Morality

Morality and Selfishness in The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby puts forward the implication and treatment of women. Through the three main female characters, Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson, and Daisy Buchanan, it comments on the relationship between morality and selfishness. The story suggests that women’s empty morals lead to selfishness; therefore men disempower women The portrayal of women as dishonest and insensitive individuals is shown through Jordan. The narrator, Nick…

naïve to the fact that one’s degree of morality seems to work both against and for people regarding their fate. Sometimes good people suffer while bad people benefit; sometimes bad people live while good people die. Fate, however, does not take morality into account. Instead, it is an unbiased, random phenomenon. Being one of high moral standing does not necessarily provide protection. Hans, Liesel, and Rudy all exhibit immense naiveté when it comes to the morality of humankind—especially how it…

Justice and morality are what we must use to govern ourselves in proper society, but which should be more valued? Socrates valued morality, because he believed that there is never a reason to commit an injustice, and that the law should always be followed. The law is always straightforward without the capacity to make a mistake, it is absolute. If you disagree with the law you can try to persuade, but if you choose to stay in the land where the law governs then you must follow its instructions.…

Morality is a system of values and principles to which one believes something is right or wrong. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the characters whose morals are most affected are Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan. Jay is blinded by his fantasy and makes decisions based of dreams. Daisy is influenced by wealth and materials. She is used to a flashy lifestyle and being spoiled. Tom is a dominant and aggressive man, he does what he wants because he is powerful and…

¨The Scarlet Letter¨ has a deep theme of morality. Hawthorne himself states that ¨The Scarlet Letter¨ is ¨a tale of human frailty and sorrow,¨ (55). This morality which is found throughout the entire book. Hawthorne makes sure that the reader knows this theme very well by the time the reader finishes this book. This theme of morality can be found in the Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale and the important scenes of which they are involved. Hester, the executor of a crime against marriage, has…

The play Antigone is intended to portray that morality is more important than the law. In order to demonstrate this, Sophocles presents a situation in which a woman is willing to go to the extremes, even facing death, in order to fight for what she believes is right. The play struggles with the idea of right versus wrong, the characters are forced to make decisions based on their conscience even if it does not coincide with the law. The purpose of laws is to set a standard of conduct for the…

Transformation of Humanity: Prejudice, Innocence, and Morality in To Kill A Mockingbird Society has evolved fifty-four years since Harper Lee published, To Kill a Mockingbird, yet the novel reverberates throughout society today because it keenly accentuates the coexistence between good and evil through prejudice, innocence, and morality. Prejudice displays the cruel oppressive nature of humans and emerges as a major theme throughout the Tom Robinson trial, the controversial epicenter of…

The morality of people is sometimes respected by some people and sometimes not. People sometimes throw morality to the side if it is in their benefit of to obtain something he or she wants. This message is very evident in The Great Gatsby, so I am going to show how each of the characters, events, food, or settings represents this message Jay Gatsby- Jay Gatsby was infatuated on getting Daisy to fall back in love with him and gain wealth. To do this he threw away his ethics and committed some…

Argument for Euthanasia Dalton Rogers PHIL 2020-001 The argument for euthanasia is one of morality and utility. When a person is in pain, most people agree to treat it. However, for untreatable or terminal medical issues, euthanasia seems like the best option. The humane thing to do for a terminally ill or mentally impaired person would be to give the option to a patient or their primary caregivers whether or not to press on or end peacefully. There are positions against euthanasia,…

“The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life. To make this a living force and bring it to clear consciousness is perhaps the foremost task of education. The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperils the foundation of…