...PHI 106 Assignment #1 Why Can’t We Be Good? “Our society simply has no generally acceptable solution to the ethical dilemma of abortion. So here is a test for us. This is ethnics. We are in front of a painful and Momentous question of right and wrong. How shall we try to think - to think, and not just wrangle - about it?”(“Why Can’t We Be Good?”, pg.63) I believe that everyone has an opinion about a certain situation whether it’d be right or wrong. Giving an opinion about a certain subject brings out the emotions that a person feels. Morality is another word for someone’s opinion about what is right or wrong and it goes back to what a person feels. For instance, many people discuss abortion and whether the solution harms the fetus or not, no one is sure. My opinion about abortion is that it is a form of murdering and lessens the value of human life and can cause long term damage to women or health risk. People who are pro-life consider abortions to be inhumane and believe they should be outlawed. As, viewed by people who categorize themselves as pro-life, it is seen as the murder of an innocent life. Plus, abortion lessens the chance for adoption if the child is born and sadly women that choose abortion usually do not have the financial resources to support the child. There are also, other safer forms of birth control. But I also, believe that in any situation if a woman is raped or abused, she should have the rights to do an abortion is that is the only...
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...| Can We Be Good Without God? | Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Religion Can Morality Exist Without Religion? | | Rajoo Kamal-Wilnoff (10781867)Sociology 321.3, Section X01Professor Bryan PukMay 28, 2014 | “Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.” – Isaac Asimov | Can We Be Good Without God? Can we be good without God? The question has been a controversial one throughout history and a variety of positions are apparent regarding the relationship between religion and morality. Theists undoubtedly find in God a source of moral strength and resolve which enables them to live lives that are better than those that they would live without Him, but it would seem arrogant and ignorant to claim that those who do not share a belief in God do not often live good moral lives. Should the question really be about the objectivity of moral values, and whether said moral values are simply social conventions, or mere expressions of personal preference? Are they valid independently of our apprehension of them, and if so, what is their foundation? Moreover, if morality is just a human convention, then why should we act morally, especially when it conflicts with self-interest? Are we in some way held accountable for our moral decisions and actions? This paper explores the ontological claim that the morality does not require religion, religious motivation or guidance to exist, based on the opposing views presented in two essays “Religion, Morality...
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...We’re Good People Now Prologue The story that went around The Starshine Village- Have you ever heard of the Dungeon Eaters? The Dungeon Eaters were living in the Isshu forest they are a group of clowns who appear every October 31st offering people money to come to their underground house in the darkest part of the forest. They wait for you to get tired then offer you a bed to sleep. Once there was trusting teenager that was running in the Isshu Forest. Until he was stopped by a clown that offered him to come to his house in the forest. The boy blacked out for a while, when he awoke the young adult notices that he was in as bed he had never seen before it smelled foul a scent he would never soon forget he noticed that the bed smelled...
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...Every choice a person makes changes their life. Those changes maybe good or they may be bad. In The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, there are two people with one name, Wes Moore, but they each have two completely different fates because of the decisions they made. Two qualities of becoming successful in life are having good mentors and setting and maintaining standards. The author Wes had good mentors to guide him through his life and set standards for himself. He had two significant mentors in his life, his mother and father. His father died when Wes was young, but his father still had an impact on him. "'Hey, Main Man, do you mind if I come in?' I'm told that he had many terms of endearment for me, but Main Man is the one I remember" (Moore...
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...Balancing Fun, Friends, Fraternities, and Your Future Freedom! Fun! Party all night, sleep all day! Healthy habits? Why would I care about that during the best years of my life? College is the time that you branch out from your parents and start making your own decisions about the way you live your life. You can: experiment, choose your own schedule, choose your own diet, and pretty much do whatever you want to do. No one will be there to tell you what to do every minute of every day; with that freedom, also comes responsibility for your own actions. Some of the decisions you make in college, good or bad, can affect the rest of your life. Why not take the time in college to develop good habits that will serve you well for the rest...
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...for a good grade, their grades will increase. However, there are numerous negative effects that will happen. A few of the negative effects could also last long. Parents shouldn’t pay students for good grades because students will not improve, lose the love to learn and make children have a desire to be paid for everything. To begin with, students should not be paid for good grades because it won’t cause them to improve. From the source Paying for Good Grades is a Bad Idea, quotes, “Their research shows that simply children don’t improve because they are paid money. In fact, the opposite happens.” This means how paying students won’t enforce them into learning. The money is what they care about, not what they learn. This causes them behind once the reward is not there. Therefore, it causes them to lower their grades. The effect of this is having students unable to process the information or making them behind. In any case, children will not improve because they were paid....
