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Ethics Assignment: Why Be Moral?

The document discusses the importance of morality and ethical behavior, questioning whether actions can be deemed moral or immoral in isolation, such as being alone in the Pacific Ocean. It emphasizes the necessity of moral rules for societal functioning and the implications of keeping promises for trust and social order. The paper also references philosophical perspectives from Socrates and Plato on justice and the components of the soul, ultimately arguing that moral conduct is essential to avoid conflicts and regrets.

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Ethics Assignment: Why Be Moral?

The document discusses the importance of morality and ethical behavior, questioning whether actions can be deemed moral or immoral in isolation, such as being alone in the Pacific Ocean. It emphasizes the necessity of moral rules for societal functioning and the implications of keeping promises for trust and social order. The paper also references philosophical perspectives from Socrates and Plato on justice and the components of the soul, ultimately arguing that moral conduct is essential to avoid conflicts and regrets.

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Lasheena Griffin

PHIL 1201- 40 Ethics

Ethics Problem – Assignment

September 11, 2021

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Assignment – Why Be Moral

If person is alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean would anything that person did be moral

or immoral? A person might have to do things to survive that they might normally do. Or stay

safe they would be in a situation, but would those acts be moral and immoral? Almost of what

we are worried, troubled, or anxious with in ethics relates to the problems that humans are living

with today. Humans are social people the public play a part in making humans what they are

today in society. For human beings there are things that comes to the lights the question is how

humans are to be brave to one another. (Stephen O Sullivan and Philip A. Pecorino 2002).

Why be moral? Well, what would our road systems be like without speed limits? Would

public be able to travel by cars, buses airplanes, boats, etc. In other kinds of vehicles on the

roadways where there are no traffic regulations? The answer should understand to all people

reasoning members of the human species. Why are moral rules needed? For example, why do

people need understanding regulations or principles. (Stephen O Sullivan and Philip A. Pecorino

2002).

Why is it moral to keep promises? This is question should be with justice understandings. In

the absence of such rules and human beings would not be able to live around as humans. People

could not make plans, leave their personal possessions behind them wherever they want. we

would not know who being truthful and honest, trust as likely to happened from others. At an

advanced stage of social and cultural development, social life would not be possible. (Stephen O

Sullivan and Philip A. Pecorino 2002).

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Being moral is a choice facing more than two possibilities free from both internal also external

circumstances. Except, if we have some arguments, reasons for being moral. There has been a

foundation that has been made, and the principles, revolving around good and bad. We have a

moral understanding, but we do not know what the concept of morals really contains. We know

that being morally correct is what. We have been taught at a young age. The question is what

moral foundation have we as people built ourselves around? (Stephen O Sullivan and Philip A.

Pecorino 2002).

There are many reasons which prove to be right being moral. A small number of them are as a

result form an opinion at a higher level of justification for an action or event also related

disagreement given along with them it can be said for sure that every single person should be

moral or immoral. (Stephen O Sullivan and Philip A. Pecorino 2002).

Every person should make great efforts to achieve, grow those a quality or characteristic that

distinguishes the character, action, and attitude of a person led them in the management of

accurate moral conduct also behavior.

Exclusively, at that time can assumed to be common the time actions and in emotional state

or reaction. In assumption and a strong feeling of wanting to have something for established

beyond doubt topic occur. Of living in shining, tranquil, prospering, education, value, also I

learned moral the community were established in the United States to battle “wrongdoing and the

ability to live forever internal life.”

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Especially at a particular point in a course of the earliest lasting two or more decades of the

19th century. Therefore, existence virtuous encounter and support manifesting high principles for

conduct the process of using one's mind to consider logic or occurring suddenly in the mind is

the planned of possess moral first in order of first in order of importance; main. Assumed to be

common knowledge regulation a human being takes steps in answers to a particular situation also

organizing and carrying out typically to achieve in the aim that will be done. For me, Moral

thinking, reasoning thoughts are a type of study of the fundamental nature of knowledge. That

makes human beings think about their actions and acceptance, agreement, consent associated

with the people. Understanding to make better time regarded as Still to come resolution or

conclusion. Resolving a question doesn’t make a person better for me producing something sad

to tell you what problem they have that can lead to something better than what a right resolution

can.

Some devoted to the study of the fundamental nature acknowledge obligation that can be

brought in is the plan the doctrine that the morality of an action. It is to be judged solely by its

consequences which is the hypothesis of one's behavior. Discernment in the middle of right also

wrongly acted. The moral thesis describes an activity from being correct also mistaken and

purpose, we take the depth in measures. Some chemistry judgments or beliefs being an escort

and guide up are how moral thinking, reasoning and thought my other goal is to more extensive.

My understanding of moral experience also tries to be worked out where it came from also what

human beings think of it. Some purpose I must be present as many feasible conjectures as able to

be done in moral experience to comprehend or apprehend about it.

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I also mean to be here experienced who parliament the computing a particular system of

philosophical thought also get easily identified outlook on moralities. By having that intent, an

individual’s will the circumstances typically to be hidden by it at the back of it also perhaps think

about that choosing a particular process. Human beings can have a political development or

production. The more things I also bring the additional number of goals I build can have a

consequence that can please or desire every human being. To select this expressing the future

tense the actions helping explain purpose making beyond doubt beyond doubt resolution are

acceptable or incorrect. (Stephen O Sullivan and Philip A. Pecorino 2002).

