...second chances. The Disadvantages of Death Penalty * Though there are scientific methods available to investigate the crime, nothing is guaranteed. You cannot remove the chances of punishing innocents completely. * The cost involved on the death penalty prosecution is greater than the expenses occurred in the life imprisonment of the accused. The appeals against such capital punishments take too long to decide, and often it takes years to decide the fate of the death penalty. All these things make the death penalty an expensive option for the governments who spend millions of the dollars of the taxpayer money on death penalty prosecutions. * It is reported that some of the jury members are not completely impartial as they decide the penalty on racial or religious basis. * Some of the accused are mentally ill, and it is ethically wrong to put mentally ill patients to the death. * In most cases people who can afford to hire the expensive lawyers often survived from such kind of capital punishment. People who are poor, and cannot afford to get a quality legal assistance becomes the victim of this penalty. * Some of the experts believe that life prison is a more effective punishment to control crimes as compared to the death penalty. The countries where the death penalty is banned have less capital crime rate as compared to those countries where the death penalty is practiced. THREE FACTS The Philippines Had The World’s Second-largest Death Row Population...
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...Abortion-The Wrong Choice Renee Pina University of Phoenix COMM/215 December 3, 2011 Abortion-The Wrong Choice Plain and simple, abortion is murder. I strongly oppose abortion. God creates life and only God has the right to take life. Pro-Lifers want an amendment to the US Constitution that will give equal protection under the law to all living humans from time of their conception to the time of their natural death, and I fully agree that American needs that amendment. However, I question what kind of society do we live in that we have to ask for that kind of protection to begin with? I do not believe that the government should fund abortions. I do not believe that the government should fund Planned Parenthood, which is the largest abortion clinic in America. I believe that the violence inside and outside abortion clinics in America is wrong. Abortion is legal in the United States. In 1963, the Supreme Court decided in Roe vs. Wade that a woman can have an abortion in the first six weeks of pregnancy. Almost half of all pregnancies are unplanned and half of those half end up as abortions. The abortion debate has been ongoing for decades in America. Those that oppose abortion stand firm in their belief that they are right. Those that are pro-choice believe that a woman has a right to decide what is best for her. There is very little middle ground when it comes to...
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...Whether an action is morally right or wrong depends entirely on its consequences. An action is right if it brings about the best outcome of the choices available. Otherwise it is wrong. The Good: Things (goals, states of affairs) that are worth pursuing and promoting. The Right: the moral rightness (or wrongness) of actions and policies. It says: “actions are Right when they maximize the Good”. And “"The ends justify the means". Consequentialism is based on two principles: * Whether an act is right or wrong depends only on the results of that act * The more good consequences an act produces, the better or more right that act It gives us this guidance when faced with a moral dilemma: * A person should choose the action that maximizes good consequences And it gives this general guidance on how to live: * People should live so as to maximize good consequence Consequentialism does not itself say what kinds of consequences are good. Hence people can agree on consequentialism while disagreeing about what kind of outcome is good or bad. If you happen to be in charge of setting speed limits, you might be thinking that a bad result is a death: the fewer deaths, the better. But the people who die in accidents were all going to die eventually anyway, so a fatal accident does not mean there are more deaths than there otherwise would have been. Perhaps, then, what counts as a good result is the amount of life that the action adds or subtracts in...
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... Some of them has good attitude but some of them has bad attitude. In my case those who has a bad attitude depends on their environment and bibulosity etc., maybe some people bored because of their happy life. So they made a crime. Have you ever heard about “Death Penalty”? If so then what do you think about it? Capital punishment, the death penalty, death sentence, or execution is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. At this time, there are many countries use the Death penalty for example Belarus, China (PRC), Cuba, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, (ROC) ,Tonga, United States and Vietnam. There are many methods in capital punishment Decapitation, Electrocution ,Gas chamber, Hanging, Lethal injection, Shooting (firing squad), Stoning and Nitrogen asphyxiation (proposed). In my case, the most horrible and cruel method is electrocution. Because it sits on the electronic chair and it is going electric in your whole body. It is going until when you die. It is bedevil alive. What is crime? In my case, Crime is someone made morally wrong thing out of law for example thief or murder. In the past century, if they made crime government directly gave them...
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...Business Ethics and Responsibility Name: Tutor: College: Course: Date: The code of ethics is a form of conformity in which each individual engaging in the company operation is to follow. The main objective in creating the “code of ethics” is to ensure a respectable reputation as well as a level playing field in which each individual’s role is crucial to the success and to be observed as a fair and negotiable representation in any market. Responsibilities of professional are held to high standards and complimented by given instructions as well as the compilation of policies, procedures, and protocols. To further this professional structure, companies have created such codes that can be substantiated by known professional conduct laws. Ethics refers to a branch of philosophy that deals with values of moral conduct with regard to rightness and wrongness of a certain action. The term is derived from a Greek word “ethos” meaning “character”. It is also the rule of conduct that is recognized and respected by a particular group or a society including Professional ethics such as medical ethics, religious ethics, academic ethics, and personal ethics (Howard, and Korver, 2008). This code is an essential part of both business practices and personal development and help aid in the responsibilities of one person’s function and/or a company’s survival. Code of ethics is a set of statements adopted by an organization or an individual stating the...
