Value theory

changing self rather than expecting others to change. While changing self, values and moral should be considered. However cultural background, workplace culture highly influences the values. For example: medical restrain: Medical restrain is restricting the movement of a patient with slight pain in order to prevent harming themselves and others. At the time when I used to work in an institution I have seen many cases of restrain. I value…

with her child during the period of her pregnancy. When we demand that a surrogate mother give up the child and her parental rights to the child, we treat the child as a mere commodity. (Lack of appreciation for the child’s intrinsic value other than its instrumental value) However, Satz’s argues against this as she does not think that there is a “difference between women’s reproduction labour and human labour that would be relevant to contract pregnancy”. She raises criticisms against contract…

Part One/Question 1 Wendell Berry’s augment about morality shows that morality is universal; it is not a list of rules, but a way of life to be practiced. Morality is the possibility for people to flourish in happiness, while considering the implications of those actions for future generations. The outcomes of our happiness will not be seen as instant karma for our children, but by what world is left for them to flourish in. Moreover, this world is not ours, we are only temporary residents of…

Stories are well suited for discussing moral values because stories help readers learn where our moral beliefs and foundations came and continue to come from. Each story has a lesson to be learned or something that can be taken away from it. Stories teach us lessons about life and everything in between. Stories that are told at a young age started developing our morals and views and as people get older they pass those stories on to their children and it becomes a trend. All stories have meaning.…

The line of good and evil is not set location, but a moveable and interchangeable perception. No one is born evil: “research … shows that it is much easier to step over the boundary from ethical to unethical if there is a gradual erosion of moral values and principles rather than one big leap” (Tugend 2). Becoming villainous is a slow progression, making it difficult to…

upper classes were able to exploit those in the lower classes” (Farganis, 24). In his philosophical work, Marx brought an understanding of how to look at the economic, social and political power and its effects on society. Acknowledging that Marx’s theories have emerged during the French Revolution and that many historical events have occurred since then, the essay below will strive to compare the views of past communism to today’s capitalistic society. Further on, the paper will include…

Morality is a system of moral conduct, or conformity to ideals of \correct human conduct. In the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand, one system of morality was so distorted that Equality creates his own system of morals. Throughout Anthem, Equality, the narrator, goes through a series of events that led him to change his view of morality. At the end of Anthem, the collectivist society’s view of morality remains the same while Equality’s view of morality is changed to ideals of right human conduct.…

Throughout daily life, there is a constant theme: good versus evil. This continuous comparison of the good to the evil is fundamentally within each person, whether it is known or not. People define others with these concepts by only knowing their basic qualities. This idea of good versus evil provides a distinct template in which discerns those who are characteristically good, and characteristically evil. Though, what draws this line, or, how exactly do humans define good and evil? This topic is…

Tracy suffered from severe cerebral palsy, but was not considered to be terminally ill. When she was 12 years old she became quadriplegic and was bedridden. Tracy could only get around in her wheelchair and needed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week care. Her condition was irreversible due to brain damage at birth. Tracy had the mental capacity of a 4 month old and only communicated through facial expressions, such as laughing and crying. She could not walk, talk or feed herself, though she responded…

Relative Morality In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain, the author explores the relativity of morality through the main character Huckleberry Finn by placing him in many situations where the difference between right and wrong is difficult to clarify. Through the reactions of Huckleberry in these situations, Twain deeply emphasizes the importance of one’s own moral conscience and also the fact that what one holds to be moral based on their own experiences is most…