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"Integrity Crisis in Moral Conscience and the 21st Century"
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:27:48
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 7 pages (1924 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 7 pages (1924 words)
Manos Mathew
Philosophy 22
Dr. Cal
The article on the "Integrity Crisis in Moral Conscience and the 21st Century" was written to understand the crisis in contemporary moral philosophy and the loss of the integrity of moral conscience in our society today. What is discussed first is how philosophy has lost its sense of purpose, and how as a result men and women have lost sight of the intelligible good; that is needed in the foundation
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them as objects, then we won't want to respect their right to life. If you view them as objects, then a suffering person can be thrown out like a toy that no longer has use. We suddenly distort the first principle and view the evil as the victim suffering. This is the basis of issues such as abortion, euthanasia and even experimentation on human subjects; where we don't respect the right to life of people.
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