Essays on Morality

Chapter Presentation – Morality, Harm and Criminal Justice

CHAPTER SUMMARY In this first chapter of Criminal Justice and Moral Issues, the authors discuss the intricacies of many different behaviors that are considered immoral for many different reasons. Over the years, there has been, as some argue, a moral decline of values and responsibility in an increasingly industrialized and spoiled society. Others see these actions as exercises in freedom, and should not be infringed by law or polite society. The authors argue that the role of law in deciding the morality of these issues is fluid; “the law can create as well as resolve problems and that often ...

The personal ethical framework should reflect how you respond to other people. Undoubtedly, this should reflect your personal choices, culture, background and family. Ethical conflicts can cause quite a dilemma. When it comes to the workplace, a person should learn how to respect those around them, no matter how they are treated (Tabor 2916). This means that everyone should develop a form of tolerance, even for those who might seem like they do not have respect for anyone else. Before looking in to personal ethics involving other people, the consequences of certain actions should be determined. This means that a person’s moral ...

Internet censorship is definitely one of the most controversial topics not only in America, but in the whole world. We are all aware that a significant group of people, perhaps even some of us today are of the view that this practice should be passed into law. Being of a contrary view, I most certainly understand most of the reasons put across in support of such unilateral measures. I however, remain steady in my opinion that internet censoring should and must never be legalized. Perhaps, that a few of us, if not all, are of the same opinion also. Anyway, please allow ...

McCarthy, in his speech, made a reference to the clash between the democratic bloc and the communist bloc not just as a struggle between two political theories or two different economic systems, but, to heighten the apprehensions and fears of his audience, as a struggle between good and evil. He declared that the war is actually between the moral-Christian-democracy and the immoral-atheist-Communism. He further frightened his listeners by telling them about the rapid spread of the red revolution in the past few years. He remarked that the enemy had infiltrated in their policy making institutions and they would soon be consumed if ...

Introduction

Historically philosophers religious people, atheists and other interested parties have developed numerous argument about the existence of God, basing their arguments on ideologies and presuppositions. However, the argument is presumed to majorly between religious people who believe in the existence of God and atheists who believe there is no God. For contemporary atheists, their justifications for non-existence of God is based on lack of evidence for his existence. Although there is no evidence for the existence of God according to atheists, there are numerous proofs of existence of a supernatural being (Gutting, 2012). This has been due to lack of ...

- Explain Singer’s goal in this article, and then present his argument in relation to this issue. The article, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality,” written by Peter Singer is all centered on one main goal. This major aim of the article is to encourage the affluent people to have the moral obligation and donate some of their vast resources, so that they can be used for humanitarian causes. He argues that affluent people who live in the developed world have a moral obligation to donate some of their enormous resources to numerous poor people living in the developing world. ...

Slide: 1 Introduction

Explaining the Ethics of Golden Rule: Defining the Golden Rule, The golden rule is defined as rule of treating someone as they would like to be treated. Chuck Klosterman’s article “Does the Golden Rule Hold Up in Modern Society?” examines if it is rational for the rule of golden rule if it is rational. The other says that treating another person as they would like to be treated raises the question, what if the person’s way of wanting to be treated compromises your personal values.

Slide: 2 Understanding the ethics of “golden rule”

The ambiguity of the golden rule on ethics is that one ...

In “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky made a famous claim that establishes the link between the existence of God and morality. Apart from the controversy related to the scope of the quotation, the discussion on the proper translation and interpretation of the words of Ivan Karamazov. For instance, in his article “Dostoevsky did not say it” D.Cortesi claims that Dostoevsky did not make such claim (Cortesi 1). However, the research by Russian-speaking authors shows that the original text of “The Brothers Karamazov” contains the statement under study (Volkov 1). Coming to the scope of the claim, one should concentrate ...

Introduction

The suffering and evil in the world lead people to wonder whether there is truly a perfect God. As such, arguments that arise include if God was all-knowing (omniscient) then He ought to be aware of the suffering and evil present in the world. If God was indeed all-powerful (omnipotent) then it is expected that He has the power to eliminate or even prevent any kind of suffering in the world. Furthermore, if God was truly all good (Omni-benevolent) as it is believed He is then He would not allow the existence of suffering in the world. Since God has ...

