...I. Examine the strengths and weaknesses of Situation Ethics. (21) May 2013 Situation Ethics is a teleological theory which takes a relativist approach by doing the most loving thing according to the situation and the predicted consequence regardless of laws and rules. The theory also focuses on which action will be most loving for the most people. Joseph Fletcher introduced this theory in 1966 when he released his book “Situation Ethics: The New Morality.” He expresses that he wanted to create a middle ground between legalism and antinomianism as he felt people were becoming secular. He wanted to bring Christians back to the Church. Situation Ethics (SE) has many strengths, firstly it’s very flexible it allows you to consider the different aspects to the situation unlike many other deontological theories that have a much more legalistic approach. For example, Christians believe that murder is wrong in any context or situation however a SE approach would accept the choice of abortion if the person who is pregnant had been raped as it could be considered as the lesser of two evils as the mother didn’t want a child and may not want to be constantly reminded of the traumatic event. Another strength is it follows the teaching of Jesus in the sense that it’s main focus is agape love which is a core belief in Christianity. It’s important that SE was influenced by Jesus as Fletcher introduced it with intentions to bring Christians back to the Church because people were becoming...
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...help them fix what is wrong. Our task in our relationship is not to fix one another. Our job is to love what we see and support one another in doing better. Fixing is telling what is wrong, why and how to fix it. Supporting is allowing us to make our own choices, being there if things go wrong and supporting us in doing better next time. Fixing is forcing us to do it their way when our way doesn’t work. Supporting is nurturing. Fixing is anger when things get rough. Supporting is knowing things will get better. Supporting is seeing us exactly as we are. Fixing is seeing in them what we refuse to see in ourselves. I love and support you exactly as you are. Let go! When we believe we are losing control, we grab on tight. If we want to avoid pain, we hold on for dear life. When we are in fear of losing, looking bad or being abandoned, we tighten our grip. When our greatest fears come upon us, we clench our fist and teeth, close our eyes and hold on. We must learn how to let go. We have the capacity to live through any adversity if we let it go. We cannot stop time or destiny. Whatever is going to happen has already happened; we must learn how to see it through to the end. When we hold on, we prolong the pain. When we dig our feet in, we must be uprooted. When the time comes for growth and change, we must have the courage and faith to let go. Whatever leaves my life makes room for something better. If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere...
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...Was the safest way that I knew There you were, As if you had been, Listening inside my head Everything had fallen apart You came into the picture, Like a work of art I feel your arms around me, And it sets me free, It’s a good thing I used to wake up At the first drop of rain Now I sleep beside you, Through a hurricane Like a window, That was painted shut My heart was closed, And had enough And though I tried to hide away, You knocked until I opened up There you were, As if you had been, Waiting for me all my life Everything had fallen apart You came into the picture, Like a work of art I feel your arms around me, And it sets me free, It’s a good thing There you were, As if you had been, Listening inside my head Everything had fallen apart Then you came into the picture, Like a work of art I feel your arms around me, And it sets me free, It’s a good thing Yeah everything had fallen apart, You came into the picture, Like a work of art I feel your arms around me, And it sets me free It’s a good thing It’s a good thing It’s a good thing It was gonna be you and me, But now your gone. I had planned the rest of my life How am I supposed to move on I can't sleep in our bed Or on the couch You left so many memories When you walked out Kill me for loving you 'Cause I can't stop No matter how hard I try to. Kill me for loving you All I ever wanted to do Was love you. I've been crying every day and night...
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...Biology 1/Vv2 “Physiology of Love” Loving, an assistant professor in the School of Human Ecology, studies a number of aspects of romantic relationships. He’s been particularly interested, of late, in the short-term physiological effects of being in the presence of–or even just thinking about–a romantic partner. “In a context like a Valentine’s Day dinner,” says Loving, “there’s a lot of stuff going on.” To start, he says, simply being in the presence of someone whom we find attractive can trigger the release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that’s connected to the brain’s pleasure system (and that seems to be involved, for instance, in why people get pleasure from using cocaine and amphetamines). Valentine’s Day, says Loving, can be understood as a way to reinforce this basic pleasure with a bevy of other pleasure-inducing activities. “It’s the first rule of interpersonal attraction: we’re attracted to people whose presence is rewarding to us,” he says. “Flowers are pretty. People like to get flowers. We like people who give us flowers. Nice music is relaxing, and we like to be with people who make us feel comfortable and safe. Whether it’s because there’s an actual biological response that makes us feel good–and there’s evidence, for instance, that chocolate has such an effect–or just because we’ve learned culturally that it’s good, it still contributes to the overall mood.” The dynamic between the biological and the cultural, says Loving, is so complex and reciprocal that...
