The only reason would be that it brings a person joy, and nothing else does, which is a trait that seems to be impossible to find. The negative impacts on life and near impossibility of living this way make it not even worth an attempt. In order to live in this fashion, one must sacrifice anything that is not done in service to the less fortunate, which is an impractical way to live. Life is better spent when trying to be as happy as possible, which can include being a moral person, but cannot be entirely consumed by the idea of morality.…
The state of being dead is neither bad or good for the person who dies because it is non-experience state. This new argument presented is entirely circumstantial and determines the merit behind one’s death based about their life. The account of Epicurus and Lucretius provides the most compelling argument for the question. In a general sense it allows one to embrace life with meaning because death is the end. Unfortunately, the question cannot be simply answered as good or bad because death is circumstantial.…
Singer maintains that proximity too, doesn’t matter – if the dying child is far away or nearby, one still has the same obligation. And he denies that our individual responsibility can be diffused by the fact that there are lots of others who could also help. Each should help, whether there are others who could help or not. This implies that one must always justify spending money on themself or their friends or family. Whether one is justified in doing so, in this view, depends on whether anything they do for others or themself is of comparable moral importance to saving the lives of others who are starving and lacking in basic…
The moral of the story is, trust is important, but it would be wise not to give it to people who don’t deserve it and don’t give it away too quickly. Giving trust to people too quickly will actually do more harm than good. This virtue should be more of a bond between people, not a freebie or giveaway. Of course, trust is important, but it’s also important that it is made sure that this trust is first earned, or else it is virtually pointless. Overall, trust is an invaluable virtue acquired in life that is beyond measure.…
The answer is no because they only way he would die for the them is if it would bring him happiness. Even still he would have to act out of selflessness which would be an excess amount of self. Aristotle believes in doing what is morally right for the person and cares about the individual rights. Killing a healthy person to save others would not be what brings about happiness. Killing someone would not be the supreme good because it doesn’t act from a morally good standpoint in this theory.…
Should an individual have the right to say “It is time”? I believe that if there is any chance that a person might make it, then they should not have this option. If a person still has a pretty good quality of life and is not suffering, then there is no reason that they should have this option. Otherwise, if a person is suffering and the quality of their life is poor then they should have this choice. No person should have to suffer because that is a terrible way of living.…
All of our act is considered as selfish because what we do always satisfies our desire. No matter how altruistic you are, there is a thought which leads you to have own merit. Therefore I would say even volunteering is a selfish act. It seems to be altruistic because they devote their time to gather money for people who are suffering and they do not ask for any return from them. However, I insist that this kind of charity is hypocritical.…
Saving somebody’s life while losing your own life is selfish, meaning one could have live while the other wouldn’t. The basics for altruism is that a person has no right to be on this earth for their own sake that is the moral for altruism. The things you do for other is the only justification for the person to be living, self-sacrifice is the main point with this situation. You can’t always confuse altruism with kindness, compassion or respect for the right of others... these are consequences which makes altruism impossible. It is as it said in the essay earlier it is a self-sacrifice meaning self-denial, self-destruction, and…
Giving up seems like a great solution to all of life’s difficult problems, but people should not fall under the pressures of something being made easier. Death is fighting until the very end, no matter what it takes. Your family may be depending on you, or you could even be depending on them. Either way, people depend on one another to get through the rough times, and in order to have time to say final goodbyes, individuals cannot give up their fight. It may not be final goodbyes that individuals need time for.…
I understand that everything isn’t just black and white, and that sometimes there is that gray area that can’t be ignored. When we look at things without that gray area it will force us to sometimes make the wrong decision even though we think we’re making the right one, because we fail answer the right question. Life is so complex, and not treating it as such doesn’t seem right. This is one of the main reasons I’ve decided that my current ethical position is moral relativism. Moral relativism is believing that there are no absolutely objective truths.…