Moral treatment

right or morally right, but either one they choose they would somehow face a consequence. Overall, John and Peter, the main characters from these two films, demonstrate that standing up for one’s morals, despite the consequence, shows true honor. Standing up for their morals proves that they have achieved moral integrity, which reveals their true honor. When Danforth was trying to get Proctor to confess to being a witch, he replied to Danforth, “I speak my own sins; I cannot judge…

Significance of Morals in Storytelling According to Merriam-Webster, a moral is a lesson, especially one concerning what is right or prudent, that can be derived from a story. Morals are very significant in storytelling, and often teach lessons. Morals are the deeper meaning behind what is being told, and often the main point the audience is supposed to take away from the story. Many stories have a clear and obvious moral behind them, while other stories have more than one moral and the…

that moral codes are based on individual societies. You can compare different cultures to see how this can be true along with exploring the consequences that come along with it. Culture Relativism is an idea that few believe to be correct and true to live by. When defining culture relativism there are many components that form the definition. Citizens of different cultures from around the world have set and believe in different moral codes. Each of which either believes that their moral code…

It is assumed that within everyone there is an inscribed understanding of right and wrong and what decent human behavior should be. However, this is not always the case because if it were true, there would be no evil or wrong in the world. Also people have different definitions of “decent behavior” and what they view is right. The book describes different situations where people do different things and have different outcomes because their beliefs are different. With this it is shown that the…

the pathway of morality. Whereas James Hunter, Jonathan Haidt, and moral foundation theory are different in transcendence; they are both similar on morality and the issues of culture wars.…

went against your values, harmed someone, or did something that just was wrong? Did you think you were still a moral person after your actions? Most people will probably answer yes to both of the questions. When an individual breaks society’s moral codes they can still think of their selves as moral members of society by a theory called techniques of neutralization. When one breaks the moral code, techniques of neutralization provide rationales to justify why people violate society’s norms.…

Racism is something that has been something occurring in the world for a very long time. The novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad represents the time period of imperialism; when Belgium colonized the Congo. Conrad depicts the racism that occured in the Congo of Africa because of the Europeans colonization. The main protagonist named Marlow, a European sailor, goes on an adventure with his crew through his perspective going up the Congo River with the goal of meeting an idealistic man, Kurtz.…

When tough decisions are brought up there is a thin line between right and wrong when it comes to morality. Morales are principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. While we have been reading Richard Matheson’s novel, I Am Legend we have been discussing the morality of Robert Neville’s actions and decisions about his own survival. From one perspective, Neville must do whatever it takes to ensure his own survival and therefore his actions do not concern…

(Malakata, 2015) It also indicates that “The careless disposal of electronic equipment can cause significant health and environmental risks.” (Malakata, 2015) In my opinion, dumping raises moral standard because the action affects human welfare and/or environmental. An ethical relativist will probably say that moral depends on the culture or society. In the case of E-waste, they may justify that it helps to create jobs for people who live in the third world countries. An organization that…

Can a murderer’s philosophy be moral? Some of life 's hardest problems require one to take a moral stance on an issue. The difficult part is not the action of taking the stance, but figuring out if that stance would be seen as moral. The morality of such stances cause debates all over the world, as the morality of the stance can differ from person to person. As Benedict states, “A normal action is one which falls well within the limits of expected behavior for a particular society,” and the…