A comparison of âThe Rules about the Rulesâ? and âA Whole Lot of Cheatinâ Going Onâ?
Steven L. Carters The Rules about The Rules and Mark Claytons A Whole Lot of Cheatin Going On are two very different writings that convey two very similar points. Carter and Clayton both describe ways that Americas ethical standards are slipping and how more and more bad things are b....

abortion
Abortion: Where Has Morality Gone? Joan Didion's essay, "On Morality," poses the question, "What is 'right' and what is 'wrong,' what is 'good' and what 'evil'?" (182). In today's society, often times many people do not even consider this question before taking action. Morality has become a gra....

Abortion: Where Has Morality Gone?
Joan Didions essay, On Morality, poses the question, What is right and what is wrong, what is good and what evil? (182). In todays society, often times many people do not even consider this question before taking certain actions, because the subject of morality has beco....

Advance of the Progressive Agenda (1900-1913)
Advance of the Progressive Agenda (1900-1913) The Progressive Era was a booming time in which much progress was made for the working man. Many laws that we have today, concerning the welfare and protection of the worker, simply did not exist before the Progressive Era, because there had been no....

American Literature Authors Research Paper
American Literature Authors Research Paper John Grisham Speaking on behalf of John Grisham and his reading audience; Readers can no longer be neatly categorized as those who read great literature and those who read trash. Categories overlap. We should stand in awe of John Grishams gift, ....

Analysis Of Anita - A Small Family Business
Anitas character, at first, is not given much significance. However, during the course of the play her character rises and she is portrayed as a strong and powerful woman. She can be described as both morally corrupt and emancipated. Her character is the only woman in a position of importance duri....

Anti-Abortion
So many people argue about abortion, some believe its wrong and others believe its okay. There are so many debates about this issue of abortion. One of these debates focuses on a woman's right to have abortion. According to the Webster's dictionary an abortion is defined as miscarry, something missh....

Argumentative essay on great gatsby
The Great Gatsby There have been many themes discussed in the novel, honesty, vision and the American Dream. The American Dream is a central theme in F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby. It is best defined as the quest for enormous wealth and material objects; similarly, those who pursue thi....

Artistic Intentions and Morality
I am in a museum looking at a piece of art of an object I see on daily basis. I am filled with wonder as I look at the piece wondering what it is suppose to mean. With this I see that in purely philosophical terms, the precise nature of arts links with morality has long been questioned. Some hav....

Beliefs and values in The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
The Time Machine is a futuristic novel written by the end of the second half of the XIX century by H.G Wells. In this novel several social topics are implied with a futuristic touch. The main theme in which focus will be taken is social order change and its ability of deforming beliefs and values in....

Bioethics and Gattaca the Movie
Many unethical and disturbing issues come to mind when considering the thought of genetic engineering, especially when pertaining to human beings. The religious ramifications of altering what God has put here on earth could prove to be detrimental to mankind. Additionally, the thought arises that m....

BUDDHISM TODAY
BUDDHISM TODAY In the twenty first century the world has changed. New technologies are invented and existing technologies has improved. Economic problems have become a major issue in our daily lives. People try to earn more money than they earned yesterday and more than ever they had earned. ....

Candide
Voltaire's Candide is a novel which contains conceptual ideas and at thesame time is also exaggerated. Voltaire offers sad themes disguised byjokes and witticism, and the story itself presents a distinctive outlookon life. The crucial contrast in the story deals with irrational ideasas taught to C....

Captial Punishment
When turning on the television, radio, or simply opening the local newspaper, one is bombarded with news of arrests, murders, homicides, serial killers, and other such tragedies. It is a rare occasion to go throughout a day in this world and not hear of these things. So, what should be done about th....

Colonial Era DBQ
When the New England and Chesapeake colonies were constructed they didn't start out as two different societies, they were somewhat similar in their make-up and beliefs. As time went on however, these two colonial regions began migrated away from each other in their ideals. The Chesapeake colonies so....

commerce without morality
Commerce without Morality Commerce is what makes the world go round. Without commerce America would not be half of what it is today. There are millions and millions of ways to make money, but not all of them are legal. Commerce without Morality is simply broken down by saying making money....

Competition Among High School Students
Out of the many challenges and problems that we face, it seems as if none are as overbearing as coping with competition. However, few can argue in favor of a world devoid of it. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines competition as to strive consciously or unconsciously for an objective and ....

Criticism of The Storm by Kate Chopin
While it has traditionally been men who have attached the "ball and chain" philosophy to marriage, Kate Chopin gave readers a womans view of how repressive and confining marriage can be for a woman, both spiritually and sexually. While many of her works incorporated the notion of women as repressed ....

