Moral relativism

Personal responsibility is a moral cause that an individual chooses to show accountability for one’s own actions, specifically in personal relationships. Garath Williams (2013) contends that personal responsibility involves parties in a personal relationship who “not only share responsibility for their relationship, but also – to some degree that is negotiated between them – for one another’s lives” (p. 351). Moreover, personal relationships are formed through mutual respect of individuals.…

Natural law hypothesis is a legitimate hypothesis that perceives law and profound quality as profoundly associated, if not one and the same. Morality identifies with what is good and bad and what is right and wrong. Natural law theorists believe that the human laws are defined by morality and not by an authority figure, like a government or a king. In this way, we humans are guided by our human nature to make sense of what the laws are, and to act in congruity with those laws. The term of…

Ethics are moral based, but morals contain multiple meaning from a research to a religious aspect. According to David B. Resniks' article entitled "What is Ethic in Research & Why is it important?",the general meaning of ethics is the norms for conduct that distinguish between acceptable behavior. Ethics has always been a debatable argument based on personal beliefs and goals. Resnik states, "..disagreements is that all people recognize some common ethical norms but interpret, apply and balance…

“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.” Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours. An ethical theory is a set of principles that dictates what is right and wrong. Although they stem from morals, they are quite different. Morals are personal and and ethical theory is usually a society based set of morals. It is important to have an ethical theory to base decisions off. Different social and activity groups follow ethical theories that make sense with their…

will later become Jane’s romantic interest. This film is packed full of lustful relationships, blurred lines of morals, and unhealthy relationships. Lester develops lust for Angele. This intensifies after Lester over hears a conversation between Jane and Angele regarding Angele’s views of Lester. Lester begins working out and becomes fit in order to win over Angele. The lack of morals in the film is astonishing. For example, Caroline has an affair and Lester black mails his employer. Unhealthy…

For centuries, male intellectuals argued that the nature of women is inferior to men and made male domination of women necessary. However, the new movement for women?fs right called feminism was born in the age of Enlightenment. The strongest statement was advanced by the English writer Mary Wollstonecraft. She argued that women should have equal rights with men in education, as well as in economic and political life. Enlightenment thought had some impact on the political life and social…

He claims to favour the interests of the city over all but then shows his true colours by both acting and ranting like a tyrant. Antigone is steadfast and determined in her aim - she fully believes that the rule of god must take precedence in this matter regarding death, as well as revealing her belief that it is the family that is more important than the state. In contrast, it is Oedipus’ desire to serve his adopted city, and to release it from its’ suffering, that propels him toward the awful…

with multiple varying answers. There are many theories trying to answer this question, such as, Plato 's claim that "owning objects is detrimental to a person 's character", whereas Aristotle argues that "ownership of tangible goods helps to develop moral character." However, to truly answer this this question, we must first answer the question, what is ownership? If this question is asked, friends, relatives, even strangers, will state similar answers. People will say something along the lines…

William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is a story that brings up the issue of “man versus monster.” The “monster” of the story, Caliban, is the only native to the island on which the story takes place. Since he is lone native, he is not accustomed to interacting with humans, and therefore, his behavior appears to be animal-like; this is why the manner in which a person conducts him/herself is based off of learned behavior, rather than a natural sense of what is considered morally right and what is…

Utilitarianism is making decisions that will bring out the most delight in the majority of people. Consequentialist and utility are the two fundamental principles that utilitarianism is based on. The consequentialist principle is what decides what is correct or incorrect based on the consequences. The utility principle is decided on which consequence is the best decided by the amount of satisfied or unsatisfied people. These principles introduce two formulations: act- and rule-utilitarianism.…