As these readings show, one common personality trait shared by non-conformists is a heightened sense of morality. ... " With Brandt's heightened sense of moral value, she refused to move forward with the experiment. ... " All non-conformists from the three mentioned readings shared a common personality trait. All possessed a heightened sense of morality and maintained a strong sense of moral values despite any unjust policy or law. Many laws are put into place to strengthen a community and maintain a sense of balance. ...

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Another approach we can give to moral decisions is common sense. Aristotle supports that what most of the people think ("the appearances", or "the common beliefs"), are probably true. The way I see it, is that common sense is how we think about something, and what makes us decide from one thing from another. Sometimes when we make a decision we are certain about it, because of common sense tells us that we are right in our actions. ... That is why common sense cannot be applied all the time. ...

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The fact that he is so set in his ways of what he believes in makes his sense of self very central to the play, in the sense that it creates the whole storyboard. ... More becomes alone on his journey from wealth and class to almost a common man, and then to the tower, which leads to the blade. Mores sense of self continues to extend right through the play, because More knows who he is! ... The fact of More keeping his sense of self through the play erupts such controversy with the other characters shows that without More the story would really be pointless. ... More met the fait of deat...

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Unfortunately ignorance is bliss and the consequences of this so common ideology are so horrifying that many cannot even bear to believe entirely factual statistics. ... The most fundamental argument for pro lifers, in a sense that it is so basic and logical that it can really not be refuted. ... As one can see, the main pro-abortion argument can easily be refuted using logic and common sense, however, the main reason against abortion is extremely solid, therefore one should conclude that abortion is wrong. ... This has to be stopped, because if our society continues to move along the same pa...

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Common sense is often something individuals lack when it comes to pleasing a crowd. ... In "Group Minds," Doris Lessing asks: "If we know that individuals will violate their own good common sense and moral codes in order to become accepted members of a group, why then can't we put this knowledge to good use and teach people to be weary of group pressure?" ... Since the beginning of time people have depicted themselves as being individuals in every sense of the word. ...

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Shoplifting, robberies, gang fighting are the common juvenile crimes whereas homicides as well as rapes are the serious ones. ... Nonetheless, it is unproblematic to integrate the crimes and to draw a conclusion that what present teenagers lack are the proper values of live, a foundation of dignity, certainty in moral judgment and a sense of responsibility. ...

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The 'mind-forged manacles' represent the disturbing sounds of clanking metal chains which were common during this time period. ... The metaphorical usage throughout the poem gives the reader a sense of what London was like in the 1700's....

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Ironically, he contributed to his own self-destruction, as his false sense of invincibility led him to believe that regardless of the circumstance, he was always in complete control. ... Now, Hamlet did recognize this, but was simply too casual in his own control, displaying a sense of immeasurable confidence. ... The one common characteristic shared by all of the people in Denmark, regardless of their rank in the hierarchy is corruption. ...

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According to Menzel, it is a deep-rooted belief in the professionalization of public service in the United States that public managers should not voice or act on their sense of morality while holding public office; thus, be moral mutes. ... He also contends that a moral impulse is necessary for the common good of a democratic society. ... It makes administrators seem inhumane, in a sense. ...

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Morality attempts to "improve" human beings by creating that sense of good and evil which only puts shackles on man's true desires and natural instincts. ... The common view of morality is one that holds suppression of instincts as good and free to follow desire as bad. ... Everything good is instinct-and therefore easy, necessary, and free." (27,2) In comparison to today's common beliefs, Nietzche's views on morality may seem some what radical. ...

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In a setting like that of New York City, it may be very common to see individuals that are only focused on how they can survive in a society in which selfish tendencies are instilled. ... In de Waal's essay he states that "Charles Darwin...had warned in The Origin of the Species: " I use the term Struggle for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense including dependence of one being on another" (650). ... This common goal for unity was sadly accomplished through devastating actions against the city, but nonetheless it brought the people of New York together. ... Even though Septe...

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The most common argument against relativism in general runs thus: " the variety of moral judgements no more justifies the denial of moral objectivity than the diversity in judgement about the course of things disproves the objectivity of the truth." ... 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. ... "Ethical Relativity may mean, in the first place, that moral value is relative to the subject asserting it or to the type of soci...

