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    A custom is a widely accepted behavior that is specific to one culture, and these nonmoral values are often considered inside the scope of morality by cultural relativists. For example, one culture may consider it rude not to remove your shoes when you enter another person’s, but in another culture, it could be opposite. Traditions such

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    Spirituality has a unique definition for every individual. As for myself, my spirituality is the path to my eternal life through my savior Jesus Christ. As a follower of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, the church has taught me the way of life and how to constantly mend myself toward the right path while serving others. To begin with, the country I grew up in, Ethiopia is truly a combination of the two worlds because it is the first country to accept Christianity and Islam before even the

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    “Basically, a utilitarian approach to morality implies that no moral act (an act of stealing) or rule (“Keep your promises”) is intrinsically right or wrong. Rather, the rightness or wrongness of an act or rule is solely a matter of the overall nonmoral good (pleasure, happiness, health, knowledge, or satisfaction of individual desire) produced in the consequences of doing that act or following that rule (Moreland, 2009).” I will argue the believe of Utilitarian’s way of the purpose of morality

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    of it. Kant’s view of morality is law, duty, and obligation are the heart of morality. Kant also feels that moral concerns dominate based on who imposed them. Another difference worth speaking about is Kant drawing a bright line between moral and nonmoral such as politics, prudence, or art. Kant also stated Morality’s normative standards and the nature of its demands distinguish it sharply from the non-moral. Kant also said Hume seen things from a single but important concept of metaphysics. Hume

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    and deciding what is good and evil. Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most influential German philosophers. Nietzsche feels as though God is dead and the commitment to religion is contradicting instincts of nature. In Stephen Jay Gould’s essay “Nonmoral Nature” he feels that human beings should not be compared to animals when it comes to morality. Charles Darwin was an English naturalist trained as a minister, which Stephen Jay Gould mentions in his teachings. Charles Darwin famously known for his

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    Should people be turned away from a job because of self-expression art on their body? Hiring discrimination in professional workplaces do just that. Discrimination in the workplace is very common in our society today; whether this be by gender, race, or appearance it happens every day. “First Impressions are everything” is a common phrase before meeting an important person for the first time. Before attending an interview, the interviewees find their best professional clothing, do their hair “professionally”

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    The Ethics Of Bill Gates

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    teleological theory to dishonor my promise with this dying man to be able to bring more happiness on earth. I believe that if more people lived by the teleological theory the world would be a better place today. Teleological ethics is based on maximizing nonmoral goods, like pleasure, happiness, welfare, and the improvement of suffering. The teleologist focuses on the outcome that each decision makes, not the act itself. Teleological ethics are

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    “The Semplica Girl Diaries” The American dream is an example of a national spirit that represents different ideologies. The set of ideas may be of democracy, equality matters, liberty, rights, and opportunities. The American dream believes in freedom for prosperity and success for its citizens. The idea suggests that upward social mobility for individuals can be achieved only through hard work. In a story done by George Saunders, the American dream is exemplified in several instances. The author

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    As a society, we have become so accustomed to metaphors and empty truths that we absent-mindedly accept them. But if society is told a lie and believes it, does that turn the lie into the truth? For example, in the beginning of the human's reign on this planet, humans thought the earth was flat only to be proven that the earth was in fact round. But if ordinary humans were told that the earth is flat and they accept that as the truth, live their life as though it is true, then what makes it untrue

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    Patterns of knowing The five fundamental patterns of knowing are empirical, aesthetical, personal, ethical and sociopolitical. The patterns or ways of knowing help with the development and application of nursing knowledge. Empirical knowing embodies “factual and publicly verifiable descriptions, empiricism and theoretical explanations or predictions” (Carper, 2012 p.25). In my Oncology setting the science of nursing is very relevant to practice. I use science daily in calculating body surface

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