... of a person. "morals--comes from Latin mores'=custom or usage "moral--what is good or right "immoral--what is bad or wrong. Characteristics of good, bad, right, wrong' a.)'Good' or right'-involve pleasure, happiness and excellence that lead to harmony and creativity. b)'Bad' or wrong'-involve pain, unhappiness and lack of excellence that lead to disharmony and lack of creativity. non moral ... to realize they had done anything wrong. Tend not to have any remorse, regret or concern for what they have done. MORALITY Comes from the Latin morals' meaning customs or manners. Is a social instr...

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... find what they do not already know, which is what virtue is. The hypothesis method is used to find out if virtue is teachable or a natural gift. Socrates and Meno know that if it comes from recollection, it cannot be taught, but if virtue is acquired through experience, it is teachable (79). In order to figure this out, another point is considered ... , "whether virtue is knowledge or something else" (79). If virtue comes from the soul, it must be knowledge and some kind of wisdom. If it is knowledge, than virtue is teachable, but Socrates wants to know if it can even be taught. He asks ...

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... proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain and the privation of pleasure." Mill proves by this statement that we act in a certain way because of the greatest happiness ... that people tend to act that way; however that is not the moral way that people should behave. There is no rational connection between happiness and morality. The simple truth of the matter is that a behavior or action that makes a person happy is not sufficient in establishing that ...

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... organization had touched. Just looking at the variety of people gathering together today: the old widowers; married teenage boys and girls; cross dressers in their strange apparel; lesbians unabashedly holding hands; and gays crying in each others shoulders. I quietly slipped out of the conference hall where our free counseling sessions were ... he knew what to do with, He surely wouldn't be that upset about misplacing this amount. Having recently studied the moral theories of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant, my mind was running. I knew I had a few choices, but which one was right? ...

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... , however, because many of the things we do affect others in our culture to some extent, these views should not be accepted. It allow a person to do whatever they choose and not take responsibility for it even if it hurts someone else. This is why we should move toward a more cultural relativistic view where within a certain culture certain actions become more ... objectively scrutinized. This forces individuals to take responsibility for their actions and hopefully to minimize the negative affects of egoism on a society. Kant takes a stance that neither of these views are the right ones...

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... conduct of a person or the members of a profession. Ethics to me means that I should perform my work in a professional manner, respect others and what they do. Meaning that software/music that someone else worked hard to create does not mean that I can download it for free. Nor does ... alternative? Find a friend that has the same software or find a place to download the software. With the web and 3rd party companies it is becoming easier and easier to download any information that you need whether software or MP3's. Companies like Napster that basically pioneered the file sharing ... ...

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... 30; 421); it also helps to enable a moral system that contains selfless motives. However, while non-contradiction is held in high esteem when it comes to moral matters, the most important matter is the value of human life. What if the maxim that pertains to lying could conceivably be broken so ... had to decide to either tell the truth or to consciously lie, however telling a lie could possibly prevent another person from physical harm, a selfless motive, and telling the truth could certainly bring someone in direct physical harm. While this situation is often the moral conundrum in seve...

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... and a view based on the teachings of Jesus. (Not on "the Bible" but on the teachings of Jesus). Aristotle sees the good life as the state in which a person exhibits total virtue. Aristotle believes the perfect state will bring forth the virtue in men. He also argues that the good life is different for each individual because it comes ... from living one's life according to one's virtues, and each person has different virtues. Aristotle agrees that good life is the exhibition of perfect virtue, he disagrees on ... sees happiness as part of the good life. To Aristotle happiness is the res...

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... a nice concept, utilitarianism has many downfalls. With individual differences and preferences utilitarianism is incapable of differentiating the root sources of utility. While some people may get utility from viewing beautiful scenery and others from performing sadistic acts.3 Does this mean that altruistic acts of helping others and the pleasure that comes with that is equivalent to the pleasure some feel when causing ... harm to others and what would be considered morally 'wrong'? According to Immanuel Kant, father of ... - based ethics. It's holistic approach focuses on the ethi...

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... . A verse that comes to mind for this scenario would be Proverbs 28:19, "He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty (Quest)." This verse warns against abandoning hard work for easy money. I reference this because it makes me think about when a contractor is dishonest and tries to ... given a warning not to let this happen again in the future. The employee however, did not take the warning seriously and was caught doing the same thing on another job and was terminated from his position. A verse that comes to mind in this s...

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... God or an afterlife? In this paper I will argue that Aquinas's view that since God is proved to be the beginning, and the creator of the first being, then there has to be an afterlife as well. My first argument comes from the text " Now everything that is produced through the will of an agent is directed to an end by ... be happier because you have a starting point to knowing true happiness. If God is good and all happiness is good then why not believe in God. The purpose of life is happiness and having your own free will, and Aquinas believed that the strongest faculty of will comes fr...

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... are not automatically born with it. Basketball offers the opportunity to learn sportsmanship, teamwork, ethical behavior, confidence, poise, positive discipline and perseverance. It is considered a shared space sport with subjective judgment involved and has the potential for problems. Subjective judgment comes from referees decisions, coaches input, strategies, substitutions or any outside intervention into the sport. In coaching basketball, my athlete does not ... path to achieving their goal. Basketball players need to learn to play though mistakes. I believe it's critical to never g...

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... such an education as he did himself and reap the benefits as he does. His opening of the school is an act of charity because he sees he can teach others how to reach the greatness. Even when Franklin decides to clean the streets, he comes up with the best possible plan because ... he feels it is something he ought to do. "Some may think these trifling matters not worth minding or relating" (143), says Franklin. He has a different point of view. He said he would clean up the streets so he did. And now, he ... virtue to his success. Because Franklin is a perfectionist, he centers his work...