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If we define a "culture" in terms of a common set of values and place no limits on how small cultures can be, allows for us, in accordance with the cultural relativist theory, to make anything we want to be right by forming our own subculture with the appropriate value system. ... "Moral Relativism is a common response to the deepest conflicts we face in our ethical lives" David Wong. ... As far as the question of cultural relativism being a plausible theory of the nature of morality is concerned, I would have to say no, it is not a plausible theory, rather a "common response". Simply becaus...

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This unethical choice made by the players and coaches reflected poorly on their sense of character. ... Other players echoed, saying it was common for some players to smoke marijuana before games. ... The idea to shoulder your responsibilities and seek the common good, also to love your neighbor. ... The idea to seek the common good should be in every player. ...

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The moral compass of natural law would bring an end to segregation and discrimination that had been forced on the black members of society through hundreds of years of positivist law that unfairly disbursed the burdens of the society in the pursuit of the common good. 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...

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The most common argument against abortion is that since the embryo is a "living- organism that abortion itself can be classified as murder. ... Those who oppose abortion should also at least be against the use of birth control because in a sense it is the same practice as abortion only at an earlier stage. ... They are not physically or consciously there with you, however, they still are very much alive although this also is a different situation in the sense that the pregnant mother and her rights would not be a factor in such a case. Another common argument for the pr...

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When those who practice it help society in any way, they feel a sense of relief knowing that they committed a moral act. ... Giving during this time of need is extremely common. ... Egoism is the sense of having self-interest rather than major concern for another person. ... Once our wishes have been fulfilled, there is an easy sense to want to go and make another person happy. ... Altruism has been known to give people a sense of happiness. ...

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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. ... Animals do have a sense of what is right and wrong. ... To a human, the common view of this is that it is morally wrong. ... When Singer suggests that the principle should not be limited to humans, it seems to make sense. ... I feel that animals do have a sense of what is wrong or right and what is good or bad. ...

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In the preface Kant explains that he would proceed analytically from common knowledge to the formulation of its supreme principle and then back again synthetically from an examination of the principle and its origins to the common knowledge in which we find its application. ... Philosophers are meant to make sense out of the way in which we decide something is good or bad, much in the same way that Sir Isaac Newton described the way in which physical objects behave. ... Kant believed that man was self-determining in the sense that while he isnt able to control what happens in the world, he has...

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A common Belief in a god or gods gives a foundation for morality among peoples, as well as a reason for societies to remain together. ... Rather than a sense of pure justice, Athena's intervention in the human realm is driven by emotion, namely her compassion for Odysseus. ... I willed it, Athena says; she does not will it out of any sense of higher justice, she does not will it for the good of humankind she wills it out of sheer sympathy for Odysseus. ...

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Frequently they are the morals that are common by a group of people, and each different 'people' or 'society' has rather dissimilar ideas about what is correct and what is incorrect. ... Ethics tries to create a sense of right and wrong in the organizations and often when the law fails, it is the ethics that may stop organizations from harming the society or environment. Most of us would agree that it is ethics in practice that makes sense; just having it carefully drafted and redrafted in books may not serve the purpose. ...

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An ethical dilemma is a common type of situation that involves two or more morally correct courses of action that cannot both be followed, placing the agent in a precarious position (Purtilo & Doherty, 2011). ... Ethical dilemmas involve weighing personal values, beliefs and sense of right and wrong. ... The sixth step is evaluating the outcome of the action chosen, being sympathetic towards the parents and trying to find common ground. ...

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We now often refer to ethical judgments or ethical principles where it once would have been more common to speak of moral judgments or moral principles. ... In this sense, ethics is equivalent to moral philosophy. ... The personal privacy issue is way to common in many institutions today. ...

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He did not suppose that barnacles would worry about the temperature of their water, but rather held the idea of 'qualia', a sense of feeling, an ability of sentience that gives rise to the concern of animals moral status and the protection of their welfare. ... It is a common idea that the foundation of human sentience and thus their acknowledgement for a moral status is based on many characteristics - sex for pleasure, ability to communicate within the species, and family ties, to name a few, however none of these seem independent to human beings. ... Is could be suggested that ani...

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Well, Matheny asserts how his theory is higher-ranking towards other ethical assumptions, basically meaning that utilitarianism can be relevant when facing any type of circumstances through either genuine statistical benefits or even simple common sense. ...

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