Ewert (1989), argues that, within their thoughts, the morality and justness of an economic structure are significant than its efficiency (p. 103). This appears to be logical, considering how inefficient and bloated the national budget, the economy, as well as the stock market are in the current era. The stock market currently is indicating a high record, on the contrary the economy continues with a turndown trend. The stock market, in addition, is extremely connected to the world market, making it inefficient and more precarious.

Ewert (1989) is to the opinion that market ought not to be judged via moral ...

1. A "Virtue of anarchy" (or a positive effect of the constant threat of the use of force) in the international system according to Kenneth Waltz. (From Anarchic structures and balances of power, mainly Virtues of Anarchy)

Kenneth Waltz argues that countries reside in a state of war. Nation-states are guided solely by self-interests both internal, such as economic and military power, and external, by forming alliances and counter blocks. Some countries may have military potential and can use it anytime they want as a means of self-interest. K. Waltz implies that this violence is due to the anarchy, or chaos ...

The article titled “U.S. military doctors abetted prisoner abuse, study says” was written by Jane Sutton in the Chicago Tribune newspaper on November 04 2013. In the article, Sutton reports the findings of a study by the Task Force on Preserving Medical Professionalism in National Security Detention Centers which studied the conduct of US military doctors in the interrogation of detainees after the September 11 attacks.

The reporter states that military doctors violated medical ethics by collaborating with interrogators to harm prisoners after the September 11 attacks in a bid to force ...

Compare Aristotle with Kant, Rawls, and the utilitarians. Which theory offers us the most successful theory of justice?

The essence of justice is a massively studied model. With the help of different social sciences, head scholars continue to reflect on the field and outline of what appears to bear a visionary semblance but whose versions in time of history has often taken different perspectives. An equiparation of the versions of justice in main disciplines of psychology, legal studies, philosophy, economic studies, and sociology, for example, show only very insular convergence lines. An analysis of Aristotle’s interpretation of justice in comparison with Victorian principles and later on in the works of Kant, Rawls and utilitarians and other contemporary thoughts ...

Little progress has been made so far in demystifying the controversy of judging the criterion of what is right or wrong. Since the dawn of philosophy, the question of the “summum bonum” or the greatest good concerning morality. The question has resulted in division into sects and schools warning against each other and is recognized as the core problem when thinking speculatively.

According to the Kantian theory, the basis of defining good or bad is based on the will or the intention behind the action. There is nothing impossible to think of in the world or outside it ...

The minimum concept of morality is an endeavour to recognize the basis of morality which is independent of culture. It assumes an objective quality of morality is present. In the view, to be happy in the short term, sometimes short term pain is required, meaning that happiness can vary with time. Morality is conduct with the guidance of impartial reason. Morality requires that we must have impartial consideration for every individual’s interests. Moral judgement must always have backing of good reasons. Rationality enables individuals to make choices which are free, enables them to be centres of action that ...

Inconvenient Truth Emotional Impacts and Personal commitment

The film, Inconvenient Truth, shows a documentary of Al Gore, the global campaigner against global warming. In documentary, the director covered the global travels by Al Gore in his struggle to create awareness on the need for fast action on climate change and the imminent dangers. The great efforts and global journeys made by Al Gore and the facts about the severity of the global warming triggered strong reactions from me. The reaction evoked a shocking feeling. Based on the appalling scientific evidences, the negative impacts of climate change are severe and can wipe human population in the region. The drought that ...

Inside and Outside: Moral Goodness In Three Short Stories by John Updike

John Updike’s early short fiction written during the period between the late 1950s and mid 1970s confronts the issue of morality in post-World War II America. Updike wrote in his novel Rabbit, Run, “Goodness lies inside, there is nothing outside. . .” (325). Updike’s fiction shares in common the theme of inner goodness confronted with a world where morality is empty. In three of Updike’s short stories, “The Happiest I've Been,” (1958), “A&P,” (1960), and “Problems,” (1975) the author treats the subject of morality in three different but connected ...