Deontological vs. Teleological Ethics System Assignment
Deontological ethical systems and teleological ethical systems are the two groupings of ethical systems. They broadly group the various types of ethical systems into two basic ideas or beliefs. Although they are grouped into two separate beliefs, the various types of ethical systems are very differ....

Desire: An analysis
Desire is a compelling and multi-faceted emotion, and it serves as the thematic string which runs through and connects three different plays - A Streetcar Named Desire, The Love of the Nightingale, and Hippolytus. However, the fact that they share this theme certainly does not mean that it is int....

Dickinson:
In the poetry you have studied, how was your understanding of the texts shaped by the methods used in crafting and shaping them? Hamish McQueen 7C1 In the poems Because I could not stop for Death, and I heard a Fly buzz when I died, by Emily Dickinson, the poets diction, image....

dignity in relationships
David Mediale, a literary critic writes, Dignity as represented in these works, is not a universal good, but reflects rather the good and the bad, the mixed legacy, the inequities and imbalances of sociopolitical relations in imperfect societies. Consequently, where morality is compromised, digni....

Does God Exist(Breaking argument of Immanuel Kents moral argument)
Since the beginning of time, Human has been thinking about the creation and creator of this vast earth and the universe. Man has been struggling to answer the question, how did we get here? What or who was responsible for the creation of life and the cosmos. Lots of intellectual, ruler, philosopher....

does morality need religion?
Name: Danielle Wilson Date: 9/25/07 Class: Creative Thinking Word count: 1277 Title: Does morality need Religion 1. Introduction and Thesis Many people have recognized the idea that morality started with religion to such an extent, the two are seemingly inseparable. This paper argues th....

Ethical and Morality Issues in Organ Transplant Procedure
Even with the latest advances in the medical field concerning technology and donation, there still are more than a hundred thousand men, women and children who are in need of organ transplants. A survey carried out revealed that in every ten minutes there is an addition of another name to the waitin....

Ethical Behavior, a Myth of the Past or a Necessity for Future Development
Thesis Statement: With the ever increasing pressures of life, philosophers, psychologists and intellectuals are striving to answer the question, Are ethics basically becoming a myth of the past? The question calls for stepping beyond the yes or no answers, to analyze and investigate the facto....

Ethical Relativism
Running Page: ETHICAL RELATIVISM Ethical Relativism Leah de Rosa University of Phoenix Ethical Relativism Ethical relativism holds that morality is relative to the norms of ones culture. That is, whether ....

Ethical view on terrorism - The Acts of Terrorism Vs Nonviolence
The Acts of Terrorism Vs Nonviolence Terrorist attacks at United States on September 11, 2001 were, in fact, an enormous setback for the overall cause of nonviolence endeavors. The attacks provided an ostensible and stimulus justification for a spiral of threat or violence in which entire nonviole....

Ethics and Morality Are They the Same?
Is it in any way useful to draw a distinction between ethics and morality? Are they not, after all, synonymous? Doesn't one pretty much imply the other? Let us answer the three foregoing questions, Yes, no and no respectively and see whether such a position is defendable. Before being able....

Euthanasia: Comparing Kantian And Utilitarian Ideas
Euthanasia: Comparing Kantian And Utilitarian Ideas Two hundred years ago, to question the absolute worth of human life was an unforgivable offense. Individuals who attempted suicide were often punished in courts, and even sent to work camps. Those who were successful were often buried with s....

evolution of english literature
Literature is as diversified as the people who created it. Throughout history, literature has been a extraordinarily influential aspect of English life, just as English life has been extraordinarily influential on its literature. It has been the foundation of expression and communication from the ....

evolution of english literature
Literature is as diversified as the people who created it. Throughout history, literature has been a extraordinarily influential aspect of English life, just as English life has been extraordinarily influential on its literature. It has been the foundation of expression and communication from the ....

Foucaults View on Sex and Power
Power has been a concept with which political scientists, philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and others have been concerned at the very heart of their disciplines. It a reality which in this century has been used and abused to what Foucault calls pathological extremes, but the unders....

Foundations of Utilitarianism
In retrospect we must decide what is right or wrong in making moral decisions .In order to do so, there are Ethical theories set in place as guilder lines for decision making. These standards are used to evaluate actions and policies. In effect such theories define what it means to act morally, an....

Frank O'Connor - my oeidpus complex
My Oedipus Complex Frank O'Connor is generally regarded as one of the century's great short storywriters. Indeed Yeats remarked of him that he was "doing for Ireland what Chekhov had done for Russia." He chiefly concerned himself with what he called the "literature of submerged population groups"....

