Friday, March 26, 2010
animal bad treatement is not ethical
"To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of a lamb for the sake of the human body." This is a quote say by Gandhi. Maybe this paragraph has little to do about the testing of animals but it has something really significant and that is the way we treat our animals. Gandhi meant with this quote that even the smaller creatures have to be treated the same way as a human being. He thinks that in some way we all should live the same way with the animals. When a human being dies we really give much of a care. We should do it to with our animals since we share the same home with every single living thing. Gandhi also said that our bad treatment to the animals reflected the way we really were. It is incredible how many people treat animals in such grotesque way that they don’t realize that it’s like hurting a human being. I really think that the treatment of animals is something really serious to think about and in reality the bad treatment of animals that some people applied is just not ethical. It is just not right. We should treat every human, every animal and all living thing the same way without any discrimination or any other bad treatment. We should all be fair.
Gandhi Birth Control
Lots of people have different opinions when it gets to the subject of abortion. Abortion means the ending of a pregnancy no matter what stage of the pregnancy. Abortion in my opinion means a murder. Abortion is the ending of a human life just developing. Some reasons of abortions are that irresponsible people have sex without protection. The woman suddenly gets pregnant and neither the girl nor the man wants to become responsible for the baby choosing the worst choice killing their own son or daughter. For me this is not ethical. I think abortion can only be applied to real important reasons such as medical complications with the pregnancy or any other bad thing that occurs that would give no choice but to get rid of the baby. This nowadays happens. Some pregnant woman sometimes gets complications with their body not being able to make their baby survive so they have to abort. Those are real reasons and are not considered murdered. My philosopher Gandhi thinks the same way as I do. Gandhi because of his advocation of the Jain doctrine he became known as (Mahatma) meaning Great Soul. According to information Gandhi was vehemently opposed to abortion. Also he opposed to stuff as artificial birth control, He wrote this on a book called: Birth Control: The right way and the wrong way. Gandhi thought every human should live no matter his defects. I really think that Gandhi’s thoughts were really wise.
Learn how moral you really are
In my opinion the word ethical means the same as moral. Ethics basically is the morality on doing things that are bad and people know they shouldn’t do them. Humans know when they are doing a wrong thing but sometimes they don’t have the morality to fix their mistakes. I think that lying, cheating and stealing are unethical because they all represent evil in some way. Gandhi says that non- stealing does not mean merely not to steal. To keep or take anything that does not belong to you is also stealing. Even those who grab things thinking they will give it back because they just took it borrow and they are not stealing. The thing is if you take something that is not yours even borrow without permission it is still stealing and it is considered unethical. I also think that cheating and lying is un ethical since there is no moral action being taken when committing this unethical stuff. Gandhi says that we are not always aware of our real needs and most of us improperly multiply our wants and make ourselves unconsciously thieves. He said: “One who follows the observance of Non-stealing will bring about a progressive reduction of his own wants. Much of the distressing poverty in this world has risen out of the breaches of the principle of Non-stealing.” This means that people are poor but because they have followed the non- stealing rule. In conclusion I might say that I agree with Gandhi that no matter how minimum you steal, cheat, or lie it is always not ethical to do it.
Ghandi the Non-Violent
War is a very important issue people talk about nowadays. First we have to remember that there are many kinds of wars. Not only wars of country versus country occur but as well war between people. Anyways the real question: Is war ethical? Is what I will try to answer no matter what kind of war it is since for making war you only need enemies and violence. In my opinion war is not ethical because it never brings good things. War only causes death, sadness, worridness, anger, hate, and lots of suffering and violence. According to my philosopher Mahatma Ghandi also agrees with me. Ghandi was one of the most famous leaders of non- violent movement. He oppose to the British imperial rule during the 20th century. Ghandi took the religious principal of Ahimsa which meant not doing any harm at all. Ghandi called this non-violent technique “satyagraha” which meant “truth force”. Ghandi was sure that this truth force was not a weapon of the weak but of the strong. This technique was of no violence at all but it implicated lots of truth. He use to fight not only colonial rule but also but social evils such as racial discrimination and untouchabilityh as well. Ghandi was a very wise man and he knew what he was doing when the British was causing oppression to him and his people. Gandhi was non-violent making him a very peaceful human being.
