The essay by Iris Murdoch, "Morality and Religion," is a very interesting essay with many points about morality that are good but then makes a mistake when trying to understand religion. What I understand of this essay is that Iris Murdoch the author is most likely not a very religious person. ... Virtue in Islam is very important and the basis of what will lead to a good life. ... Then we have the complicated question of what is good? ... Iris Murdoch may not understand religion because I do not think that she was a religious person but from this essay it is clear that she is understanding th...

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Believing in God does not necessarily make someone morally good. ... Therefore, you can only get what you want to get out of faith. ... As in Brandt's essay, he is struggling to answer his children's questions on what happened to the children who burned in the fire down the street. ... "It is the love of God that leads us to be good" (1 John 5:2). ... Brandt opposes my beliefs of religion throughout his essay. ...

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The rest of this essay will display the main argument in which one would use to justify abortion and in turn, one of the major arguments against abortion. ... All one really has to note is that we have whatever rights we have because of whatever it is that makes a human. ... Therefore what is right depends on what is. ... As he proved earlier by saying that humans have rights because of what makes them human, then every human should have these rights. Then Kreeft makes his final point, abortion is wrong. ...

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In my view, morality can "stand alone" without the influence of religion and still have good effects. ... These lessons, whether they focus on religion or on morals, supply the child with an idea of what their parents believe. ... Though these punishments sound harsh, there was the worse fear within me that if I behaved badly, God would make me pay for it. ... In the meanwhile, I could remember thinking, "Yeah, okay Father Omer who can really live in fire and what's eternal damnation?" ... This was the main idea of Clayton's essay. ...

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Friendly Persuasion Morals Essay In the movie, Friendly Persuasion, the Birdwells are a family of Quavers. ... The war and other things gave the Birdwells some difficult choices to make and where they had to put their morals in to play. This essay will explain a few of those decisions. ... Music is a good thing. ... There are so many opinions on different decisions and if they are moral or not, it's hard to draw a line between what's right and wrong. ...

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Make belief stories or whatever one may call it; urban myths and other folk devil stories has persisted in the society for ages. ... The end result will be (the) alienation of more uncompromising and disaffected youth population" by (Schissel 2000:102) will be analysed in this essay. ... Tanner argues that, this kind of depiction of youth crime can do more harm that good for youths in society. In other words, by labelling these youth and building imaginary protective shields as preventive measures is not in any way good for the well-being. ... Moreover, the public will not be at risk and h...

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Competition, so that they make themselves feel like master's of objects. ... This is what Hobbes calls war. ... Master morality begins in the "good"" man with a spontaneous idea of the good, and then the idea of bad or undesirable develops as what is not good. Thus, a master morality creates itself with the idea that their morals are what is good and what will create a moral society, whereas anything that is not master moralities is bad and is hurting everyone that is around them. ... However, this contradicts what Nietzsche is proposing because those that are weak can grow stronger by b...

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The House of the Scorpion – Theme Essay In the novel The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer shows how death can be a reward or a punishment depending on your choices in life. ... Similarly, in the novel, death is the driving force behind certain decision the characters make. ... Eight lives, his seven siblings and his own, were what he asked for, yet, he could not control his greed. ... It was what El Patron feared the most because he knew it was what he deserved. Nevertheless, with his death came a reward for the good – freedom. ...

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A good will is not good because of what it achieves or causes (872). It is "good in-itself." If I bake John a cake out of generosity and it makes him fat, that does not mean my original will was bad. ... In his essay, Kant further argues that one's will is only good if someone is motivated by duty and nothing else (874). ... Good intent can be accompanied by a negative outcome. ...

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Throughout the entire book he is telling himself to "avoid eyes" (43) "don't make eye contact" (45). ... Most people in society have memories of the past, no matter if the memory is good or bad they still tend to look back on these memories. ... I think he feels that what happened in the past no longer makes a difference, and instead of dwelling on his own failures he must move on and concentrate on his next "zombie". ... It is very evident throughout Oates" novel that Q_P_ has a disregard for many of the traditional mores and values of society, just as Caputi described Krueger in her ess...

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But what exactly is happiness and how does one achieve this fate? ... Whatever this result may be, it always is some form of human good, although some desires are not universally accepted as being positively good. These actions consist of all conscious action and choices humans make in their lifetime. ... Aristotle then objectively defines what he agrees to be virtuous behavior. ... Moderation between two extremes of self-necessity and desire is what Aristotle defines as moral behavior. ...

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Maybe it will even change him now from what maybe he couldnt help but be." ... The writer of this essay pointed out that Abner, "had so little moral value to destroy a man's property, surely to protect himself from persecution he could destroy a man's life." ... He thought that he had paid the price of the war and now was his time to seek what was his. ... Although Colonel views things through a good conscience, his filial obligation towards his family seems to bind him. Therefore, he had to decide to go on protecting his father, or to make a break to live as he thought, suffer...

