Duty

believed that an action is considered moral when “the will” is perfectly aligned with “duty.” Morality is only dependant on the purity of the will, not in the action made, decision made, or its consequences. The will is the faculty that animates our body actions and can be trained for good or bad. Duty is independent of the will and means to be obedient to moral law. Kant also believed that all rational beings owe a duty to rationality, so rational moral principles should apply to all rational…

have a duty to obey the laws of their state? 2500 The question is not one concerning the issue of if one should follow the laws of the state, but rather concerns the issue of why we should obey the law, under what moral obligation, or duty, are we to follow the laws set by the state. This essay will explore three theories of political obligation, consent, Fair Play, and Associationist Theories, and hopefully, in the end, we shall decide upon which is the most successful in explaining the…

While On Duty Police brutality is becoming an issue in the world today and police are using their status as an excuse to get away with what they are doing, police wearing GoPro Cameras would greatly help prove the crimes the officer commits. Cop cars are required to have a dashboard camera, but if it is attached to the car and the officer is not near the camera, how can we know what he or she are doing. If police wore GoPro Cameras it would allow us see what they are doing when they are on…

nature of those games has evolved. There are many types of video games these days. Some of the games that are most popular are Call of Duty, NBA 2k and Saints Row. There are some similarities between these three video games. Even though they are very different somehow they continue to catch the attention of millions of people each day. First there is Call of Duty. This game depicts the life of those that have served or do serve in armed forces. It simulates the infantry and combined arms…

What duty do we have to help those who might otherwise starve without our intervention? Is it our responsibility to help our fellow man in need or are we free to stand on the sidelines? Philosophers Jan Narveson and Peter Singer offer contrasting viewpoints on the moral obligations affluent nations have to aid and support the poor. Where Singer reasons that by having the privilege of living in nations of wealth, this benefit carries with it the moral obligation to help those around the world who…

The first noticeable concept that caught my eye in the essay was “nobody ever lived in the past”. I don’t ever think about this since we always know how the story ends, but we don’t know how our own stories end, and neither did those in the past. The best example I can think of for this situation is the assassination of President Kennedy. President Kennedy had no idea that he be would assassinated in 1963, because at that time it was the present. His vice president Lyndon B. Johnson could not…

opportunity to test that theory and was able to step into the shoes of a mock politician through a political simulation. I was put into a tough situation where I had to make choices that caused me to not be able to please everyone. Today I will describe my duties and decision making process through the simulation of or against the legalization of marijuana considering what cards I was dealt; electoral considerations, trustee or delate, personal experience, public opinion, interest group and…

I’m currently an active duty Infantry soldier who has served in both the Iraq and Afghanistan Theater. Over the years whether it be family, friends, or even strangers I’ve been asked many times the same particular questions. What about war is hard, why are so many soldiers suffering from PTSD, and what is it like? From the first day of basic training, we are taught that our main focus is to go to war and fight for our country. Our mentally changes and we start to develop an obsession with war.…

Growing up in the United States is not the same every child. Some parents expect more out of their children than others. The Academic article “The duty to succeed: honor versus happiness in college and career choices of East Asian students in the United States” written by, Lauren Dundes, Eunice Cho and Spencer Kwak tests the hypothesis that parents from East Asian decent are harder on their kids and expect more out of them compared to white parents. The article was written for college…

get stock themselves in their rooms until I call them to eat or to do their homework. If I am not aware, they would not eat, do their homework, and take a shower or sleep. By children playing electronic games makes them unaware of their important duties during the…