Morality Tale Essay

Through analysis of major characters in Sophocles’ Philocetes, one can see that an individual’s needs, feelings, or behaviors do not always align with the values of society. The values upheld by society are often times contradictory to those of a certain individual. Our society is flawed and unfortunately, faulty values exist. It is also important to keep in mind whether the individual acts for good or evil. This often times non existing reflection between individual and societal values…

Consider the following situations. In the first, you are an educator at the local university. You hear there is a crazed man demanding to see one of your students. Upon hiding the student in the room, you tell the man that the student did not attend class today and you don’t know where he is. Conversely, you work for a large company in New York, and it is your secretary is leaving in a few days for maternity leave. You lie to her about a company-wide meeting to disguise her baby shower. In both…

Education is an ongoing process with the pursuit of furthering students ability to have a positive impact on academic communities. Academic communities are affected everyday by ethical issues. Differences and similarities between us categorise and label us in society as well as on academic communities. This has effects on the learning environment teachers try to provide for their students. Although, ethnic patterns are changing within the classroom every year, the Teacher must know how to…

possible options for how I could respond. I could stop and give him some money, or I could lie and say that I do not have any money to give him and continue on my way. The first philosopher that I will use to analyze this situation is Kant. Kant’s morality comes from his idea of the “Highest Good.” In his work he says “Duty introduces another…

The question of our responsibility to alleviate world hunger is one that has been approached from several ethical directions. The philosophies range from strict utilitarian Peter Singers General Principle, which demands full marginality, to philosophies that argue the individual has no responsibility to aid in relief at all, in fact, an obligation not to, as Garret Hardin holds. Hardin goes as far as to endorse population control in his theories, strongly invoking Darwinism – survival of the…

The behaviors of medical staff in the play Wit by Margaret Edson (1998) allow us to view different circumstances that take place. In the play, patients are supposed to be the main focus of all care. Susie Monahan, the primary nurse of one patient, Vivian Bearing, who suffers from stage four ovarian cancer, is one of the few health professionals whose caring attributes display the principle that the focus of care should be on the patient. However, if Monahan was part of the collaborating team,…

In Existentialism and Human Emotions, Sartre addresses specific charges against existential thought, defends existentialism, and situates his own ethics of existential thought among other thinkers. Sartre begins addressing the charge that existential thought is in the same ethical realm as nihilism, meaning that if there is no transcendent meaning or objective standard then there is no inherent meaning in the world and, in result, that nothing matters. Sartre explains this nihilistic view of…

According to psychological studies, the closer people get into death the stronger their instinct desires to be survival. And when human’s desire goes over extreme point, do they care about what wrong or right - their ethic – to behave as a human? The true answer has been remained mysterious for thousands years, however, the history shows that people behave differently in circumstances regarding to their belief system. That means the definition of good or bad ethic is neither absolute nor…

All people have personal values and ethics, just as they have cultural values. Often times, those personal values and ethics may clash with those of their employer. As an example, as an individual, a person 's ethical guidelines might require honesty, integrity and respect. If that individual works for a company that does not necessarily operate under those same tenets, the employee may well face an ethical dilemma. An individual should look at his or her personal values, organizational values…

Taboo: proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable (dictionary.com). This word describes the book The Great Gatsby accurately because many actions in this book are considered “taboo”. The book is set in the 1920s which is the time period of change. Prohibition started in the Roaring twenties; prohibition is defined as the outlaw of alcohol. There were many other changes at this period, for example there were flappers, which were women who no longer followed the rules. There was also an…