Since Plato questioned the realtionsip between morality and god in the Euthphro philosophers and theorists alsike have tried to prove the possibility of morality without God. On of the most famous and controversial examples of this is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's statement that "If God is dead, everything is permitted". In other words, each individual is free to do as they please if these is no moral lawgiver to guide them. In todays western society most who belive in God embrace some form of Judeo-Christianity. In this traditional religious outlook, the world was created be an omnibelavalent, omniscient and omnipotent personal God. Therefore, God is conceived of as the divine moral lawgiver. The moral laws, which we are free to accept or reject, have then been releed to us through the bible, prophets and the clergy. They are however, most clearly stated in the Ten Commandments. These are seen be thesists as the moral code, which we should live by. It is thought that because of this, morality and religion are inseparable and that morality can only be understood via religion. The view that God crateed the moral law leads onto the devine command theory. According to this view an action which is morally correct is that which is commanded by God. The divine command theory has an appealing feature in which it solves a major ethical question, "how can morality be objective"? The Devine Command theory clears the grey by establishing a unambiguous system of right and wrong. This means that instead of morality imposed by society and personal opinion, it is sourced from a higher being with supreme intellect. However, the devine command theory has some obvious problems. Firstly, if one does not belive in God, being told thatGods commands as morally correct are irrelevant and of no use to solve moral dilemmas. Seccondly, the problem which Plato broght to light which has come to be known as the 'Euphtyto Dilema' .
The Salem Witch trials brought anarchy that clouded the judgment of many prestigious judges, taking the lives of many innocent people. In The Crucible, John Proctor is a greatly respected man with secrets that could ruin his reputation. John Proctor's affair with Abigail Adams caused Abigail to accu...
Being Sincere is Important Last year, around Christmas time, I decided to go downtown to buy presents for my loved ones. As I went down Granville station, I saw needy people asking other people for money. Some of them even played their instruments and sang to catch other people's attentions. ...
He had witnessed such sincere of true brotherhood by people of all colors and races.The color-blindness of the Muslim world's religious society and the color-blindness of the Muslim world's human society greatly influenced Malcolm X's decision to convert to the true Islam, and take back all his beliefs that the white man as a whole was the devil. ... The white people in meeting audiences would throng around me, asking me, after I had addressed them somewhere, "What can a sincere white person do?" ... I don't trust the kind of whites who love having Negroes always hanging ar...
Summary Bad news messages Be tactful and sincere nobody likes bad news messages and make a special effort to present the bad news try to make it tactful and sincere as you possibly can. A strong undesireable tone often produces a strong and emotional reaction on the part of the reader. Prep...
His word choice, diction, and fluidity of speech were beautiful and helped capture his sincere feelings and express them towards the large crowd who was being blindsided with this publication of news. ... The entire thing was sincere, comforting, and prevented riot from breaking out in the great city of Indianapolis. ... Kennedy's sincere delivery of news there was no rioting done in response to the assassination. ...
His word choice, diction, and fluidity of speech were beautiful and helped capture his sincere feelings and express them towards the large crowd who was being blindsided with this publication of news. ... The entire thing was sincere, comforting, and prevented riot from breaking out in the great city of Indianapolis. ... Kennedy's sincere delivery of news there was no rioting done in response to the assassination. ...
However, without God making known His disappointment through guilt, Margery's portrayal of God as a father figure fails to come across as accurate or sincere. ... It is questionable that these outbursts were sincere because they were so common and mostly publicized. ... She had many private outbursts so the argument can be made that Margery was sincere in her actions and relationship with Jesus Christ. ...
From behind this mask they gave the impression of people who were sincere and genuine, in reality they were plagued with lies and evil. ... Polonius gives his son advice that sounds sincere but in reality it's rehearsed, hollow and without feeling. ... The reality is he only speaks to appear sincere as a politician, to look good rather then actually be good: "And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. ...
"His honesty, warm, and intelligent nature shook off rapidly the clouds of ignorance and degradation in which it had been bred; and Catherine's sincere commendations acted as a spur to his industry" (319). ... Today's man is hiding behind a curtain that covers up any aspect of sincerity, not because they aren't sincere, but because they don't know how to express their sincerity. Hareton was sincere to everyone even if he was not nice about it. ...