Death penalty shoud be Forbidden
Killing another person is an extremely difficult decision. You are not killing an animal, a tree or any other living thing but, you are killing a human’s life. Of course killing any other living thing is significant because it has life and deserves to live but it will never be that significant as the life of a person. In my opinion killing a person is not good. Some countries in the world applied as punishment to their criminals the death penalty. It is the toughest punishment that has ever been existed since they take your life away. In my opinion I do disagree with the death penalty as my phher Ghandi. He quotes the following: “By birth I am a Vaishnavite [a follower of Vishnu], and was taught Ahimsa in my childhood [...] In its negative form, it [Ahimsa] means not injuring any living being, whether by body or mind. I may not therefore hurt the person of any wrong-doer, or bear any ill will to him and so cause him mental suffering." Ghandi says that he was taught since birth a type of religion named Ahimsa which is perhaps and Hindu tradition. This means not to hurt anybody in any form. This means physically as well as mental no matter his or her offense. My philosopher and I agree that the state shouldn’t allow death penalty for any reasons. I also think that nobody has the right to take somebody else’s life because of his criminal offense. People should be judged in a different way.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Stealing the Media from the internet
Being right or wrong depends only in which point of view you look at it. Intellectual Property has two sides of the story as well. A Hedonist practitioner as myself could find pleasure in “stealing” music, movies or books. I find it casually interesting to steal this entertaining stuff in which I usually find pleasure in, while I watch a movie, or listen to a good song. I find nothing wrong in stealing this stuff meanwhile you don’t use it to win money out of it. But someone else might find pleasure in doing that. If a normal person would think it’s correct, no, because stealing in any way is totally wrong. Although stealing or just taking some piece of media information is kind of fulfilling at the moment. Per say you download a movie illegally, you have a good time for the duration of the film, but afterwards you just take it as irrelevant and might even delete the film from your computer or wherever place you have it. A Hedonist would do anything just to find pleasure in doing it, no matter if the action is totally wrong or not, that would be irrelevant to the situation in case. Although if the stealing of any type of digital media would bring a negative situation or main in some way, the hedonist would not do it just to be happy or not bring any bad feelings towards oneself. So basically it is okay to steal a movie, song or book if it won’t bring any bad consequence, unless there is one, I (a Hedonist) would steal it.
Carlos Gutierrez
Physical Force, an act of evil!
No man, society, or government has the right to assume the role of a criminal and initiate the use of physical force against anyone. As men desire to live together, no man may start the use of physical force against others. Whoever that initiates the use of force, no matter the purpose or to which extent, is a killer acting as a destroyer of a man’s capacity to live. Men have the right to use physical force only in retaliation and only against those who initiate the use of it. The ethical principle involved is simple; it is the difference between murder and self-defense. The principle is that no man may obtain any values from others by resorting to physical force. Force and mind are opposites. Morality ends where a gun begins. When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements. Reality threatens man with death if he does not act on his rational judgment. Force is the antonym of reason and thought. Understanding is not produced by a punch in the face, or from the muzzle of a gun, or by terror. The mind is a cognitive faculty, it cannot achieve knowledge or through the perception or reality, and it cannot be forced.
*I decided to do this topic because it was interesting, although it wasn't on the list.