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...fundamental principle is ‘only one thing is intrinsically good; namely love: nothing else at all’. Only love is good in itself. Actions are not intrinsically good or evil as they are good or evil depending upon whether they promote the most loving result. Love is intrinsically valuable it has inherit worth. Nothing else has intrinsic value but it gains or acquires its value because it happens to help people making it good or hurt people making it bad. Actions are not intrinsically good or evil depending upon whether they produce the most loving result. They are extrinsically good depending on their circumstances and consequences. Joseph Fletcher said that actions are extrinsically good depending upon the circumstances. According to Joseph Fletchers first principle actions such as lying can be justified if the action itself is extrinsically good. Natural law states that actions such as lying are always wrong regardless of the circumstances. Joseph Fletcher said “circumstances alter cases', situationism holds that in practice what in some times and places we call right is in other times and places wrong”. A lie is not intrinsically wrong it is only wrong if it harms people however it may sometimes be right. For a Situationist what makes a lie right is its loving purpose. The second fundamental principle is...
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...SPEECH GENERAL PURPOSE: To persuade the audience that pit bulls are nice loving dogs. SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To persuade the audience that pit bulls are not naturally dangerous. CENTRAL IDEA: Pit bulls are just like any other dog. It depends on how a pit bull or any other breed of dog is nurtured to determine the characteristics of the dog. Pit bulls are very loving and obedient INTRODUCTION I. Do you have a dog? Does anyone have a pit bull? Well I happy to say that I am a proud owner of 2 blue pits. Their names are Diamond and Jack, and I never been more in love with dog. They are just like my babies. At the end of the summer Diamond had her first litter. I was in awe’s because I was like I’m a grandmother now. They are more than a dog, they are family. II. Pit bulls are just like any other dog. It depends on how a pit bull or any other breed of dog is nurtured to determine the characteristics of the dog. III. Don’t get me wrong I have always been terrified of pit bulls because of all the negative press about pit bulls. I would always hear about a pit bull attacking someone or something. I would watch a show called “Good dogs gone bad.” I never heard anything positive. If wasn’t for my dad getting Jack 2 years ago I would still have a negative perspective. IV. My rival makes numerous definite opinions about pit bulls. Today I will address the myths about pit bulls and how loving and caring they are. [Let’s begin by addressing the myths we all have...
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...Question 3 The case of Loving v. Virginia was a case where an interracial married couple got convicted of miscegenation in the state of Virginia in 1967. The two defendants were Richard and Mildred Loving against the state of Virginia. The two married in the District of Columbia. Shortly after they got married they returned to Virginia. The two were sentenced to jail for a year because of the state's ban on interracial marriages. The judge later agreed to suspend the sentence if the couple agreed to leave Virginia and not return for 25 years.(Loving v. Virginia.) This case is still prevalent today because of fear and discrimination of people of color all over the world. The fear comes from being afraid of stepping out of their houses because someone might think they're doing...