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... of her children. Helmer assures her, in his male conceit that "early corruption generally comes from the mother's side, but of course the father's influence may act in the same way and this Krogstad had been poisoning his own children for years past by a life of lies and hypocrisy, that's why I call him morally ruined-. For forty-eight hours Nora battles for her ... ideal, never doubting her husband for a moment. She was so absolutely sure that she would rather kill herself than have him take the blame for her act. The end comes, and with it the doll's house tumbles down ... and Nora d...

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... to see the consequences of their actions. David realized this after God told him that his son through Bathsheba would not live. David's sense of right and wrong became diminished by his desire for Bathsheba. It is part of human nature to covet the things of desire. Acknowledging the consequences of actions allows for ... the capacity to resist and to grow as a person. David first realizes that he has committed a sin when Nathan comes to him with the story of the sheep. "So he took the female lamb of the man of little means ... and got it ready for the man that had come in to him."# Davi...

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... if it is not merely in agreement with duty but also for the sake of duty. Also, he believes that an action's moral value comes from the maxim that guides the action. The morality of an action, therefore, must be assessed in terms of the motivation behind it. For example ... someone happy or provide a benefit. However, Kant disagrees. An outcome or goal cannot be unconditionally good. Wealth is something that can easily be misused and what we think is beneficial can create more harm. Hoping to achieve some sort of goal, no matter how positive it seems, can never purely be ... the comman...

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... the pleasure of physical contact (Alan Goldman, "Plain Sex"). "Pleasures of physical contact" might not specify sexual pleasure accurately enough. An additional complication is that a gender difference in the experience and conceptualization of sexual pleasure might exist. Also, someone might experience sexual desire yet have no idea what to do as a result of having it, no idea that physical contact, or ... each person is respecting the other as an autonomous agent capable of making up his or her mind about the value of the activity. If we are to understand sex and appreciate it on its ...

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... he sent his son in-law to find the god Apollo to find out want to do to stop this plague. So, his son in-law comes back and relays the message to Oedipus that the way to cure the plague is to bring the killer of Laius to justice through death or exile. Yet ... threats to this murderer. When, in all actuality, he is digging his own grave. Later on Oedipus realizes that he was actually the murderer of Laius and that Laius was his own father. So, after Laius died Oedipus married the queen (Laius" wife) which happened to be his own mother. So according ... than in Oedipus. But knowing thysl...

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... looked horrible and his horse died. On page 323 a customer of Tom's said that he was taking advantage of him. Tom stated "the devil take me if I have made a farthing!"  Not only is Tom showing his greed, but he is also lying. As he states this, the devil comes and takes him ... away. Irving's message on greed is, it can lead to corruption and your ultimate demise. Tom showed many examples of his immoral values throughout the story. In the middle of the story on ... page 320, the devil asked him to guide a slave ship and Tom refused because it was morally wrong.  However he has no...

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... a virtuous action, the action will not be virtuous because that action will be committed in ignorance. An involuntary action is an act done through ignorance and which is later regretted by the agent. A non-voluntary action is an action done through ignorance which later is not regretted by the agent. Aristotle makes ... a distinction between an act carried out due to ignorance and an act carried out in ignorance. Actions done through ignorance can never be condoned. For an act to be voluntary once must know who the agent ... is ,what the agent is doing, what the person is affected, th...

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... is immoral. It is extremely difficult to justify between them because there is such a big grey area in between them and people's opinions are not all the same and vary greatly. This all comes under the topic of ethics and moral relativism. Ethics are the moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior or some may define it as moral correctness of a specified conduct ... use it. He would not stop to consider all the lives he would be affecting and judging whether what he is doing is right or wrong. Obviously this is an extreme example and will not happen in our everyday lives...

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... the hospital. This baby was not born with the knowledge of being kind nor evil but with a pure state of mind. Not knowing what is right and wrong, virtue can guide people to knowing what is good. But what exactly is virtue? According to Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics, virtue is described as neither ... a courageous person but a fearless madman who is incapable of feeling any fear. They would not stand firm against anything but rather become cowards when overwhelming danger comes (Book III, ch.7). Same goes for being overly cowardice; they won't be in the right state to be virtuous. T...

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... showing the controversies in those points. First of all, secular side says that since society cannot function well unless individuals have moral virtue, and since that individuals cannot separate from the society, morality pays for the self-interest. For example, people follow the etiquette because they believe ... long run with good interpersonal relationships. However, as Layman argues, although it seems that the institution of morality pays for individuals who participate and for those who are consciously thinking about return payment, this is not always true. There is no absolute guar...

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... year. I was told that football was too dangerous; there was a possibility that I could suffer a fatal injury. Who wishes for their teenager to be crippled for life? For those young men and women whose parents disagree with their particular choice of sport; I suggest poker. After all, poker is America's past time. However, for every person that claims baseball as America's past time ... possess a great deal of mathematical intelligence, which gives them an edge. Knowing the odds on a hands winning potential is requirement for being a good poker player. It also requires physical stamina a...

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... opportunity to become a qunzi or perfect man. In politics, Confucianism advocates a government in which the subjects are respectful and obedient. Leaders should set examples for the people and cultivate moral perfection. The two philosophies differ greatly as the Taoist would say that it is wrong for someone to strive ... The idea of a qunzi, in the Taoist eyes is ridiculous. There is no person that can say that someone else is perfect. And if one tries to teach the way to perfection, then that "teacher" is not living the way. Politically speaking, the Confucian idea of a ... and no one ...

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