Moral

It is morally acceptable for one's self to believe that African Americans are inferior and that an Obama presidency will be disastrous for our country. Ethical Subjectivism claims that since there is no universal moral code or truths, people cannot be told that any of their morals is morally wrong or even right. If a person sincerely believes that it is right to burn a church down because the occupants are African American, according to ethical subjectivism no one can set up and say that is…

another article that talks about this subject and unpacks what that means and what he’s talking about. This article proved helpful in comparing ethics and morality for me. In the article Dr. McGavin talks about how morals are norms that decide our behaviors while ethics is the study of morals and why we have them and the justification behind them. He also takes a look into what ethics involves and mean. Like how ethics is what the norm is in a certain culture or place. For example,…

Ethics can be explained as set of moral principles or behaviour of conduct for oneself or a group. It will affect how a person making decisions & choices. For example, the concept of “right” and “wrong” brought the need for a formal approach to social behaviour an effort to create unity and organization in a society. The course of actions in counselling usually determined by ethics conduct (Forester-Miller & Davis 2016). . However, for a counsellor, ethical dilemmas are inevitable. As…

me that this would be the right option. Not through coercion, but through reason. The man is going to die regardless of my choice. As far as Kant’s ethics go, I just could not bring myself to deal away with emotions and subjectivity when deciding moral worth. I believe neither sides are the right way of acting, but a combination of both could be very effective. In almost all situations, murder, theft and lying should be prohibited, but in these type of cases, not…

An Exploration of Othello: Delving into the Mind Frame of Desdemona and Iago Immanuel Kant’s view on ethics and morality is that in order to determine if we are acting in a fashion that can be deemed moral, we have not only a duty to ourselves but others. It is duty that determines our actions. Kant establishes certain limitations and restrictions upon the notion of duty, narrowing down a definition which would allow us to therefore be able to readily distinguish “whether the action which agrees…

treated horribly and were dangerous to civilization. Two men, William Tuke and Phillipe Pinel began to change the way mentally ill people were treated. Based on the article, The History of Occupational Therapy, Pinel and Tuke began what was called “Moral Treatment and Occupation” to treat the mentally ill. Later…

Should people embrace euthanasia as one of the methods of inducing one to a “merciful death?” There are several reasons why people would argue for and against euthanasia. The process of inducing somebody to death can seem unimaginable but it is emerging as one of the most preferred mode for death particularly for patients with terminal illnesses and whose chances of survival are very low. Terminal illnesses take a great toll on the health of a person, and this presents with signs such as…

against them if they so choose to stand up for their cause against society or the state. In Sophocles 's play Antigone, the king of Thebes, Creon (a symbol of the state), gives punishment to Antigone for burying Polyneices, which she believed was the moral thing to do. “That is what they say, and our good Creon is coming here to announce it publicly; and the penalty -stoning to death in the public square,” said Antigone in Sophocles’ play Antigone in lines 23-25. And in line 31, Antigone says:…

righteous? The definition of righteous is to be morally right or justifiable, but is that the only definition? How do we know if someone has the quality of righteousness? It all depends on one’s opinion of what they believe is righteous through their own morals and beliefs. Bilbo demonstrates righteousness on multiple occasions through the book. He takes some reasonable and just actions at times and there are other moments where you could question his decision-making. Nonetheless, he has grown…

As I read the “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism,” I learned some of the views of James Rachel. This article has a section on moral progress and its doubts. This is where I learned about James Rachel doubting cultural relativism. In this article James uses women rights as the topic of discussion. It talks about how things are changing for the better for women rights. This however can not be true based on the cultural relativism theory. In cultural relativism it states, how do we have the…