There are also other problems confronting relativism but it is worthy to note that there are several different forms of relativism and each comes with its own set of queries, weaknesses and strengths. ... (Westermarck, 412) It is worthy to note here that Westermarck is not promoting this opinion, he is merely recognizing it, as he is a relativist. ... More to the point, it seems obvious that what exactly counts as a society is rather obscure (Shaw, 16) and is becoming even more so in the regions of mixed ethnicity that are becoming more and more common place. ... Arguments on the side of...

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The problem also lies in the fact that by raising wages, a firm naturally fires or hires less people which leaves more people unemployed or forced to work truly horrendous jobs such as in the case of the note sent in by David Pogue recounting his aunt working in prostitution. ... Although it may seem like common sense that one must give people a livable wage, the claim can be made that it should not be raised. ... Again, as seen in David Pogue's note to the NY times, these sweatshops are giving some people a way out of truly awful situations that they would be forsaken to should wages be ...

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That it was time for a shift of the burden and benefits scale to more equally reflect all of those who have worked hard to promote the common good of that society. ... In this instance King felt that his duty to obey the laws would not serve the common good as the laws were not laid out with the common good of all of society in mind, the Negro race was set to carry a heavier burden and receive a lesser benefit. Martin Luther King made it very clear when he said that "In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnifice...

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The common man loses this distinguishing feature, while the gentlemen retains it" (Mencius 91). ... What he means, is that in tending to "sense organs" or the "lesser members" of man, such as the mouth and stomach, results in immediate gratification; however, in tending to the "greater member", the heart, he receives a pleasure that is equal to or even more than that of primal desires. ... It is important to note, though, that Mencius does not say anything about acting upon this sight of suffering. ...

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Through speech, men develop a common moral determination for what is just and unjust, and naturally form political societies in the acquisition of virtue. ... He describes speech as, "a characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, of just and unjust, and the like, and the association of living beings who have this sense makes a family and a state" (Politics Book I.ii). ... Although it appears Aristotle and Machiavelli disagree on the role of virtue should play in political life, it is important to note that their definition of virtue does not derive from the sa...

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The common reaction, for example, upon hearing of Paul Bernardo' s torture and murder of Leslie Mahaffy and the subsequent mutilation of her body, is one of reprobation, outrage, and even revulsion. ... It is the common-sense view that such attitudes are justified in the face of harm done and that they should be conveyed to the criminal. ...

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