However, the Greek term "ethics" also implies character as opposed to its Latin counterpart referring to social customs. ... Where does our ethical view come from? ... The Gods in the Iliad assume anthromorphic as opposed to spiritual personas. ... The patriarchal society again would support this view with each god or goddess having specific roles attributed to him/her. ... Homer uses the gods for thematic as opposed to religious purposes within the poem. ...

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Aristotle views virtues as "traits that enable us to live well in communities(p. 389)" He holds the better good of the community higher than that of the individual. ... In most cases, one extreme opposes the virtue more than the other does. For example, courage seems less opposed to foolhardiness than cowardice to foolhardiness. ...

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Public surveys taken after the revelation of the cloned sheep, Dolly, found that most people are opposed to human cloning (see for example Time , March 10, 1997). ... However, some groups oppose animal cloning for moral reasons. ... Continued public funding for animal experimentation in science, coupled with some regulation to prevent cruelty and limit the pain and suffering of laboratory animals, would support this view. ...

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The Kantian view focuses on the motivation for performing an act with total disregard for the consequences. In opposition to this view, utilitarianism makes ethical decisions about an act based the consequences that the action will bring. ... As opposed to the utilitarian view, that states that the motives of an action are not important, just the consequences. ... Actions that are in accordance with duty carry self- interest and inclination, which Kant opposes. ... As discussed before Kant is a rationalist, as opposed to Mill being an empiricist. ...

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This is because the theorists do not take note on their religious views and they focus on current ways of life such as atheism and communism. ... The scientific method allows us as humans to come to conclusions rationally and through careful thought and preparation as opposed to coming to conclusions based on stories we read in books that have yet proven to be accurate. ... Socrates was famous for the Socratic method which is a form of inquiry and debate between individuals with opposing viewpoints based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas....

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King's views vary with that of the fifteenth century writer Machiavelli in his work "The Prince" and his opinion on the means to which you use for the ends. ... Machiavelli, as opposed to Dr. ... I do not think that Machiavelli's views are ideally right, but when I think about it in the rational sense it is probably more realistic view. ...

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Creon's actions are both supported and contested by the views of Socrates. ... Creon viewed Polynices as a traitor. ... Just as there is a supporting view, there is also an opposing viewpoint that Socrates would have in relation to Creon's actions. ... The views of Antigone were very similar to this. ... One perspective deals with that of viewing Polynices as a traitor, and the other deals with viewing him as a brother a part of kin. ...

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Aristotle's teleological view holds that "whatever is the end-product of the coming into existence of any object, that is what we call its nature" and the ultimate end-product is eudaimonia or a virtuous life. ... Politics functions so as to allow individual members of the community (as opposed to simply citizens) to achieve a life of justice that is a life directed toward the "good" and to undergo a personal development that strives for moral fulfillment. ... Aristotle takes the polis to be the defining end-product from which prior partnerships can be viewed and their functional purpose...

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Mill's "principle of utility" seeks for the logical rationality of ethics through the consequences of actions as the consideration determining their morality, thus the acquisition of happiness as opposed to the avoidance of pain. Utilitarianism may be viewed as an instance of a more general theory of right consequentialism, which holds that right and wrong can only be assessed by the goodness of consequences. ... Utilitarian views are based around the concept of attaining happiness and Mill maintains hedonism; happiness or pleasure is the only intrinsic good for persons. ... This is on...

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Each person has a different view on what is right and wrong. ... When this occurs, people tend to focus on their own wellbeing opposed to looking at the bigger picture of caring for all. ... The angel who opposes the forces of evil represented by Jack. ... The opposing groups have dropped the confining social walls that were instilled in their previous lives. ...

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Act utilitarianism is defined by J.C.C Smart as "...the view that the rightness or wrongness of an action is to be judged by the consequences, good or bad, of the action itself"- or, simply that a person's act is morally right if, and only if, it results in the most happiness of everyone concerned. ... Hence in a rule, utilitarian point of view the choices are limited to a finite number of possibilities due to the constraints of the aforementioned rules. ... In the view of a rule utilitarian however, ending the life of any human being, whether a criminal or an innocent, is in...

