Core issues in ethics

A wise man once stated “The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies,” According to Webster, betrayal involves the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals. William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, and F. Scott Fitzgerald all critically follow this trend by developing characters whose acts of betrayal lead to disastrous outcomes for themselves and those…

question shows that Atticus is not impressed with the racist lifestyle his children are required to grow up in. His moral compass would not allow the chance to save a life go, no matter the race. In the next section of the quote Atticus addresses the issue of the white mentality. Atticus questions how one life can be more valuable just based on skin colour. Sadly, no matter how hard Atticus fought, at that time, in the racist town of Maycomb, nothing would change the end result. He goes against…

Respect is the gratitude you show to someone you admire for their human qualities. If people didn’t have respect for each other it would have society based on hurting each other keeping everyone from living an enjoyable life. I respect family, friends, teachers and public service members. Like a job; it something people should do to contribute to their society rather than ignoring thinking someone else will do it. The definition of respect according to the Merriam Webster Dictionary “is a…

In Ursula Le Guin’s short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” the reader finds themselves faced with a moral dilemma. Would you sacrifice someone’s happiness or even their life, I fit meant you would always have happiness? Chances are many people would in fact answer that question with a yes. Often times, there must be a sacrifice in order for a community or society to prosper. Omelas, or as Carl Badgley called it in his critique of the story, “Oh, my loss” is the perfect example of…

Bravery and courage are two attributes that people admire in others and desire to possess themselves. There are a variety of ways in which one can demonstrate bravery, but perhaps the most impressive examples of bravery are when one stands up for something they know is right, even in the face of danger. In Khaled Hosseini’s book The Kite Runner, this form of bravery is commonly seen in the story through the actions of multiple characters such as Hassan, Baba, Amir and Sohrab. These characters…

Is the evil in this world justified? Richard Swinburne argues that, the existence of evil, positive bad states like suffering, is a necessary condition for the existence of a deep good then the existence of evil is justified. He believes a deep good is a good which we would choose to have even at the cost of having great suffering. Swinburne thinks the existence of evil is a necessary condition for us having free and responsible choice, like the ability to do what you wish and have your actions…

How does one see the good or bad in a human being? In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” the line between these two concepts becomes a blurry combination that lacks true distinction from one over the other. The word good is thrown around all the time, causing its meaning to lessen as the story goes on. By the end of the story, the reader discovers that there is good and bad in everyone. Not one person is one hundred percent bad and neither is one person one hundred percent good.…

We all are searching for truth, for what is true. Paul Bloom summed up our lives into this quote, “We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.” Bloom mentions the good life, which urges the questions of what is the good life and how does one achieve it.…

Craft 6 The monster eats two of the three fairies that followed her there. After she retrieves the dagger from the cubby she barely escapes the monster. Upon her return to the faun, the remaining fairy tells him of her violation. The faun scolds her for disobeying, telling her that she is now disqualified from reentry into the magic kingdom. Soon after, in the ordinary realm of the military outpost, her mother dies while giving birth to her baby brother, Ofelia hits rock bottom. Later in the…

Great People Are Heroes, Not Good People You are not a hero, but do not worry, most people are an average Joe. The people that are selfless, or risk everything to help someone else, and shame others with their courage are the ones we can call heroes. We no longer give honor to the top. Loosely using the term “hero” results in the loss of the true meaning of the word, and how it was once used. Society needs to change the use of “hero” in order to acknowledge real heroes. The term “hero” evolves…