Essays on Morality

What I am going to talk about is probably a little bit of a difficult topic. Because everyone has different perspectives of this, making a clear conclusion might be hard for him or her. However, I think that I fell like I am a better...

In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidency, a man who has again and again forcefully demonstrated his hatred for political correctness, political correctness has become a pejorative in the media, under the belief that political correctness has ‘gone mad’ in instances where political correctness is...

According to Kant, a good person has morality, freedom, dignity and is accountable for the things they do. Meaning, everything you do whether it is good or bad must have a reason. Acting as humans, there comes a reason and purpose for our choices. From...

Ethics are moral principles that administrate a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity. Justification is the act of presenting something to be right or reasonable. Some may say that ethics are the only reasonable justification for anything. Alternatively, one can argue anything may...

The world changes on a daily basis, with many different aspects, including the people, the cultures, along with different opinions and values. As the years pass, we can see the significant changes that are happening, but sometimes forget to take note of the things that...

Concepts of good and evil have been argued and interpreted throughout history, all leading a the question of whether good and evil can truly exist due to the many interpretations of cultures. Among many cultures we see varying interpretations over what is considered good or...

My own moral and ethical stance is based upon Levinas’ theory of ethics that ethical actions come from interactions with the “Other”. It also strongly surrounds the biblical passage “Thou shalt not kill”. I believe that one should understand what other people are going through...

There was a king named Tuan Rio Mangkubumi. He died in a battle with Palembang Kingdom. He was buried in Cakat Monasow Village in Pagar Dewa. Before he died, he talked to his son, Minak Pati Pejurit. “My dear son, you have to defeat Palembang...

The Potter Box is a model for settling on moral choices, created by Ralph B. Potter. It is ordinarily utilized by correspondence morals researchers. As indicated by this model, moral reasoning ought to be an efficient procedure and how we come to choices. The Potter...

Erikson’s Life Span Development theory breaks up the social development of an individual into eight stages of how and what we should develop when. In each stage we develop slightly different base on environmental factors. The absence of friends and peers will have a greater...

Morality is defined as “being concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour”. (Oxford English Dictionary) It may be measured by our responses to events, the feelings and sensations that arise from some action. For example, if we are helped when we fall, we...

Ethics are moral beliefs, values, or principles and ideas that govern our way through life determining what is right or wrong in society. An example of this is if I were to go inside my mother’s pocketbook in the middle of the night and take...

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Russian author Leo Tolstoy, is a story that explores the life and death of Ivan, a middle-aged man who has spent his years climbing the social ladder in a 19th century society. The story revolves around those who are...

Ethical activity alludes to the activity that gives greatest great to the most noteworthy number. It implies a specific activity ought to be in a situation to give the best great to countless individuals instead of a couple in the general public for it to...

“Suicide really only frightens those who have never been tempted by it and never will be, for its darkness only welcomes those that are predestined for it”, a quote by George Bernanos. If we think much upon this quote by Bernanos what position can we...

As a person, one is faced with many dilemmas in life. A tremendous epidemic that has been debated on for many years is abortion. Abortion is a major moral dilemma in today’s society, which most people do not take into consideration. In this argumentative essay...

Mythology is full of individuals who are believed to have had superhuman powers. While some of these people have used their powers for the good of humanity, others have misused them for their own selfish gains. Others, however, are documented as having shown characteristics that...

Like many human beings, there will be a time when we’re going through rough times and we will need to express our feelings. This may be verbally or physically. In other words we express our emotions through art. Art is considered the process or product...

True morality stems from benevolence. Benevolence provides the benchmark for evaluating morality including justice, fairness, honesty, and equality. Humans are endowed with the capacity to assess actions as moral or immoral on the basis of whether such actions reflect the sentiments of humaneness and natural...

Eco criticism is the study of literature and the environment from an interdisciplinary point of view, where literature scholars analyze texts that illustrate environmental concerns and examine the various ways literature treats the subject of nature. It gives human beings a better understanding of nature....

According to Mashla (2016) values is what we believe about what is right and wrong and what is most important in life, and that which controls our behavior. My personal value system is one that is built strongly on Christian principles. I am a person...

When looking at the structure of society today, it is all too easy to see how the moral compass of human beings, as a whole, has altered for quite some time. Instead we have replaced our moral compass with rules and regulations, accepting conformity as...

One particular form of utilitarianism focuses not on the total sum of positive wellbeing and suffering, but on minimizing the total sum of suffering. This is called negative utilitarianism. Another perspective defends that we should increase not the total sum of happiness (which could lead...

In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare the protagonist, Hamlet, is faced with multiple situations where he has to make a moral decision. After Hamlet learns that his father was killed by Claudius, he goes on a quest of revenge. With this situation a lot...

Plato’s Republic is searching for morality, justice and the just state while raising moral questions and examining them from different angles via educational conversations. Socrates claimed that the ideal way to teach philosophy is to have a one to one conversation, so one can raise...

Ernst Lubitsch’s sparkling and elegant comedy, Trouble in Paradise, centers around three characters: a male thief, a female thief, and a wealthy widow. The bare bones of the characters suggest predation and immorality, but the storytelling subverts the more obvious outcome into a comedy of...

Primo Levi, an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor, once said that “Monsters exist, but they are far too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.” When...

Whilst some discoveries allow an individual to further confirm their views on their world and themselves, others may lead to moral questioning or re-evaluation evoked by their newfound perspective. These discoveries in particular gain value through their ability to facilitate change within their societies, as...

Much of the critical debate surrounding Daniel Defoe’s novel Moll Flanders centers around whether the author makes good on the promise he makes in the preface that the story will be morally instructive. For instance, Ira Konigsberg writes that “One of the book’s contradictions that...

Anton Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” is labeled a comedy, however, it has a handful of meaningful lessons that can be learned from the characters featured in the play. These character’s debacles and actions act almost as a social commentary for the industrial era in...