Master-slave morality

Imagine living in a fantasy world where everything is pitch perfect the way you wanted to be, but then, you wake up to the harsh reality to feel trapped and animated on the inside. This is how I first view my life story for the last three years. At first, I never thought this class would help me realize who I am nor what I have to value until eight weeks ago. To start off, I have looked at my life in a new light and sees how I should understand others before I judge them, as well as, to…

C.S. Lewis’s, Mere Christianity, combined ethics and religion in an attempt to find the meaning of the universe. By focusing on the aspect of right and wrong, I was able to combine a bulk of this module’s assignments into one paper, allowing me a more comprehensive picture. Compare the thinking of the development of ethical thought through the ages: The teams built their ACU PEPs on guidelines which had already been established to build a comprehensive standard of our own for mediators. The…

these two books, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, is unquestionably law versus morality. There were several instances in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn where Huck Finn faced the difficult decision of whether or not to do the right thing. For example, it was unlawful for Huck to help a fugitive slave in the mid-1800s but in accordance with his moral compass, he continued to assist Jim so…

With a lack of data and reporting, the police ignored the disappearances based on social constructions – the representing race and profession. Aboriginal sex workers were discriminated by police agencies and their reports were ignored prior to a dramatic increase of disappearances. But now we must question this: what if the missing sex workers were white? How would their disappearances be represented in the media? There is a ‘racial blindness’ in the media, as the social suffering of…

This essay is going to critically analyse and discuss both the importance of considering human dignity to guide ethical decision making, as well as how this interconnects with the topic of gender selection for non-medical purposes. Since the acts of barbarity committed during world war II, the idea of human dignity has been at the forefront as a component of ethical decision making (Australian Catholic University, 2016, section. 1.2.1). This new focus on human dignity led the United Nations to…

As we think of morality, many questions, such as “what is considered right ?”, and “what is considered wrong?”, come to mind. While many people believe that religion can help us answer these questions, others argue that morality is self- determining and should not relate to religion in any way. When morality and religion are put together, it causes conflicts because one person 's’ morals are not the same as another individuals. One person’s morals can be based off of one religion while others’…

Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Rescuers From the day a person is born until the day they die that person is constantly making choices. Everything that person does is a choice. Some choices are made easily and do not effect one’s life for more than a few moments, but some choices are different. Some choices that a person comes across in their lifetime will determine who that person becomes. These are the ethical dilemmas that can change a person’s life and lives of people around them.…

is in the very nature of the animal that predators and prey and thus by that function the stronger animals reproduce and the week get preyed upon by others and humanity being like the animals is not that much different in this regard. The first moralities and later societies were founded on the premise that the strong or smart would subdue the weak and those who lack either were ostracized and/or killed for “holding the rest of society back” from a certain…

Philosophy is a very influential field of study. It allows for some professors to ask some very poignant questions. For instance, what would happen if a group of children were removed from civilization and placed into the wilderness on a remote island with no hope of rescue? Depending on the philosopher, one would receive conflicting answers to this question. The children would form a government and try to cooperate to survive, or the youth would devolve into a state of chaos with no laws or…

In Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and Antigone by Sophocles, the main characters are both faced with conflicting values between the values of an individual and the values of the society. Siddhartha pursues an individual journey to enlightenment to find the universal meaning of the good life or Nirvana. Whereas, Antigone struggles in following state law’s versus following her own morals concerning the burial of her brother, Polyneices. Although the readings have similar aspects of the both characters…