Elisha Dov Hack's essay, "College Life versus My Moral Code," speaks on the issue of Yale University's so called "loose" moral practices and the mandatory rule that students must live on campus (freshman and sophomore year). ... Hack focuses on Yale's views of sexual morality rather than the argument that its students have the right to live off campus when their personal moral code doesn't match the standards set by the school. Throughout "College Life versus My Moral Code," Hack cites examples of the Yale's tolerance towards sexual individualism. ... This supports t...

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In "How Are We To Live," Peter Singer suggests that people should take an ethical approach to find deeper satisfactions in life. ... These people reject Rand's Objectivism philosophy because they are not independent thinkers, unable or unwilling to see the truth of new ideas, who make real life decisions based on what others think about their perception about life. ... Roark achieves the ultimate commercial success and happiness in life by devoting his own thinking and judgment. Rand believes that moral virtue is a requirement of practical success in every endeavor of life. .....

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Everybody has their own ideas of what is right and wrong how a person should live. For some, the way to live your life and live a good life is to live totally for yourself, to do everything solely on the basis that what you do is good for you and the only person that matters in yourself. This not the right moral way to live according to John Stuart Mill. ... But the people who committed these horrific acts, a Muslim radical group known as the Taliban, could if they were so inclined defend them by saying that they were an act of utilitarianism, that is they felt happiness from the suicide attac...

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Following the clear definitions I will also include the types of euthanasia that can end one's life. ... Voluntary euthanasia is when a person decides that they no longer wish to live and are in a position to decide that they are ready to die and they ask someone to perform an act of euthanasia on them. ... A Kant maxim is a rule that what rational human beings should live by in order to live a good moral life. ... Currently the state allows citizens to destroy their bodies and decrease the years they will live, by legalizing certain substances, for example smoking and binge alcohol consu...

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It is what makes the societies that we live in, businesses, governments and at large the world that we live in .Ethics are fundamental to the existence of different bodies to operate and continue in operation, even to times indefinite. ... Ethics can be fully described as the backbone, life blood that supports every living thing (people, businesses, institutions, countries and other organizational bodies) to discern a conduct that enables them to live in congruence and co-ordination devoid of doing any harm through recognizing issues that might cause clash and inharmoniousness within an existi...

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The teaching that life is a gift from god is also taken into account when Christians talk about abortion. "The lord gave and the lord takes away" this quote highlights the belief that god is the giver of life and that life is sacred, and issues such as abortion take away from gods sovereignty. ... Christians believe that euthanasia contradicts the ethical teaching of the sanctity of life as it is central to their faith that all life is sacred and purposeful. Christians argue that humans are made in the image of God and turn to scripture to support this argument "none of us lives...

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The reason for this is due to the fact that new philosophers come into the field of philosophy and have different opinions on various aspects of life. ... This is because the theorists do not take note on their religious views and they focus on current ways of life such as atheism and communism. ... Socrates (470/469 - 399 BCE) Socrates is famous for studying the ways in which people live. He was alive in a time when religion was extremely prevalent and sacred among those who lived in Athens. ... This is a reflection of the evolution of philosophy as more and more we see objective approaches t...

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If God has a plan for us, and knows exactly when we will pass, then how is it possible to alter our life at all? ... Socrates understands that we live under God's jurisdiction, and we must do what is right, to properly serve our duty to God. ... It is very rare that someone is such a detriment to society that it would be permissible to end his or her own life. ... Hume believes that if one does not find happiness in their life, why would they want to endure much more. ... There are certain codes that we must follow to live a long and gratifying, and by ignoring how fortunate and blessed w...

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There are also other beliefs in the Confucian society that they follow and live by. All humanity is good and always striving to be better, be loyal and live upright. ... This belief system also entails the belief that the ultimate personal harmony in life is the relationships one has with: ruler to subject, parent to child, husband to wife, older to younger, and friend-to-friend. ... Besides being a philosophy in my opinion Confucianism is an ethical way of life. ...

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By subjecting animals to a life of loneliness, continuous testing, or any form of torture we are depriving them of their quality of life. ... Such a statement can also be challenged by various animal activists most notably Jane Goodall who showed how non-human hominids display affection, communicate and live in a community. ... However, this does not mean we can abuse our power and decrease the quality of life of others simply because they do not share the same genetic material. ... To only safeguard our own interests is not only selfish and callous but it would deem that any other higher orde...

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In most cases of everyday life, death is viewed as an evil as us individuals have something to live for such as experiences and the future in which death would just be taking away from us. ... Therefore it is said by Rachels (2001, p. 947) that the 'difference between killing and letting die does not itself make a difference to the moral assessment of the actions' but it is instead assessed by other aspects such as the worth of an individual's life and the amount of time that individual has to live, if we were not to interfere. ... The idea that active euthanasia will always be...

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Land is considered private property by many, and most people believe that they can do whatever they please with their own personal property, but there are millions of organisms that live on this planet and rely on the land to survive. ... Land is the foundation in the biotic pyramid, where all life's energy begins. The land gives life to plants, which feed insects, who make up meals for larger animals, which end up being the food for larger carnivores. ... The biotic pyramid says the land is the foundation of life on this planet and all living organisms are somehow connected through ...

