Morality

That’s Extreme Dude! If a person that never lived in the twentieth century visited 1997 for just one day, he or she would probably think that we are all trying to kill ourselves. Everything from sports, to music, to advertisements is extreme these days. People are doing things in sports that have never been attempted…

The academic article Huck Finn, Moral Reasons and Sympathy by Craig Taylor invites the reader into the world of Mark Twain’s iconic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It illuminates the potent philosophical question of whether or not Huck Finn should be deemed morally praiseworthy in response to his concealment of the true identity of…

.. ks the intelligence or the “masking capabilities” of the psychopath to achieve success outside of the criminal world. (9) The “super predator” is not psychotic. Psychotics are largely out of touch with reality. They suffer from delusions, hallucinations, or other disordered states. They are often found not guilty of crimes they commit by reason…

But I like itBecause it is bitterAnd because it is my heart.”-Stephen CraneThis reflects how both Grendel and Frankenstein must have felt during their lonely lives. “Seeking friends, the fiends found enemies; seeking hope, they found hate”(Neilson back page). The monsters simply want to live as the rest of us live. But, in our prejudice…

‘If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?’ The quote given shows that Mr birling doesn’t care or dismisses the idea that it has anything to do with the Eva smith murder and suggest that if we” were responsible…

A wicked animal, knowing no restraint to his passions, was, doubtlessly formulated in England during the turbulent years of the Revolution.(Ethics:Origins and Development, 172). Nietzsche thoughts on human nature are revealed in this quote: It is not things, but opinions about things that have absolutely no existence, which have so deranged mankind!(Daybreak, s. 563) Nietzsche…

fJuly 9th 1983 the most troubling news I have ever received was given to my sister and my self our parents were getting divorced. March 22nd 2000 trouble strikes my family again with the announcement of my mother and the man I new as father were getting a divorce. As you could of guessed I…

.. e of the real world. Under this system individuals will choose moral rules for society which they believe will promote their happiness. These choices depend on innate factors-what makes human beings happy-and on conditions in the society in which the choices are made. In an “unfair” society, an oppressed minority/majority may subscribe to a…

Blood in relates to the blood spilled during initiation, while blood out alludes to the consequences of trying to depart from the gang. Concerned with drug trafficking, extortion, pressure rackets, and internal discipline, the Mexican Mafia has been a long-time powerhouse amongst prison gangs. Another Mexican-American/Hispanic gang that sprung up in California during the middle…

From the origin of Western philosophical thought, there has been an interest in moral laws. As Hume points out in the Treatise, morality is a subject that interests us above all others (David Hume A Treatise of Human Nature’). Originally, thoughts of how to live were centered on the issue of having the most satisfying…