(Plato's The Protagoras pp 79) Humans cannot be noble, just, and couragous but must strive to become these, that is, to live grounded within the rules of absolute truth. "... ... A situational ethicist, viewing the world through sensibility would argue that the general principles for viewing ethical points of view are grounded in human experience and the only absolute truth is change itself. ... Because reflective Judgement from the emperical Laws (situational ethics) to the Universal (Absolute truths) can be established by a priori knowledge, it follows that the Universal, the ground of ...

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Under the most favorable conditions, they may even impact the way specific established speculations are seen. ... For instance, today most leading corporations advertise their dedication to non-economic values under headings such as ethics codes and social obligation charters. ...

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God, Morality, and Meaning in Cormac McCarthy's The Road Erik J. Wielenberg Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road is, among other things, a meditation on morality, what makes human life meaningful, and the relationship between these things and God. While the novel is rife with religious imagery and ideas, it suggests a conception of morality and meaning that is secular in nature. In this paper I show that while the existence of God remains ambiguous throughout the novel, The Road contains both a clear moral code and a view about what makes life meaningful. I describe this moral code and e...

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