Got Organic?
A new craze has swept through the nation, but this one may be here to stay. This radical new fad is the increasing production and consumption of organic food. Organic farming is the way farmers grow and process their products such as fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy products and meat. These farmers....

History of Psychology
Psychology is an extensive subject, where learning can be applied to all aspects of an individual and society. The name psychology derives from Greek, Psyche meaning the mind, soul, spirit, and Logos meaning study, (Gross, 2001, p4). This essay will look at how this relatively new subject has develo....

Home if the brave
"America's credo might read as follows: For an individual, as for a nation, to be free is an admirable duty - but to help others become free is even more admirable." This quotation by Elie Wiesel, a Nobel Prize laureate, crystallizes a concept of what America is all about. America is not only about ....

Homosexual Marriage
In this age of liberation and relative morality it is no surprise that homosexuals have tried very hard to gain ground in the way of civil rights. Homosexuals say they want equal rights, and they want homosexual-marriages to be legalized. However, what they are asking for is not reasonable. ....

homosexual rights
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men... (Jefferson) In ....

Im Not Scared
Im not scared shows how easy it is for greed to overcome morality Niccolo Ammanitis novel Im not scared demonstrates how a lust for something greater, the quest for greener pastures can lead one to disregard their morality, yet at the same time it illustrates how a strong character can ....

influences of mythology today
Where does that name come from? If you ever raised this question to yourself, the answer might originate from mythology. Most might think mythology is simply an educational course, but in today's modern world that's not the case. Mythology has exerted much influence over the spheres of entertainme....

International Law as 'Law'
When comparing apples to pears, one is not making a fair comparison, but a disproportionate comparison. Often times when international law is discussed or attempts are made to understand international law; many often attempt to compare international law with existing laws such as national law or dom....

Is Macbeth a moral play? Is justice served at the end of the play?
Shakespeares Macbeth is a moral play about a man with vaulting ambitions, and tells the story of his life his valour, tyranny, and tragic downfall. Fitting Aristotles criteria of an ideal Greek tragedy, the story emphasises the many flawed judgements and consequential decisions which lead....

Justice: Denied By Human Error, Ensured By Divine Law
Kelona Hamilton English 103, Paper #1 Thursday, June 16, 2005 Prof. Gangel-Vasquez JUSTICE Denied by Human Error, Ensured by Divine Law Alexander Solzhenitsyn said, Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize t....

Kant and Mill's Theories
In July of 1994, Paul J. Hill, a former Presbyterian minister and later a pro-life activist, was prosecuted for killing Dr. John Britton, an abortion performing doctor, and James Barrett, a volunteer, outside a clinic in Pensacola, Florida. Prior to this, Hill commented on the murder of Dr. David....

Luc Besson
Thesis: Luc Besson is one of the best French Directors of this century. His works can either be viewed as mere action packed thrillers or the viewer can go in depth and question society and morality. Besson wishes to make the viewer question the importance of individualism, the role of each individu....

lysystrata
Lysistrata Aristophanes Lysistrata is the classic tale of the war of the sexes. The women in the play are portrayed as independent and wanting the war between Sparta and Athens to end. The men are portrayed as belligerent, war-crazy men who seldom used logic. Aristophanes uses his dialog....

Machiavelli's Mirror of Princes
Machiavelli provided a blue print for republicanism far more compelling than earlier writers who stuck to the premise that rulers and their subjects should be governed by the precepts of Christianity. One of the reasons that Machiavelli proposed a republic devoid of religious rule was due to his di....

Mad Cowboy
Even if animal testing produced the cure for Aids, wed be against it This rhetoric notion was stated by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and summarizes the fanatical doctrine animal rights activists preach to their followings. These activists preach a doctrine of hate calling for ....

moral development
moral development is the process by which children develop attitudes towards other people in society; these attitudes are based on social and cultural norms and values. Lawrence Kohlberg who was a follower of Piaget extended the work done by Piaget and believed that moral development was a slow proc....

Moral, Social and Political Philosophy Comparison
Moral, Social and Political Philosophy Comparison Moral, Social and Political Philosophy Comparison Moral, social and political philosophies have different technical definitions, yet each field thrives off of the other in a relationship that can compare to one of first cousins. Mora....

Moralirty's Fickle Mind
If someone were to ask what morality is, what would one say? Some may think of it as integrity and decency, and others may see it as honesty and candor. However, by contrasting what was moral, and immoral in the past, one can clearly see that peoples concept of morality changes over time. Under w....

