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Ethics and Morality

Ethics is about what we should – and should not - do. It includes identification of basic principles, e.g. the prerogatives of property owners; and the application of those principles to actual situations, e.g. copyright protection of intellectual property over the Internet.

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Are old people evil?

No more or less than anyone else in the population. But old people sometimes become cantankerous and irritable, usually because of their physical infirmities.

What is an example of standing up for what's right?

If you see someone being bullied, stop it. It is the right thing to do.

Is bullying a moral issue?

Absolutely. Bullying hurts people emotionally, and anything that hurts people (or any living thing) is morally wrong.

Do Malaysian's like personal space?

To answer your question, personal space in Malaysia is respected. Men and women usually do not touch because of Islamic values of the majority of residents.

What are the ethical and environmental arguments for vegetarianism?

Vegetarians resort to ethical and environmental arguments as well when supporting their food choices.

What is ethical practice?

Ethical practice is to honor the beliefs, morals and values of your profession and to help others through the process of unbiased decision making.

Did Aristotle believe that people who do not have aptitude or time to participate in governance should not be citizens?

Did Aristotle believe that people who do not have aptitude or time to participate in governance should not be citizens? The answer is no. Since there are, in fact, citizens who are incompetent and too busy, there obviously may be citizens who are incompetent or too busy. Since they are actual, they must be possible.

Remember Aristotle's orientation. Unlike his teacher Plato, Aristotle is very conservative. He thinks we should be very cautious about changing laws, which embody the wisdom of the ages. For him, politics is just a branch of practical knowledge. It deals with humans living in groups.

It we actually look at citizens, it's difficult to find one thing that they all have in common.

Normally, citizens are people who have political power in the sense that they are able to sit on juries and participate in the assembly [1275b]. Similarly, normally, citizens have one or both parents who are citizens.

Yet Aristotle realizes that there are exceptions, and he doesn't himself argue for a clear answer to the question, "Who should be a citizen?"

Remember that Aristotle believed in slavery. He probably thought of citizens as only being property-owning males.

What is a j ayers key argument against ethical objectivism?

That we cannot argue ethics and it being impossible to agure shows ethics to be nonobjective.

Why would a grown man act extremely immature?

Various reasons..depending on what type of "immaturity" it is..emotional immaturity might have happened if he never experienced rejection or heartbreak in the past and therefore didn't have a chance to experience and grow-up.He could've also been always spoiled by others and was stubborn about guarding his emotions and bottling them up.

What makes a person immoral?

The immorality of a person is dictated by many things. Often there is more than one driving force that is different for everyone and may not always be able to be pinpointed to one cause.

Who originally said trust no one?

American sculptor Horatio Greenough (1805-1852) who first coined "Trust no one"

Given the ethical lapses that are prevalent today what can be done to restore trust in the freemarket system and leaders in general?

The reason nobody trusts the free market system is that it has failed. In theory, in a competitive market, the consumer has a choice between options, and the option which most consumers like best prospers the most. If none of the options is satisfactory, it is relatively simple to establish a competing business. The ability to generate new options is crucial for the existence of the free market system. What has happened however, especially since the reign of Ronald Reagan, is that large companies have got larger and larger and finally so large that they are able to prevent the generation of new options which might compete with them. If such new options get off the ground, they are quickly bought out and absorbed into the mass of the larger corporation. Long-established competitors get merged. The result is a monopoly and not a free market system at all.

One of the side effects of this is that these huge corporations are capable of offering enormous bribes to governments. In the United States, the actions of the government are controlled by the bribes (called "lobbying") paid to the various legislators. Nobody can now trust the legislators except the companies that are paying them to pass the legislation which helps them get bigger and richer and stomp down any competition they might have.

What might be done is to systematically expose the amount of money which is paid to legislators and where it is coming from. Some voters at least might be persuaded to vote for less corrupt legislators. One problem is that many voters will expect that if that candidate is returned the system will change automatically. Unfortunately it will not--only if a majority of non-corrupt legislators can be returned can legislation be brought into place which will enable the generation of free-market options and more stringent controls on corruption.

What five techniques which your organization has put in place to curb unethical behavior in the organization?

Unethical behavior can be deterred by the following five techniques: 1) organizational leadership acting ethically, 2) written expecations of ethical behavior, 3) training in ethics, 4) clear consequences of unethical behavior, and 5) removing access to unethical behavior.

Does SpongeBob cuss?

well..

He has a show where he "says bad words"

but you really never hear em...

Soo maybe!

Why it is wrong to steal?

The main and most important reason it is wrong is because the bible says "Thou shall not steal" as one of the ten commandments (Unless god tells you to wage war with a group of people and after you have won that war god tells you to collect the spoils of that war-meaning everything that the other people owned is stolen from them because they lost the war-Reference the bible again).Another reason is, when someone steals something other people have to pay more to cover the loss therefore the price of things go up. Its also against the law - if caught it could cause you to have that on your record and this could hinder you from getting a job,etc.

Generally, those that "have" make the rules and they don't want what they have to be stolen, so stealing is illegal. Furthermore, societies have found that commerce and trade work better if stealing is kept at a minimum. But, the crux of the question is who or what has moral authority to establish what is right or wrong. If man made law determines what is right and wrong then changing the law will make stealing right. If social conventions determine what is right or wrong then changing community standards could make stealing right. If physical might determines what is right then stealing will be right, for the powerful. From a moral perspective, stealing can only be wrong if there is a supreme being with the authority to establish what is right and wrong. Hence the reference to the Bible in the first paragraph.