Moral responsibility

by their moral judgment. Growing up in a less fortunate community and witnessing crimes time and time again will begin to seem normal to someone. Within the article Haidt (2001) defines moral judgement as “ Moral judgments are therefore defined as evaluations (good vs. bad) of the actions or character of a person that are made with respect to a set of virtues held to be obligatory by a culture or subculture (pg 817). Haidt talks about how certain situations require us to use our moral judgement…

Are Free Markets Moral? Morality is a vague concept. When the supreme court of India can’t figure out what is Moral with respect to Freedom of speech, it is quite difficult for one to establish whether Free Markets are Moral or not? Well morality is a social contract or code of conduct put forward by a society. So, when we talk about morality, we’re generally referring to the ethical glue that holds society together. Morality deals with our sense of fairness ("goodness" or "rightness") and our…

In Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" he uses various comedic devices to create comedy; most noticeably melodrama and farce. These devices are used excessively in order to repeatedly address serious matters in a light-hearted manner; Wilde does this to create humour as opposed to offending his audience. Wilde deliberately wrote the play in this manner as he was fully conscious that his audience consisted of upper class Victorians. Throughout the play, Oscar Wilde articulately…

morally right for him or her. Meanwhile, the moral code is also different from cultures to cultures, which…

morality is the application of either doing good or doing bad. Ethics is like the main idea within a given topic and morality serves as its supports and applications. As humans, our capacity to decide and act are limited that is why, an objective moral basis is needed. We must have that one accurate basis of everything. We should be knowledgeable of something that is common to all. We must have knowledge about things which everyone would accept and understand. This is not for depending upon what…

upon what he believes our moral duty is in regards to providing for the poor. Specifically, he uses the example of the poverty in East Bengal, but he uses his arguments to defend the general hypothesis that “[i]f 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.” His first argument, in which he states this “strong hypothesis,” points out that this is not a demanding moral principle. It…

Rulli and Millum (2014) makes a point to include the sports car example demonstrating people’s way of thinking. The majority believe the agent has a moral duty to sacrifice his sports car to save the child. Even though, the agent endures a greater personal cost that is outweighed by his moral duty to the child. With this in mind, the agent may not believe the damage to the sports car is worth the risk to save the child, as a consequence, he may not feel morally obligated to do so. Thenceforth,…

something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it” (866) According to Singer this is means that it one must prevent something bad or avoid cause any more damage events from happening but are not required to promote something good in return. (866) He goes on to explain that this principle only applies when we do not have to sacrifice anything from a moral standpoint that is deemed comparably important. In addition to,…

surveillance program. He cannot came back to US anymore, otherwise he would face a lot of years in prison or even death penalty. He gave up a very nice paid job and his family, which was the most important thing for a person, because he had the responsibility to do it. I believed there was some people else who worked for NSA had the same thought as Snowden, but they didn’t stepped out to tell public what NSA did. And the main reason would be fear of the outcome. They were trapped in a dilemma:…

Utilitarianism is the moral principle that highlights the act that produces the greatest happiness for the greatest number, meaning it is a consequentialist position - only focusing on the outcome of the action. Unfortunately, the intentions of the individual has no moral merit when deciding whether the action was morally right or wrong, what matters is the outcome of the action and if that action generates happiness. Therefore, this theory has no connection to personal integrity or motives of…