Lets picture what the world would be like if their were no God. ... There are cultures and then there are societies. ... So what if there were no religions? ... Would there be no morality? ... A society would only do this based on a set of beliefs, and if there were no beliefs, due to no God, then there would be nothing to base it on. ...
I agree with Wineman because I ask myself all the time that if we (human beings) were created by God, then how was God created to create us? ... No one knows who this intelligent designer could be because there is no proof. ... When Jesus walked the Earth, everyone was to live by his teachings, but there were those who did not live righteously. ... I believe that God is real and he is almighty, but there is still no way of proven that God is real. Faith is the key to believing that God is real and is one is strong in their faith, then no one can tell them that God is not real. ...
If there were some action that were going to be taken upon two people, and this action affected on person in a very negative way, but barely affected the other person, it would make sense not to perform the action. ... Franklin then figured that if fish eat one another then there is no problem with eating fish at all. ... If a morally relevant difference means that humans are able to determine what's morally right and wrong, then no, I do not believe that humans possess a morally relevant difference. ... It is true that if non-humans were left out of the principle, it would be no diffe...
If euthanasia is to benefit someone's life then I believe that there should be no distinction between active and passive euthanasia. ... Given parallel examples, it is easy for us to conclude that there are no moral distinction between killing and letting die. ... According to Nesbitt's difference thesis, the second case would have morally been 'better', but since both were intended to kill it is not morally better and therefore showing that there is no moral difference between killing and letting die. ... If there is no distinction between killing and letting die then we...
If emotions were kept in check and one did remorse over their unfortunate illness, pain, loss of belongings and those close to them than no feeling of sorrow would be felt. ... Then what is happiness? ... For example if a person hopes that a cure will be found for their illness and there is not, then disappointment will befall them. ... Rights decisions where those that where made with integrity and wrong ones were those that were driven by desire and emotions. ... It is seen that health is more suitable than sickness, and no pain more suitable than suffering. ...
And the fact that I had to search for the background story of the lyrics and then saw the meaning and the value of that song seemed no enough to be the ultimate 'aesthetic value. ... I do not insist that being typical 'American folk song like music' is no of aesthetic value. ... And my answer is 'yes', with no doubt. But there needs to be some conditions as well. ... In a nutshell, an aesthetic value is what makes you feel sense and then think the embedded 'beauty' that you were not able to detect easily. ...
His theory believes that if there is a moral rule that is in place, then it should always be followed. ... The first question being, what rule would you be following if you were to perform this act? Meaning is there a moral rule that is already in place? ... If you were to falsify your tax records then you would be following the rule of lying. ... If that occurred then it would be alright for everyone to lie in all situations which would lead to a society with no trust, privacy, or security among many other things. ...
There would be no order and no protection in our world. People would be senselessly hurt and their goods stolen, there would be no legal justice only street justice, and that would only continue the cycle. ... If these ancient sets of laws were never formed, we would still b in the same shape the ancient people were. There would be no way to keep order and there would be nothing accomplished. ... One thing that is for certain is that these documents were a vital part of how ancient civilizations were run. ...
In comprehensive terms, relativism appeals to the idea that there is no absolute ethical standard independent of cultural context to act as a criterion of right and wrong, by which we may judge moral action. ... And if morality for any given person is contingent upon their beliefs, then is it possible to be mistaken? ... Similarly, the cultural relativist may appeal to single- state relativism which asserts that we have no right to condemn the conduct of those who came before us, in ages with different moral standards because, as it is commonly put, "things were different then- Perhaps e...
"There is no endpoint to the building of a human being " (Condic, 24). ... There are programs out there to help ease the cost. ... Most teenagers that I know would not want to terminate a pregnancy if you were to ask them while they were not pregnant. ... I think these young teens would still keep their pregnancy if there was no fear telling parents, or being humiliated by peers. ... Finer tells us that most of these women that gave this response were starting college (Finer, 2) These were young women who felt they were just starting out in their lives and that they wanted to receive and educa...
Later I will present, and then defend, my argument to ultimately reach the conclusion that a utilitarian's view of the Penn State child abuse scandal should be rejected. ... I will then give an overview of the Penn state child abuse scandal as well as the people involved and decisions made. ... It does not acknowledge one's pleasure or pain more or less important than another's; no matter the situation. ... I argue that there should be no reason, no matter the situation, that a person should see or know about a situation such as this and not do something to prevent further oc...
Aquinas believed that if you had no knowledge of an end then you would live your life as if there was no end. ... However the person who believes in God and afterlife knows that when they die there will be no more sadness and suffering because if God created all beings and God is Happy, then they will be happy as well in the afterlife. ... Contradictions to that theory is, that If we are all good there would be no crime or violence in the world, and if we believe in God and an afterlife there would be no need for confessions and going to church to be forgiven for your sins. If we believed in t...
When "the beast" was introduced, Golding described it as, "There were eyes, teeth, claws" (100). ... There was the throb and stamp of a single organism.... Jack felt no remorse toward his death in saying to Ralph, "There isn't a tribe for you anymore! ... Jack, then launches his spear towards Ralph in a near attempt of death. ... They have no empathy. ...
