Essays on Morality

The Declaration of Independence and the Moral Obligation for the Rich to Help the Poor “It’s not fair!” The American colonists stated this to King George in the Declaration of Independence (US 1776). This document ended the relationship between the American colonists and Great Britain,…

Ethics are moral principles or values that regulate the conduct of an individual or a group. The importance of ethics is crucial not only in business but in academics and society as well because it is an essential part in which a civilized society is…

A woman gets assaulted by a drunkard in front of a crowd. As a person in the crowd would you help or stand by and watch the woman as she screams for help? Your decision to this incident would be led by your moral principles….

A common global theme, particularly throughout the Western world suggests that murder or intentional harm toward another individual is wrong. The term itself is surrounded by controversy as morals and ethical standards are used loosely within a society. That is, while there are general standards…

Moral relativism is the belief that have no absolute moral truth. As I am trying to acknowledge what is true or what is the right way for anyone else to be able to function properly in this 21st century that we called it one of…

Morality of constraint Morality of constraint refers to a pre-adolescent inclination to follow the orders of their parents and superior without questioning the significance, reasoning or consequence thereof. This is the first stage of moral development and children believe that morals are absolute/ “the ultimate”….

Introduction Morality is a significant aspect of the society that ought to be understood widely. A series of concerns have arisen articulating whether morality is innate or not. To many, they tend to believe that society’s social rules and principles determine morality. On the contrary,…

Morality has always been a questionable topic with a multitude of answers. Utilitarianism and Kantianism provide two especially impactful theories. If there was a natural disaster in one’s community and they could save their own child or two other children that are not theirs, it…

With the explosion of sexual liberalism in the 1920s, the arousal of issues such as birth control and abortions challenged the hegemonic beliefs surrounding non-marital sex and female autonomy. While the patriarchal tendencies of the government fought and failed to limit the availability of birth…

From a young age, children are exposed to various rights and wrong through fables, while religions preach their standards of morality through parables. This indicates that through works of fictional literature, we may extract some moral knowledge or basis upon which we synthesise moral claims….