Wiccan morality

all human beings are born amoral without the familiarity of good and bad deeds. However, as they mature, different cultures impart them with diverse experiences that either make them immoral or moral. Definition of Morally Bad and Morally Good Morality denotes the assortment or classification of concepts of right and wrong behaviors. On the one hand, actions are regarded morally right if they raise the comfort of the individuals who are affected by them. Oppositely, actions are regarded…

Determination of a Mission Determination is one of the main keys to undertaking a mission. The characters, Farah Ahmedi, Walt Masters, and Buck prove that it is, despite all the struggles and difficulties. Farah Ahmedi, who wrote "Escape from Afghanistan", undertook the mission of getting out of Afghanistan because of the war. Walt Masters, from "The King of Mazy May", mission was to protect Loren Hall's claim from claim jumpers. Buck, from "The Call of the Wild", undertook the mission of…

A backbone built on honor, code, and loyalty defines the “chain-of-command” mentality that associates with the military’s public persona. No clearer is this than in Rob Reiner’s A Few Good Men, bringing the judgement line of a military order and a gradually rationalized act of unethical action to the forefront. Commentary considered by Phillip Zimbardo’s “The Stanford Experiment” and Herbert C. Kelman and V. Lee Hamilton “The My Lai Massacre: A Military Crime of Obedience”, all these articles of…

Emmanuel Kant was an 18th century philosopher that developed the idea deontology. Kant is not trying to convince that morality exists but instead that people behave in a way that they themselves call moral. Kant questions what does it mean to be good? In his conclusion the only thing that is good, is the good will. The will to do good is always good and this is not to get something out of the will to do good. Kant expressed that acting from the good will is the only way to be moral. It’s not the…

The film, The Lives of Others, portrays an example of how human beings are in conflict with other human beings simply because they have no understanding of the lives of others. The main character of the movie, Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler, seemed to change his views throughout the film constantly simply because he became aware of the lives of others. There are many scenes in the movie in which Wiesler’s actions would be considered moral on Kantian grounds. For instance, Wiesler’s character starts…

III. The Life of George In this section, FOH demonstrates that both the mugger and doctor subordinate George’s humanity. The former subordinates George’s humanity by overvaluing self-interest, and the latter subordinates humanity’s value by promoting George’s self-interest, and ignoring his reasoning. (Case A): George v. The Mugger Unlike deceitful promising, mugging is transparent. George knows that he would die if he refuses to hand over the money. George also knows that the mugger is…

I. Formula of Humanity (FOH): False Promises Fail to Value Humanity as an End in Itself: Promises are invitations of trust involving two reasoners: promisors and promisees. Promisors offer trust by uttering “I promise”. Promisees are recipients of promises that accept trust and reason accordingly. Deceitful promises are false invitations of trust. Deceitful promisors falsely offer trust. Deceived promisees unknowingly accept false invitations of trust and reason accordingly. Kant argues that…

Moral Philosophy, James and Stuart Rachels discuss the ideas of ethics that a novice should challenge. This book consists of thirteen chapters. First, the author begins with the minimum conception of morality; the following three chapters cover cultural relativism and the connection between morality and religion; the middle chapters, five to twelve, focus on essential ethical theories; and the last chapter describes the author’s perspective of what a satisfactory moral theory should be like.…

Kafka’s story "In the Penal Colony" - as a symbolic historical meditation on the origins of punishment, can be demonstrated by comparing certain aspects of this story to Nietzsche’s essay "On the Genealogy of Morals" - which offers a historical account of the origins of punishment and justice. Nietzsche’s essay discusses how humans transform from pre-civilized, e.g., humans in their primal state with little regard for social-obligations; to civilized, e.g., those who comply and conform to the…

Glen Jeansonne prefaces his book Messiah of the Masses: Huey P. Long and the Great Depression by stating that he believes Huey P. Long was largely misunderstood. Jeansonne feels that Long is frequently studied out of context and he attempts to provide that context for the reader. He insists that Huey was a man of “great abilities and tragic flaws,” who was neither entirely good nor evil (xi). Except for this introductory passage, Jeansonne provides no other personal opinions of Long, only the…