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Jesus in Writings and Paintings.

Jesus as an Inspirational Figure in the Renaissance Christianity and Jesus have always been central to the development of culture in Europe throughout its history. That does not, however, mean that people’s conception of them both remained static – a fact which has arguably led to some of the greatest artistic and intellectual outpourings the world has ever seen. While the Renaissance is famous for its intellectual outpourings (with Da Vinci being just one of the people famous for this), it is equally famous for its paintings and sculptural works. The ubiquity of religious iconography in both artistic and ...

Introduction

Ethics refers to those things that are firmly accepted ideas about what we should do in given situations (Velasquez, Andre, Shanks, and Meyer). For example, ethics might refer to a standard that says that stealing or murder or assault is not the right thing to do, and so it imposes restrictions on those activities. Ethics also includes virtues, such as honesty, compassion, and loyalty. The right to life, the right to privacy, and the right to be safe are also embedded in ethics, whether stated directly or not. What these things have in common is that the standards of ...

The dispute of free will versus determinism always bothered humanity. There were numerous arguments posed be either side of the discussion, but there still seems to be no end to it. David Hume is one of the opponents of free will and in his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, he explains the "doctrine of necessity" with which he makes his point in this debate. In this essay, I will explain Hume's argument and support it. In his opposition to free will, Hume starts by jumping into the discussion and saying that the whole debate about free will was decided long ...

The question of whether we should trust our sense comes to us from the ancient times. Since the beginning of philosophy and thought, humans wondered whether the world is the way they see and experience it. With the advancements in philosophy, such doubts even framed out in a separate field of thought. Many thinkers were very skeptical about the contrast between the world as we perceive it and the way it really is and what role do our senses play in the process of perception and understanding. Descartes and Hume are two of the most prominent philosophers whose views ...

Should Internal Corruption be allowed in Businesses?

Internal corruption can take different forms. For instance, a situation whereby the business management overvalues assets, implementation of false projects, devaluing stakeholder’s dividends or even using shortcuts when awarding tenders. While internal corruption benefits individuals in the firm, it has devastating effects on the overall business performance. Primarily, internal corruption may profit the company’s customers, stakeholders and ensure a smooth running of business activities. In some cases, businesses spend less money when they use shortcuts in awarding tenders. Ideally, the standard tendering process takes a long time and involves the use of funds. Thus, if an alternative ...

IT is a Christian vocation. However, the extent to which IT practices are exercised in a Christian way is largely dependent on the individual because, as with everything else, IT can be used both for the good and the bad, as explained in the following ethical theories of moral relativism, utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics (Pojman & Fieser, 2008).

Moral Relativism

The theory of Moral Relativism does agree with IT as a Christian vocation. While Moral Relativism recognizes cultural differences, it can be considered that IT has universal principles. For example, programming languages remain the same no matter where it is used or how ...

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Introduction

Capital Punishment, also known as a Death Penalty, is a legal process by which a person accused of a crime is put to death. The term is derived from the Latin word “capitalis”, meaning beheading. Widely regarded as one of the most controversial topics of the 21st century, this paper focuses on the historical, moral and social aspects of the use of capital punishment. It covers all arguments both in favor of and against this form of punishment.

Historical Significance

Capital Punishment and Death Penalty Law is a centuries old phenomenon. The first death penalty laws were established in Eighth Century B.C for 25 ...

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British Petroleum Company Profile BP plc, formerly known as British Petroleum, is a UK based multinational oil and Gas Company with its headquarters located in London, England, United Kingdom. As of 2012, BP is the world’s sixth largest energy company in terms of market capitalisation, fifth largest company by revenues, and sixth largest oil and gas company by production (BP. Financial and Operating Information, 2008-2012). BP is a vertically integrated organisation and it has a strong presence in all areas of the gas sector, including exploration and production, refining, promotion, distribution, power generation, and trading. The company also operates in the ...

INTRODUCTION

Crime is a reality of society. One crime or another is committed every minute of everyday all over the globe. Some are petty crimes, shoplifting and writing bad checks, while others are much more serious like assault, rape, and armed attacks. It is the latter crimes that garner the most severe of punishments from the legal system. While the justice system struggles to find the means to prevent, deter, and eliminate the opportunities for crime, crime continues on. When it comes to the most severe of all crimes, murder, there is a divide among the citizens about what is the appropriate ...

Haiti vs. Dominican Republic

Introduction The countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic are located on the same Caribbean island. As such, many would assume that they operate as sister countries with similar government and policies and that the citizens of each country have a mutual respect for each other. This, however, is not the case with these two countries. Throughout the history of Haiti and the Dominican Republic bitter conflicts have often erupted between the two. It is important to understand some of the history of these two countries and the history of their conflicts to have a greater understanding of why their ...

Moral character and virtue were requirements of a good life according to the philosophy of Aristotle as well as his mentor Plato and as expressed by Socrates. The idea has a firm grounding in ancient wisdom and philosophy. The most important virtues and elements of a sound moral character in Aristotle’s opinion were justice, courage, and temperance. All of these virtues can be acquired by regular men without training in metaphysics. The idea that regular men could practice habits that constitute a high moral character and are virtuous was of great importance to Aristotle in making his philosophies accessible and relevant (Stanford ...

