Essays on Moral Issue

Ethics plays a very critical role in today’s IT world. Ethics will define how we do, what we should do and how we should treat each other. The framework that assists in the determination of what is wrong or right follows several approaches. The underlining steps in the approaches determine the necessity of evil in the society or a good in the same society. This paper is going to discuss an ethical emerging issue in the IT world, the exact problem that arises due to the issue and the framework for making an ethical decision. It will, also, ...

Abortion as an Ethical Issue

Abortion is a controversial moral issue that has raised condemnation from all paradigms of the society. This issue falls under the class of applied ethics, and its manifestation is a subject of discussion. While some feel that abortion is right, and well framed in the general human realms, a larger population believes that its application contravenes the general principles of law, and does not merit the religious moral standards. Therefore, I have intentionally settled on abortion as a critical issue of sexuality since it has sparked controversy and aggravation among the members of the society. Besides, being a sensitive ...

A time to kill is an American drama film produced in 1996 by Arnon Milchan, John Grisham, Michael Nathanson and Hunt Lowry (Ebert 1).it depicts how racial discrimination affected social life in America. It is based on the novel ‘A time to Kill’, written by John Grisham in 1989. The film revolves around a black family, father and daughter who are living in Mississippi, and two white men who are racists. Tonya the black young girl is aged ten years. She was seized by Doug Hutchinson and Nicky Katt who raped her in turns. The men also beat ...

Introduction

The moral issues that I will personally face in my planned managerial occupation are ethical responsibility, discrimination, and marketing ethical concepts. The paper will analyze three ethical managers face in the business. Moreover, the paper will illustrate two cases of people faced by ethical problems. A natural law approach will be applied to explain the how to solve the ethical dilemma. The paper will address the application of natural law theory in solving the cases of the business leaders (Badaracco 3).

In this contemporary world, the managers face the ethical problems of ethical responsibility. The managers have to be ...

1. What were conditions like for black people in the U.S. in the early 1960’s? From the textbook: What legal and societal mechanisms created and kept black people in these conditions? Conditions for black people in the United States during the early 1960’s where bleak, they faced social, economic and educational discrimination. These forms of discrimination, created by an informal but controlling white male elite political governing consortium reached back into the anti-bellum tradition. These mechanisms kept black people in these conditions by allowing entrenched areas or the country to remain severely segregated. Even when Brown ...

In 1997, the public have been shocked about the announcement of the successful mammal cloning. Dolly, the sheep, is the first to be cloned by Ian Wilmut and his co-workers by the process of transferring nuclear genome (Brock 1). There are issues that arise from the public about the morality and ethics of the research method and objective. They are afraid of what should the next thing that could happen after this technological advancement. On the other side, the scientific world have been fascinated and rejoiced about the announcement of Wilmut. There are many scientists that are excited of ...

Social and ethical responsibilities in business

Social responsibility is an ethical theory, which requires individuals or corporations to be accountable and fulfill their civic duties. Individuals or corporations actions must be of benefit to the whole society. For social responsibility to take place, there must be a balance between the environment, welfare of the society, and economic growth (Davis, 1960). Once the maintenance of this equilibrium is achieved, social responsibility is achieved. Social responsibility is build on an ethics system whereby decisions and actions are required ethical approval before proceeding (Freeman, 2001). If a decision or action can result in harming the environment or society, it is ...

Decision-making is a vital process to any patient. Typically, there are competent and incompetent patients who make and take ready-made medical decisions respectively. However, is it necessary to make decisions for the incompetent, and if so, why? What are the rights given to competent patients in making medical decisions and why is it important for patients to make decisions for themselves? The complexity of the problem of decision making for incompetent patients is best evident, for example in patients who are under age and their parents need to make an informed decision concerning their health.. Certainly, it is pertinent to ...