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...why all areas of knowledge can be connected with ethics. History, Mathematics, Human sciences and others support kind of ethics, but to what extent do all of these help people to understand morality and make the right decisions? Knowing sometimes can be an advantage or disadvantage depending on the circumstances. In the case of ethics it could help or hinder people knowing what to do. On the other hand, we all search for the real life reasons which will lead us the right way. Knowledge issues are sometimes controversial in Ethics, because quite often there is a conflict between two or more branches of, for example between social morality and the religious morality. Each person accepts and follows different kind of moral rules, under different cirsumstances. The controversies in the society what is right and what is wrong are huge. We either support some rules or do not. People often argue about their beliefs, no matter if they are religious or not. Such example could be given in history. To clarify, history is the study of the human past. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of historical events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine past events. On the other hand, ethics is the branch of philosophy that addresses morality, that is, what is right and wrong, good and bad, honorable and dishonorable. A link between the two could be made as the example of terrorism is...
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...Unit 1 Individual Project While not being a philosophical person even a little, I am enjoying the learning process of philosophy. My main focus and interest in life has always been science in some realm or another. But with all good sciences, there lies an underlying truth of what is right, what is wrong; what is real, what is imaginary; what is innate, what is learned. This is where philosophy comes into play. Although I have not had the privilege of having many situations where the big questions have presented themselves, I will share what knowledge I have in my possession. Metaphysics I can relate to the subject of metaphysics more closely than the other areas of philosophy due to my scientific mindset. One of my favorite subjects is astronomy. Theoretical physics is one of the most fascinating jobs/careers a person could have. Not all of astronomy is theoretical, but a vast majority is since scientists are unable to physically study the universe due to human constraints. Traversing through the universe would be the ideal adventure and I would be the first to sign up. Now who are we to say that the universe is real or isn’t real. We can’t touch it, we can’t put it under a microscope and dissect the particles. We can, though, observe and base our knowledge on the observations and calculations made with each study made. Studying many aspects of the universe and putting this information together also seems to help make the universe more real in our minds. Epistemology ...
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...one” is the key to finding God’s will and marital happiness over a lifetime. Many believe that If a Christian should marry someone else by accident or by desire, then he or she will not be in God’s will. They can still be happy, but will not have God’s best. However, those who marry the wrong person also risk the possibility of divorce. Christians often feel that couples get divorced because they have married the wrong person. Are all these beliefs true? Are these principles what the Bible teaches? The answer is no. They are not true and the Bible nowhere teaches these views. "Is he or she the right one?" is the wrong question to ask. "Is he or she the right one?" is the wrong question to ask. The right question, which the Scriptures teach is this one, “Is he or she the right kind of person to marry?" Prov.18:22 says, “He who finds a wife finds what is good, and receives favor from the Lord." In other words, it is good for a man to find a woman and get married. The converse is true as well. It is good for a woman to find a man and be married as well. This means that getting married is beneficial and a blessing for humans. However, it is not just marrying any woman or man, but the right kind of woman or man. Prov.19:14 says, "A prudent wife is from the Lord." That is, if you want a wife that is from the Lord (i.e. the Lord’s will), find a prudent one (one with discernment and self-control)....
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...Does Philosophy Have in my Life? In many circumstances individuals consider Philosophy to be a very abstract field, but what exactly is Philosophy? Philosophy studies the basic nature of existence, of man, and of man's relationship to existence. What we must question is, would one be better off with or with out Philosophy? I consider that one should live a life with Philosophy. Philosophy consists of questioning man’s relationship to existence; if man does not question existence, are we just living through the notions of life? As humans we feel the need to believe in something and search for understanding. The consideration of Philosophy opened a new realm of questions. The fields of Metaphysics and Epistemology were derived from Philosophy. If not for these branches of Philosophy, how would I have known to question what I already know? How would I have been able to describe what I perceive? How about being able to explain my surroundings? It all came for the fields of Philosophy. If not for Philosophy, we would have yet to appreciate the meaning of esthetics, the study of art. We encounter esthetics everywhere we go. In the buildings we see, the words we speak, the sounds we hear, in the music we create. Simply the emotions we express throughout the day can be considered part of esthetics. One must use Philosophy to help us give reason to life, and not view it as absurd and meaningless. We all have some sense of what is right, and what is wrong. Whether we choose to do so...
