Hobbes defines the state of nature as state of humanity which can exist only with absolute equality and freedom among humans (each human has the capacity and freedom to kill another human being). ... He determines good as what the human desire, and defines evil as what the human tries his best to avoid. ... He defines virtue as qualities admired by men like, compassion, generosity, courage, and pity. ...
Since there is no set definition for ethics let's first attempt to define it. Ethics refers to standards of right and wrong, virtues, honesty, compassion, and loyalty. ... They conduct workshops to define values, display missions and goals on posters and in manuals; they conduct company orientations for the new employees and advocate the company's values and what they stand for. ... In reality the companies values and morals are defined by the actions of its executives. ...
The narrator shows kindness and compassion, still trying to help Oscar write and translate his lecture. ... To apply Hume's Subjectivism to the short story, the action must be defined. ... This definition requires many terms to be more clearly defined. ... Now that the Categorical Imperative has been completely defined it can be used to evaluate the action, buying a second hand fan for Oscar. ... The utility of an action is defined, as the total amount of pleasure an action would produce if performed plus the total amount of pain an action would produce if performed. ...
Furthermore, Himmelfarb observes that, "Public officials in particular shy away from the word immoral, lest they be accused of racism, sexism, elitism, or simply a lack of compassion- (Himmelfarb 8). ... The word family, as defined in Webster's New World College Dictionary, means a social unit consisting of parents and the children they rear. ...
Euthanasia is defined as the act of intentionally killing someone to relieve pain and suffering. ... So in this instance killing via murder is only worse because we are actively trying to end someone's life for our personal gain whereas in passive euthanasia it is more out of compassion. ...
Part of striving to be a good human being is being able to grasp these "non moral " virtues such as compassion, and turn it into something good and useful. ... I define chaos as anything that would disturb the peace of society on a large scale, an example being a robbery or crime in general. ...