Morality in Oedipus Rex: Guilt, Fate and Responsibility
Morality in Oedipus Rex: Guilt, Responsibility and Fate In Sophocles Oedipus Rex, the title character is supposed to murder his own father and marry his mother, as laid out by a Delphic prophecy at the start of the play. In spite of his and his parents sincere efforts to avoid this preordaine....

morality in To kill a mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird - Moral In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the author intends the reader to learn that you shouldn't judge people by there race. Later on I will be telling you about a life as the Cunningham's, Bob Ewell, and Atticus. So if you listen up and pay a....

negatives of Hip-HopRap Music
The problem is that hip-hop has such a negative effect on today's society. The kids of todays society try to speak, dress and want to drive what the hip-hop/rap artists do. The hip-hop/rap artists have so much influence on the way kids grow up today. The power they have is so potent to where it se....

ON BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH
Abstract: Death and eternity are the major themes in most of Emily Dickinson's poems.¡° Because I could not stop for death ¡±is one of her classic poems. Through the analysis, this essay clarifies infinite conceptions by the dialectical relationship between reality and imagination, the kno....

Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
A sense of heaviness befalls a mans heart when the terrible fate of being astray in the dark woods arises. A fear begins to take over him as mighty trees spring from the ground and extend deep into the skies with harsh disapproving faces. Their branches leap and whip the mans face as he walks de....

Oryx and Crake Imbalance
In the words of Abraham Flexner, Science, in the very act of solving problems, creates more of them. This shows the imbalance of science and ethics, which is very prevalent in todays advanced society and is thoroughly explored through the society created by Margaret Atwood, in her novel Oryx a....

Personal response on sexual idenity
Sexuality is problematical to characterize in an uncomplicated term as the multiplicity of things such as gender identity, principles and critical thinking concerning sexuality, history and present environments, individual viewpoints regarding their allure to others and encounters that deal concerni....

Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Literature in itself is a tool that utilizes the epiphany of human intuition and creativity to create unimaginable works of art. Throughout time authors have been captivating the minds of countless individuals through the works of their literary masterpieces. Oscar Wilde does so in his timeless clas....

Plato and Nietzsches Accounts of Virtue
Throughout history there have been many different views on what traits a particular person should possess. Philosophers refer to these traits as virtues or a person s ability to conform to a standard or having a moral excellence (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). One of the earliest accounts of this....

Political Morality in Colonial Times
In Webster's dictionary, morality is defined as "principles of right and wrong in conduct; ethics." The principles of morality have countless times evolved over the ages. In earlier times, death was an easy penalty for many crimes. These crimes today are considered minor and are penalized with a ....

Post-colonial theory and discourse in Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
While much of the meaning of a novel can be derived from the words on its pages, oftentimes the knowledge of the facts or theories surrounding a text can enhance the overall understanding of the book. Post-colonial theory and discourse is essentially concerned with the cultural legacy of colonial ru....

Prostitution in the Bible: Moral or Immoral
Prostitution within the Bible: Moral or Immoral? Prostitution is a primordial institution documented back in the ancient Greek times and possibly utilized even before then. In antiquity, most of the time, it was an act that occurred in cultic temples as a tribute to the Greek God of fertility, Aph....

racial hostility
What social issues do you think are most likely to engender hostility along racial and ethnic lines? Why? Even though that the racial hostility is commonly assumed to be irrational in its essence, this is far from being truth. One of the most important principles of logic states that there is alw....

reasons of trust crisis in China
Realistically, Chinese people have immersed in an overwhelming stranglehold of trust crisis. There are medias charging darkminded producers who put poison into products, parents teaching their children to be alert to strangers, and teachers suspecting the stunning score of an averaged student. The s....

Reform Movements
This country was founded on the notion of individual freedoms and that the rights given to us were God given rights. However these ideals were extended only to the property owning white males; excluding Indians, slaves, and to a lesser extent, women. Reform movements in the United States sought ....

Religious Fundamentalism in Modern Society
Religious Fundamentalism in Modern Society Since the tragedy that was September 11th, mainstream media has been hesitant to directly approach the religious dimension to the fight against terrorism. Andrew Sullivan, in his article This is a Religious War, writes a clear picture of Islamic fu....

REPORT ON ISLAMI BANK BANGLADESH
Prospect of Islamic Insurance In the contemporary Islamic countries, role and importance of Takaful has not been duly recognized by the policy makers. Even the growth of conventional insurance is not very satisfactory. If we look into the present scenario of ....

Ripping Emotions in Shakespeares Hamlet
In Shakespeares Hamlet, the young prince Hamlet suffers from an internal conflicting as he is forced to decide whether to do the right thing or immediately obtain revenge upon his uncle Claudius. All throughout the play Hamlet is in a constant struggle with deciding whether to act on behalf of the....