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...story “The Scarlet Ibis”, by James Hurst, it really make you realize why we do such a thing. There are two brothers in the story trying to make it together, and the older brother pushes it to the edge. The older brother, the narrator, is loving, full of pride, cruel, and hopeful all at the same time, towards his little brother Doodle. With all these emotions going on at the same time, the results turn out to be something you would never imagine. In the story Doodle, William Armstrong, was born as a very special young man. He was so special; nobody thought he was going to live when being born. He didn’t get a name till’ he was three months old and had a casket built for him as a sign. With all this being wrong with him, his older brother gave him the nickname Doodle because he felt it wasn’t a name he had to live up to, or be expected of big things, rather than William Armstrong. Though it seems mean everyone agreed, but that’s okay because he was still a loving older brother towards Doodle. He took Doodle everywhere with him as he grew up. He even took him to his favorite place, The Old Woman Swamp. They would go all the time and have lots of fun like normal brothers would. They made crowns, necklaces, and more together out of honeysuckle. So, with Doodle being a little different then normal little brothers he did he did have that one loving spot in his heart for him. Though the older brother was very loving, he still had his moments. As much as he loved his little...
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...Book final final THE GOLDEN RULE as THE SUPREME PRINCIPLE implications for FAITH Faith within the Limits of Love and Reason SECTION ONE: Why Reason Must Have the Final Word To see why reason must have the final word in all things, I will illustrate the role of reason in three different cases. This I think should suffice to make the point. (1) Consulting Some Authority Suppose we are confronted with two or more conflicting alternatives concerning what to say, think or do and in hopes of resolving this confusing conflict, we seek out some wiser person, some authority, who can give us the correct answer. This raises the question: Who is the authority we can turn to: our Mom, our Dad, our grandparent, a priest or a clergyman, a Rabbi or Ayatollah, a bodhisattva, a therapist or counselor, the Pope, a lawyer, a real estate agent, an auto mechanic? Well, of course, our choice depends on the nature of our problem. So, reason needs to play a role here in helping us to determine what kind of authority to consult. Okay, let us suppose that our conflict is of a religious nature. We still need to ask which priest, which clergyman, which Rabbi, which Ayatollah or which bodhisattva etc. to choose. So here again, reason has a role to play. There is more. After we have settled who to consult, sometimes we will find that the advice is really bad advice. Sometimes we will find that the advice is really good advice. On still other occasions, we won't know what to make of the advice...
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...commandments ‘to do’) and Mitzvot lo ta’aseh (negative commandments ‘do not’) which are Mitzvot D’oraita (Laws directly from the torah). Then there are Mitzvot D’rabbanan which are Laws instituted by the Rabbis. There are 613 Mitzvot, made up of 248 mitzvot aseh and 365 mitzvot lo ta’aseh, which some of the early Jews claimed to have special meaning because there are 365 days in a year, and 248 bones in the body, but this is actually wrong, and just something said to make the numbers appear to be a sign from God, which they do not appear to be. Also, Manson says that the numbers are not important, merely the content that is of importance. The main teaching of Jesus was Love. He said that love should be the reason for any action. There are 3 types of love mentioned in the bible, Agape which is unconditional love e.g. for one’s family, Phila which is the love for a friend (from Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love) and Eros which is sexual love, all of which Jesus preached about at different occasions. As well as loving the obvious, he says you should also love your enemies, which is harder to do, as an obvious. However, this is also another fundamental point of Jesus’ ethics, they are impossible to follow exactly. The Point of them is to be God like, and as...
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...professor, Morrie Schwartz, at Brandeis University, who was dying from Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). After neglecting Morrie for several years, Mitch begins to visit Morrie every Tuesdays to listen to Morrie's lessons on "The Meaning of Life." Each of Morrie's lessons contributes to a larger, all-encompassing message that is in the absence of love, there is a hole that can be filled only by loving human relationships. Morrie says when love abounds; a person can experience no higher sense of fulfillment. Throughout his Tuesday lessons with Mitch, Morrie reveals that love is the essence of every person, and every relationship, and without it, living life is pointless. We as humans need to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance, whether it comes from friends or family. According to psychologist, Abraham Maslow, humans yearn to love and be loved by others. In the absences of these needs, many people become prone to loneliness and depression. Humans need for love places emphases on the point that love is not only essential, but important to everyone. “I may be dying, but I am surrounded by loving, caring souls. How many people can say that?” (pg 36, Morrie). For Morrie, the importance of love is especially clear as he nears his final days, for without the thorough care of those he loved, and who love him, he would not have lived as long as he did. Morrie clings to life not because he is afraid of dying or because he fears what will become of him in the afterlife, but because his...
