Category: Moral

A society is supposed to be in harmony. Individuals within a community are expected to behave in accordance to what would be beneficial to majority of the populace. In order to achieve such harmony, individuals need to have a sense of morality. As described by Ayn Rand, morality is having the judgment to distinguish between…

The Oxford Dictionary defines the word moral as A lesson that can be derived from a story or experience, or Standards of behaviour; principles of right and wrong (Oxford University Press [online] 2019). When this is mixed with religion does having faith really determine if you have more morals that someone who doesnt? A practising…

Introduction It is widely recognized that one of the tasks of our century is the challenge to terrorism. The term, continually used by policymakers and journalists, has become part of our vocabulary and daily lives. Anyone is aware of a danger so called, but few wonder if this has any justifiable reasons. Increasingly, individuals, organizations…

Today the World is divided into two groups: those who eat meat and those who do not eat animal meat. There are many reasons why people become vegetarians but the main ones why people quit using animal meat as a food are some ethical, budget, environmental and health reasons. However, from the ancient times since…

Morality has and continues to play an enormous role in shaping societies. What a civilization agrees upon as right or wrong plays a clear influence in how people interact with world, be it because of their moral attitudes, social judgements or even laws. But how exactly are moral violations or just acts experienced? There is…

Throughout philosophy, there is an ongoing debate concerning how our moral judgements effect our moral motivation. In this essay I will examine two different explanations of how our moral judgements are linked to motivation; internalism and externalism, whilst arguing and concluding the latter. I will begin by outlining the Ed Gein case and using it…

In a world that is full of confusion and contradiction, it becomes a must for each individual to define the underpinnings of his/her own adopted worldview. One significant dimension of such adoption is the nature of morality and ethics, that is to say, what one is ought to do and what is not. This question…

Nietzsche claims that The sight of man now makes us weary, and We are weary of man. He points out that in modern modes of life and social convention, moral values are hostile to humans and their lives. In this paper, I am going to argue that I agree with Nietzsche’s argument and his conclusion…

Does wickedness or amoralism (or both) pose an insurmountable challenge to internalism? In the study of moral philosophy, or rather, the metaethical study thereof, exist conflicting ideas regarding the motivation and drive towards morality. This debate can be split into the camps of internalism and externalism. The former, internalism, is more commonly accepted than its…

Conscience Hath a Thousand Several Tongues Morality  like velocity  is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure ones position in relation to them; never can one measure ones velocity or morality in terms of absolutes. This quotation by novelist David…