The traditional morals of any given society are the set of moral principles by which the majority of its members have lived over a long time, a consensus which that society has reached on what is considered correct and decent behavior. It is the way one's society expectsone to behave, even if civil law-does not require it (Luce p
The character of a democratic government will never be better than the character of the people it governs. A nation that is travelling the low road is a nation that is self-destructing (Michael 1)
America is one of the few advanced nations, besides those in the Middle East, that still execute people at all. We wage wars, not because we are fighting for our freedom, but for obscure reasons, funding troups that kill hundreds of people we at home have no feelings about,"America wages wars abroad while Americans sit at home and watch the combat as cable news feeds it to them" (Murchison p 67)
We wage wars, not because we are fighting for our freedom, but for obscure reasons, funding troups that kill hundreds of people we at home have no feelings about,"America wages wars abroad while Americans sit at home and watch the combat as cable news feeds it to them" (Murchison p 67). Now, if all virtues do indeed represent the universal morality, then what do their opposites represent? Well, lying, dishonesty, dereliction of duty, irresponsibility, dishonorable conduct, disloyalty, selfishness, cowardice, cruelty and hypocrisy represent, of course, the universal immorality," which includes seuxual immorality (Simmons p 123)
Today, looking at Gordon Liddy and other members of congress and the Senate who have been arraigned,"Christian Politician" becomes a misnomer. Every politician claims to be moral and have Christian values, but hey still lie, don't help the poor, and support wars when they get into office (Steven 1)
" In Judeo-Christian lore, the Devil's other name is "The Liar" "An honest man is the noblest work of God," wrote Pope in his Essay on Man. "Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles," said Thomas Jefferson (Stout p
In order to decrease the pain, cost and risk of disappointment, women are typically administered drugs to encourage ovulation, permitting the recovery of numerous eggs at one time, which once fertilized will create a lot of embryos ready for implantation. Frequently, the spare embryos are frozen and kept in liquid nitrogen to be utilized afterward, even though freezing decreases their ability to be implanted (Iscara, 2011)
Our civilization does not allow deadly trials on incurably sick people or condemned prisoners on the ruse that they will shortly die anyhow. Similarly, the reality that an embryonic human being is in danger of being discarded by his or her parents gives no person or government a right to openly kill that human being first (O'Brien, 2008)
Opponents of stem cell research offer a couple of key protests. The first is that a number of people hold that in spite of its valuable ends, stem cell research is incorrect since it engages the demolition of human embryos; others agonize that even if study on embryos is not incorrect in itself, it will unlock the way to a dicey undulation of dehumanizing processes, such as embryo farms, cloned babies, the utilization of fetuses for extra parts, and the commodification of human existence (Sandel, 2004)
The ideas of appearance, reality and power arose from this career politician and writer living in politically shifting times. Within the context of Machiavelli's experience and circumstances from birth to his political exile, he wrote the Prince (De Grazia, 1994, p
30), Machiavelli's book pragmatically dealt with "what is" rather than "what should be" and for Machiavelli, a Prince's reality was about obtaining personal power. This was no easy feat, for Machiavelli believed that in reality, "this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous…" (Machiavelli, the Prince, 2009, p
30), Machiavelli's book pragmatically dealt with "what is" rather than "what should be" and for Machiavelli, a Prince's reality was about obtaining personal power. This was no easy feat, for Machiavelli believed that in reality, "this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous…" (Machiavelli, the Prince, 2009, p
Body: The Relationship between Appearance, Reality, and Power in Machiavelli Many of Niccolo Machiavelli's notions on appearance, reality and power are understandably based on his background and the time/place in which he lived. Born in 1469 in Florence, Italy, Machiavelli attained a humanistic education, and eventually rose to the political position of Second Chancellor of the Republic of Florence (Nederman, 2005)
He held this political position for approximately 14 years, traveling to many cities in Italy and abroad to perform diplomatic/political assignments. In 1512, the Medici family and allied forces defeated and dissolved the Republic of Florence, which caused Machiavelli's loss of his position in 1512 (Unger, 2012, p
Singer argues that it is just as immoral for a First World nation to refuse to offer aid to a nation in the developing world as it is to refuse to save a child from drowning in a shallow pond if the personal risks and costs to the individual are nil other than getting one's clothes dirty. The reasons we do not aid these countries is because they subjectively seem very far away, even though real children are dying (Singer 1972: 231-232)
He utilizes the 1971 destitution of people in Bengal as a case study in which he urges the affluent to change their view of morality so that they donate money and time to help the indigent. The author's assumption is that by getting people to understand the moral obligation in helping those in need, such as those in Bengali who have been ravaged by "Constant poverty, a cyclone, and civil war" (Singer, 1971, p
He utilizes the 1971 destitution of people in Bengal as a case study in which he urges the affluent to change their view of morality so that they donate money and time to help the indigent. The author's assumption is that by getting people to understand the moral obligation in helping those in need, such as those in Bengali who have been ravaged by "Constant poverty, a cyclone, and civil war" (Singer, 1971, p
He utilizes the 1971 destitution of people in Bengal as a case study in which he urges the affluent to change their view of morality so that they donate money and time to help the indigent. The author's assumption is that by getting people to understand the moral obligation in helping those in need, such as those in Bengali who have been ravaged by "Constant poverty, a cyclone, and civil war" (Singer, 1971, p
In this regard, the ethics, laws, and assertions within each society should vary in degree when compared to other societies where there are cultural differences that do not match. Many philosophers argue for adopting a philosophy of relativism, with its "expected benefits in tolerance and cultural accommodation," especially in today's contemporary world where globalization is threatening the sanctity of individual cultural norms and experiences (Goodman 2010)
Just as history has shown cases where murder has been a moral or acceptable act, and society has emphasized that morality, the divine command theory also allows for acceptable or moral murder. As this theory is primarily concerned with the morality of God, and suggests that "morality is ultimately based on the commands or character of God, and that the morally right action is the one that God commands or requires" (Austin, 2006), murder can quite easily be made moral, ethical, or acceptable