morality

             Morality has almost the same three rules that integrity does. The three rules of integrity are separating what is right and wrong, taking action on what you have decided, and openly stating that you are acting on what you decided on. Carol Gilligan and Joan Didion both have their views on morality. They both give different examples of morality and how it is used in everyday life. One thing we have to attempt to figure out is how we can integrate Stephen Carter's views and Martin Luther King's views on morality into this discussion.
             Through Gilligan's research she concludes that in morality should be a way of resolving conflict without hurting someone. She believes that to be moral you must help others and meet their needs without sacrificing yourself. To make a moral decision you must be able to take responsibility for the choice that you made. This is very similar to Carter's second rule of integrity. It states that you must take action on what you have decided and open state it even at a personal cost.
             There are many judgments when it comes to making moral decisions. When you have an egocentric point of view, you tend to believe that your views are superior and you look at everyone else's views in that manner. This is tough to deal with especially when you want to make a moral decision because wherever you go there will always be critics and you have to deal with them regardless.
             Didion states in one story about a boy who died in a car accident. The nurse's husband stayed with the body until the coroner could arrive because she stated that it is immoral to just leave the body laying there by itself. The coyotes would be out there within minutes to eat the body if it was left. She then states that the Donner-Reed Party, who survived by eating the bodies of their fellow friends that passed away, were immoral for doing what they did. I believe that if she was in that situation and it ...

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