Moral treatment

“if society were to embrace utilitarianism as an ethic, people would naturally internalize these standards as morally binding” (unknown, para 2). Unfortunately, not everyone benefits from utilitarianism and moral choices people make. Like in the Kelly and homeless women Catch-22, one person (plus the child) had to suffer in order for the majority of the people (Kelly’s town) can benefit, or continue benefiting. There can be one positive thing we can say about…

Antigone, though created in the mentality of a different century, is capable of being modernized and carried out for today’s society. The play takes place in a time with emperors, empresses, and devout belief for the gods, but the main ideas and moral lessons are not limited to the specific time frame. To fit the play to our time, the play can take a similar turn of events such as the movie Snowden, which happened to based off of real events. Of course, the language of the play would be changed…

Hawthorne teaches his readers a moral lesson about sin and guilt. This story follows a young woman, Hester Prim, who is found by her husband with an illegitimate child. She is then forced to where a red “A” on her clothing, for adulteress, as punishment for her affair. However, in the end she is forgiven and seen as a compassionate person, while her husband ends up being disgraced by his monomaniac pursuit of revenge against Hester. Hawthorne used his writing to show moral corruptness but also…

he believes that there are aspects that should be commended. In the chapters 3-6, Taylor discusses how individualism is more just the center of the 3 malaises, rather its social, collective and moral. In these chapters, Taylor addresses his critics by arguing that individualism does not solely lead to moral subjectivism and soft relativism. Taylor also states that critics must acknowledge that individualism is morality if they seek to argue against it. In chapter 3, Taylor develops his argument…

Hadleyburg has always been a respectable town, the narrator says. Its residents instill high moral principles in their children and vigilantly guard them against temptation. One day, a Hadleyburg resident offends a stranger passing through the town. The stranger remembers the offense on his travels elsewhere and vows revenge. His goal is to ruin the town's reputation. The action takes place at the end of the nineteenth century in a small American town with the fictional name of Hadleyburg.…

It is reasonable to act against one’s principles if the general consensus requires a person to do so. Is that so? Is it really reasonable to throw one’s morals out the window to fulfill the majority’s needs? Is it necessary to deem one’s beliefs secondary to the beliefs of those around? Because it shouldn’t be. A decision isn’t always between right and wrong. No, most of the time the decision is between one’s beliefs and what they wants to do, and what they THINK those around believe in and what…

Daniel Merritt Melinda Mansour Philosophy 100-008 20/12/16 1422 Moral Obligations We as humans have moral obligations to help human beings less fortunate than us. Peter singer offers this approach in his essay and supports that us humans must help the needy by donating to charity because it is a moral obligation. I totally agree with this viewpoint because having people on the streets starving with no shelter is a bad sight. Humans have the ability to prevent starvation and suffering by…

conveys through both the lenses of universal and national views ins the idea of hedonism versus that of work ethic. In the novel, small nuances such as “when poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means” are associated with moral lessons that make the entire novel viewed through a more universal lens (Collodi 20). Another phrase that is very poignant is whenever Pinocchio is traveling to the Land of Toys, a unique instance of foreshadowing occurs whenever…

people around the world believe that being a moral saint, is something that should be a desirable goal for human beings. In an excerpt from The Journal of Philosophy, on page 116 of the textbook, the author, Susan Wolf, a Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, defines a moral saint as a person whose every action is as morally good as possible, and a person who is as morally worthy as can be. Wolf however, believes that moral saintliness, does not establish a…

The Southwestern tales, which are also known as Hispanic folktales, were first told around the early nineteenth century and are still told today. Presently, the folktales are used to instill moral lessons and the meanings of religions to people of different ages, especially young children. Jose Griego y Maestas collected and presented the tales “Los tres hermanos (The Three Brothers)” and “La comadre Sebastiana (Dona Sebastiana)” in Tales from the Hispanic Southwest. The tale of “Los tres…