Moral

be made during the planning of World Petroleum’s business ideas in Afrinia. While the company has made it clear that their main goal is to be profitable for the shareholders, there were still moral aspects to every decision that needed to be made. To me the most important ethical dilemma is developing a moral compass for the company and sticking to it, for example: how to approach the difference in the northern (Banu) and southern (Abani) cultures, dealing with officials, and the environment.…

its innate selfishness. In contrast to modern theorists like Locke, who contend that the pursuit of self-interest will serve the common good, Swift underscores the potential for unleashing the beastliness in human nature, loosening the traditional moral constraints on avarice and ambition. As a commentary on the modern project, Swift introduces the crude and uncontrollably desirous "Yahoos," who, given the opportunity to pursue their self-interests, reveal a complete disregard for others. He…

Many believe that there is a connection between morality and religion, but do ethics truly require a religious or supernatural foundation? The answer to this question is no. Morality is independent of religion, and morals exist primarily to keep us safe and protect us from harm. Various religions each have different commands given by their God, but why is it that these commands exist? While some believe that these commands exist purely because God wants them to, the commands would seem arbitrary…

issues. In his book “Why terrorism works” (p.236), Dershowitz’s expresses serious concern about the moral limitations of the Cost-Benefit Analysis , which he suggests could lead to tyranny. In this essay, I seek to respond to Dershowitz’s concerns on the use of the Cost-Benefit Analysis through a defence of the morality by numbers approach. I suggest that this mathematical scheme, which discards complex moral factors, affords the best possible outcome…

the character that is telling the story. The The Wife of Bath’s Tale connects her character to the story in many different ways and The Pardoner’s Tale does the same thing for his character. This essay will explore the various characteristics and morals of each story and then choosing which story would best be suited a winner. The Wife of Bath’s tale explores varying…

The notion of “separateness of persons” has posed several convincing objections to utilitarianism. These have been voiced by Rawls, Nozick and Nagel all of which have disregarded the moral force that drives utilitarianism, highlighting the theories lack of recognition of individuality and separate utility. To me, the “separateness of persons” not only is successful in silencing utilitarianism, it also is crucial to our very concept of morality. I argue this through presenting defeats to…

A consensus, or a mutual universal agreement on what it encompasses, is simply not a realistic possibility. Many of the moral stances of individuals and groups are so adversarial in nature that are mutually incompatible. As a result, the stance of justice or right as law would leave many people not believing that some laws are actually law. Due to the wide variance of views…

If a person is diagnosed terminally with cancer and is told they have 2 months to live, the person would endure a large amount of suffering and will weaken a person mentally. If the assisted suicide of the person helps his or hers own good then the moral is right. The assisted suicide would not cause any wrong doing to anyone. People could argue it could hurt the family being forced to let go of a loved one that they will miss, but in that case it would be morally wrong to keep a person living…

Preston-Roedder makes a point that a genuine belief in faith in humanity also makes ongoing assessment of whether faith in humanity is paying off. For example, the belief in faith in humanity necessarily prevents unfair prosecution and punishment of innocence people. A belief in faith in humanity discourages intentional wrongdoing to others by biasing the cognitive assessment of them in a favorable light. In Bread and Wine, Silone claims that a Fascist state requires complete unanimity to…

differentiates morality and virtue with various examples and stating that while something might be moral it might not be virtuous. For example, Kendall gives an example of someone being bullied and the witness not intervening. Kendall views this as moral but not vitreous. Conversely, Sandel (1998) and Wright (2009) are less rigid in their definitions. Sandel, similar to Kendall, defends certain actions as being moral (even if not by the standards of the general population), however Sandel never…