Moral panic

The idea of the Harm principle creates a problem, and that is because it does not work practically. Mills idea is important on the basis that human society always has the idea of thinking and acting in a wrongful way and that society does not do things correctly. Therefore these actions that society takes forms an open space in order for us to change or correct ourselves from our crime. This open space will take shape as a discussion or debate, and these ideas that come through will…

In May 2013, Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the NSA (National Security Administration), leaked to the media extensive information about a global surveillance program, called PRISM. This program collected communicate data on US citizens and foreign leaders from majority internet companies. Mr. Snowden, who had been granted residency in Russia, faced charge with espionage over his actions. This incident had generated heated discussion. Some people thought he was a hero. He showed great…

People often do or take parts in acts that are not only morally wrong but also extremely painful to the victim. When someone is order by a higher authority figure they do what was ordered forgetting about their morals and the consequences that it may have. It is important to understand that just because the order was given by a person with a high status or rank it doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do. In 1963 Stanly Milgram a psychologist at Yale University carried out an experiment where he…

I Legal procedure and moral-practical discourse 1 Habermas versus Weber on legitimacy and the moral dimension of law In any legal theory the relation between law and morality is problematic. Reflecting on this link is relevant to the issue of the legitimacy of law. The ’classical’ and still predominant view on the legitimacy of law is that of Weber (1956). His concept of formal rationality of law presupposes a strict separation of law from morality. According to Weber, law derives its…

Morals are a set of beliefs or choices that one would define which is right or wrong. When one says that a moral action requires the ability to make moral choices is similar to how we make our own choices. For something to happen within our lives, we must decide whether to initiate the action or to refrain from it. In other words, we would either do or do not. An action cannot be initiated by itself as it must have another force behind it. This concept is similar to a game, one must input…

has concepts that are both familiar and foreign to those in other parts of the globe. There is perhaps no text that displays the different aspects of this view of the world better than the Nyanga tale, The Mwindo Epic. Through the use of tradition, moral lessons, and ceremony, The Mwindo Epic is the perfect introduction to the African worldview. So what is the African worldview? To start, it is a collection of ideas, traditions, and beliefs that all contribute to a unique understanding of the…

Locke contends that humans are born amoral. I believe all human beings are born amoral without the familiarity of good and bad deeds. However, as they mature, different cultures impart them with diverse experiences that either make them immoral or moral. Definition of Morally Bad and Morally Good Morality denotes the assortment or classification of concepts of right and wrong behaviors. On the one hand, actions are regarded morally right if they raise the comfort of the individuals who are…

Arthurs has a unique stance on world hunger and moral obligation and the way that we should handle these issues. He opens up his argument by analyzing one of Pete Singers rules “If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it. “(666) Arthur believes that rule of life is a flawed one. He counters this statement by giving a scenario using Singers moral rule. Arthur states “All of us…

“Life is a choice, and determining what to choose shows self-reliance, the dignity of the doer as well as the essence of human right in running life”, this is according to R.B Edi Pramono. The Road Not Taken was a poem written by Robert Frost (1875-1963). The poem uses the two roads as metaphor, for it symbolizes the choices we do in our lives, like when we arrive in the point that we have to choose between two things. The poem uses a rhyme scheme, written in the first person, and is composed of…

provide an interesting take of morality – for instance, that he believes love, or feelings, to be an important factor of human morale – which he expresses using the colours white, black, and grey. However, the reader should not expect to learn about morals through this story, as everyone possesses his or her own opinion, but rather should reconsider what they value is right and wrong. The exploration of colour in “The Lady with The Dog” proves insightful in understanding the author’s perspective…