Folkways refers to the standards of manners recognized in the social context but lacks moral implication. These are norms that govern the day to day behaviors followed by the people due to convenience or tradition. The folkways are not associated with the serious consequences when they are broken. The examples of folkways are cultural dress and food habits. For example, poor table manners amount to breaking the folkways but there are no any legal or moral consequence for breaking the folkways relating to table manners.

Mores refers to the stringent norms used in controlling ethical and moral behavior. Mores ...

In Ayn Rand’s version of ethics, called objectivism, the individual is motivated by morality to place his/her individual interests above any others. Rand states the highest moral principle is the attainment of happiness, and that any endeavor that elevates someone or something that the individual does not value is irrational. Sacrificing something or someone of value to self in order to preserve something or someone not of value to self is an act of immorality.

In an example of objectivism, Rand tells the story of a man who has the option to save his wife at the expense of ...

The critical importance of morality in leadership lays not in the highest standard of behavior it can set; but in the disastrous outcomes it can prevent, or at least, help prevent. The problem, however, is in the relativistic environment it has to deal with. Relativism has no standard, other than the standard of the individual. And, in the corporate world, that standard often rests in the position of power. Anyone in power has the official incentive to impose personal standards (“individualistic morality”) upon others. That, however, does not mean that a morality based on personal standards is morality at ...

Executive Summary

There are set of standards and policies that guide how people behave in the places of work. These form workplace or business ethics. The ethical viewpoints include utilitarian view, deontology ethics, virtue ethics and intuitionism. From the case in accounting department, there are various considerations in the analysis of the case. This paper looks at the viewpoints mentioned and analyze them in relation to the case where Mr. Jones is reported to be developing a workplace relationship with Ms. Smith.

Introduction

Ethics in the workplace can be defined as the guidelines and policies that benchmark how the members of the organization ...

Such a remarkable statement of Immanuel Kant,” one should always treat humanity, whether in oneself or in another, always as an end and never merely as a means. ” In addition, he argued, “the highest good is a good will.” The latter implies that to act from a good will is to act from duty. Kant’s formulation of the Categorical Imperative (CI) has a profound sense that hits every human core of thoughts. It would be necessary to exemplify this matter with the association with his approach in the business world to understand the profoundness of his formulated CI deeply. For ...

My Nursing Ethics

Values refer to the defined principles that guide different people on the way of life. Values differ depending on the cultures and the different religions to which people associate with. Values define that which is acceptable and that which is not and draws lines between the good and the bad. Values set the standards for various types of organizations, be it religious or business. For example, integrity, honesty, compassion and respect are among some of the many values (Murray, 2010). Morals, on the other hand, can be defined as a set of values which are gained from a higher authority, rather ...

Business and social interaction build on daily activities of all the individuals. The manner in which we express ourselves and transfer the information to other people has significant influence on our social wellbeing. Professional and business surroundings are extremely demanding in regards to individual ability to manage interpersonal relationships. Communication process, in this situation has very wide meaning and can be summarized as the instrument of using all the available resources to transfer information, persuade, inspire and connect individuals in a given business context (Means and Rankin, 2009). With that in mind, there is a strong relationship between communication and ethics. Communication ...

Immanuel Kant was known for his philosophical views and principles. The definition of human dignity according to Kant is where human beings can act independently from others. The ability of one who can act independently from others can reason and rationally develop their thoughts are, according to Kant is given respect Gentzler (890). Viewing human being as capable and rational beings is a worthy position.

Respect should be at the forefront of human behavior and interaction. When you show respect for another person, you demonstrate that your level of morality is good. When you act in the opposite manner and ...

Ring of Gyges is a story that tries to demonstrate that people are only ethical out of fear of punishment. In addition, people would do whatever they desired if they had no fear. According to Glaucon, people obey the laws only from fear of punishment. The only four reasons I can provide for obeying the law that do not involved punishment or reward; good will, moral virtue, belief, and freedom.

People obey the laws because they accepted the right of legal authorities to make rules that regulate their behavior. Good will is an absolute good in itself and good in ...

