Explicit Commandments In Religion

e as people pick and chose what we want to when it comes to explicit commandments. According to page 67 in the Ethical Toolbox, it states “There are also a large number of explicit commandments that almost no one takes seriously and almost all of us feel free to ignore.” If a person can ignore certain explicit commandments that means they are choosing what they want to believe in. I believe most people decide when it comes to explicit commandments but I do believe that some people see nothing but their religion and just cannot get themselves to shy away from it. I am not extremely religious but I do have a religion that I follow. That does not affect what way I go in a moral debate. For me, even though my religion goes against gay marriage …show more content…
According to The Ethical toolbox on page 280 the best ways to separate and polarize arguments is to “Exaggerate differences. Emphasize what you and the the other side disagree about.” It also says “always assume the worst” and “Define the other side before they define themselves.” Another important thing to do is make the other side look silly by exaggerating a lot. Stereotyping and knowing that their side is opposite of yours is important when trying to separate and polarize people and arguments. An example of exaggeration is when it comes to presidential debates. When a candidate talks to the world he/she will exaggerate the truth to make them seem like they are the best choice for president. When trying to separate and polarize arguments people not only use exaggeration but they also use their own beliefs. According to page 88 in The Ethical Toolbox people use persons, virtue, happiness and relationship to separate and polarize people and …show more content…
Today a big debate is over wheather or not physcian assisted suicide should be legal or not. There is nothing that can resolve this issue or most of the moral issues. When it comes to moral issues it is more of a value and opinon type of thing. For example, I am for physician assisted suicice because if a person is in pain it can relieve that. Another person may be aginst it becuase they do not think a peson should kill themself. Neither one of those arguments are wrong or right. It would be hard to resolve an issue like that because people are going to keep their values. If I had to chose a fact that could possibly resolve it, the best would probably be that it could relieve a person from suffering. A factual generalization tht is relavant to it is a person would want to chose assisted suicide to help their family financially. For example, on page 36 in Morality Play the man was suffering and knew he was going to die so he wanted to save his money for his grandkids instead of spending it on his radiation to treat his cancer. The factual comparison could be looked at two ways. The comparison within the arugment is