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...Think you're pretty good at texting while driving? According to a new study, you have no idea how bad you actually are. Researchers at Ohio State University asked college kids to complete two visual tasks similar to driving and texting, and compared their performance with students attempting one audio and one visual task similar to talking on the phone while driving. The texters not only performed worse than the talkers—no surprise—but they also rated their performance better. "Many people have this overconfidence in how well they can multitask, and our study shows that this particularly is the case when they combine two visual tasks," says Zheng Wang, lead author on the study and assistant professor of communication at Ohio State. The results are in line with previous work that suggest that drivers overestimate their ability to multitask. The participants attempting two visual tasks had to complete a pattern-matching puzzle on a computer screen while typing walking directions to a person over Google Chat, an instant-messaging (IM) system. Students were told the person needing directions was another student named Jennifer. The students tasked with the combined audio and visual tasks had to complete the same computer puzzle while verbally giving directions to Jennifer using Google Talk, a voice chat system. The students were also asked to do the computer puzzle with no distractions. The two multitasking scenarios can be compared to what drivers face, says Wang. People...
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...Renwick Caldwell Sam Houston University March 15th, 2013 Why Sam Houston Would Be a Great School for Me The transition from high school to college is a very stressful one. Many issues are revealed that you never had with high school. How can you afford to pay tuition? Can you afford housing? What about your location? This is why it is incredibly vital to find the best college that you think is suited for you. For me that college would be Sam Houston University. I was seriously scared about the step into college. A most confusing one at that, and I didn’t even know what I wanted to become when I get older. Honestly, it hit me hard. Responsibility is what separates these kids from going to community college, and going to a university. All of my friends want to just go to lonestar, but I don’t want to be one of those kids. I want to receive the best education I can possibly have, and this is why I want to go to Sam Houston. I want to study in computer science and become a software engineer. Checking out Sam Houston took the cake. It’s close to home, it has a computer science program, and a great one at that, and I could learn a lot more in the 4 years at Sam Houston rather than the 2 years at lonestar. I want to get a head start on my career. I want to succeed as far as I can and I believe that Sam Houston would help me on my road to success. The location is also a plus since it is only about forty minutes from my parent’s house, therefore making me feel a lot more safe being...
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...Recommendations Nowadays, social media is so useful for every individuals, it made communication, advertisements and a lot more social networking activities much easier, faster and more convenient to us. But still we need to be more concerned, aware and cautious when using social networks for our own good. These are some of the recommendations that we got from some of the good and reliable sites for using social networks: 1. Manage your boundaries. While using social media, it is essential to keep in mind the importance of balance, of keeping a healthy perspective as new tools evolve, and not letting digital media take over your life. 2. It’s a good idea to set a social media policy (including copyright issues) for any organization that has an online presence. There are a number of examples you can explore online. 3. Give attention to the danger inherent in the speed of new media. Think carefully before sending out messages. Consider waiting a full day if you are feeling particularly emotional about something. Even a few minutes can help you detect errors in tone … or spelling. 4. Think about the audience you want to engage. If you are reaching out to your own parishioners, a closed Facebook Group might be a platform for you. If you want to reach new people in geographically dispersed locations, a website with changing content, interactive features, and strong publicity channels might be the way to go. Explore platforms and learn what they best enable...
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... | | | | | | | | | | | | | Voluntary Code for the return of goods by you to us: This code only applies as between you and us if you are a consumer. This code is intended to promote good relations between you and us. The code is entirely voluntary and does not affect your statutory rights. Important In...
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...Superior Goods ( Engle Law 2. Price-Consumption Paths ( Changing Relative Prices ( Deriving the Price-Consumption Path ( Deriving Individual Demand Curves 3. Income & Substitution Effects Income Expansion Paths 1 Introduction In Figure, we see an individual consuming two goods X1 and X2 with P1=$1, P2=$1 and total income is $20. We also see that his/her tastes are described by three indifference curves marked I1, I2 and I3. Since he/she can at most spend $20, his/her budget constraint can be described by the budget line BB’. Suppose now that his/her income level increases from $20 to $40. How could we derive the new budget line? Note that prices of X1 and X2 are still $1. If you spend all amount of this $40 to X1, he can now buy 40 units of this good (depicted by Point C’ in Figure 2.2). Likewise, allocating all $40 to X2 allows him/her to buy 40 units of X2 (depicted by Point C). If an individual’s income level increases but relative prices don’t change, the budget line will shift outward and the gradient of the budget line unchanges. With this new budget line CC’ or new budget constraint (income ( to $40), the individual will choose the bundle at which the MRS of X2 for good X1 is equal to the gradient of CC’. Using the above analysis, when the income level increases to $60, the updated budget line becomes DD’ in Figure 2.2. If we connect all these optimal points (e, r, s), we can determine...