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Hardin makes a good point: Look out for yourself, and only yourself, and you will probably get the chance to see another day. ... What Hardin is really saying is that a troubled conscience is not that big a deal. ... So what- we get to live one more measly day. ... What are we supposed to do? ... Make all prisoners who have committed crimes against society fight each other to the death to rid our world of that worthless percentage of the population. ...

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We seem to live by the motto "It's not good enough; make it better." ... It undermines certain moral processes and social relations that make human life worth living." Postman makes a valid point, as does Jeremy Rifkin in his essay "A Heretic's View on the New Bioethics" when he states "With human genetic engineering, we get something and we give up something. ... Who has the right to decide what or what is perfect and eliminate the flawed? ... The goal of any business is to make a profit! ...

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Both of these theories make valid points, and have strong proof. In this essay I will compare, and contrast Confucianism with Mill's theory. ... All humanity is good and always striving to be better, be loyal and live upright. ... Both theories are considered moral, and deal with what is, and what is not moral. ... Both philosophies feel education is good, thus they both believe that cultivation or gaining education is good. ...

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Huck's independence makes him a good person in an evil society. ... It seems ironic that a father should guide him towards goodness, but Pap's crooked belief makes Huck immoral. ... It can be applied that Huck does not believe religion can make a person better. ... His previous experiences helped him recognize what is immoral, and he is able to discern what is right. His independence does not make him different, it made him free from society's inhumane and hypocritical beliefs, making him a morally good person....

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In this essay I will explain what I like and dislike about his "Master Morality" & his antithesis to this, "Slave Morality". ... For such people "good" refers to whatever leads to self-fulfillment with values such as nobility, strength, courage, power and pride. ... They define "good" as what makes life easier, safer, with such qualities as patience, humility, charity, modesty and compassion. ... I think you have to take in account the persons surroundings, what influences the person has had in their life. ... This overhaul of thought makes his master morality concept look alittle weak and fur...

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This essay is exploring human behaviour both from an individual point of view, as well as considering society as a whole. ... The next step of the essay is to reflect on what course of action is considered to be ethical and how the judgements can be attained. ... The problem of trying to understand human behaviour has been discussed for a long time, but the outcome does speak for the matter due to the fact that there are many factors that make every individual act in a unique way. ... In contrast to what has been said about possibility to classify human behaviour, Dilthey proposed that "what m...

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This is the main focus of my essay and I will examine the views on both, for and against. Firstly, the term "Euthanasia" come from the ancient Greek word meaning "Good Death", which is used to refer to voluntary rather than compulsory euthanasia. ... At present euthanasia is illegal therefore this makes a patient's choice of suicide more difficult and may affect them emotionally but they may feel they have no other option as the pain is unbearable. ... In conclusion to what has previously been mentioned, I can say that euthanasia, in my personal opinion, is regarded as both good and b...

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Everyone knows someone that can make his or her sunny day turn into a rainy, gloomy day. ... What comes to mind when you have to deal with these types of people? ... It makes you question "Are we naturally good? ... However, for as much bad there was good. ... What caused this change in the former, unpleasant attitude of the people of New York? ...

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This is the argument presented by Peter Singer in his essay The Singer Solution to World Poverty. ... The truth is that the average American family is just doing a perfectly good job at living in a capitalistic society. ... What about the irresponsible parents of these children? ... As a result he grows poor crops and barely makes enough money to live on. ... But what happens when we get what we wished for? ...

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Summing it up, one can do what is morally right for themselves based on the feeling it gives them regardless of good or bad. ... This plays heavily on a person's pleasures and conscience to do what is morally right and yet get a good feeling pleasure from it. ... (Pursuit of the Good. ... The obligation to make restitution for harm done, 3. ... The obligation to do good to other, 6. ...

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Good vs. ... For example, in the epic "Beowulf", Christianity is seen in the theme of good vs. evil. Beowulf, the good heroic figure battles three evil monsters, Grendel, the troll wife, and the dragon. ... The Knight had to travel to many places to look for the answer to the question what do women really want. ... In this era the common themes are virtue and moral teachings, and good vs. evil. ...

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Essay on "Z for Zachariah" Mr Loomis is an insane character in the novel "Z for Zachariah. ... She is a caring young woman who is more than willing to help with what she can and also lives in that fashion with her surroundings. ... The thing that makes her an essentially good person is that she doesn't resort to violence to solve her problems. ... When she witnessed Edward's death, she still wished good upon him... Ann Burden is both good and caring in almost every manner. ...

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These authors create sections of the narrative, working together to tell a good story. ... What prevents users from harassing each other or destroying other peoples' stories? What would cause people to put in the effort to create a particularly good story? ... However, people's natural tendencies to want to accumulate external markers of status, no matter what their true worth, can make it a powerful tool. ... A third way to make status meaningful is to assign concrete privileges and roles to users with high status. ...

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