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    was easy. The story wasn’t bad. It was about two kids who got caught lying,” replied Aiden. “What you need to do first is define the central idea – which can be thought of the as the main theme of the story.”

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    There could be justification when one is lying for example if the lie tends to bring progress in the field. When opportunities present themselves why would someone risk it by being honest and be on the lose end or lie to benefit from the situation (Ruggiero.V.R., 2008). A person may be right from lying to ensure the continued trust from a person. This serves right because lying courageously can grant one best offers in his life, though by doing this one’s personal

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    I. Lying to Patients and Ethical Relativism Ethical Relativism and Ethical Subjectivism Ethical Relativism - theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture. * a culture. i.e.: nobody should ever steal) Objective vs. Subjective (Telling right from wrong) Paternalism vs. Autonomy Paternalism – authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those lower than them Autonomy is a binomial 1) Enlightenment ethics – celebration of the individual’s

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    other, and that’s why it’s so sad and frustrating too see Jordan lie to Nick. Because Nick thinks that Jordan is this beautiful girl who is loyal, honest, and caring but she really is not. She lies and cheats just like Tom. Jordan lured him in thinking that there could be something between them without Nick knowing that she is already engaged to a man. When Nick talks to Jordan in the end of the book, she becomes pretty aggravated and says some things to Nick such as “‘You said a bad driver was only

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    trials and how they changed people’s lives and their towns. Many reputations were ruined or tainted for the rest of their lives. Reputation, the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something, we all have one whether it’s good or bad. The reality is that having a good reputation is better than the truth. Abigail Williams, an ordinary girl who quickly becomes one of the most powerful characters. She is a very strong, manipulative person who likes to cause trouble for others. She

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    Mayella is not a character you should have empathy for. For many reasons, but to name a few. One, she is destroying an innocent man’s life, second, she is rude to everyone, third, she tells lies. The first reason why you should not feel bad for Mayella Is because she is destroying an innocent man’s life. Mayella’s motivation for accusing tom of raping her was for her own selfish reasons. She told Tom Robinson how she felt by kissing him and he did not return those feelings. Because she is

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    The Divine Command theory of ethics is a theory that states that an act is right or wrong and good or bad based on whether or not God commands or prohibits us from doing it. This means that the only thing that makes an action morally wrong is because God says it is. There are two sides to this theory; the restricted and the unrestricted. The restricted theory basically says that an action is obligatory if and only if it is good and God commanded it; the unrestricted theory states that an act is only

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    When Is Lying Okay Deciding to tell my parents something I deeply regretted was a very challenging decision since I knew there would be harsh consequences.It all started on a scorching Tuesday, it was mid-afternoon, and I needed to get ready quick for my practice that started in 30 minutes and I decided to go through the back door. As I approached my house, I saw that was my door was ajar and then an ear-splitting crack sounded. In that moment, I just hoped it was a water bottle that I forgot

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    “Greece’s great men let all their acts turn on the immortality of the soul. We don’t really act as if we believed in the soul’s immortality and that is why we are where we are today.” This quote from Edith Hamilton describes the human entity in many ways. In this day and age, a person is judged by his/her actions and overall being. To be a human implies making mistakes. There will never be someone who constantly makes the right decisions and is correct with every action. The majority of humans today

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    anything, the little kid is going to think that it's okay to steal. Another example is that when a little kid starts lying and when the father or other people that surround them don't say anything or explain the little kid that lying is a bad thing he/she is going to lie more and when he gets bigger he/she is going to think that it's okay to lie. In the story “ Brownies” Arnetta stars lying so the could have a fight. “Arnetta said she’d hear one of the troop 909 girls call Daphne a nigger. The other half

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