changing self rather than expecting others to change. While changing self, values and moral should be considered. However cultural background, workplace culture highly influences the values. For example: medical restrain: Medical restrain is restricting the movement of a patient with slight pain in order to prevent harming themselves and others. At the time when I used to work in an institution I have seen many cases of restrain. I value…
with her child during the period of her pregnancy. When we demand that a surrogate mother give up the child and her parental rights to the child, we treat the child as a mere commodity. (Lack of appreciation for the child’s intrinsic value other than its instrumental value) However, Satz’s argues against this as she does not think that there is a “difference between women’s reproduction labour and human labour that would be relevant to contract pregnancy”. She raises criticisms against contract…
when moral values are bounded by God. He made a statement that if theism were to be true, then we have a sound foundation for morality, and if it is not true, we do not have a sound foundation for morality. Craig started off with theism was true. If it was true, then objective moral values of good and evil are independent. An example he gave on this was the Holocaust. Although the holocaust was morally wrong, the Nazis believed that it was right. But on a theistic view on moral value, it is…
In a time when every aspect of life was questioned such as government, religion, and personal liberty, philosophers questioned one aspect that had no definite answer, and this was human nature. Thomas Hobbes theorizes that humans are born evil, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that humans are naturally good. However, John Locke declared that humans are not innately good or evil. William Golding came back to the of innate human behavior during the 20th century when wrote the novel Lord of the…
Part One/Question 1 Wendell Berry’s augment about morality shows that morality is universal; it is not a list of rules, but a way of life to be practiced. Morality is the possibility for people to flourish in happiness, while considering the implications of those actions for future generations. The outcomes of our happiness will not be seen as instant karma for our children, but by what world is left for them to flourish in. Moreover, this world is not ours, we are only temporary residents of…
Stories are well suited for discussing moral values because stories help readers learn where our moral beliefs and foundations came and continue to come from. Each story has a lesson to be learned or something that can be taken away from it. Stories teach us lessons about life and everything in between. Stories that are told at a young age started developing our morals and views and as people get older they pass those stories on to their children and it becomes a trend. All stories have meaning.…
Now I will reply to the objections previously raised. Reply to Objection 1: The first objector says that procrastination cannot be wrong because Jesus procrastinated. Jesus did not really procrastinate. Here, he waited those two days for a reason. Since Jesus is God, which the objector clearly states, He has reason for all his actions and does them in the correct time because He always acts in the will of His Father. Some commentators on this verse say that, since Jesus already has cured people…
Evil is the notion that is used to signify unhealthy qualities rather that specific substance. In combination, these qualities may lead to injury or mischief. The effect that is being brought by the combination of such qualities is often referred to as “evil.” The same notion can also apply to a substance that is having nature or properties which finally may negatively affect a person. In general, evil is not something that is simply bad – the practice actually shows that evil is more than that.…
The line of good and evil is not set location, but a moveable and interchangeable perception. No one is born evil: “research … shows that it is much easier to step over the boundary from ethical to unethical if there is a gradual erosion of moral values and principles rather than one big leap” (Tugend 2). Becoming villainous is a slow progression, making it difficult to…
Rafael needed to find something interesting to read. Her teacher had assigned her class to write an article on a book and Rafael wanted it to be a cleverly woven masterpiece. Rafael checked into her school’s library one day and carefully browsed through the selection of books until she found a book that was rumoured to be interesting and thought provoking. “The minute I opened the book and began reading the first words, I knew I was in for a literary delight”, Rafael says, “The words speak to a…