Essays on Behaviour Page 41

As human beings grow we somehow develop the ability to assess what is right or wrong, acceptable or unacceptable. In other words we develop morality, a system of learned attitudes about social practices, institutions, and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as good or bad, right or wrong. One theorist, Carol Gilligan, found…

Lily runs a cafe by herself. Her skills include communication and management, which are what I need and am interested in. To open a coffee shop, first of all, I have to know about coffee, and I have to know how to make coffee, the most basic, and then open a shop including site selection,…

An Exposition on James Rachels: “Does Morality Depend on Religion?” James Rachels argues that morality and religion are separate entities. He states that “morality is a matter of reason and conscience, not religious faith” and that “right and wrong are not defined in terms of God’s will.”i He uses the Divine Command Theory, the Theory…

Background School uniforms have always been a controversial topic in school education. In the year 1995, United States brought media attention by implementing a compulsory school uniform policy for every student. With the implementation of this policy, in less than a year, the schools in Long Beach, California, published outstanding outcome, encouraging President Bill Clinton…

Kohlberg’s Six Stages of Moral Reasoning Are Stage one “Fear of Punishment, stage two “ What in it for me”, Stage three “ Good boy, Nice girl”, stage four “law-and-order” Stage five “ All for one and one for all”, and stage six “ Decisions of conscience”. Each person has a different level of Morals…

Trustworthiness Being truthful is key to establishing trust in relationships of any type. If you give your word to someone that you are going to do something, it’s a must you do it. I believe trust is the main important thing in a relationship. If you don’t have trust in a relationship, what do you…

The case involves a manager’s ethical dilemma regarding maximizing production, working within employee-set parameters, and adhering to government policies. George Mackee was employed by a manufacturer of plastic parts for oil refineries to manage its plant at Hondo. The problem stemmed from the smokestacks emitted by the company. The emissions exceeded EPA guidelines and so…

According to Mr. Canada of the Choate Rosemary Hall, a role model should be someone who has a set of values so high that you will probably never reach. Today, celebrities are often linked with bad behavior – violence, drugs, indecent dressing and so many other unacceptable behaviors. This bad behavior is enough proof for…

Why do killers, rapists, child molesters, drug dealers, robbers, and burglars go free? A large portion of early release prisoners commit serious crimes after being released. In fact, in a three year follow up of 108,850 State Prisoners released in 1983 from institutions in eleven states, within three years sixty percent of violent crime offenders…

Russ Shafer-Landau presents an argument against the divine command theory. To understand this argument, it is necessary to grasp the concept of divine command theory. The theory posits the existence of one God and asserts that moral uncertainties are eliminated due to this belief. Additionally, divine command theory emphasizes that correct actions are determined by…