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... Do you think that either or both, of Hick’s solutions is really able to solve what appears to be a unique problem of evil in Arthur C. Clarke’s short story, “The Star”? Unhappiness, as a whole, is a challenge to the idea of good. When one hears or discovers about the disasters or the pain and suffering of wars, violence, earthquakes and killings it is safe to ask one’s self, what the problem of evil is. Investigating the short story “Problem of Evil” written by John Hick the author talks about the differences in “moral evil” and “natural evil” while defining the main question with god and evil. Furthermore in “moral evil” and “natural evil” John Hicks explanations are studied throughout the short story titled The Star by Arthur C. Clark. The problem that is most debated among believers and non-believers of God is the problem of evil. This debate is due to the belief of the omnipotence of God, saying how he is all loving, all powerful and all knowing. For all these meanings of God, there is a major defect, if the almighty is capable of revealing these abilities then how could he let evil enter into the world. If he is all- loving, then why is there so much hatred revolving around us and ultimately, If he is all-powerful, then should he not be able to stop this nonsense. One would think that he would be able to dispose of evil and replace it with good. With the existence of evil still around us a theory can be made that God is either not all powerful or not all loving and...
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...Some people are excited by the possibilities of genetic engineering while others believe the process is unethical and should be banned as they claim scientists are ‘playing god’. Ethics is the philosophical study of what is morally right or wrong. It is a system of moral principles. They affect how people make decisions and lead their lives. Philosophers tend to divide ethical theories into three areas; meta-ethics, normative ethics and applied ethics. This was first done by David Hume the philosopher who argued how we should look at ethical situations. “Meta-ethics looks at the meaning of language used in ethics, and raises questions about truth. Normative ethics tries to find practical moral standards that we can all live our lives by. These are also called ethical theories. Applied ethics is the application of theories about whether something is right or wrong in specific issues.” Distance Learning Centre, Ethics Pack, 2012. In the 1960’s a professor, Joseph Fletcher founded the theory Situation Ethics. In Situation Ethics right and wrong depend on the situation. There are no universal moral rules or rights, each case is unique and deserves a unique solution. “Situation Ethics is all about agape or love. You should always do the most loving thing” Distance Learning Centre, Ethics Pack, 2012. There are four working principles that Fletcher makes before setting out the situational ethics theory. Pragmatism is the course of action must be practical and work. Relativism is when...
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... Name: Celeste Moreno (HIST 1302 –P73) Letter From Birmingham City Jail 1. According to King, what is wrong with segregation? “..segregation is not only politically, economically, and sociologically unsound, but morally wrong and sinful…” Segregation shouldn’t be happening in any part of life. What is wrong with it is what the word means. To be separated and by unjust means at that. 2. What is the difference between “civil disobedience” and criminal activity? If you risk your arrest, that is civil disobedience. If you risk the life, limbs, property, safety of others, you have become a criminal and lost your ethics, and it is no longer civil disobedience. 3. Why does he like being viewed as an “extremist” He likes being viewed as an extremist because others before him have been one as well and it brought change and new ideas to the country. 4. What is “nonviolence” and what did King hope to achieve through this strategy? Nonviolence is not for the cowardly, the weak, the passive, the uninterested or the fearful. "Nonviolent resistance does resist," he wrote. "It is not a method of stagnant passivity. While the nonviolent resister is unreceptive in the sense that he is not physically aggressive toward his opponent, his mind and emotions are always on the go, constantly seeking to persuade his opponent that he is wrong. The technique is passive physically, but strongly active spiritually. It is not passive non-resistance to evil; it is active...
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...misunderstood, misinterpreted beings around. One cannot judge these animals for how they are portrayed. One does not know the lives they’ve lived! Each knows its own pain and renunciation. I have loved American Bullies and Pit Bulls since the day I laid eyes on them. I have been raised around both these breeds and many others. I never believed they could harm me in anyway. These animals are unique, you have to look passed the stereotypes and breed. Your beliefs should be based off what you know for a fact and hands on experience, not what you hear. I challenge the belief that these animals could actually harm someone or be aggressive....
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