This comes from the theory of the universal law, which says that an action is only moral if the reason for performing it could be a reason everyone could have (ICE). ... Kant says that an act is considered moral if it's done for the sake of duty and if it can be a universal law. ... Under this system, eventually the majority will produce enough unhappiness because of the many acts where people would feel unjust, that the sole purpose of utilitarianism will contradict itself. ... For example, Kant believes that there are no exceptions for moral laws. ... Kant says that a good act without...

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Its appeal mostly comes from the fact that it focuses on social reform and changing unjust laws and policies. ... The ultimate end-goal of Utilitarianism is eudaimonia, or happiness, and the greatest concern is how we can rid our society of laws, institutions and practices that are unjust. ... The concept of incorporating a moral theory that would change unjust practices, institutions and policies is indisputably good. ...

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In a matter of principles in the workplace, often times the law is in favor of productivity rather than morality. ... She was not fired, however, she was demoted and chose to resign because she felt she was being unjustly penalized for her ethical convictions. ...

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King vowed that until the Negro members of society were granted the same rights as the white man he would continue to violate those laws which were morally unjust in an attempt to bring about justice stating that "It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. ... King implies that until the morally unjust laws cease to be thrust upon generations of Negros they cannot be satisfied, laws will not be granted authority until moral factors are considered for all races. ... Wallace also implied that without the authoritative power those laws would cease to be laws and the...

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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 Aristotle recognizes that political societies and statesmen may face threats from foreign and domestic forces, his political societies are founded on a group of citizen's mutual...

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The open letter, "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," by Martin Luther King Jr., was written to his ministers in a response to their criticism about his actions in Birmingham. He wrote it in April of 1963 when segregation was at its peak in the South. The increased violence, and social injustice caused ...

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Kant argues that in subjecting oneself to law, agents voluntarily limit their own freedom but freely chooses the limitation. ... Without the power to challenge law, whether moral or political, an agent must adhere to unjust regimes, immoral community standards or harsh civil codes. ... Political laws, by definition, limit freedom of action while moral laws, by definition, limit freedom of thought and action subversively. The essence of the Kantian ethic resides in universal law because it would be illogical for a universal law to be rejected. ... While it is quite obvious that Kant argues seve...

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The system attempts to make a statement about whether an action is moral or immoral, just or unjust, often with the goal is for the vast majority, ideally everybody, to conform to a given moral theory so that the best, most ethically sound world would come into existence. ... This theory must include some form of natural law to govern the natural rights that a person might inherently have and be able to therefor express to some degree. ... When a person has given consent to be subjected to a series of restrictions, such as a government or other system of rules or laws, they agree that they wi...

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In addition to the final act of the lottery itself, immorality is also seen when Tess attempts to offer her daughter and son-in law as an addition to the drawing of papers, all to lesson her own chance of being chosen. ... When the evils of the lottery are in reach to her family, Tess is adamant in renouncing the evils of it and how unjust it is to her. ...

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Are Moral Truths Relative? With many vehement opponents and rivals, relativism was a popular view in the twentieth century. It has widespread appeal to modern society, which is more and more becoming exposed to the diversity of different cultures, peoples, institutions and schools of thought. It was the exposition of this myriad of factors via advances in anthropology which first led to the growth of relativism. However, it is the interaction of these and other factors that poses some tough questions to the fundamental principals of relativism as we shall see in the subsequent discussio...

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