In the morality play, “Everyman”, the author sees death as an inevitable act that comes to all mankind. In fact, the author perceives death and treats death as though death is a messenger from God. The general concept in the play is that no one can escape Death because God sends Death to remind mankind of His might. Ideally, the message of death in the play arises from the search for a motive for living. While Everyman attempts to make an agreement with Death so as to extend his time on Earth, Death tells him that he has no use ...

This procedure is a way that gives a clear and logical structure that enables one to think critically through a certain bioethics case regardless of the theories and principles in issue. This paper intends to accomplish certain bioethical reasoning issues with relation to this procedure. This paper brings a discussion that provides different perspectives on a certain issue. Moreover, there is an intention of vividly bringing out the importance of this procedure in making moral decisions affecting people in the societies around the globe. This paper argues persuasively on what morally ought to be done regarding bioethical issues like clinical trials. The moral reasoning ...

Annotated bibliography: Animal cruelty

Research question: Should large-scale meat products be continued at the present conditions?

Bernstein, M. (2004), Neo-speciesism. Journal of Social Philosophy, 35: 380–390. Doi: 10.1111/j.1467- 9833.2004.00239.x In this article, Bernstein(2004), seeks to broadcast creative methodologies to applied and normative issues of modern-day social life, such as those arising from financial and other forms of globalization, violent political struggle, and the diversity of cultural experiences worldwide. It places new prominence on comprehending the social contexts for legal, political, cultural and moral questions, and gives priority to the advancement of novel theoretical frameworks, from social ontology to care integrity ...

Morality can be defined in different ways. Some of the definitions are dependent on several factors. Philosophy is a broad subject that involves the study of different aspects of life, and non-life factors too. Philosophy even becomes more interesting and intriguing when involves the lives of human being directly. This is because it includes the perceptions of different things that people would take normally under normal situations. However, philosophy brings everything into light, though in a rare manner.

As opposed to descriptive efforts of ethics, it is also meant to describe what ethical behavior entails alongside providing reasons to be ethical. ...

Business: Behavioural Excellence

Introduction

The paper aims to answer three questions pertaining to ethical and moral issues involved in the “Blue Spider Project” case. The questions and answers are discussed in this section.

Question 1: What do you think are the moral and ethical issues facing Gary Anderson?

Answer: There are mainly three moral and ethical issues facing Gary Anderson. First is misinterpretation of facts to the customer. In spite of knowing that their design would not perform over 130°F, he stated 155°F in the initial proposal. Second, he hid critical information from the customer regarding early ageing of the new element. Though both these actions were done under influence, it does not render ...

1. What did Piaget mean when he said that the preoperational child "lacked conservation"?

Piaget meant that a child does not understand that the properties of an object remain constant even though the physical appearance may have changed. For example, 1L of water in a glass of a diameter of 5cm is equal to 1L of water in a glass whose diameter is 10cm even though they may have seen it being poured out of the same container into the glasses. A child lacks operations to manipulate the idea that the water’s properties are conserved and the amount is the same. Rather, he/ she will see that the water which rises higher in the glass is ...

In the article entitled “Consider the Lobster” written by David Foster Wallace, the author attempts to explore the ethical and moral issues pertaining killing lobsters prior to consumption. Wallace used a personal and reflective style that is deemed to be effective in enticing appeal to the target audience. From the writing style, the author was effective in applying rhetorical elements to present the intended message. The rhetorical element of logos, or logical appeal, was applied through the provision of facts, background overview, and scientific details regarding the lobster. Wallace initially asserted the rationale for the lobster’s evolving popularity ...

Copleston and Russell argued upon the metaphysical disagreement on the existence of God. This paper is an attempt to unravel the meanings behind Copleston’s arguments and to comprehend it further to be able to support the reality of God’s existence.

Copleston and Russell first agreed upon their understanding about the term “God”. By “God”, they mean the highest personal Being who is the creator of the world. The metaphysical argument was agreed upon by the two to be based from Leibniz’s argument about contingency.

Copleston explains that a 'contingent' being is a creature that possesses ...

