... a growing indifference to a culturally motivated moral relativism. Everywhere you turn someone is challenging the norm, pushing the boundaries of the "stereotype". At what point to we set true boundaries at which they cannot be crossed. Ethics is awareness; reasoning without restrictions of outside influences. The ability to develop ... is still esoteric in that the goal is subjective. What I think is too much may be enough for another but does not create a sense of ethical boundaries. (Groarke, 2015). . 1B: Confucius' Golden Mean It was a model that was founded long ago and also called C...

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... conceptions of morality whenever possible, however to be a truly effective ruler the prince must be prepared to step outside these boundaries when necessary in both his moral life and political conduct. Machiavelli is not saying simply that "the end justifies the means"; that would be a dangerous oversimplification of ... be gained by acting such ways, but not glory" he is instead, talking about what a prince must do in order to acquire and preserve political power over people that he believes to be "ungrateful, fickle, feigners and dissemblers, avoiders of danger, eager for gain" . Mach...

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