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Last Level Of Moral Judgment
586 wordsLawrence Kohlberg laid the groundwork for the current debate within psychology on moral development. He proposed that children form ways of thinking through their experiences which include understandings of moral concepts such as justice, rights, equality and human welfare. Kohlberg followed the development of moral judgment beyond the ages. He determined that the process of attaining moral maturity took longer and was more gradual than other studies have shown. Kohlberg identified six stages of...
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One's Knowledge Of A Good Life
1,725 wordsThe Ethical Te pries Of Plato And Aristotle And The State That Would Produce A More Moral Society The Ethical Theories of Plato and Aristotle and State which would Produce a More Moral Society. Moral organized societies do no simply happen. They are products of principle beliefs and strict codes on ethics based on the knowledge of leaders and philosophers. Both Aristotle and Plato had their views on what would make a moral and just society. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who was born at Stagi...
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19th Century German Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
1,705 wordsExistentialism in the Early 19th Century Major Themes Because of the diversity of positions associated with existentialism, the term is impossible to define precisely. Certain themes common to virtually all existentialist writers can, however, be identified. The term itself suggests one major theme: the stress on concrete individual existence and, consequently, on subjectivity, individual freedom, and choice. Moral Individualism Most philosophers since Plato have held that the highest ethical go...
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Goodness Of Other People
2,218 wordsWhat is common in Locke, Hobbes and Rousseau is state of nature. In the state of nature all people are equal - although they have different talents they are equal, because having different talents doesn't prevent equality - and have same rights but in time they try to command each other and make domination upon them. Hobbes associate this desire with the effort to dispel the insecurity which is caused by equality between people. According to his opinion, if two people desire the same thing that ...
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Humanity's Freedom Of Choice
597 wordsAlbert Camus was a French-Algerian novelist, essayist, dramatist, and journalist and a Nobel laureate. He was born in Algeria to a French father and Spanish mother. After his father was killed in WWI, he was raised in poverty by his grandmother and mother. He was forced to end his studies and limit his life in theatre as a playwright, director, and actor due to tuberculosis. He then turned his interest to politics and, after briefly being a member of the Communist party, he began a career in jou...
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Issues Regarding The Social Aspects Of Nrts
1,949 wordsDuring the debate on March 15, 2000 which discussed new reproductive technologies (NRTS) issues were raised regarding the positive and negative effects of NRTS. Issues raised by the advocates of NRTS were surrounding infertility, homosexuality, disease, and cloning. All of these factors raised were concerning the moral rights of individuals who were unable to have children of their own without the help of NRTS. The debate continued by stating that denying individuals the right to utilize NRTS wa...
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Set Standard Of Morals And Ethics
1,999 wordsRelativism: The Tangible Theory Since the beginning of rational thought, philosophers have searched for the true meaning of morality. Many theorists have attempted to answer this question with reasoning, in an attempt to find a universal set of rules, or away to distinguish right from wrong. Some theorists believe that this question is best answered by a single moral standard, while others debate if there can be single solution. Cultural Relativism explores the idea that there can be no one mora...
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Responsibility On Moral Obligation
900 wordsRawls' View of Ignorance Rawls theory of justice revolves around the adaptation of two fundamental principles of justice which would, in turn, guarantee a just and morally acceptable society. The first principle guarantees the right of each person to have the most extensive basic liberty compatible with the liberty of others. The second principle states that social and economic positions are to be) to everyone's advantage and b) open to all. A key problem to Rawls is to show how such principles ...
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Hawthorne's View Of National Morality
1,756 wordsNATIONAL MORALITY IN HAWTHORNE S THE SCARLET LETTER Since the beginning of time, man has gathered himself in communities in order to better facilitate the needs and interests of individuals. As institutions developed to govern these communities, the idea of a collective good emerged. Central to the idea of a collective good is the responsibility of the community in forming a sense of national morality. Should this morality come from the government or religion Perhaps, individuals should take res...
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Singer One's Own Money
1,885 words"Famine, Affluence, and Morality" Peter Singer Webster's English Dictionary defines "morality" as: the conformity to ideals of right human conduct. With this in mind, I wonder who determines right human conduct Religion aside, there is no literary context that strictly states the rights and wrongs of human behavior. So who decides Who determines what we ought morally to do and what we are obligated to do as a society An Australian philosopher, Peter Singer attempts to draw the line between oblig...
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Morally Defensible Political Philosophy
2,158 words"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; 'Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, 'The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere 'The ceremony of innocence is drowned"; 'W.B. Yeats, "The Second Coming". 'The answer to this question will revolve around the definitions of anarchism and morality. It will be shown that, within the criteria laid down, anarchism is the most, if not the only, morally defensible 'political' philosophy. 'Anarchism as a word is derived from the Greek "anarkhia", meani...
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