Let´s protect those creatures
no room for a soulless baby
Ethical issues like abortion is widely debated around the world, I would regard as abortion ethical in some cases. As a devoted catholic religion follower I considered that abortion is a grave sin against marriage and murder because it prevents the living of the next generation of human nature but the sin in the action of abortion is not homicide only if the fetus was already developed to a human being. Abortion is not murder because the soul is not yet destroyed. The women’s womb and the semen of the man are still considered to be non living things. There are many other exceptions as to when abortion is not considered murder like if the mother’s life were in danger and the baby’s life is sacrifice for the mother it is permissible because they no mean no harm just to protect an already human being to conserve their life or self defense. When someone want to have an abortion they have to think about if the soul was already created, that is only after 40 days of being procreated and after that if they have an abortion it should be called murder. We can apply the doctrine of double effect when questioning whether is ethical wanting to cause harm or death of a human being, if it is promoting some good at the end. The moral principles of the action is its intention , if they have no intention to kill for evil doing just to protect and look for common good then go on with the abortion
"May the force be with you"
Only God decides death
Making Moral Choices
"Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person"
Green alternative
John Stuart Mill
Conservation and Preservation (What are the ethics controversies in environment conservation?)
Greetings I am John Stuart Mill, as a utilitarian I am here to discuss about the conservation of the environment. I stand firmly by the side of this idea. The environment will play a crucial role in our lives in the near future. If we continue burning forests and cutting down trees with no kind of restrain we will be headed in the wrong way. What kind of future to we leave our children if we destroy our earth. Despite the growing necessity for men to explore new boundries in technology, settle further into forest because of the lack of space in cities. We must find environment friendly solutions to this. All I wish for is that of the greater good for all humanity. Destroying that delicate balance of nature will not benefit us in the future. It will most likely do more harm then good. For example we destroy all the forests in the world and then how will we have oxygen?. We must really think of the conseuquences of our actions and set an example for others. The environment has nurtured us since the existence of man kind, it has given us the tools achieve many goods, The least we can do is to respect it and protect it.
Natural slaves!
My theory of slavery is that people are naturally slaves and others are naturally masters. But is there any one intended by nature to be a slave, and for whom such a condition is expedient and right, or rather is not all slavery a violation of nature? For that some should rule and others be ruled is a thing not only necessary, but expedient; from the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule. Anyone who is ruled must be a slave, which does not seem at all right.
“ among barbarians no distinction is made between women and slaves, because there is no natural ruler among them: they are a community of slaves, male and female. Wherefore the poets say,
It is meet that Hellenes should rule over barbarians”
Natural slaves should have powerful bodies but be unable to rule themselves. They become very much like beasts of burden, except that unlike these beasts human slaves recognize that they need to be ruled. The problem with this theory is that is that the right kind of souls and bodies do not always go together! So, one could have the soul of a slave and the body of a freeman, and vice versa!because there are some in whom the body and soul are appropriate to natural slavery, that is a strong body and a weak soul. But still there are people who should naturally be slaves. It also seems that men naturally rule women and that barbarians are naturally more servile than Greeks! This seems like an odd, indeed arbitrary, way for the virtues of the soul to be distributed!
- aristotle
JUST ANALYZE, EVERYTHING IS IN ONES MIND
In this theme I can share my principles of legislation which states that the practice of utility is tied to the morality of the society. It is not fair to take advantage of the people who make the work for others to copy and paste it or steal it without paying. Everything must be equal in society to make people happy and avoid pain. If everything is equal and fair for society pleasure will be a way to influence others to be better and make a philosophical world full of happiness. Justice is a term we can use to satisfy society, this way justice will take advantage of people who thinks it is ethical to steal or use other work without giving credit. Utilitarianism is a good choice to invite pleasure and say I can do it without stealing or using other minds. Everything is in one’s mind, we just need to analyze. It is no ethical to use other work without giving credits according to justice and it is not ethical to steal according to society and to a personal pleasure.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Be Original
-- Milade Handal
A warning to the people, this is war
Is war ethical? This is a much debated question amongst people in our modern time. Normally war emerges out of a conflict between different groups; countries, gangs, individuals. In war we either attack or defend. War can be ethical in order to defend ourselves and unethical when we use it to attack others there are also many factors that must be taken into account, allow me to explain. We live as a nation and express ourselves truly. A foreign nation wishes to invade us and impose their ways upon us forcing us to accept ant adopt their traditions. It would completely ethical according to existentialism to defend our own views so that we may be able to express ourselves truly without someone trying to force their views on us. It is unethical to behave in a way in which we are not true to ourselves so by trying to keep our beliefs true to ourselves we are doing an ethical thing. It would be unethical for us to bring war upon others so they can adopt our views. Throughout history we have learned that conflicts like the inquisition in which many innocents were murdered because they wished to remain true to themselves and not accept someone else’s religion. War is like a coin; it has two faces one ethical the other unethical we must always find a way to remain true to ourselves even if it might mean through war.
