...Does setting a good example actually change the way people act? Many people believe that their own good actions can change the way people around them act. However, I believe that this isn't really the case. Not many people just look at the good or nice things the people around them do and think that that's how they should act. It takes a lot more than just acting like a nice person to somebody to make them change their ways. I believe that one person's actions aren't going to change somebody alone, and that there are many other better ways to influence people such as telling them what to do, or making them change. One person's actions alone won't make a change in the way someone acts. It would take an immense amount of people constantly working towards someone changing to be bale to change them using actions alone. Many people just truly don't care about what other people do, so peoples' actions just wouldn't effect them very much. Some people take a push in a direction or need to be told what needs to be changed, not just a bunch of people acting different around them....
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...Are You Happy? According to John Stuart Mill, what does it mean to act rightly or be good? Mill states how people are inclined to act rather than how they should act. He states in his essay written in 1861, Utilitarianism, “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain and the privation of pleasure.” Mill proves by this statement that we act in a certain way because of the greatest happiness principle; however, I am not convinced that is the way that people should act or the best way to live a moral life. Mill believes that people act the way that they do for the sake of happiness. It is even good to cause pain to a small group of people if the result promotes happiness for a larger group. According to Mill, this is the greatest happiness principle because the actions are not based on the feelings of happiness of one but the happiness of the greatest number. I disagree with Mill’s greatest happiness principle because this is not the way that people should act. I agree that people tend to act that way; however that is not the moral way that people should behave. There is no rational connection between happiness and morality. The simple truth of the matter is that a behavior or action that makes a person happy is not sufficient in establishing that the behavior or action is morally accurate. Just because something makes one...
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...States president, Andrew Jackson, urged Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act. This act would affect lives of many Indians and in some cases, people had to leave by force. Andrew Jackson also explained this to congress in a way that seemed positive and happy but really was not. Between the 1600’s and 1800’s, there was still slavery happening and places like slave breakers. Slavery was a big part of the south’s economy which is why slaves were needed but that meant they were enslaving people and taking away their rights like liberty and the pursuit of happiness. There was also the early British Acts such as the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts and the Intolerable Acts. These happened...
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...is why it's sometimes called 'non-Consequentialist'. The word 'deontological' comes from the Greek word deon, which means 'duty'. Duty-based ethics are usually what people are talking about when they refer to 'the principle of the thing'. Duty-based ethics teaches that some acts are right or wrong because of the sorts of things they are, and people have a duty to act accordingly, regardless of the good or bad consequences that may be produced. Some kinds of action are wrong or right in themselves, regardless of the consequences. Deontologists live in a universe of moral rules, such as: It is wrong to kill innocent people It is wrong to steal It is wrong to tell lies It is right to keep promises Someone who follows Duty-based ethics should do the right thing, even if that produces more harm (or less good) than doing the wrong thing: People have a duty to do the right thing, even if it produces a bad result. So, for example, the philosopher Kant thought that it would be wrong to tell a lie in order to save a friend from a murderer. If we compare Deontologists with Consequentialists we can see that Consequentialists begin by considering what things are good, and identify 'right' actions as the ones that produce the maximum of those good things. Deontologists appear to do it the other way around; they first consider what actions are 'right' and proceed from there. (Actually this is what they do in practice, but it isn't really the starting point of deontological...
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...While in the action of committing piracy, or breaking the law, many people always ask, "Does piracy really make a difference to the music or movie industry?" In most cases people would come to the conclusion that it does little to no difference but in all reality, it makes quite a large divot in the industries. According to Siwek, American workers suffer from the millions that download music illegally. Around 71,000 jobs and over two billion dollars in wages have been lost due to piracy in the music industry(I). With this in play, piracy really hurts the music industry. Some people will most likely think that downloading one song or one unpopular movie will not make much of a difference but it all adds up because so many people believe...
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...Breaking a Social Norm In the novel Brave New World, the government is in control of everything. All individuals of a class are expected to act the same. Even though there are four different classes in the society (ADV PHRASE), they are all taught to act like others in their society. Also students in modern high school have a way of acting the same. As an example, the way people are judged when they are pregnant at a young age or any age at all is similar in both examples. Fitting in is a crucial standard for all society’s in today’s world, as well in the Brave New World society. In both Brave New World and high school society, being different is seen as a violation of preconceived expectations. The government in Brave New World (ADV PHRASE) controls how people are raised from the time they are born. Each class is raised a certain way and the people in the class accept who they are and what that means without exception. Becoming part of another class never enters their mind. For example, a women having her own children in the Brave New World society is completely unacceptable. The government makes the children and even though women could have children, the expectation is that they do not. If a student in high school (ADV PHRASE) was going to have a baby, the classmates of that student would judge her negatively just like the people of the World State Society. The connection that is made between these two comparisons is that getting pregnant while you are young in our society...
