Morality: The Pre-existing And Universal Code
.... right,
what is wrong, and what is best, therefore there exists not modern morality but
simply morality.
An empirical philosopher, W.T. Stace, argues that if we believe all
morals are culturally relative, it is impossible for us to judge what is best.
Although admitting he does not know what is best, he concludes that it is the
responsibility of man to discover what is. He does not dispute that moral
customs and moral ideas differ from country to country and from age to age, but
that the fact that one culture thinks something is right does not necessarily
make it right just as much as what we believe is wrong in our culture doe .....
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Persuasive Essay: Overpopulation
.... quality of life in cities around the world.
The precipitators of this complex issue are unlimited. Factors such as
poverty, food distribution, and government corruption are all important aspects.
No one will be unaffected by the repercussions of an overpopulated world. This
highly sensitive and complex issue demands the attention of all who reside upon
this planet, particularly those who have the ability to work for change.
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Protection From Abuse And Neglect
.... to comment
on situations and on general conversation that they normally would be scared to
ask their parents. I feel that this is relevant to children in today's society
because these situations of abuse and neglect occur in many households, and
children either do not know their rights or fail to take action to them.
The kinds of topics and issues discussed in the association and in
connection with children's rights will vary according to importance. The
beginning stages of the meetings will consist of examples and definitions of
what abuse and neglect constitute. We will then as a group apply what we know
to everyd .....
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Psychological Egoism: Every Person Is Oriented Towards His (or Her) Own Welfare, And The Object Of Every One Of His Voluntary Actions Is Some Good To Himself
.... out of self interest. All society is for
gain, or for glory. It is not like we think it is—for love of our fellows.
Instead it is for self preservation. It is a sort of social contract. In a state
of nature we are at war with each other and life is solitary, poor, nasty,
brutish, and short. In a natural state individuals are in equal powers.
Voluntary collective organization is the most effective way for individuals to
utilize their powers.
Man should be allowed the right to use all means or actions to preserve
himself. For every man is desirous of what is good to him, and shuns what is
evil, but chiefly the chiefest of natural .....
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Reality Is Perception
.... special sense organs on their body. Birds
also seem to use the magnetic lines of the earth to navigate south for the
winter each year. It would be foolish to make the statement that all sensory
perception of the world is circumspect and is exactly the same for all creatures.
All animals on the planet earth live in a hermeneutic spiral meaning
that we all live in the past. Humans as with other animals can only sense a
cause after it has made an effect. The assumption is made that if we sense an
effect there must therefore be a cause, which leads to a naïve realism of
perception. As well, with sensory perception there is a l .....
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The Power Of Language
.... and use of the mass media. The propagandist speaks in an attempt to
persuade the audience to believe his way. With the support of the audience, the
speaker gains power.
Propaganda as an art of persuasion has been used for thousands of years.
In the fifth century BC, when Pericles addressed his fellow Athenians on the
merits of their city compared to the tyranny of Sparta, he was making propaganda,
even though much of what he was saying was true. Many centuries later, Lenin,
the Soviet revolutionary, realized the value of propaganda to indoctrinate
educated people. He employed another tactic toward the uneducated, called
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The Problem Of Evil
.... being murdered, children being
molested, a natural disaster striking a area and many people suffering and
dying, etc... This also shows that God cannot be all-powerful if lets all this
evil exist in the universe that he supposedly created.
The second solution to the problem of evil states that God allows evil
to exist in order to bring out a greater good. Or that the universe is better
with some evil in it. Better? Why would God being so good and concerned about
humans want us to suffer? This solution is much like the first, saying that
evil creates or brings good. Yet, if there was only good we would not have to
worr .....
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Welfare Reform: A Matter Of Justice
.... program. The current average cost to care
for a patient in a nursing home is nine times greater than that of a single
dependent child. The price of medical care, in general, has drastically
increased. Expensive new technology and procedures are a large part of this
increase. The need for these costly new technologies is not expected to
decrease, the cost will just be passed on to the public through higher prices
and higher Medicaid spending. And finally, an estimated 10 percent of Medicaid
payments is wasted on fraud. This is mostly fraud by health care providers,
with a minuscule amount from patients with forged documents.
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Why Should I Be Moral?
.... but not the next.
Aristotle on the other hand said that true happiness includes pleasures, joys,
and successes as well as many pains, griefs, and troubles in ones life. A happy
life is not cause by the pleasures we've had, nor marred by the displeasures
we've had.
Aristotle also contended that children could not be happy as the
requirement for happiness was a complete life. For instance, an old man looking
back on his life and being able to say that it was good, is happiness.
Aristotle defined the things that make happiness as health, wealth,
friendship, and good moral character. Aristotle stated that happiness was also
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The Real Threat Of Nuclear Smuggling
.... of a standard aluminum
soft-drink can.
In addition to this, analysts have found that security is much to lax in
even the supposedly "most protected locations". For example, the Russian stores
in particular suffer from sloppy security, poor inventory management and
inadequate measurements. Then there is the virtually nonexistent security at
nuclear installations that compounds the problem. The main reason for this lack
of security is that pay and conditions have worsened and disaffection has become
widespread. So with an alienated workforce suffering from low and often late
wages, the incentives for nuclear theft have be .....
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The Adults Are Always Right?
.... Adults say: "Stop watching television."
Kids hear: "nag nag nag nag nag nag nag."
They think of us as being lazy, and irresponsible, selfish and useless.
Some adults quiver when they hear how we will one day run this world. What makes
us lazy, the fact that we watch an hour of television after a hard day at school,
before eating dinner and doing our homework? Why are we irresponsible, because
we don't have time to walk the dog due to us studying for our upcoming exam?
We're selfish because we want peace and quite for when we study? And useless
because we can't run any errands for them when we're taking that one ho .....
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American Self Perception Vs. The Truth
.... to achieve
unchecked power and wealth. At the time of the framing of the constitution,
blacks were slaves thus all men were NOT created equal. Women were equally
excluded from the constitution as suffrage wasn't even a consideration at the
time. The only class groups which the American Constitution outlined freedom for
were wealthy European immigrants fleeing their own land for such reasons as
taxes. After such movements as Suffrage and Civil Rights, all Americans were
granted individual rights of freedom thus approaching equality.
The American self-perception of living a life of virtual complete
freedom parallels the A .....
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