Carlos f
Peace and Love, Why war?
Why do some people really think that war is ethical in some way? It is ridiculous to create war instead of promoting peace and love. War doesn’t mean a better quality of life for everyone, there is always a part of this that gets affected severely. In a war, many innocent people get killed and their family members get also affected emotionally because of the loss of their member. Not even if a country wins the war it means that they are living in harmony because there is always some death and people who had to suffer some really painful physical as well as emotional experiences. Human beings need to learn to leave in harmony and respect each other because war only causes more problems instead of solving them. With peace, every problem can be solve bay talking and making some deals on how to help each other instead of making the other suffer because they believe they have a greater power, therefore have the right to make whatever they want. If you don’t want to have a lot of damages in your country like death and infrastructure damage after a war, why would you cause that damage to others? Remember that by having more power over others, it doesn’t mean you have the right to take over other countries and take what you want from them because any type of government has its limits. In what way would it be ever ethical to kill or leave another country in really serious economic situations? If humans would learn to leave in harmony and respect with each other, the world would be different in a better way.
Death Penalty, on the view of Kantian Ethics
Is being a Pinocchio, a cheater cheater, or a thief morally correct?
Lying, cheating, or stealing....is it right?
According to Jean Paul Sartre, an existentialist philosopher being a Pinocchio, a cheater or being a thief is a decision that the moral agent alone has to make and then take responsibility for the consequences that come along with the decision they make, if they made the wrong choice. I believe that there is no Creator alive; therefore human beings cannot explain their actions and behaviors. Human beings are responsible for those actions. In the world we are left alone, with no excuse. Each individual has to affront their problems. Lying, cheating, or stealing is permitted under any circumstance that the individual considers as a benefit for themselves. In an existentialist belief, every decision depends solely on the moral agent and it’s ethical only if the agent considers it this way. First, the moral agent must be a mature enough person to make a rational decision and if they did not make the correct one, they must confront it themselves and take responsibility for those actions. Accepting the consequences is a big part of the existentialist philosophy. For example, according the existentialist belief lying is permitted in a situation where you are sure that you will take responsibility for those actions and will accept the consequences. An example could be lying to your parents in order to let you go out to this weekend’s party, and they conditioned you that you were allowed to go only if you finished homework. You did not do any of them and you lied so you were allowed to attend the party. Then, your parents find out and punish you with no telephone for one month. You will have to accept the punishment. As a conclusion, I can say that everyone is given a freedom of choice, so everyone can lie, cheat, or steal.
Daniela Reyes (Jean Paul Sartre)
Yes Mirror? No Mirror? See for yourself!
I believe that genetic engineering is against any ethical or moral rule. Having said that existentialism is based on who you are and you must act according to it, having another person to act the same way as you do would be acting as another person, because no one is exactly the same. People in the world that agree with genetic engineering couldn’t be existentialist because they would be saying that acting as another person, although very similar to you, is accepted. Existentialism states that if you are yourself, then you don’t have any other influence in your character than that adopted by society. Having another person that is equal to you is against the ethical rule of existentialism.
The cloning of a human is not ethical, at all, because you are who you are and nothing can change that. Human genetics are very complex, thus giving many other options as to change the way the clone will act. If having a person equal to you in all physical traits, and acted in a different manner as you do, then genetic engineering would be ethical.