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The release of these two boys is complete injustice from her point of view; she urges the public to speak out against such unreasonable decisions and try to reverse the ruling. Many opposing articles were published, one of which was titled "Free Bulger's killers - for James's Sake- by Angela Neustatter. ... This shows that from her point of view, it is really unfair that this money and attention is spent on murders. ... Both articles use facts (but not a lot), ethics and emotion to achieve their aim of persuading people to see their point of views. In conclusion, I believe that Fergu...

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The two traditions beget points of view which are ethical and easy to comprehend. "... ... These principles oppose each other and appear to act as state functions rather than as a continum. ... In accordance to this philosphical tradtion, a medical ethicist, viewing a situation through absolute truth, would have to tailor his point of view through immutable truths, such as the sanctity of life. A situational ethicist, viewing the world through sensibility would argue that the general principles for viewing ethical points of view are grounded in human experience and the only absolute truth is...

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He also spends a good amount of time discussing the key criticisms that Hegel has of Kant and Walshs views of these critiques. ... In fact, Hegels ethical thoughts were continuously caught up in the views of Kant. ... Walsh points out this description of the compass that Kant refers to is most definitely a normative view, instead of the descriptive. ... While Hegel and Kant had very opposing views, which on the surface seem to be very firmly rooted in their stance, both systems stray into the others jurisdiction at times. ... (Walsh 1969, 9) Walsh does a good job of siding and describing how H...

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Courage is most commonly viewed in a warrior's fearless behavior in the face of certain death. ... It may also promise eternal harmony in a future life, but these views are slowly becoming irrelevant to modern perception as war is viewed as a means to end all wars, and are not as common of an occurrence. ... Sometimes immoral deeds are unintentionally created due to ignorance in a certain situation, but this is affects the soul in a different way, as opposed to being a burden on one's virtuous connection to one's soul. ...

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He stated that if business is viewed a amoral i.e. it is not expected to behave according to the moral rules and it is not appropriate to do whatever necessary to increase profit, then there would be no surprise when a business acted immorally. ... In regards to that matter, most literatures share the same view. ... The other one was over the company's failure to oppose Nigerian Government's execution of a human rights activist (Ken Saro-Wiwa) in a part of Nigeria where Shell had extensive operations. ... An article in Malaysian Business 16th January 1997 shares the same view. ...

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Socrates attempts to show that certain beliefs and attitudes of justice and its nature are inadequate or inconsistent, and present a way in which those views about justice are to be overcome. ... Though their views are different and even opposed, the way all three discourse about justice and power reveal that they assume the relation between the two to be separate. ...

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A creation of a conflict of moral interest prevents individuality occurring - within natural law there is the moral point that laws should be followed, and as such should anyone morally oppose a law, they would have to put their feelings aside. ... The positivist point of view comes from HLA Hart. ...

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My upbringing and morals will never allow me to believe that these opposing practices and moral views are "correct" or "right", but I must take into consideration that these people are only doing what is tradition in their countries and/or religions. ...

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What is insulting to one person may be commonplace to another or what one person views as morally wrong may not seem so to another, it all depends on their feelings. ... Egoism is not opposed to using other people as a means. ...

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This paper will discuss different economic and ethical views about "too big to fail" firms to decide whether they should be broken up. ... However, Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006, opposed this idea by stated that raising fees on large firms or simply taxing them is not enough, as "they'll absorb that, they'll work with that, and it's totally inefficient and they'll still be using the savings." According to the current points of view of different economists, there are currently two available soluti...

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Chapter 13 of Thomas Hobbes "Leviathan"" begins with Hobbes comparing man's characteristics. He says that humans are characteristically different, in that one can be stronger or have a quicker mind, but when it comes down to it, a man can over power or outwit any man. He goes on to say that everyman is proud and conceited in their abilities to be better then another man that they believe they can over power or out wit a person if they are threatened. And if two men desire the same want and one man feels susceptible to not being able attain his wants, he recognizes that the other man is hi...

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