Introduction

Many rappers commend Eminem for his clear pronunciation, complex rhyming style, and the very good word playing skill. In the music industry, he was labeled as the most successful white rapper due to his awards and music sales. Eminem has also been subjected to many debates weather he has a positive or negative influence for the issues of gender, race and class. Many politicians and other celebrities also despised him because of his violent words, corruption of youth, misogyny, homophobia and other allegations. However, there are also critics that value his influence and contributions to the world of Hip Hop. ...

Impact of adverts on the Moral Behavior

There are several driving forces that shape the decision making process, especially when it comes to choosing what higher goods are. These forces shape our moral notions of the objects we encounter in the society since we rely on their principles to understand their relevance to our lives. Such moral sources in the society today include individualistc utilitarianism, expressive individualism, atomism, evolutionary sources such as status, power, wealth, beauty, and attractiveness amongst several others as will be discussed in this paper. Ads are any form of marketing communications force or marketing tool that is mainly used to sell ...

CAN CHRISTIANS DISAGREE ON MORAL ISSUES?

Educated and moral Christians can have disagreements based on morality an indeed have had disagreements based on morality right from the inception of the church. The main driving force behind these disagreements is the attitude of each Christian. Even though they share the same faith and the same idealism with regard to spiritualism, each Christian has their own unique and individual attitude about certain issues and chiefly morality. This may lead to disagreements in the instance where some Christians are of the opinion that their attitudes represent absolute truth with regard to the doctrines of their religion and the ...

On paper and in spirit, the United States is “the land of the free.” It is thought of as a place of equal opportunity where hard word, talent, and dedication to goals almost assure that they will be achieved. We are a democracy, not a plutocracy, where an select class of haves rules an under class of have-nots. However, this whole integral notion that defines our society could be put into jeopardy as more wealth gets swallowed up by the rich and the poor our left with less. The rich are getting wealthier in this country because they are manipulating their power ...

Introduction

Animal rights represents a complex and controversial moral issue, becoming more intense, and in the same time, more tensed every day. There are various levels of supporting the animals’ rights, ranging from activist movements against the use of animals for tests in laboratories, against the hunting of animals, against the use of animals for their fur or even against consuming animal meat. The animals’ rights discussion represents a moral issues, since it centers the human relation with the non – human, defining what is considered as good, or as moral, and what is considered as wrong, or as immoral, when dealing with ...

Employer and employee sign working agreements that count for the employee’s working contract, agreements that amongst others, refer to non-disclosure policy, respecting the working norms and regulations, code and conduct and so on. This stands at the basis of the working relationship between employees and employer around the world. Violation of this relationship leads to terminating the working contract and in some cases, to inducing the offender employees on a black list, so that they cannot find employment in the same activity sector, as Clifford and Silver – Greenberg report (“Retailers Tract Employee”). With these general information one could ...

Although romantic love is an emotion that cannot be directly controlled, as suggested by Halwani (2010, p. 90) in his book Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Marriage: An Introduction, I agree that romantic love is a moral issue not because of love per se, but because of what romantic love makes people do. It causes people to feel different kinds of desires, which when, acted on, can make such actions either morally right or wrong. As Halwani (2010, p. 90) suggests, love is permissible and not obligatory. He implies that romantic love is often something that just happens, ...

Scenario One – Drugs at a Friend’s House

Yes, a moral problem exists. I have to decide if I believe it is wrong to do cocaine. Then I have to decide whether to call the police on the people doing the cocaine even if having the police come to my friend’s house will harm my friend’s reputation and cause my friend legal issues. Since I am off duty, I would need to call the police and not handle the situation myself, even though I am a police officer.

Doing cocaine is illegal in most jurisdictions. If snorting cocaine is illegal where this activity is taking place, then ...

Greenpeace is a non-governmental organization that protects and conserves the environment. This organization addresses issues that affect the environment such as global warming overgrazing and deforestation. In this blog we will address the issue of global warming and energy. Global warming is the average increase in temperature due to increased concentration of greenhouse gases. These greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor and chlorofluorocarbons. The gases are caused by natural activities like volcanic eruption and human breathing, human activities is the other cause and includes deforestation, burning of coal, fossil fuel and natural gas (Spencer, 2010, p. 112). ...