"When it hit me all of a sudden that here was the plain hand of Providence slapping me in the face and letting me know m wickedness was being watch all the time from up there in heaven, whilst I was stealing a poor old woman's nigger that hadn't ever done me no harm, and now was showing me there's One that's always on the look out, and ain't a-going to allow no such miserable doings to go only just so fur and no further. ... He try to pray but no words could come out of his mouth. ... Then he decided to write the letter and after that he would try to pray again. ... Th...
If fate were to necessitate a cause, then then Chrysippus would have to agree that it is unjust to give someone praise or blame for their actions. ... And if our actions, or impulses, were caused by externals, then it would also mean that assent would be from external causes, since the Stoics believe that impulses must come from asset (Long & Sedley, p. 317). ... Or if my fate were to not be healed, then going to the doctor would have no bearing on my fate of not being healed, so I should just stay home and be lazy since one or the other must be my fate. ... There is still no clear distinction...
If the choice is up to them, then there should be no arguments about the subject. ... As you can plainly see, this would definitely be considered unethical human testing because these people that were being tested on had no choice what so ever, and it was either be tested on and tortured with all these horrible acts, or die. ... All these patients would be great for researchers tests, and would probably be very useful to doctors who are coming out with, and trying to discover new ways to cure sicknesses that we have no cure for yet, but they are very hard to come by, and even if they were e...
If very little or no happiness would come from this then the rule should be followed. ... It would bring unhappiness to a lot of people so it is a definite no. ... (Kant) "Don't kill" is a definite no in Kant's beliefs. ... Then he explains to us what "good" is. ... If this supposition were true, the charge could not be gainsaid, but would then be no longer an imputation; for if the sources of pleasure were precisely the same to human beings and to swine, the rule of life which is good enough for the one would be good enough for the other... ...
Wilmut and his colleagues then "starved" those cells, so they would stop growing and dividing. The biologists then used electricity, which caused the new "nucleus" to unite with the "enucleated oocytes", and then forced the cell's to divide. 276 of the different eggs and cell's were fused together, of those 276 eggs; only 29 survived and were implanted into 13 ewes. ... Many types of family relationships were considered harmful but later showed to cause no harm to the children. ... The twin has no choice of being the same, and despite there physical similarities, the experiences ...
There are certain issues that I feel that cannot co-exist with both science and religion. ... This is why no one is certain about what is "truth" or what isn't. ... Everyone was created with there own characteristics. ... Anything that does not make one feel good or comfortable with there decision is unethical. ... This is were someone needs to draw the line and say this cannot go on. ...
Without morality we would act on our impulses and desires no matter the consequences. ... Morality for him was based upon these rules that were embedded into the minds of each of person. ... Without feelings no decisions can be determined as moral or immoral. ... If you were raised to think speeding is wrong and the community you live in does not speed, then you will believe speeding is immoral. ... Determining whose life is more valuable is impossible because there are no guidelines for what could determine this. ...
Some felt that being deaf was not a life threatening condition and because of this they believed that the screening done on these embryos had no ethical merit or there was a need to question the ethics behind it. ... For example, the article said that out of seven embryos that were tested they found one to be carrying the deafness gene. So, they established that there was one out of seven embryo with the deafness gene, but they failed to mention or state what they were planning to do about it. I felt like there was a piece missing to the puzzle. ... If we could prevent a person from bei...
For the ethical relativist, there are no universal moral standards that can be universally applied to all peoples at all times. ... Kant would argue that no matter the society there are always going to be something that is morally good throughout any type of society. ... This is saying that there is no external source or authority which should determine you thinking about which actions can be universalized. ... In contrast, were one to supplant any of these motivations with the motive of duty, the morality of the action would then express one's determination to act dutifully under any cir...
I lived there until the age of eleven. Then my life was suddenly uprooted to three hours north of everything I ever cared about. ... Although they were labeled the "freaks", they were my only source of reality. ... I had no other ethics, morals, or values. ... "No thanks" were the hardest words to force out of my tiny mouth. ...
Thrasymachus claims that there is only one principle of justice: the interest of the more dominant force. ... And even though there may be no Supreme Being that controls the Earth and its neighboring planets, injustice will still cause harm, leading to more injustice and finally the destruction of the world. ... Therefore, if the following is considered true, then unjust men leads to more unjust men, and then what would happen if unjust men ruled the world. ... It seemed to me in this point in the novel that Glaucon and the other two were tired of Socrates's arguments because they were to...
Conversely, until Aristotle, there were no "agreed principles for moral conduct" thus the term ethical cannot be used within the context of Homers society. ... This would then be consistent with the idea that the gods are logical metaphors for human failure and indeed, successes. ... This change originated in the 5th century BC when Plato proposed a system of deities that had similarities to gods of the Homeric ages, but loved, were generous, and were controlled by their minds as opposed to their desires. ... There is no indication of the benevolent Zeus in the poem- he shows no interest i...