Moral a supposition, asking for information specifying or describing it in more detail known

for sure steps in measures being incorrect or purpose, we should act established beyond doubt

ways also specially to solve a problem accompanied by righteous issues. This tells us how the

possibility we build is determined by the way we act also what we select to do cannot now as

formerly be started or continue to run properly. The fact is the things that you do account for the

resolution we build up in the current of picking. More evaluated raise the fundamental truth

asking for information specifying one in many occurrences are the circumstances we go through

when deciding.

Experienced and recognize every conclusion, we build determined by the location and

surroundings of a place we are in. A solitary final perspective from which something is

considered is the state which comes after the process of making decisions especially important

ones. You before the first or to perform to the `resolution reached after consideration or go in

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opposition to it, used to emphasize a lack of restriction in referring to anything you think is right

or wrong.

Used to identify a specific person's devotion, provide what is necessary to accomplish a task

how to act at the time regarded as still to come. Experienced able to help us build a superior

comprehension on what we can do and as before in the future. The situation just mentioned is

how I will expand my investigation to help human beings’ logic the surroundings of moral

position are enormous justification for an activity or event for why one used to indicate

obligation duty, be moral; that is, why one correctness, typically when criticizing someone’s

does something in morally accurate aspects when circumstance accompanied by others.

This paper aims to go over two of the principles of an exchange of diverging in approval or

support of moral conduct. The earliest ceremony by Socrates in Plato's text Why Should I Be

Moral? Asking for information specifying one cite evidence in supporting of an idea action to

identify a Pacific person's morality and just behavior or treatment are a key part of the soul, one

for which man determined by on to live in a truthful way feeling life. The second award is

formally by James Rachels in A Critique of Ethical Egoism, in which he argues that we must not

treat others differently because there is no non-arbitrary difference between others and ourselves.

King decisions Occurrence, as stated by Socrates, is a character of a civil war between

citizens of the same country three parts of the soul. Justice inside a man from just typically to

achieve an aim, comparison justice makes biased in “Plato’s Republic: Justice and discover the

respondents first require examining justice in a city, and then in the soul and finally replying to

the inquiry why be moral? He completes this by psychology quality levels of justice in the soul

of the separate human being.

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First, I will rebuild Plato’s description of judged as three parts of the soul, those being the

rational, spirited, and appetite components… In “Plato’s Republic: Justice and the Good Being”,

I Learned Socrates was a Greek Philosopher an unfamiliar country or area the topic of good and

bad behavior and just conduct inside the spiritual. His quest to find the answer first necessitates

inspect justice in a city, and then in the soul, and lastly by replying to the expressed to elicit why

be moral? He In Why Should I Be Moral? Glaucon presents a popular view of morality, bring

something into existence around the conception understood if a person used to indicate

possibility perpetrate a lack of fairness or justice without any wrong coming their way, then they

would commit said occurrence. (Blackwell Publishing, 2006. ).

The situation just mentioned is Epitomize, by the Myth of Gyges, which notify the journalism

of a man with a ring that makes him invisible. With the volume to do something illegal to

perform an action which is against the law not noticeable, the man did not notice all computing

of extremely wicked opposition to others for his gain. The situation, Glaucon states that the

common conception of fair play or fairness is that to wrong is good (in that it is beneficial) but

being observed by the speaker to be dishonestly toward is worse, and so human beings keep

away from the act on justly others easily understood or done to keeps something from happening

or arising others from taking or go with someone or something to a place them harm. Socrates,

previously, to a limit to extend one's soul is invented up of three parts: the philosophy, the

enthusiasm, and the appetitive/strong beliefs. Justice is formed when the rational rules, the soul

performs duties cause, and desire and craving exist in political opinions, conducted by a guide by

causal explanation.

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I learned a man is consequently fair to himself when he makes a possibility his logical part

process succeeds in this by examining the distinct extent of justice in the soul from an unalike

family. All, I will renovate Plato’s version of the judge as three parts of the soul, understood

existence the reasoned, enthusiasm and satisfy constituent. succeeding, I’ll carry out a systematic

Plato’s contrast in the middle of the lives of a dictatorial person and a learned in Philosophy.

eventually, I’ll end by contending that Plato’s assert why one duty is moral is not believing

something through reasoning enough to persuade a moral doubt accepted because it, he starts his

investigation by stating, “The same thing cannot do two facing things, or be in two face to face

with states, in the same part of it” (Stephen O Sullivan and Philip A. Pecorino 2002).

What this recite establishes is that there must be more than one part of the soul from the soul

can contradict itself. He then recognition that there is a logical and a craving part through the

example of a thirsty man. Socrates circumstances, “for or haven't already being used to recognize

a specific person cause, explanation, confusingly used to refer to a thing exert force on the side

immaterial part of a human being understood is extending the results of thirst, it will be

something in the soul definite from the truth asking for information specifying this (Stephen O

Sullivan and Philip A. Pecorino 2002) .For that reason, since the man can't have the strong,

feeling of wanting to have something a drink, but determine not to drink one, it means, that there

must be two distinct parts of the soul, one that desires and one that makes the

reasoned. ...Conclusion. People should do right instead of being wrong' because if they don't

there are consequences, there are more conflicts, and they would have to live with regrets.

Works cited

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Works cited

Ghinda, L. (2017, June 7). Ethics in it. Medium. Retrieved September 21, 2021, from
[Link]

Benson, Hugh H., A Companion to Plato. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.

This is a collection of scholarly articles on Plato’s work, and on Plato’s version of


Socrates.

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