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...are of the interpersonal variety. I think it's just as important to understand your internal communication, referred to as your self-talk, Self-talk is defined as the ongoing dialogue we have with ourselves that determines our behavior and it turns out we talk to ourselves all the time. This self-talk both reflects and creates our emotional states so when the self-talk is negative we become more stressed, less confident and more concerned with what other people think. We often tend to believe our self-talk is real and objective, not always aware that it comes from a feeling or belief we have. The good news is that we can transform our life experiences by learning how to defuse the power of negative self-talk. This entry will look at what self talk is, how it works and describe 5 kinds of negative self-talk. Part 2 will describe 5 additional kinds of negative self talk and offer a way to turn negative self talk around into positive action. HOW SELF-TALK WORKS In the memorable subtitle scene of the movie "Annie Hall." Woody Allen ("Alvy" and Diane Keaton ("Annie") are on the balcony off Annie's apartment. With a cityscape in the background, their real thoughts are seen in thought-bubble subtitles (like those in foreign films) at the bottom of the screen as they carry on absurd, small talk banalities in their conversation about photography. The thoughts in the subtitles are closer to what they really want to be saying. Why? Because they stem from true feelings. So one way to look...
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...need to look at the creation story. Now in Genesis 1:1 it says that “God created the heavens and the earth.” Now we have this concept that God who always was is and will forever be created this earth. God created all the plants in the ground to all the birds in the air. Everything you see, taste, touch, and feel God created. Some of you might be wondering well I am eating a piece of cake right now that my grandmother made how could God have possibly made it when I watched my Grandmother bake it herself. You then need to step back and think of all that went into the cake. In Genesis 1:11 it says The God said “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.” You see even though you saw your Grandma make that cake she had to use flour which referring back to verse eleven came from the seed bearing plants that...
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...torture that is permissible and one that is not. Using different scenarios that make you think exactly like him when you are reading it. The way he writes make your mind to put ourselves on that exact position, making a really hard decision to save not only one life, but the life of others. After reading it, I believe that may be a possibility to make torture possible. The thing is that, it would be permissible on really extraordinary cases, which could happen, but are really extreme. And you would have to take it with pins to sort this kind of thing. There are circumstances, like the death of hundreds of people, and...
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...As we all know technology is evolving every single time we move towards the future. Information technology has become a major industry in every organization and also in personal life at a daily level. There are different industries like banking, consulting, business solutions, logistics and many more which run all these system on the latest applications and data maintenance tools and for the smooth run of their business they have strong dedicated Information technology department. When we work as an I.T. professional we are not just solving problems but instead we are helping our fellow neighbors and this is not just help it is a call from God to help others and form a bridge. An I.T. professional should be committed towards his work and the duties assigned to him to solve problems but also follow the process of vocation. As we take a look at the ethics and moral values we see that the study of ethics is not just involvement of basic instrumental values but also refers to the complete domain of moral philosophy and morality. The terms moral is derived from a Latin word “mores” and the word ethics comes from the Greek word “ethos”. We see the real idea and meaning of these words directly or indirectly refers to the actual belief and practices of people like their way of living, their culture and customs. “We as people are confronted with the difficult task of justifying ethical policies about the novel applications of computer technology even within a community because computer...
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...Lynn Crain McFall Eng 201 July 15, 2011 Slavery and Racism Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the mid-1800s. Stowe was well educated and was raised in strong Christian and Calvinist beliefs (Weinstein). Her writing of this novel reflects things she was witness to as well as things she was told. Stowe opposed slavery and racism (Novels). These became major themes in her novel. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Stowe has two main plots going through the novel. The first plot Uncle Tom’s story. He is an old slave, very reliable and trustworthy. His master is a kind man and treats his slaves well. Hard times fall on the master, and he must sell two of his slaves to pay the bills. Tom is one of the two chosen to be sold. Tom must leave his family and travel to New Orleans with a trader. Tom becomes friends with a young girl on the ship that is carrying them to New Orleans. The girl’s father buys Tom at her request. Tom once again has a good master. He is treated well and doesn’t want for anything material. He does miss his family and hopes that someday he can return to his home in Kentucky. Tom’s young mistress falls sick and soon dies. The master had told Tom that he was going to set him free and that he had begun the paper work. It was his daughter’s wish that Tom be set free and could return to his family. As fate would have it, the master is involved in a brawl. He is trying to stop it, but is injured in the process. Unfortunately, not much later, he...
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...preexist- ing moral principle. Investigation of how such a principle came about, whether it is right or wrong and such discussion on the principle constitutes the branch of ethics or moral philosophy. Ethics is further subdivided into three areas. These are meta-ethics, normative ethics and applied...
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