When it comes to the topics of (rule) Utilitarianism and Kantian ethics, they both have different views to what they believe about lives being of equal moral value. The two also have different views of what moral considerability is, which means the certain traits that give you your personhood. Whe...

Abortion I'm writing about abortion, the rights, the innocent babies, and the society we live in. There are a few more important things issues in this country today than abortion. Combine a society that is partially governed by religion with scientifically uneducated community and the fev...

Abortion is a controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the last 30 years. The main question is whether or not abortion should be legal? Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mother's womb. There are two sides to this ab...

Ethics of Abortion The debate over abortion has been constantly raging since the day it was legalized. It is a debate that sees large amounts of supporters that are both for and against it. In our society moral applications of certain ethics vary throughout. This is the case for philosophers Joh...

The issue of abortion and its' morality is no doubt one of great controversy. Is there any morally defensible point in a pregnancy where abortion is wrong afterwards but permissible before? In this paper I will argue that, yes, abortion is permissible but only to a certain extent. First we sh...

The debate on whether abortion is right has remained a longstanding source of contention among members of the various fronts of our society. On one hand, proponents claim of the view that making abortion illegal is a contradiction to the ability by women to enjoy their right to life and freedom of c...

Moral Relativism At first glance, moral relativism appears to be an appealing, well though out philosophical view; the truth of moral judgments is relative to the judging subject or community. The basic definition of moral relativism is that all moral points of view are equally valid; no single ...

Moral rules can and are broken where there is a professional exemption granted by society to do so. There are numerous examples where an individual's profession either implies or dictates how they should act. This can cause the individual to perform tasks or act in a way that goes against moral rule...

Death with Dignity Should Be Legal In the article, "Euthanasia Can Never Be Justified," author J. Budziszewski defends why euthanasia should stay illegal. The basis of his argument comes from his idea that all bad things come from good things that have been "spoiled". To relat...

In this day and age Cloning is a large topic. This topic entails many moral and ethical issues. Cloning research is being done across the world and has been preformed many times with animals and humans. Why is cloning such a touchy topic? Is it because are people afraid of a modern day Frankenst...

Morality in Today's Society Morality has been questioned, honored and revered by people since the beginning of time. Yet, even today not one person can say what is universally morally right or wrong. Morals can be defined as the distinction between right and wrong or the rules of right con...

Euthanasia Discuss the potential implications of legalizing euthanasia in New Zealand and examine its possible advantages and disadvantages. Do humans have any rights when it comes to their own deaths? Euthanasia is a very controversial issue being discussed in today's public forums. Most...

Cloning, Ethical? The cloning of an adult sheep and the possibility that human cloning could soon follow has raised some serious ethical questions. Some people object on a purely ethical level while others favor cloning solely for the scientific advances it will produce. In the debate over cloni...

Gods Commandments, our Only Moral Standard?I have decided to discuss the subject of God and morality. Has God had an impact on morality in the world? Are there morals outside of gods commands, outside of religion all together? The two subjects that will help to answer this question are Cultural R...

Ethics Ethics can be defined broadly as a set of moral principles or values. Each of us has such a set of values, although we may or may not have clearly expressed them. It is common for people to differ in their moral principles and values and the relative importance they attach to them. These d...

Morality, in a simplified definition, is conformity to the rules of right conduct. Why then, do humans differ and struggle on acting upon and defining different morals? And why does it seem nearly impossible to find where morals came from? Well in Steven Pinker's writing of "The Morality I...

After a 1997 experiment in which a sheep was cloned, the argument of cloning humans came up. The argument surrounding cloning pits the views of two different groups against each other. Similar to the pro-life activists in the abortion argument there is the conservative wing who claim the utilization...

Religion is defined as "any specific system of belief or practice that constitutes a code of ethics and some sense of philosophy." This code of ethics, which is called religious morality, points out what is considered to be right and wrong for its followers. Individual morality is also based on the ...

Early in 1997, Scottish scientist Dr. Ian Wilmot revealed to the world that he had successfully cloned an entire adult sheep. Dolly was the young clone's given name. With this announcement, the world made a collective gasp at the realization that no longer was cloning a "pipe dream" or an ...

Philosophers have studied moral concepts of right and wrong formillennia. During this time, great thinkers like Plato, Aristotle,Bentham, and Kant have developed a number of carefully reasoned andeloquent approaches to moral questions. These approaches in the field ofethics can span from met...

Within this world that we live on, there is an enormous amount of people. Each of these people belongs to different cultures and societies. Every society has traits and customs that make it unique. These societies follow different moral codes. This means that they will may have different answers to ...