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Huck goes on a trip down river with an escaped slave, which defies society's morals itself, and encounters many people and situations that require him to reevaluate himself and whether or not he will choose to live his life as society expects him to. ... The source of all of Huck Finn's troubles throughout the novel is Huck's battle with his conscience over whether or not he should become civilized to please the Widow Douglas, or live the easy life with his father. ... Before Huck decides to leave, he undergoes many weeks of internal arguments as he is pulled out of his civilize...

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The belief in God gives people hope to live moral lives and people believe that God will satisfy their actions by obeying his commands and living a moral life. ... Religious books allow us to understand God, and make it easier for us to live morally. ...

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While it is true that most individuals have two kidneys so they can spare one, there is no guarantee that the person really will be able to live with just one kidney - disease or injury later on could be fatal for a kidney donor. This is even more likely with the poor because of their health, behavior and where they live. ... Last year ABC News reported that Montefiore Hospital in New York voluntarily suspended its live donor organ transplant program after a woman who was trying to donate a kidney to a relative died during an operation (Salahi). ... We should instead try to increase the number...

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We are connected thought the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, the energy we use, and the soil where we live. ... Most of all environmental education enhances the public's understanding of the need for a healthy plant, animal life and biodiversity. ... The Earth is everyone's home and if we want to live on a clean fertile Earth we need to start taking responsibility for our actions. ... Such changes may have devastating consequences for all life on earth and particularly human costs as well. ...

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After learning about Harry's philosophy on life, Dorian then solely focuses on his beauty, which is his true pleasure in life. ... Dorian placed all his attention onto his beauty and there became no room in his life for proper ethics and morals. ... But in Dorian's place and time its safe to say that the civilized Western culture in which he lived carried societal views that prevented individuals from narcissistic thought and encouraged selflessness and natural fulfillment. ... But Harry's narcissism and philosophies on life are what pushed Dorian Gray into the treacherous being...

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One thing that humans and Plants have in common is that for both plants and humans to live we need to obtain the same thing which is nutrition and growth, but Aristotle brushes that notion aside by stating Human Beings and plants also share those same basic necessities with Animals such as oxen, horses and every other type of animal out there. ... In the Penultimate statement Aristotle claims that if you take the ability of a human to reason and, think then you add in our ability to function well, Human beings are living life to the fullest. "Moreover, we take the human function to be a c...

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He describes ethics as being values that guide right and wrong behavior, while morals are deep-seated values that guide right and wrong behavior and ways of life, and the key term for both attributes is "values." ... He states that if administrators can break away from "the habits of the self-serving good which allow public servants to pursue a procedural, quasi-ethical life," he may then place confidence in them. ... Unfortunately, we live in a society that is challenged with moral issues day in and day out, and it is almost impossible to simply disregard the moral and ethical implicatio...

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People like Thomas Carlyle have declared that man can live just as well without happiness. ... Whether man is dedicated to becoming a millionaire, famous, or living a virtuous and healthy life, he is merely exercising contrary means to the same end -- "pleasure and freedom from pain." Utilitarianism began life as an ethical principle under Jeremy Bentham who theorised that an action if right if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people. ... Mill's version is deals more adequately with what we regard as valuable about human life i.e. there are better and worse ways o...

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Utilitarianism and Kant's philosophy of principle, duty-based ethics and virtue ethics represent three different interpretations and theories however virtue ethics offers more as a basis for living a good ethical life. Utilitarianism, a conception of morality developed primarily by Jeremy Bentham, James Mill and his son John Stuart Mill attempts to bring back personal inclinations and interests into moral consideration. 1 It is based upon a form of hedonism, an ethical doctrine implying that the ultimate good is pleasure and what has pleasurable consequences and that the pursuit of pleasu...

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Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived between the years of 384 and 322 BCE (Egs.edu, 2012). ... As the sixth commandment states, "thou shalt not kill"; this includes the life of an unborn foetus. ... It is the belief of the Church that life begins at conception. ... Furthermore this notion outlines the fact that all life is sacred and that it is not up to us to assume a position of power and take life into our own hands (Catholic Social Teaching, 2015). ... This suggests that the Catholic Church has slightly situational responses, as saving the mother's life would be a ...

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The first important point that Dewey makes is that moral principles are an integral part of the social life of mankind; that the school is a form of man's social life, not a preparation for one. ... "The moral life is lived only as the individual appreciates for himself the ends for which he is working and does his work in a personal spirit of interest and devotion to these ends" (Moral Principles, 117-121). ... The moral person according to Dewey "must have the power to stand up and count for something in the actual conflicts of life" (Tiles, 142). ... Even when we acknowledg...

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", and instead of defining one's moral duties by nature, virtue ethics seeks out the "good life" and what conditions and characteristics make up this "good life". Virtue ethics prescribes that we imagine a picture of the good life and of the good person and act in accordance to those ideals. ... When given thought, it is not difficult to see why these character traits would lead to a flourishing life, or the "good life". ... Although the idea of the "good life" may sound like a life of pleasure, Aristotle, with his three-part test argues that...

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One cannot but notice that we live in the waste Land 1 where cheating invaded our life: sports, video games, politics, financial industry and relationships. ... This results in the absence of any sense of moral structure in students' life. ... However, this academic misconduct will be carried to all the aspects of life and will damage the academic standards and the universities' reputation. ...

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