Wiccan morality

There is a force that can prevent any individual from pursuing their actions. As, individuals we are encouraged to listen to the words of others. Taking into consideration, that what others say to us will have a positive or a negative effect. We are controlled by what others may think of us, the opinions they may have about our actions. This can prevent a person from complete what they want, just because others don’t feel the same. There is one story in particular that fits quite perfectly with…

1). Aristotle believes that the highest good for humans is happiness. He believes that all of our actions should lead up to the ultimate end goal of happiness. Aristotle says that most humans,”identify the good, or happiness with pleasure”(p. 50). However, in order to achieve happiness we must pursue happiness rather than pleasures and we must think rationally by using our virtues. According to Aristotle, our unique human function is to be rational beings. As humans we must make rational…

In this essay, I will argue that Mencius’ altruistic position and four dispositions offer more precise explanations of human motivation than Glaucon’s support of psychological egoism. I contend that humans all have the capacity to partake in moral acts (e.g., helping kin and others, altruism, combatting injustice, etc.). Glaucon’s defense of psychologically egoistic motivation is only useful to recognize that human beings harbor a degree of self-preservation (i.e., to guard oneself from harm and…

When is it morally acceptable to use physical violence? According to Howard McGary, there are two types of ways to hurt someone, physically and psychologically. If a person is getting physically abused, would it be ethical to use physical violence? What if a person is being psychologically abused? McGary claims people tend to accept violence when it is being used to defeat a greater physical violence, but refuse to use violence to stop psychological violence. Is it evident to use physical…

takes care of his plants because a cared-for garden is pleasing to look at, or perhaps because a blooming garden complements the bare colorwork of his house. In other words, his duties are a means to an end. However, such motives do not trouble the morality of a gardener. In fact, they are a case similar to the earlier example of the master and his dog. And we know from that example that if the plants are at service to him, and more importantly, at…

Sara Ahmed, the author of The Promise of Happiness, offers a new perspective on happiness. Unlike many others, she does not attempt to define happiness, nor describe the ways to achieve it. Instead, she examines happiness through the lenses of several different moral theories including utilitarianism and deontology. Through this careful examination, she is led to the conclusion that happiness varies from person to person and there is no clear identifiable source that is applicable to everyone.…

immoral. Two principles that play a significant role in normative ethics are consequentialism and Kantianism. When faced with a moral dilemma, these theories may agree or conflict with one another. To fully understand how normative principles, justify morality, they must be broken down. We will begin with consequentialism, which is a future-oriented family of theories. Consequentialism states that actions are morally right just because…

Throughout the course of human history, existence really, there is a basic need to stay alive; the stakes of which are endless. Whether it is keeping your children alive or just yourself, the instinct is there to do the best for yourself and not for anyone else. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a prime example of the cruelty of humans for the sake of themselves. The story does not only show human’s basic instincts, but the underlying obedience to do an act of horror despite knowing it is not…

One such scholar who offers an interpretation of this method is Wendy Doniger - O’Flaherty. O’Flaherty, in detailing her account of the hunter and the sage, advocates for religious studies scholars to be more sympathetic to the beliefs and experiences of the adherent within the specific phenomenon. That is to say, she holds that we as scholar should try to the best of our ability to put ourselves in the participants ‘shoes’, “but to remain, at the same time, inside [our] own head.” The stance…

“We want to believe in the essential, unchanging goodness of people, in their power to resist external pressures, in their rational appraisal and then rejection of situational temptations. We invest human nature with God-like qualities, with moral and rational faculties that make us both just and wise. We simplify the complexity of human experience by erecting a seemingly impermeable boundary between Good and Evil.” (Zimbardo 211) In 1971 in the basement of the phycology department of stanford…