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...We would all like to believe we are good people. Some of us tell ourselves rhat very thing to justify our mistakes, or somehow make them lesser than those the people around us make. If you look around you, it is not difficult to see how many people will call themselves good, despite the fact that they are just the opposite. From those who only do good for the sake of their reputation to the hypocritical high-and-mighty of the world, there are plenty of examples of bad people in the world. They harm others. In varying degrees and in different ways, but they harm people, all the same. But good people? Good people do good to others. Not in the way that they will occasionally do a minor favor for a friend, or help someone else because of their own self-interest. They do good to others by treating all people, no matter their political, religious, or personal differences, with respect, kindness, and understanding. Of course, there are endless qualities pertaining to goodness, and good people demonstrate quite a few of them on a regular basis. Although no one is perfect, and we are all guilty of something, genuinely good people are often people we recognize with more...
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...‘God is good’. (25marks) Firstly, we must understand what is meant by ‘good’ well good is that which is morally right. With God it is said in the bible “oh give thanks to the lord, for he is good; for His loving-kindness is everlasting (Psalms), another way is the 10 commandments which shows God setting the standard of what is morally right and wrong. Another way of showing of how ‘God is good’ is by creation in genesis 1 and 2 which shows God either creating the world or how he is crafting everything, also in the bible of how God has preformed miracles and in todays society. In the bible there are many passages, which say ‘God is good’ for example in James ‘every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow’ this is clearly saying that God is the source of goodness. Another example is the goodness of God is a character trait, which applies to every other attribute. God’s wrath is good. God’s holiness is good. God’s righteousness is good. God is good in His entirety. There is nothing about God that is not good (Romans), this is basically saying that the goodness of God is a life-transforming truth and that we should use the words of God in are attitudes and actions. The Ten Commandments are the clear example of God setting the standards of what is morally right and wrong. We follow these laws that God has set because we believe that they show us are sins and if we follow...
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...on Kant’s views on good will and moral worth, along with some real life examples, Socrates’s discussion on differences between mere true belief and real knowledge of virtue and several other philosophers’ unique interpretations and related discussions on this topic. Kant makes a clear argument about good will in the very beginning of his book Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals. He explicitly states that: “There is no possibility of thinking anything at all in the world, or even out of it, which can be regarded as good without qualification, except a good will. (Kant 7)” Kant believes that a good will is always morally good. Therefore, what a good will does is always morally good as well. Also, he obviously takes good will as the only true standard to judge the moral worth of a certain action. He explains that everything that seems to be good by itself actually could only be good if they are driven by a good will; without a good will, these other things might be used to produce negative outcomes. Except for a good will, nothing else would be good simply on its own. For example, loyal soldiers with bravery driven by a good will protect the city and the citizens well, and some of them may even sacrifice their own lives for such honorable aims. But without a good will, bravery can be used by greedy robbers and may lead to terrible outcomes. Also, scientists may use intelligence with a good will to improve our lives in various aspects; without such good will,...
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...The Feel Good Drinks Introduction The Feel Good Drinks project consisted of two briefs: (1) creating a new look for the pack design; (2) produce a national brand awareness campaign. In this project, we focus mainly on the second brief, which is to create a national brand awareness campaign. Background A Little Bit About Feel Good Drinks Feel Good Drinks is a healthy drinks business with the simple aim of making people feel good. The business was started by Dave, Chris and Steve in 2002 with a range of 3 juice drinks in 375ml glass bottles.They now offer 5 ranges including Feel Good Kids, Feel Good still & sparkling juices, Feel Good non-alcoholic cocktails and Feel Good vitamin waters. The company only use 100% natural ingredients and never add sugar to their drinks. One major challenge the company encounter is that consumers aren’t aware that almost all of the supposedly healthy drinks have lots of added sugar or artificial ingredients. Therefore, the “golden rules” of providing natural goodness stuck with the company since the very beginning of the business which is offering healthy and tasty products with colourful, friendly and natural packaging as well as quality and affordable pricing. Feel Good Drinks is a brand is all about making people feel good. The company try their best is providing the feelgoodness by keeping things simple and quite light hearted. Besides, the company are also trying to do their part in corporate responsibility to have a...
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