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...Legal & Safety Paper Ashlee Richards HCS/341 March 19, 2012 Mike Sawyer Legal & Safety Paper When looking for a job people look at what kind of job it is and how much they pay and what benefits they offer. People don’t look at the acts involved like the equal pay act, the Americans with disabilities act, the family and medical leave act, and finally the drug free work place act. These acts are very important to know when looking for a job. Throughout this paper I will be telling you all about them and how they affect you as an employee and as a workplace. The equal pay act was introduced in 1963 during the World War II. It came to be an act because men were at war and the woman wanted to step up and make money. The equal pay act was designed so that men and woman would get the same pay for the same work being done. When this act was first induced into legislation it was called the Woman’s Equal Pay Act of 1945. Woman had to prove that the men got paid more than the woman, they did the same amount and quality of work, and the men and woman worked under the same conditions. All of this just to recover under the equal pay act of 1963. An employer may pay a male employee more than a female employee if the employer can establish that payment is based upon (1) a seniority system, (2) a merit system, (3) a system whereby earnings are based upon the quantity and quality of production by the employees, or (4) a differential based upon any other factor other than the sex of the...
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...Discrimination and Stereotypes In Everyday Life Discrimination and stereotypes are a huge problem in the world today. This is not a problem that has recently started occurring, for there have been examples of this hundreds of years ago. Discrimination can root from not just skin color, but age, ethnicity, and many other factors as well. Discrimination is apparent in all races and ethnicities. It is a sick problem that many people have to face while looking for a job and even everyday life. The fact that people believe that someone is not capable of a task is disgusting and absurd. The biggest culprits of discrimination and stereotypes are children and teens. However, in their heads they mean it as a joke rather than being mean. They may think it is funny, but it can seriously hurt someone's feelings even if they laugh at it. The worst part about children discriminating is that they are most likely learning it from their parents. Studies have been done to prove that discrimination is not something people are born with, but it is inherited. As children grow up making stereotypes and discriminating they may become comfortable expressing such feelings which may lead to racism. High school is a huge mixing pot of races and ethnicities so discrimination and stereotypes are very prevalent here. Most of the time they are just jokes, however even if the person that the stereotype is directed to laughs they may be severely hurt. Gender is also a big factor in...
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...focus on ethical issues that companies create and the five main theories to serve as a guide for ethics. How this theories affect business and how it affects people. In this report I will give brief explanation of the theories and will focus on virtue ethics. The four main theories are Utilitarianism, Kantianism, Ethical egoism, Social contract theory and virtue ethics. Utilitarianism is universal theory of utility, where utility is the priority of an act. People have to act in the way that creates more utility or in other words an act should bring more happiness for greater number of people, rather than pain, if the act brings more pain than happiness it is considered to be morally unacceptable. Kantianism is a theory named after German famous philosopher Immanuel Kant. He believed that people are rational beings and they will follow and do rational things. Kantianism is based on duty and commitment more than any other thing, where if the performed act followed duty it was morally acceptable. Ethical egoism is the theory based on satisfying self-interest. An act should satisfy self-interest and the agent, only then it is morally acceptable. Egoism serves as motivational tool to act in moral way. Social contract theory is the contract between two parties to reach a greater good in the end. An example would be two people gathering fruits and they run in each other so they get in to contract not to kill each other while they collect...
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...The U.S., before the War of 1812, was having many issues with trading. By 1805, the British began interfering with the U.S. foreign trade. They were then taking our men and putting them into their Naval Services. By 1807, Thomas Jefferson and Congress were fed up with these problems. They decided to pass the Embargo Act of 1807. This act stopped all foreign trade and didn’t allow U.S. ships to sail to foreign ports. This act wasn’t very successful and was very unpopular. The Embargo Act was very unsuccessful and not effective at all. It wasn’t effective for many reasons. First off, farmers, merchants, and industry all relied on trade. Without trading with foreign countries, they couldn’t get everything they wanted. The U.S. couldn’t supply...
