Moral Choice 
.... Hallie emphasizes the historical sitaution as the beginning point for analyzing
moral actions, but the story he tells suggests something more lasting and more ....
(1324
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Utilitarianism: An Overview
.... perspective.
Moral actions within the utilitarian framework are those that maximize pleasure for the greatest number of people. In ....
(708
3
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The moral theory of Immanuel Kant
.... The categorical imperative is "categorical" because it is a
moral imperative and commands
actions as goods in themselves and not as means to an end. ....
(1645
7
)
Ethical Theories & Moral Dilemmas
.... He is also interested in developing a set of objective criteria of morality and for making
moral decisions regarding human
actions. ....
(1841
7
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Kant on Moral philosophy & Ethics
.... Only rational beings can act in accordance with the idea of the law, and these
actions derive a
moral worth from the fact that the will is involved and that a ....
(1178
5
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The Moral Life & Happiness
....
Moral character is defined by
actions, the
actions of choosing to follow the virtues and to live a
moral and thus a good life.
Moral ....
(1620
6
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Theory of Moral Sentiment
.... Our sense of propriety is the central question in our
moral judgments, and we judge the suitableness or unsuitableness of
actions on this basis. ....
(2080
8
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Nature of Human Action & Moral Action
.... the nature of human action in general and
moral action in particular and the conditions necessary to hold a person morally responsible for his or her
actions. ....
(1633
7
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Views of Various Philosophers
.... Aristotle also elevates human reason and sees dignity in the ability of the human being to make choices and to select
moral actions as proper to produce ....
(2677
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Utilitarianism and A Personal Moral Philosophy
.... In essence, this
moral philosophy calls for careful consideration of the consequences of all
actions and the degree to which an action is likely to harm or ....
(364
1
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A Personal View of Moral Philosophy
.... In essence, this
moral philosophy calls for careful consideration of the consequences of all
actions and the degree to which an action is likely to harm or ....
(360
1
)
Northanger Abbey & Emma (Jane Austen)
.... Emma knows that her words are social weapons and that they presuppose
moral positions and
moral authority and inhere in
moral actions. ....
(2503
10
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Issue of Free Will One of the insights to emerge clea
....
Moral actions are of a different order because there is a choice involved, and to have
moral worth such
actions must be performed out of a sense of duty and ....
(4624
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Moral Philosophies & Drug Usage
.... Only rational beings can deliberately act in accordance with law, and such
actions derive a
moral worth from the fact that the will is exercised in choosing to ....
(3825
15
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Moral Significance of Humans & Animals
.... Inherent in the discussion of the
moral significance of animals is that human
actions will be determined by the outcome of the argument. ....
(1486
6
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American/Western & Chinese Rhetorical Customs
.... Lang asserts that the prescriptive nature of writing in the Western culture is analogous to the prescriptive quality of
moral actions within the culture (25 ....
(2224
9
)
Moral Analysis of Drug Addiction
.... is typically an important
moral and ethical principle and equates to allowing rational individuals to control their own lives "so long as their
actions harm no ....
(2237
9
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The Enlightenment and Moral Theory
.... Hobbes saw this as applicable to psychology, politics, and
moral theory as well (126). In applying this doctrine, Hobbes evaluates objects or
actions as good ....
(2727
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Plato's Moral Theory
.... those who have learned to curb the tendency to rule one's
actions through desire .... men to tame their inherent nature is through using the
moral requirements of ....
(1687
7
)
Moral theories of Mill & Kant
.... Kant's
moral imperative requires that the individual act as if his behavior were going .... This gives a sense of tremendous worth to the
actions of the individual ....
(1839
7
)
The Morality of Taking a Life
.... He is also interested in developing a set of objective criteria of morality and for making
moral decisions regarding human
actions. ....
(1711
7
)
Kant and Mill on Deontology, Ethics, and Utilitarianism
.... that some is "good" because it results in the greatest quantity of happiness begs the question of whether or not
actions can be understood as
moral or immoral ....
(1192
5
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Antigone's Moral Decision in Sophocles' Antigone
.... to highlight the humble obedience of Antigone to the higher
moral calling of .... every man in the city disagrees with the King over his
actions toward Polyneices ....
(2554
10
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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
.... For
moral excellence is concerned with pleasure and pain; it is pleasure that makes us do base
actions and pain that prevents us from doing noble
actions. ....
(1553
6
)
The Moon & Sixpence
.... becomes duty to God by being referred to God." Strickland or Maugham's narrator might use such a claim to defend the painter's
actions as
moral, arguing that ....
(1343
5
)
Kant and Practical Reason
.... where this is not so, the conformity is only too contingent and precarious, since the non-
moral ground at work will now and then produce
actions which accord ....
(1698
7
)
Third Party Tax Preparer Ethics
.... believed that
moral values did exist, which were different from natural law. Thus, within the context of Kant's philosophical theory, the CPA's
actions would ....
(1913
8
)
Colonial America
.... Mather and McCarthy. Far from being religious and being
moral, the
actions of such men visited great harm on others. It did so because ....
(1496
6
)
Obedience and Disobediance to the State
.... higher
moral authority. Again, my own
moral beliefs are mirrored in the
actions and ideas of these five writers. All of them believe ....
(1748
7
)
CHIAPAS Revolt in Mexico
.... distinction between the desirable and the possible (p. 7). Political realism holds that universal
moral principles cannot be applied to the
actions of states ....
(1724
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