Moral psychology

What role did the media play in creating a moral panic about the Cronulla Riots? On December 11th 2005 around five thousand people gathered at Sydney’s Cronulla Beach. This was a racist and violent act against young Lebanese and other middle-eastern appearance people. It was believed in the week which led up to the Cronulla Riots there was texts messages and a couple of media sources which had a part in the events that happened on that day and afterwards. (Poynting, 2006) The media sources that…

It is a known fact that no matter what, people will disagree on moral matters. A matter that may be “wrong” according to one group can be “right” to another. When those with differing opinions meet, disagreement will happen. Philosophers have long theorized on how to reconcile between the different sides of a conflict on what is “right” or “wrong”. The question is, who is correct on the matter of whether a belief or practice is right or wrong then? In a broader sense, how do we determine if…

One theme is that sin must be confessed or it will grow and fester like a disease and will eventually consume the sinner from the inside, out. This theme is expanded upon throughout The Scarlet Letter, and especially during the events leading up to the second scaffold scene. Dimmesdale "kept vigils...sometimes viewing his own face in a looking glass...tortured" (Hawthorne 152). His visions of an unforgiving god and of what that god will do to him because of his sin drive him to a…

examples what is meant by moral absolutism. [25] Moral absolutism is the ethical belief that there are absolute standards against which morality can be judged, and that actions are intrinsically right or wrong, regardless of the context of the act, or the culture, time or place. Moral absolutists believe that there is a universal set of absolutes which are true for all time, in all place and all situations, and every person has an obligation to follow these absolutes. Moral absolutism is…

I never really thought to deeply into my own moral perspective before taking this class. I have always tried to do things that are in the best interest of my family and I. So when we first talked about the different types of moral perspectives I identified myself as a moral subjectivist. Something that is always said where I’m from is “get it how you live”. This simply means do whatever you have to do to survive. Forget consequences, don’t worry about how your actions impact others, and only…

always silent in the time of need. I didn’t know why we had morals and why there were important to society. Also, I didn’t understand why there was suffering in the world. C.S Lewis’ teachings in Mere Christianity made me question the topic of morality, why there are goodness and badness in the world, and how the goodness of God lives inside Christians. C.S. Lewis believed in a fact that there was an external force that gave us a moral compass of knowing right from wrong. “Quarrelling means…

The “right thing to do” is not always a clear path. When the path to the right thing is boxed in by social and moral dilemmas how can the “right” thing be obtained? Looking at the world of sex-workers, there is a fine line between criminality and survival that those in this realm carefully balance. The ethical values of these actions can be viewed from a social domain as well was from an internal battle perspective. In the poem, a woman struggles with her personal worth in the face of social…

“Performance character must always be regulated by moral character to ensure that we do not do bad things. (Seider, 2012, p. 7) The moral consideration for me come from my upbringing. Subsequently, I choose this because a lot of the moral character displayed by White people, does not walk the walk of what they talk. Earlier in the course I recognized the conflict that could be caused when school seek to explain or direct student in a specific moral direction, and how that direction could be…

indeed speak about asymmetric information. The information is key to all financial transaction and this is why asymmetric information makes transaction more difficult. Asymmetric information lead to two main issues: adverse selection (ex ante) and moral hazard (ex post). In other words, the lack of information creates troubles before and after the loan. Financial intermediaries use their size and expertise to remedy to this market failure. The…

insurance. As insurance becomes less fair, this is better for insurance companies. You can say insurance becomes less lawful. With Administration costs, deductibles, etc., the risk adverse individuals will buy less insurance. Adverse selection and moral hazard on insurance companies have all kinds of problems. People come in different types and look at their own heath in a rational way. “There can be high-risk, low risk,…