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  • Ethical And Moral Decisions
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    Normative Ethics Normative Ethics is a theory of ethics that is based on what ought to be morally right. Most ethical theories are based from a normative base. Normative ethics are based on what ought to be good or bad, right or wrong, and just or unjust. The ethical principles are ways to describe the actions and behaviors that we perform. There are several theories that apply to normative ethics like utilitarianism, pluralism, and rights based ethics. Utilitarianism is a principle, which appro...
  • Examples Of Moral Issues
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    Morality is a hard term to define and decipher because there are so many things that have to be taken into account. If you line up a group of ten people and bring up a morality issue, you will mostly likely get different answers. People all over the world have many different beliefs and are raised to stand by those beliefs. Abortion is one of the hot topics in our country and a big moral issue. There are people who believe abortion is murder and completely, morally wrong. Then there are other pe...
  • Pro Slavery South
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    At 4: 30 AM the Confederates opened fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War began. With seven states already seceded from the Union, the confederate states took a strong stance. Just as the Confederacy was formed in early 1861, the Confederate soldiers began taking over. On April 19th, President Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports. For the duration of the war, the blockade limited the ability of the South to stay well suppli...
  • Moral Issue In One Society
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    The sixties and seventies were a time of peace and love. Sound like something you want now Youd better think again. Who has fewer morals; the hippies of then or the role models of today Sure they had Woodstock, they had fun but that was accepted of society at that time. Think what would happen if I were to get caught throwing a huge party with sex, drugs, and rock n roll. Id wind up in jail, not quite the same consequences they had at that time. As of today, in the nineties, our biggest role mod...
  • Freedom And Slavery
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    The Lincoln Administration Pursuit of Freedom There are many ways to describe what freedom is; in fact Webster's dictionary offers nine different explanations of what the word means. "A right or the power to engage in certain actions without control or interference", is one of the most ubiquitous definitions. There are many ways to describe freedom and American history has portrayed it in very contradictory manners. In the late 1700's, it was very obvious that America's forefathers sought freedo...
  • Morality To Our Children In Schools
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    The question of teaching morality in schools is vital to our educational system. Children today are becoming less and less cooperative in the classroom. Teachers today are taking measures unheard of in our parents time, such as learning self-defense techniques. However, a key question is whether or not lack of morality is the root of this problem. Some would argue that it is, and it is the schools responsibility to teach young children morality. However, I disagree. Morality is the internalized ...
  • Debate Of Moral Issues
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    Abstract Ethical decisions always involve morality or society's accepted ways of behavior and address matters of serious consequence to society's well being, such as murder, lying, and slander. Ethical decisions cannot be established or changed by decisions of authoritative bodies like legislatures, and they should override self-interest. As stated by the author, Paul Kurtz (2003), one should not rely simply upon authoritarian dictates, tradition, dogma, or bias, but rather have an open mind abo...
  • Bork's View On Philosophical Morality Being
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    This paper touches on points made between four lawyers in the discussion on how it would be possible to get reparations for slavery. Is reparations for Blacks plausible? Does statement in their discussion have credence in the court of law, or is it merely just outcome over process? Views coming from Robert H. Bork (author of The Tempting America) and Stanley Fish (author of the trouble with Principle), will also be covered to agree or disagree with statements made in the Harper articles. These f...

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