ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making
Ethical choices in business. Situation: Your boss asks you to hold important information that should be included....What do you do?
the definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. "Ethic" is defined as follows: "a set of moral principles or values."In this specific situation I would include the information and risk the ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
How has our postmodern situation changed our understanding or approach to ethics? Discuss in relation to feminism
st approaches to ethics, irrespective of their specific labels, is to create gender-equal ethics, a moral theory that generates non-sexist moral principles, policies, and practices. This essay will at ... ill, Catherine Beecher, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton all discussed "women's morality. Mary Wollstonecraft wrote the first feminist document A Vindication of the Rights of Women ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Relativism versus Objectivism
The moral debate of relativism versus objectivism is one that confronts a moral question that philosophe ... ers have been debating for many years. The ultimate question brought about in the debate is whether morality is based solely on individual choice and cultural approval, or are there universally valid ... is essay I will present the arguments for each view and I will also argue for the position I favor: moral objectivism.Relativism is the view that states that moral principles vary by culture (conventi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy
The Code of Hammurabi
ilization is based on the stability of the economy in that civilization. But the laws and the basic moral principles have a huge influence on economy and on overall welfare of the people. The laws sho ... luence on economy and on overall welfare of the people. The laws should include sections on social, moral, religious, civil, commercial, and criminal law. The laws reflect the level of development of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Answers and explains questions pertaining to ethics
2. There are a number of reasons why people should be generally moral. The main reason being is a good sense of morality will promote human flourishing and ameliora ... ality will promote human flourishing and ameliorate human suffering more so than if people were not moral, or people were all strict ethical egoists. Without people acting morally the world would be a ... t ethical egoists, even though it is not their belief, should most definitely subscribe publicly to morality simply for the fact of human betterment. Moral principles are instilled on a society to mai ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
"Lord of the Flies. The end of innocence and the darkness of man's heart."
between civilised man and the savage.Though Ralph turns out to be a good leader because of his moral principles, initially the boys choose him over Jack because of his appearance: "you could see ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Creative composition of 19century world, individual and society naraative set in china
. There was no fire and the silk drapings on the wall, with beautifully painted characters chanting moral principles, were little insulation from the cold.Sybil and her father had been invited by Mr L ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing