In the scenario that is given about a male drunk driver who crashes and kills two people in the back seat of the car, while driving home thought it was safe. It is said that all his friends were drunker than he was and he thought it was the right thing to do. When he went on trial he defended himself by saying “I was only trying to help.” The main issue is whether your viewpoint is a deontological viewpoint or a teleological viewpoint and how these viewpoints would argue this situation. Many would argue that he is wrong and he deserves a consequence and others may argue something different. In a deontological viewpoint, many would argue that the action that is happening is coming from a good intention and it is duty-based. Since deontology is duty-based people who view this think what he did the right thing even if what he did produce more harm than doing good. Deontology follows values and what is morally correct. Someone who has …show more content…
I can agree with viewpoint because I feel like if you think you are doing a good thing than your intentions were coming from a good will. Another example of this could be if you are trying to help someone walk up the steps who is old and they fall, causing the end result to be bad, your actions are still good. I also disagree with this viewpoint because I do not think his action was a good intention or was moral because he killed two people. His mind was not in the right state of mind to make a good decision, I think if he was not drunk and killed two people I would view this differently. The deontological viewpoint would say that the male motivation good and do not care about the consequences. They care that the act was moral and you cannot control the consequences. They could argue that his actions were wrong, but they not see the outcome as
In arguing that anti-Confederate southerners played a central role in Confederate defeat, Freehling shifts historical debate to ground that is at once familiar and novel. Historians such as Drew Gilpin Faust and Paul Escott have identified internal disaffection as the primary cause of Confederate defeat while Gary Gallagher has suggested that whites in the Confederacy maintained their support for the government even as military losses ended the war.[1] The South vs. the South expands the scope of inquiry, looking beyond internal fissures within the Confederacy to the divisions in broader southern society. In Freehling's telling, anti-Confederate whites undermined the Confederacy by remaining outside the nation while slaves sapped Confederate
Previously I would have defined an argument as a heated debate between two parties about who was "right," and who was, "wrong," about a specific subject. Now however, I understand that arguments (at least effective ones) are meant to be rhetorical. Effective arguments take advantage of logical appeals that we've learned about in our reading called, "Ethos, Logos, and Pathos." The rhetorical appeal of the author's credibility, the logic of the argument, and the emotional appeal of the audience respectively. We see rhetorical arguments constantly in our everyday lives, most notably within advertisements. When crafting an argument there can be three argumentative sub-types to follow. These sub-types include an Argument to Convince (in which the author is trying to change the audience's way of thinking about the subject), an argument to persuade (where the author is
Yes. The author gives many moral reasons why he believes an invasion on Iraq would be wrong.
According to theory of utilitarianism an action is ethically right if its lead to happiness, and wrong if it ends in unhappiness. The general concept behind Virtue Ethics is that it emphasizes on what the individual should select fortheir own personal behavior instead of the individual depending solely on theexternal laws and customs of the person's culture. Deontological thinking isconstructed on the fact that we have a duty to do certain things and to not do certainthings. Deontologists do not look at how much good might be caused by an action.They look at the action itself, deciding whether it is prohibited or made obligatoryby one of their rules.
Lindeen takes the perspective of gun control away from the people. He says the regulation of gun control does not need to be through gun control itself, but through the actions leading to the gun control. Lindeen states in his paper “ sloganeers make the concept of gun control or no control an easy thing to grasp and causes easy thoughts” (1659-1660). He looks at both interpretations of gun control and states there are other ways to help control violence then just taking away guns. According to him one of the problems is people do not know much about the data or the statistics. People only go with the facts they grew up with. People tend to not go on the computer and look up statistics about guns and deaths by guns. He also states the information
A) Start by crafting one basic analytical argument concerning any aspect of each story. An analytical argument is an argument that helps us view the story in a new or unique way. A good analytical argument will clarify some aspect of the story or help others "make sense" of the story. Your argument can address anything: main themes, character analyses, symbolism, etc. Make sure you use evidence from the story to support your argument.
Our topic is the societal impacts of technology, but because technology has drastically changed the way the entire world functions, the three authors have decided to narrow focus on two aspects of life: economics and mental health. While the two areas may seem incompatible, the economic state of a country directly affects the mental health of its citizens, and the economic estate relies on individuals. In order to accurately depict the two areas of effect, the author's focus is the United States, but compare technology use and mental health rates in the United States to the technology use and mental health rates of both China and Russia in order to generate a better understanding of American society. By understanding the impact of technology on economics and mental health, individuals are capable of making informed decisions about technology use, in doing so they directly impact their surrounding society.
As in the entire book, in the chapter “Analyzing Arguments” the authors write to college students, particularly college freshmen. In this chapter the writers emphasize the importance of critically analyzing arguments provided by different sources and the reasons given by each. The authors wrote this chapter with the objective of explaining and aiding students by providing them with the skills required to accurately scrutinize other’s reasoning. Throughout “Analyzing Arguments” the authors demonstrate their authority and knowledge on the subject being discussed by explaining and simplifying the procedure of analyzing arguments.
Definition of the Teleological Argument • The Teleological Argument is an argument to prove the existence of God from the evidence of order, and design, in nature. • The argument is sometimes referred to as the ‘Argument for Design’ and debates whether the universe has a creator or not. • The term ‘teleological’ derives from the Greek words telos and logos. •
I argued a deductive argument with my sister or what I thought was a deductive argument over taking my niece and nephew to the orthodontist, I argued I wasn't told about the kids orthodontist appointment and my sister said she told me weeks ago, which I have no recollection of this conversation taking place, Deductive Validity and Language accrued because if I can't remember the conversation taking place about the appointment for the kids my sister seems to think I can read minds if I told her she didn't tell me or remind me knowing I short term memory loss I was so mad I didn't get a remember she could have wrote a reminder on the calendar or something. Now I see my argument was invalid and my memory loss had everything to do with the fact my sister told me about the appointment weeks ago, I even heard the
Deontology can be defined as “moral theories that guide and assess our choices of what we ought to do, in contrast to other theories that guide and assess what kind of person we are should be (Alexander & Moore, 2007). Consequentialism “argues that the morality of an action is based on the action’s outcome or consequence, the action’s outcome or consequence, a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome or result, and the consequences of an action or rule generally outweigh all other considerations” (Anonymous, n.d.). These two theories differ in various ways. While deontology focuses in the rightness and wrongness of one’s intent to conform to duty or laws, consequentialism emphasizes on the potential outcomes and
In 2014, the average percent of students returning from freshman to sophomore year for a bachelor's degree was 64% (National). This means that over one third of college freshman do not return. Many factors hurt a student's chance of returning because the change of college life from high school is drastic. To ease the transition from high school to college, students need to learn how sleep, independent learning, and their mindset affect their success. With a better understanding of how these things can improve their lives, there will be a higher retention rate.
The statement that Strawson could change himself internally but can’t be held accountable for his own psychical actions. One of Strawsons argument for this is that one has already created habits that one cannot break since you have grown accustom to them. Another reason no matter how hard you try to break a habit it just won’t break you could work hard to try at it but you will just go back to it. I believe it is possible to change your habits that you have formed for yourself over time since with hard work anything can change for a person. It is like school if you do not work hard you will get bad grades and to change that you will need to start working hard and most of the time you start to work hard since you don’t want to fail out of school.
To consider both the man before the war and after the war a patriot, we have to look at what a patriot is. The dictionary defines a patriot as, “a person who loves and strongly supports or fights for his or her country”. (Merriam-webster.com, 2014) Being a man who continues to serve the military, we are all patriots at some point. Ron Kovic raised his right hand as the process of enlistment goes, swore allegiance and service to the United States, knowing he might have to give his life in order to defend it. At the time of enlistment and up to his accident he followed what he swore to do. He was fighting for his country as those who were appointed over him ordered him to do. No one can argue that Kovic was serving his country, supporting his country, being a patriot.
The deontological ethics theories briefly taken a look at deontologists ' foil, consequentialist theories of right action, we turn now to examine deontological theories. In contrast to consequentialist theories, deontological theories judge the morality of choices by criteria different from the states of affairs those choices bring about. The most familiar forms of deontology, and also the forms presenting the greatest contrast to consequentialism, hold that some