1 Moral authority refers to the aspect of being esteemed for having good character and awareness, particularly as a source of direction or a model of appropriate behavior. A moral authority is someone who upholds high moral values, and deemed fit to give counsel regarding moral and ethical conduct. One such person is Mohandas K. Gandhi, who chose to use non- violent measures to fight against discrimination, after facing oppression by the racial policies that he came across while he was in South Africa. He chose to lead by example, committed to non-violence. A scenario of his leadership was when he ...

Part 1

- In what ways did the video "The Crisis of Credit" demonstrate the failure of the banking industry's Fiduciary Relationship to investors and home owners?

The video explains a worldwide financial disaster that effected everyone. It started on the burst of the dot com bubble when the federal reserve of the United States decreased the interest rate to 1%. This value dramatically dropped the investment level because of the reduced ROI. This action made banks to take more and more loans from the Federal Reserve. The leverage increased as it became very easy to return a loan, so the demand for credit increased rapidly.

The banks took a lot of credit, and they were easily able to payback and made a lot of profits. Investors saw this as ...

Section 1: Absent worker

In this view, the scenario presented talks about a person who is not very much regular with his work at office. In my view he is not morally justified to neglegt his diuties presented. With regards to this concern, though it is his right to utilize all his earned leaves and access loss of the pay leaves when the ultimate needs arises, it is also equally important to balance is personal life with the office work. Definitely, there is a fundermental need to balance both aspects presented.

This goes ahead to communicate the basic binding agreement that comes as a priority when ...

Why do people conform?

People use to be conforming because of external factors, where other people that inspire an authority over a person, such as parents, teachers, coaches, the priest e.t.c that have governed all over his or her childhood create a conformist thinking about rules in the society. This is also known as acceptance to rules or fear to rules. These kind of people teach young people how should be a normal behavior in a social community, such as doing obvious things like urinating in bathrooms instead of urinating in the streets or treating people in a good way instead of hitting them just for nothing. As ...

Kant’s theory of morality centers on the role of moral duty in determination of human decisions. The theory advocated for the treatment of others as an end rather than just a means or tool. It further establishes that a person’s actions initiate from the maxims that lie deep within that person. These maxims are indicators of one’s intentions. The theory describes the use of an individual as a sheer means to an unrelated end. This is whereby one seeks to achieve some objective that the person being used is unaware of its existence. This, as per the theory, is ...

Observer-expectancy effect usually occurs in incidences where the researcher beliefs, ideas, or expectations unconsciously affect the real behavior of the observed subjects. Observer-expectancy effect is commonly known as the experimenter effect or researcher effect. In some incidents, it refers to the situation whereby the researcher willfully or on an unaware level, manipulates the results he she wanted to obtain or observe. For instance, the experimenter, who believes that particular children are extremely talented, might unintentionally behave show good conduct or behave towards the children in means that would encourage the children to perform better than the rest of the ...

Annotated Bibliography

Grosch, P., Large, W., Wenham, D., Appleton, J., Astley, J., Fiddes, P., & Hick, J. (n.d.). Kant's Categorical Imperative. This article talks about the authors’ view concerning Kant’s Categorical Imperative. Grosch claims that people are free and rational agents that have the ability to formulate maxims that guide the moral lives. The authors also state that that it depends on the people to offer moral content. As long as the people are ready to submit to the maxim to test the moral law and discard them if they seem not to follow it and confirm ...

Reflection 1

The number of problems facing translation of Sanskrit to English in terms of philosophy is legion. However, these problems are bound to occur in a field such as philosophy where every idea is always available for lengthy debate. The above fact, however, does not change the fact that there are indeed some words that make a difference in their translation. It should be noted that while philosophy is universal, the languages are not. Translators of Indian philosophy should, therefore, put arrogance aside and take their time to fully consider the meanings of words before publication to prevent serious confusion of future ...

The term ‘integrity’ emanates from the Latin adjective integer which means intact or whole. Against this backdrop, integrity signifies ‘wholeness’ stemming from the certain aspects of honesty as well as consistency of character. This means that one may determine whether other people have integrity by examining whether they behave in line with the beliefs, principles, and the values they claim to hold. From the foregoing one can conclude that integrity is the aspect of adherence to ethical and moral principles such as sound moral character and honesty. It is a person’s the ability to make choices that ...