Business Ethics Assignment Ryanair

Introduction In today’s competitive environment, every organization wants to earn as much profit as they can by entering and exploiting not only resources from the domestic country but also from country across the globe. Ryanair was established with a share capital of only £1 as well as the staff of 25 by the Ryan family (Ryanair, 2014). Ryanair is recognized as being the only ULCC (ultra-low cost carrier) within Europe, operating over 1,600 flights every day (more than 500,000 every year) from 57 bases, all through 1,600 low cost routes, linking 180 different destinations within ...

Burning of the dead bodies (p. 15-16)

Documentary record reveals that Hinduism is one of the dominant religions across the globe, mainly practiced in India subcontinent with a current population of over 700 million people. The religion is mainly dominated by diversity, and its ability to accept any doctrine or practice. Majority of the Hindus are monotheists while others are polytheists. Hinduism as a religion, however, is stern in their authoritative traditional practices such as burning of the dead bodies. To them, the concept of life after death is usually vague practice. They believe that their first man to die Yama had a clear reference to the world of ...

Religious reflections tend to distinguish the major human problem as sin. This is so even from the very definition where sin is regarded as ignoring the powers of the divinity and therefore centering life and its value on the individual self, the world and what one has. This makes it impossible to recognize the fact that there is a power that is behind everything that exists (Livingston 113). One may want to consider this as ignorance yet but this does not substantially explain why the center may not be anything else but the individual self and the world and that ...

There are many religions in the world today. These religions are made up of different fundamental beliefs which distinguish each one of them from one another. Different people give different interpretation of the beliefs that make up their religion. This can be said about the religious books that they use because they have documented and given their own versions of some aspects such as faith and practice (Brunn 2013). There could be similarities in all them, a good example is that of same subject matter involving the same people and history but then, the difference comes in on not everything ...

There are several religious traditions that exist in the world today. They vary from one traditional or indigenous group to another but the bottom line is, all of them are based on some traditions that different groups of people from all parts of the world come from. It is for a fact that all the religious traditions have specific characteristics that are helpful in describing all of them. For instance, Judaism has specific attributes that are characteristic to it and so is Christianity, Islam, Shintoism and all other religions. But a case in point, which is Shintoism, as observed by the ...

Business Ethics

Recent decades have witness intensive debate and researches on the significant of business ethics in modern workplaces. Although researches on business ethics are still at infant stage, researchers have universally agreed on some basic significant of business ethics to both individual’s development and organisation productivity. Business ethics regards to values that focus on moral features in commercial activities. Ethics are also professional and applied virtues that explore ethical problems, morals, and ethical principles that emerge in the business environment. Ethics addresses individual’s conducts in a business while revolving other critical business conducts. Business ethics mainly comprises of both ...

Introduction

- Marijuana - Facts about Marijuana - Thesis statement

Marijuana laws

Explanation of how virtue ethics (Classical Theory) could resolve legalizing marijuana Contrast of explanation with ethical egoism. Views closer to mine Conclusion Abstract This document contains a proposal to legalize marijuana in United States of America. Many States have already legalized the use of marijuana for medical reasons and laws regarding the amount of ther drug people carry have been modified to the extent of those who have already been convicted given an opportunity to have their sentences/convictions revoked. Both classical and contemporary ...

This research paper addresses the following issues regarding capital punishment: Are convicted defendants easily convicted and sent to death row because they cannot afford high dollar lawyers? Is there a moral difference when the state kills as opposed to an individual? Should punishment be based on "eye for an eye" edict or the one that says to "turn the other cheek"?

For the purposes of this paper, research is focused mainly on the United States.

Research Regarding the first issue, Amnesty International quoted U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, who in February 1994 stated that “the death penalty remains fraught with arbitrariness, discrimination, caprice, and mistake”. The quotation preceded an article ...

Arguably, media today is one of the influential factors in the globe. Together with improvement of technology and Information Communication Technology (ICT), media remains the most powerful in society. It influences are sectors of human life, which include social, political, economic, and religious. The media and its responsibilities remain controversial in the world, in that it has received many critics on how it presents its news and other form of communication. The sector remains the most powerful and influential institution in undertaking its responsibilities, yet it is among the least trusted due to biasness, as well as least accountable ...

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Introduction

Lenn Goodman- ‘Some Moral Minima:’ A Perspective

Challenges to Relativism

Conclusion

Introduction Relativism is a concept that forges reality advancing assumptions which declare nothing to be absolutely true or valid. This is so because what has been proven true or valid is always based on personal perceptions which may be influenced by various predisposing factors. Often they may be merely subjective sentiments which are not universal since they only represent the view point of a few, the minority, majority or imposition of a dictator (Baghramian, 2004) When conceptualized within the context of morality it impinges on the framework that ...

Being ethical when it comes to any form of business process does not, in any way, hinder a company or a corporation from being in the front row of the top competitive companies list. In fact, according to the Association of Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business (2011), being ethical or simply considering ethics and ethical implications in every decision that is related with a business is kind of a prerequisite to be on top of the competition. One company indeed needs to have an appropriate level of expertise but they must never forget that considering confidentiality, integrity and competence and other ...

As an act of altruism, I donated a sum of money to Commit2Africa. This is a charity which helps children in Africa to access education (Clover, 2010). However, I gained pleasure from knowing that my money was going to help other people. I also knew that I would feel this before I made the donation and, therefore, it was not a truly selfless act. “Altruism is helping behaviour that is motivated by a selfless concern for the welfare of another person” (altruism). Altruism differs from personal and social responsibility as both of the latter are motivated by a sense of duty. Altruism focuses ...