However, their thoughts and reactions are influenced by how people think the majority will feel regarding their stand. ... Out of respect for the majority, people often find themselves being obedient to acts they find morally unjustified. ... Most parents instill in their children obedience to both authority and majority. ... Sometimes vacations and places to eat out were decided in a group with the majority winning. ... How can people decide what rules their lives should be governed by when people can't decide whether to have a child or terminate their pregnancy without consulting the...

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Generally in the Deontological system, God determines our duties, rules, and obligations. ... A deontologist lives in a world of morally correct rules and Consequentialists make their decisions based on the appeal of the results. ... (BBC.2014) So basically the morally correct thing to do is to live to better the majority of the people. ... In order to organize our moral experience we must have some set of rules to abide by. ... We must comply with a set of rules or laws and Kantian Ethics typically follow the word of God. ...

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For example, a moral rule used my many individuals is treat others as you want to be treated. People who follow this rule are ethical egoists. ... In the majority of Western countries, it is thought that killing is wrong. ... There is no universal moral rule(s) so thought cannot be applied to it. ...

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The majority of men in Athens will think that Crito and other friends of Socrates are cheap. ... But Socrates argues that the opinion of the majority of men shouldn't matter. ... An athlete should pay attention to the opinions of doctors and physical trainers not the majority of the public (47). ... These are silly worries that the unwise and majority of people consider. ... Socrates answers with the one rule to obtain the "good life", one must never do wrong even when they were wronged themselves. ...

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Empathy and compassion are the two most important values that are shared by the majority of people. Since the majority of people share the same values everything in the community flows fairly well. ... The Swiss live by a very weird and strict set of rules. ... However, travel south to Switzerland and people there are kind of on the uptight side and enjoy having their rules. ...

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Marriage, it is a wonderful thing. A sacred bond between two people who will go through a great journey. marriage seems to be important in all cultures. Since everyone in the world understands the wonderful sanctities of marriage, why shouldn't people do it as many times as they see fit. Many qu...

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Crito also comments on how the majority would frown upon both of their actions. Socrates responds by saying that the opinions of the majority are not of any concern to him. ... As ruler of Thebes Kreon must uphold the rules in spite of how it affects his family. ... Kreon becomes defensive to the words of his son and reiterates that he is the King and no one else has the right to rule the land. ...

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I think that from that we can see that the majority of people are in an abortion - middle ground, yes it does exist, but how to define it is the nest step. ... In what is now considered "civilized" society, it is unethical to kill others for religious sacrifice, to kill those who are in severe pain, or to kill for the good of a majority. ... Until that moment comes, I think that we must rely on set rules that every person has and on governmental enforcement in order to survive in this world. ...

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He represents a majority of people that struggle with trying to do right, but eventually resorting to wrong. ... They live without rules and respect, leading to the breakdown and destruction of the island. ...

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Yet, over the last decade, it's been alleged that to have achieved great success, the team management, as well as the players, have done so by purposefully ignoring the fundamental rules of college sports. ... A former coach stated that, it was well known that Bryant would not go to class unless shepherded, often by a football staff member, and that tutors did a majority of his coursework. ... The rules are clear that if a player was doing drugs, then takes a drug test and it shows positive for those drugs, they are suppose to be suspended and go through certain consequences. ...

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Ethics is defined as, a system of moral principles, the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc. ... This approach goes along with the "Golden Rule, " that every individual is created equal and that you should treat others the way you want to be treated. ... Alcohol is associated with a large majority of hazing activities. ...

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"To forbid the majority the right to pray because the minority objects, is to impose the irreligion of the minority on the majority (Geisler 2)." ... Prayer in school existed 200 years before the court ruled it unconstitutional (Geisler 2). ...

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Kant's golden rule states "Do on to others as you would have them do on to you". ... These actions also go against Kant's golden rule because "Tom" wouldn't want someone to rob him no matter what the reasoning. ... There is much conformity to stereotypical images of what is majority or "natural" behavior". ...

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A majority of the children were killed by lethal injection or starvation and the adults at these killing centers were sent to cleverly disguised shower rooms. ... If we do not then we will become just like those during Hitler's rule who rationalized and compromised the truth enough to commit such crimes. ...

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In this country we are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty but in this case I would say a majority of the public has convicted him even before his trial. ... I do agree with Glaucon's claim but there are always exceptions to the rule. ...

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The examples listed above are ways in which the majority of our society believe technology is for the better and not worse. ... However, in our occasionally unstable and flexible society, the rules are bent. ...

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n one person's perspective may specifically be different in another person's perspective, yet from a rule utility perspective, everyone values some type of work they do, or else they would not work at all. ... The vast majority of people value some type of need to work. ...

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In his masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses satire to expose the racism, injustices and lack of morality in society. Huck and Jim's journey down the Mississippi River allows the reader to examine the attitudes, actions and beliefs of a southern community during the mid t...

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Authority rules and commands with fear like a bully or in Smilla's case a police officer. ... In the decisions we make Mill would say that we need to weigh the outcomes and make our decision based on that outcome that benefits the majority. ...

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