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...

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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...

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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. ...

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"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...

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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...

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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...

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"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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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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...

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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...

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No matter what anyone does in life there is always a leader or some form of leadership involved. ... In this situation there are no physical laws being broken. ... Then there are label opinions and this is a sensitive area as well. ... Then there is being objective. ... There is a need to watch inclusive language so that no one is offended. ...

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It is logical to conclude that if animals do suffer, then they are indeed an object of our moral concern. ... There is a diverse range of opinions to consider; cartesians for example maintain that animals do not have moral status, due to their lack of conscious and thus they have no well-being to take into consideration. ... This appears to be flawed as faking injury is no stranger to the human mental capacity, and thus this shows no insight to the animals apparent mental states. ... " Both Descartes and Harrison hold the opinion that animals are sentient automata, and were committed to t...

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The damage did not end there. ... The team then made an immediate attempt to irrigate her eye. ... The surgeon then contacted the chief surgeon, and along with the American nurse left to meet at the chief surgeon's home. ... The final overriding factor is whether or not there were any incapacitating factors. ... It is then believed that the individual should not be held fully responsible for his or her actions. ...

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Since there is no real system for international law companies need to make their own decisions of what is right or wrong. ... This study found that in marketing related activities the ethics were weaker. ... The study also found that the younger generations were less ethical. ... People in their 30's may have that mind set because they were growing up in the 80's where people then thought that the ends justified the means. Back then people were more into making money and business than they were about people or ethics. ...

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Then there are the little things we're all familiar with: FAX machines that display a "paper jam" error when no paper is jammed anywhere, bosses whose smooth-talking voices threaten to induce instant catatonia, computers that take forever to shut down, and the use of Tetris as an antidote to the 9-to-5 blahs. ... Then again. Then again. ... In addition, since the building went up in flames, there is no way of proving that Peter, Michael and Samir were the ones who stole the money. ... Then, Mr. ...

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That is, the principle of do no harm, and the right to safety because there will be no opting out and no rescheduling of the patients. ... Respect would also be upheld as stated in #1 of the Nursing Code of Ethics, if there was no more conscience rule. I am also sacrificing the same values that were upheld in solution #1. ... However, as stated previously, the employees knew that in the reproductive clinic abortions were going to be performed. They had the option then, to state their belief and moral ethics pertaining to the situation. ...

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There are two common systems of thought regarding ethics. ... The absolutist views ethics much like the scientist views nature, that there is a truth out there waiting to be discovered and explained, and once explained everything else falls into place. ... He then leaves the scene, of which there were no witnesses, and hurries home. ... His parents must decide which of their options is morally correct, and then choose that option. ... Without morals there would be no justice ...

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Next you would have to analyze the final ruling from a corporate perspective and then we must examine the macro issue of corporate responsibility in order to attempt to find a resolution for cases like these. ... Even employees, or sub-contractors, that were directly involved with the production were not aware of the incompetence on the part of the testing department. ... They are still to be held responsible for any errors that their products cause, no matter the magnitude. ... The government permanently removed National from its approved contractors list and then National set out to untangle...

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There would be uncontrollable murders, thief, rapes, and looting. The opinions of different great people were criticized by Plato. ... There is the fact that if you have no morals there would be no respect towards others. ... There would be no punishment for these crimes. An elimination of the usage of praise while thoughts of ethics is scary to all of us as it makes accusations that there is no means of correct or incorrect. ...

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There are three questions that must be answered when talking about the tyrant that is described in Plato's "Republic-. ... Pretty much Socrates just describes the man that no one wants to be ruled by. ... Or if he himself happens to need anything ¼ isn't he willing to fawn on them and make every gesture of friend-ship, as if he were dealing with his own family... He says: "There's a big difference between them. ... Then the conversation goes to whether or not I find his reasons persuasive. ...

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It seems logical to assume that if individuals were offered financial incentives then they would be more willing to donate a kidney. ... Sandel, compared the blood donation system in the UK, where there is no monetary incentive to donate blood, and the United States, where there is one. ... Now, if you first create poverty and then tell poor people that you'll give them money but only if they give you their organs in return, then you add insult to injury. ... While it is true that most individuals have two kidneys so they can spare one, there is no guarantee that the person really will b...

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However, there was a girl who made me no longer concern about my ethic code at that time. She has been a friend of mine since we were in kindergarten. We were always nice to each other as well as tried to understand each other. ... After 14 years believing that personal ethic code, there was an unexpected thing happened to me. ... Then, I went home and talked to my mother about it. ...

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