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Moral Permissibility of Voluntary and Non-Voluntary Active Euthanasia

This paper will focus on discussing the moral arguments that are popular in the field of discussion on voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia. I believe that argument that voluntary active euthanasia and non-voluntary euthanasia is not morally permissible is weak in its defense. This paper has…

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Who Is Right or Whose Moral Is 'Better'? Breaking Down Tess of the D'Urbervilles

“There is, at this time, no general woman, no one typical woman . . .” Helen Cixous (876) Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles is, in its way, revolutionarily feminist. Unusual for its time in its address of premarital sexuality and unwed motherhood (Riquelme 12),…

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An Enemy of the People

Henrik Ibsen’s play, entitled “An Enemy of The People”, deeply stresses out the essence of having characters in a play, which is notably considered as the second most important element of tragedy. A character is said to be a genuine one if it has four…

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A Response to the Morality of Hamlet in The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, a Play by William Shakespeare

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…

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An Analysis of the Reasons Why Homer's Iliad is Considered as a Morality Play

In the Iliad, Homer highlights how it is human nature for individuals to be susceptible to malicious intentions no matter how deep seated one’s moral compass is, thus allowing the Iliad to be considered a morality play. The Iliad is also considered to be a…

IliadMorality2 Pages

Justice: What’s the Right Thing to do? by Michael J. Sandel

Michael J. Sandel discusses how there are three different approaches to justice: welfare, virtue, and freedom. The theme of the book is on how and what is considered moral. He introduces several perspectives on morality and we as readers are given insight into what people…

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Psychopathy and morality

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…

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Utilitarianism and Utilitarian Theorists

Utilitarianism 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…

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An Analysis of a Community's Morality in the Republic, a Book by Plato

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,[1] so one can raise…

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My Moral And Ethical Stance

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…

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