told by the gods' oracles that he will kill his father and marry his mother, does he have any power to avoid this fate? That's a basic free will question. If Oedipus manages to avoid killing his father and marrying his mother, he will prove the gods wrong, and the oracle prediction turns out to be no prediction at all. How free can we truly be if created by an all knowing being? If God knows, even at the moment before our births, that we are already destined to ascend to Heaven or burn in Hell, can
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Equality’s choices and decisions is Equality chose to steal the manuscripts because he wanted to know and learn more than he was originally taught. Equality knows that stealing these manuscripts is very wrong to do according to the house of scholars but he wants to learn as much as he can and that is the only way. Equality thinks it is worth it and his brother’s will forgive him but he does not as much care if they do. A part in Anthem by Ayn Rand that really shows individualism affecting his choices is
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Everyday people make choices, some choices are easier than others with a clear choice that only a fool would ignore, but some choices are much more difficult. The best way to make a good choice is often a cause for debate, but one of the oldest answers, comes from the ancient Greek poet Homer. Homer’s epic the Odyssey relates to the magnitude that choices play in our lives and how he thought choices should be made. The Odyssey revolves around the hero Odysseus and the choices he and his crew make
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perfection and says, “Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.” This again completely disagrees with the concept of dualism, saying that both God and Satan are equal forces, which his completely wrong. Isaiah also exclaims the similar concept that backs up their differences. Not only was Satan created
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even knowing it, I was constantly using critical thinking skills to determine what was right or wrong. If I make the right choices based on my ethics and moral compass, then I will eventually be rewarded in life, physically, spiritually, and mentally. To make the right choices one must use judgment based on the situation. Not everyone has the same ethics and morals or view the same things as right or wrong. So by using critical thinking, we determine facts and truths to make a judgment on the situation
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to suffer or they want to feel loved. Mencius said everyone possesses four moral senses that possess their four limbs. People who lack a moral sense of right or wrong could not be a person. Some people do not know their wrongs accuse others on their wrongs (http://www.indiana.edu/p374/Mengzi3).
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he/she are unfamiliar with. People who are wise tend to be humble and not show-offs. Wisdom by the dictionaries version starts by saying that it is just a state of being wise that makes wisdom an option or a choice with no real obstacles. It simplifies wisdom into having knowledge of right or wrong and if a person is unsure should seek the information instead of moving forward blindly. The characteristics of a wise person by dictionary terms or standards are facts, experience, and knowing people. A
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Ethics in Finance To help demonstrate why ethics in finance is need the falling of WorldCom is used. In the matter of three years WorldCom went from one of the most successful and promising companies to a bankrupted and absorbed company because of upper management lacking ethics. In early 2001 WorldCom expected and thus projected the use of internet to increase and so they made a significant amount of leases to internet and telecom service providers. However, the internet usage did not increase
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should be legalized and used when a terminally ill patient has totally used every possible avenue of treatment and there is nothing left to do. As a Utilitarian you definitely want the right thing to be done. Then what is right is right and wrong is wrong. I am sure that in egoism there would be a problem because they would only want to be the hero so to speak and do what is correct of the family and everyone else’s needs. As we go through the issue you will see different views and feelings involving
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if we should go against Creon. And do what he has forbidden! We are only women, we cannot fight with men, Antigone’’(i.44-47)! Antigone responded with “If that is what you think, I should not want you, even if you asked to come. You have made your choice, you can be what you want to be’’(i.53-55). Antigone completely rejects Ismene advice and stated that she will bury Polyneices by herself since the laws of god mean nothing to
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