During the English 101 class, I learned valuable skills in doing works of research through the guidance and tutorship of the instructor and feedback from classmates. I also learned how to research, analyse and document information and ideas in order to develop a position or statement.

Thesis statement: brainstorming varied ideas to support a claim, by using research and documented data while drawing guidance and support from the instructors and the peers. For the purpose of this essay, I will use instances and examples to demonstrate the maturity and absolute growth of the skills and objectivity that have been named. In ...

Ethics is the science of the morality of human acts. It is a normative science because it concerns matters of values rather than of facts. Ethical values involve the concepts of goodness and badness of human acts or rightness and wrongness of conduct. Ethics is also theoretical because it speculates on the reason or cause why human acts and conduct are qualified to be good or right. It is also considered as practical because it is applied to the actual lives of people as a guiding principle for their decisions and actions. Since ethics deals with the conduct of mankind, there ...

Good Will and Happiness in the Society

- Define the term categorical imperative and give at least three examples of categorical imperatives that you believe in.

According to the Kantian moral psychology, he holds that the categorical imperative is the fundamental principle of our moral duties. A categorical imperative refers to the moral command or obligation that is universally and unconditionally binding for all members of a given society. The Kantian moral philosophy believes that members of the society treat each other in a manner that they would also wish to be treated (MacKinnon, 2013). The categorical imperative, or command, therefore, guides the morality of human beings since ...

Responses to Questions

1. Define natural law and give examples of how we can apply natural law to at least three different ethical decisions in your experience. Natural law pertains to a system of justice or right held to be natural or common to all people and obtained from nature and not from the rules established by the society (Wolfe, 2003, p. 38). According to Aristotle, natural law is part of the divine law (MacKinnon, 2013, p. 57). I was once confronted with a question whether abortion should be made legal or not. As human beings, people are inclined to practice self-preservation ...

The Weakness of the Man at the Presence of the Woman

Several research studies and journals have devoted their attention to feminist issues, especially when investigating issues of virtue ethics and gender differences based on the aforementioned philosophical idea (virtue ethics). Rather than help us determine what we ought to do, virtue ethics asks how we ought to be in order to become good members of the society (MacKinnon, 2013). Naturally, men act with much aggression than women do. Additionally, men appear to be weaker when they are around women. In most cases, men have given in to the demands of women, simply because they are women, and not because ...

International Relations

Morgenthau discusses the concept of power in his book Politics among Nations. Morgenthau argues that power is the anything that enables and helps to establish control of man by man. He further argues that power covers all social relationships of the people. It is a tool of social control that helps man to dominate his fellow men. In western democracies and other civilized countries the conduct of people is regulated not only by moral codes but also constitutional safeguards. Balance of power is therefore guaranteed and the possibility of abuse of power driven to obscurity.

In his writing, Morgenthau sought ...

Cejudo Cordoba, R. (2013). Making Sense Of Doing Wrong: On The Justification Of Compromise Decisions. Crítica , 45 (135), 29-53. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/search/advanced

This paper holds that compromises are types of agreement and types of decision. Its major objectives are the following. First, is to identify the formal organization of compromise situations (CD), or dilemmas where some CD cannot be avoided that includes jeopardizing the integrity of the maker of the decisions. Second, that by the notions of Amartya Sen’s of the basic and compulsive judgments and create a CD in a condition of compromise that is justified be morally. It concludes that the justified compromise situations involve rationally justified moral regret that assists to bridge the gap between consequentialism and deontology, respectively.

Cohen, M. A. (2012). Empathy in Business Ethics Education. (C. MacDonald, & A. Marcoux, Eds.) Bus Ethics J Rev , 1 (18), 113–119. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jbee2012918.

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1. Nietzsche in his work distinctly differentiated slave and master morality. During his time, and for conservative thinkers of today, there are traits that are considered noble and positive. These traits including meekness, humility, pity and other characteristics that might be universally defined as kind are to him, weak. This kind of thinking is what he refers to as slave morality because it is not assertive and people who think that way are not strong enough to become masters of their own world. He condemns the philosophy which embraces these characteristics. To him, a master morality is one that is opposite ...