Role Models
Role Models Wanted Role models are people who serve as an example of positive behaviors, values, and attitudes associated with a role. According to The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy role models can also be people who distinguish themselves in such a way that others admire and want to imitat....

Same sex marriage
A man and a woman meet. They fall in love. They decide to marry. This can be the natural progression of an adult relationship. In the United States, the legal commitment of marriage cannot occur if the two people involved are of the same sex. With marriage under the legal and political microsco....

Sealing the Gap on Voting
Sealing the Gap The American ideal is an efficient, responsive, thrifty government that provides all the services citizens need, paid for with the lowest possible taxes. In elections today, the most important lesson to be learned is that the United States cannot afford to makes excuses or avoid d....

Sin is the harbinger of freedom in Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin
Sin is the harbinger of freedom, one might think after reading Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin. The sinful, morally complex slave gains her freedom whereas the one who follows Christs example of piety dies violently. Uncle Tom, who steadfastly follows the Bibles teachings, is kille....

Society in a War on Drugs
Our society is currently in a War On Drugs. Obviously plants and chemicals aren't legitimate enemies to humans, so this war is directed at the people who use certain plants and chemicals. This war is being used to rationalize the indifference or scorn and even aggressive harassment and imprisonment ....

Spinsterhood in Nineteenth Century America
Reflecting on her single life, Catharine Sedgwick wrote in her diary: "I certainly think a happy marriage the happiest condition of human life ... [I]t is the high opinion of its capabilities which has perhaps kept me from adventuring in it."(n1) This entry epitomizes the seemingly paradoxical conne....

STEM CELL RESEARCH
Stem Cell research is one of the most controversial issues going on in the world today. Many people are against, but a lot of society today is fighting for it. You cannot open a magazine anymore without a story covering the research or lack thereof. There are many Pro-lifers activates th....

The Cold War
Nuclear Weapons after the Cold War Vertaal Deur R Strauss Nuclear weapons played a major, if fortunately only latent, role in the Cold War. The end of that conflict consequently ought to be the occasion for a review of their role in international affairs. In practice, however, perhaps because ....

The Great Gatsby: A State of Immorality
In F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel The Great Gatsby immorality is consistently practiced, portraying the iniquity of the America in the early 1900s, as well as the American Dream and the means of obtaining it. The book was set in the 1920s, a time of post-war prosperity along with low moral sta....

The Importance of Being Earnest is as devoid of purpose as a paper balloon. How fair is this descr
Jack Oh, thats nonsense, Algy. You never talk anything but nonsense. Act 1 Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest is not all that earnest as it should be. Wilde creates a play consisting of hypocrisy, inversion, characters leaving double lives and the constraints of morality....

The Importance of Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain served as a neutral commentary about the life and times of southern citizens living amid the influence of the mighty Mississippi river in the nineteenth century. While depicting for the most part a self-serving lifestyle for most of the novels main c....

The Value of Holding a Religious Belief
Religion is not only a significant influence to society, but also to individuals who hold religious beliefs. Religion is higher than morality, being more unified, more expressive of a perfect wholeness. As Iris Murdoch tries to explain the different perspectives of whether morality is merely con....

TRADITIONAL ETHICS
TRADITIONAL ETHICS In the passage Do As I Say, Not As I do, Amitai Etzioni says that the best way to teach children ethics is to make them experience the righteousness, high moral standards, equality, and honesty that along with the academics that are presented in published materials. An examp....

Utilitarianism
In his work, Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill states that, happiness is desirable, and the only thing desirable, as an end; all other things being only desirable as means to that end (Mill) and that pleasure and the absence and avoidance of pain are the only two things that area desirable as end....

Violence and Sex in the Media
Violence and immorality in the different cultures of the world have been around since the beginning of time, especially before television, radio, or video games. As many people would ask, how then did people learn these actions without the extreme exposure of the media? The question has a simple ans....

Voltaire
Voltaire Voltaire was an important thinker of the eighteenth century. He was born in 1694 in Paris as François Marie Arouet. He took the pen name Voltaire when he wrote Oepide while imprisoned for writing a play about Phillip II, Duke of Orléans. Voltaire was a writer and philosopher who was ext....

Was The Gulf War a 'Just War'?
Aggression is the largest, if only, justification for war, according to the just-war theory outlined by Michael Walzers Just and Unjust Wars. In performing an act of aggression what Walzer describes as the floodgates of war are opened. To enable us to label the Gulf War as just, we must look at both....

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