Moral character

Today, you woke up. You did your morning routine, you took care of any business needed to be dealt with before heading to your job or doing whatever you do to erase your time these days. You did what you felt you had to do. You went home, finished off the day, then went to sleep. And like every time, right before you flip that light off in arms reach of your bed, you asked yourself those dreadful questions again. "Who am I really? What am I? What should I really be doing?". But you will not…

John Mill a leading philosopher during the nineteenth century explains utilitarianism by saying, “The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals utility or the greatest happiness principle holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” (Mill 93). This demonstrates that in utilitarian’s view a morally right…

If a person is diagnosed terminally with cancer and is told they have 2 months to live, the person would endure a large amount of suffering and will weaken a person mentally. If the assisted suicide of the person helps his or hers own good then the moral is right. The assisted suicide would not cause any wrong doing to anyone. People could argue it could hurt the family being forced to let go of a loved one that they will miss, but in that case it would be morally wrong to keep a person living…

society with his wealth by helping out those who are in need and less fortunate than himself. While finding a moral high ground on every issue now a days is practically impossible in today “Politically Correct” society along with everyone varied opinions. So where do we draw the line between “good and evil”? We cannot, the line for everybody is based on their own principles and morals on the situation that is…

hand and massacre everyone and anyone who he thinks is standing in the way of his happiness and get what his heart desires. Similarly, sex is not something for which anything and everything becomes legal. C.S Lewis believes that fornication is not a moral ground for happiness and that people took it the wrong way when the right to happiness was mentioned in form of a legal document. He writes, “It is quiet certain what they did not mean. They did not mean that man was entitled to pursue…

Even though Mark Twain decided to start out The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with a type of “abandon all hope” warning when it comes to finding a moral in his exciting account of American youth, the foundation of his argument, that there is no moral, is counterintuitive due to the nature of storytelling. To understand this idea better, let us consider a question that English professors at the University of Portland propose to their “Thinking Through Literature” course as the theme for their…

Many believe that there is a connection between morality and religion, but do ethics truly require a religious or supernatural foundation? The answer to this question is no. Morality is independent of religion, and morals exist primarily to keep us safe and protect us from harm. Various religions each have different commands given by their God, but why is it that these commands exist? While some believe that these commands exist purely because God wants them to, the commands would seem arbitrary…

its innate selfishness. In contrast to modern theorists like Locke, who contend that the pursuit of self-interest will serve the common good, Swift underscores the potential for unleashing the beastliness in human nature, loosening the traditional moral constraints on avarice and ambition. As a commentary on the modern project, Swift introduces the crude and uncontrollably desirous "Yahoos," who, given the opportunity to pursue their self-interests, reveal a complete disregard for others. He…

In Matthew liao’s paper, Parental love Pills: Some Ethical Considerations, he claims that the usage of pharmacologically-induced parental love can be morally unproblematic. In section one I will describe Matthew Liao’s claim and perspective. In section two I will present my objection to his claim and view. In section three I will provide a counter to my objection and argue against it. 1a: An ambiguity The claim that the usage of pharmacologically-induced parental love can be morally…

Preston-Roedder makes a point that a genuine belief in faith in humanity also makes ongoing assessment of whether faith in humanity is paying off. For example, the belief in faith in humanity necessarily prevents unfair prosecution and punishment of innocence people. A belief in faith in humanity discourages intentional wrongdoing to others by biasing the cognitive assessment of them in a favorable light. In Bread and Wine, Silone claims that a Fascist state requires complete unanimity to…