- Describe your personality (choose 3 power words)

Personally, it is hard for me to describe my personality on my own perspective. However,

with an honest personal-assessment, I would describe my personality as a generous person especially to those who are less fortunate individuals, perceptive to the things around me, both in humanity and the environment, and enthusiastic in every task or matter that I usually do in life.

- Explain your primary ethical perspectives.

- What are the ways that you try to live an ethically good life and why do you think that these ways are the ...

Servant leadership, ethical leadership and moral intelligence have several common aspects. In servant leadership, the focus of the leader is on the well-being of his subordinates. A servant leader prioritizes the needs of his followers over his accumulation of power or profit. In the same manner, the principles of ethical leadership involve respect, justice and honesty which should be practiced within the community. In both servant leadership and ethical leadership, moral intelligence is necessary. The seven essential virtues of moral intelligence are needed to practice servant and ethical leadership. These virtues are empathy, conscience, self-control, respect, kindness, tolerance and ...

Definition

Definitely, ethics connotes to the act of developing a way of systemising and defending the concepts of wrong and right. As such, it mainly seeks to address issues that are of ethical or moral diversity. To be precise, ethics refers to the art of making decisions based on the basis of common sense or certain cultural beliefs. Deductively, ethics connotes to a system that is closely aligned with the moral ideologies and it has an immense influence on the manner in which people make decisions and the overall way in which they live their lives. In conclusion, ethics lays significant focus ...

In his poem Dante showed not only medieval perceptions of Heaven and Hell, good and evil but also his own view on human virtues and sins. As any other author he made the poem his own personal statement, therefore it reflects Dante’s political and moral principles. First of all, Dante was a catholic. Therefore, hardly any person without being baptized could enter the Gates of Heaven. On the other hand, Dante believed that person can be good and moral even without being catholic. This is why he created Limbo. Actually, it is the first circle of Hell but people ...

- What is Philosophical Ethics?

Perhaps one of the most important functions of philosophy is the inquiry of human behavior and the rationale behind it. Philosophers are concerned about the broad field of ethics, morality and the effects of morality and facets thereof. While the said facets morality is related, they are also distinct and concerned about unrelated thinking process in the pursuit of consciousness. Still, ethics has come be defined as the study of morality in the realms of philosophy. Usually, ethics refer to the analysis of values and the concepts such as good, evil, right, wrong and the role of responsibility. Even ...

In my work environment, there is a moral and ethical issue that has come up in the past few weeks that I feel I must intervene in as a moral agent. We have a new nurse in our practice, one who is relatively inexperienced and who is effectively straight out of nursing school. Because of her inexperience, she often receives a bit of verbal abuse from other nurses, who are frustrated at her mistakes and errors. This has resulted in the new nurse having a difficult time adjusting to her practice, having little positive experience to help her hone better behaviors, and is resulting ...

The debates on civil unions and same sex marriages have generated controversy among various groups in the United States of America. The lobbyists for same sex marriages argue that these marriages support individuality; according to them, individuals express themselves through same sex marriages. The opponents of the same cite social problems such moral decay. Several sociological forces such as morality, family laws, and traditional beliefs have generated these controversies. Same- sex marriages and civil unions also have several ramifications on the society. A ramification refers to an effect caused by a given occurrence. These ramifications include the disregard of family ...

Gaps and opportunities for a disable person would motivate their engagement in the physical activities. The disable person can assist by doing an overview of his or her table time to strategize on how to spend time doing physical activities. It is fundamental to adjust the timetable to take into account any other relevant activities that do not reflect in the timetable. Establishing new idea and opportunities for the people would enhance their activeness in the participation in the physical activities.

The next essential steps is to talk out the “likes” and “dislikes” of the person and make ...

The formation of an individual’s character refers to the process where an individual develops into the person that they are. The development of this person constitutes of formation of enduring patterns of thinking behavior and feeling. The development of these patterns is because of adaptations to the internal and external instincts, external demands for conformity and the need for balance between the instinctual demands and the external demands for conformity. These are known as the id, the super ego and the ego. (Freud, 1938)

The formation of the character of a person follows these three parameters where the id ...