Moral nihilism

Theory in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a reoccurring theme throughout the novel involves the moral education of Huck. This theme of positive character development within the harsh social constructs of the 1930’s and 1940’s, defines Huck’s morality. The psychoanalytic literary theory helps support this theme of choosing morals over the majority of society. Throughout the teachings shown to Huck by the Widow Douglas and the society around him, he…

III. McGeer, “Varieties of Moral Agency: Lessons from Autism (and Psychopathy)” Victoria McGeer responds to Kant and Kennett’s conclusion that “reverence for reason is the core moral motive” and claims that this debate has been too narrowly focused on empathy; we need not try to reduce morality to one cognitive capacity or affective disposition. McGeer focuses on the question of whether our moral capacities are rooted in sentiment or in rationality; do our affective states guide us, or does…

Because rule utilitarianism relies on moral rules to determine the permissibility of actions, it has the resources to avoid the problems act utilitarianism faces concerning individual rights by establishing rules that prohibit infringement of individual rights. For instance, one should not enslave others because, in most instances, slavery has more negative outcomes than not enslaving others. Therefore if not enslaving others was a rule, rule utilitarianism would consider all slavery immoral,…

Utilitarianism is a moral principle that holds that the morally right course of action in any situation is the one that produces the greatest balance of benefits over harms for everyone affected. We might not notice it but most of us use this kind of morality every day in our lives. For the most part, utilitarianism is a very straightforward process to help us decide whether our moral reasons are correct or incorrect. In utilitarianism, we must always first determine all our possible outcomes of…

final breaths, he mutters “death is over…there is no death,” (134). In the same way, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a story about the life leading up to death, rather than death itself. Through both Ivan and the rest of the characters, Tolstoy offers moral advice regarding how to handle the ultimate buildup to death. Ivan’s family and colleagues’ grandiose materialism is strikingly contrasted with the servant Gerasim’s selflessness. In fact, Gerasim’s personality is so divergent from the rest of…

Introduction What you are about to read is my own interpretation of a moral code that hopefully can be applied in both life and business; this moral code it is neither complete nor correct but simply a work in progress. Throughout this essay I will go through 5 versatile moral codes that will give the reader both insight into my belief system and hopefully their own. My first code “Words are capable tools”, is my most commonly used code it is universal and can be used under a variety of…

given. In high school I took an ethics class and had to discuss our thoughts behinds scenarios similar to this one. It was always interesting to hear what other people’s responses would be because you got a feel for whom that person is and what their morals are. In that class I discovered a lot about myself, for example, I learned that I am very indecisive. My family has taught me that it is always important to look at both sides of a story equally. When taking this class it was hard for me to…

conversations with people I find to be happy, but I think it is possible. This theory is one that I find vital to each human being on this earth and could ease a lot of troubles with time. It will take much practice to find the correct virtue and morals, but not…

massive killings in which creates tension among people. The question is what incites such action especially when morals and values are enforced in today’s education. When you asked someone if they are willing to kill another person, they will…

Rulli and Millum (2014) makes a point to include the sports car example demonstrating people’s way of thinking. The majority believe the agent has a moral duty to sacrifice his sports car to save the child. Even though, the agent endures a greater personal cost that is outweighed by his moral duty to the child. With this in mind, the agent may not believe the damage to the sports car is worth the risk to save the child, as a consequence, he may not feel morally obligated to do so. Thenceforth,…