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...by the way they dress, act, and the people they associate with. Every person you meet judges whether it’s judging someone good or bad. To start many people judge others because of the way they act. Because kids want to fit it, they try to act like their friends. As a gymnastics coach I see this happening a lot with the kids. For example one day I had a girl come to me complaining that there was a girl making fun of her gymnastics leotard. Each time she took a turn again she would say another girl’s name that had joined in making fun of her. Because not all the girls had joined in, I had overheard one of the girls telling their friend that the girl who started it was probably always mean to people. Not only do people act to fit in, they also act because of something that may have happened in...
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...A paper we will discuss our point, of view of the Patriot Act and the related legislation that deal with the following areas. Like the Societal implications of the USA PATRIOT law and similar legislation limiting daily behaviors. Next are the worries associated to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, and beliefs as they identify with police agencies and security services. After that are the effect with technology and globalization and the balance of individual rights against public safety. Another is the influence of domestic and international terrorism about federal agencies also private security companies, and lastly is the conclusion. Societal implications of the USA PATRIOT Act and related legislation limiting daily behaviors For some of the citizens of the United States, the Patriot Act has no tangible impact on them. Although groups feel that, it could be harsh effects on constitutional rights. The theory of the patriot act can give the government more freedom to spy on citizens and use the argument within their case that the people they are spying on having links or are a part of terrorist groups. There are some instances indications that provision made a fishing expedition amid the groups of people who suspected of terrorism based on ethnicity or their religion. Then the NSA reports of privacy violations with the phone records of all of the American citizens. This and other problem from the patriot act...
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...Agreements: The Indian Act and Canadian Treaties In modern society the question of why the aboriginal population receives benefits often arises. Much of today’s youth does not understand that the Native American people were often stripped of their rights in the past in order to gain these advantages. Two main incidents were established in the Aboriginal history, the first was the treaties that spread across Canada and the second incident was the Indian Act of 1876. The main difference between the Indian Act and treaties were the aboriginal’s role in the decision-making. Treaties allowed for a compromise between the Natives and the government that allowed for benefits on both ends whereas the Indian act was imposed on the Native culture by the Canadian government without any arrangement with the aboriginals. This paper will first describe the history of treaties and what they entail for both parties and also look at the formation of the Indian Act. Then, this paper will look at how each had affected the Aboriginal people in similar and different ways. Finally this paper will look at the relation in today’s society that the treaties have in Canada and what life would be like if the Indian Act was still a large part of how First Nations people would have been treated if the Act was not changed following World War II. After these points, a reader should have a better understanding of a topic that they may know little about. By looking at both the Indian Act and Canadian treaties...
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...Collective rights are an important part of the Constitution of Canada. Six groups in Canada have collective rights, which includes, Aboriginal peoples, First Nations, Métis, Inuit peoples and Francophones and Anglophones. Francophone and Anglophones have benefited the most from the collective rights in Canada. How do we know that Francophones and Anglophones have benefited the most from collective rights? We can compare how Francophones and Anglophones got their rights, what rights they have and how secure their rights are compared to the other groups in Canada who have collective rights. How did the Francophones and Anglophones get their rights? It all started in 1608 when Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Quebec; one hundred and...
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...Unit 2 assignment 2 Legislation- Human rights act- an act of parliament of the UK- the royal assent for this act was received the 9th of November 1998 with a commencement in 2000. It is an act to give further effect to rights and freedoms guaranteed under the European convention on human rights. Rights: -Right to life -Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment -Right to liberty and security -Freedom from slavery and forced labour -Right to a fair trial -No punishment without law -Respect for your private and family life, home and correspondence -Freedom of thought, belief and religion -Freedom of expression -Freedom of assembly and association -Right to marry and start a family -Protection from discrimination in respect of these rights and freedoms -Right to peaceful enjoyment of your property -Right to education -Right to participate in free elections This act promotes anti discriminatory practice in a way that it gives everyone the rights they deserve which can’t be taken away from anyone, therefore everyone is equal in what they can do. Data protection act- The data protection act defines UK laws on processing data on identifiable living people. It covers any data which can identify a person such as address, name, Humber, email, information is to be used fairly and lawfully. It is only used for limited specific purposes and in a way that is relevant, adequate and excessive. This promotes anti discriminatory practice as it helps protect confidentiality...
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