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Moral Deterioration of Society, 2002.
A look at the growing moral downturn of society, due to the breakdown of the family unit.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 44.95
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A paper which identifies societal upheaval and the breakdown of the family as the integral causes of the moral decline of the society.
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Moral Standards and Moral Consistency, 2008.
This paper explores the moral standards in the associations of Eberhard Faber, Incorporated.
1,049 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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The paper examines the decision to allow Eberhard Faber to associate with known bribe-givers. The paper is of the opinion that this association seems like an affront to the moral consistency requirement demanded of any credible moral standard. The paper contends that respecting the law in some, but not in all, circumstances makes a mockery of the organization's avowed commitment to legal dictates and therefore is inherently immoral.
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"Before going too far, the stakeholders in this situation need to be listed. Obviously, the share-holders of Eberhard Faber are one significant stake-holder; so too is the Board of Directors and, especially, the key principals (Mr. Faber and Mr. Carey) who offer widely divergent views on how to approach this matter. Not to be forgotten, the other company involved is a stake-holder as it could lose a major deal with an American company - a deal it would seem to covet. Lastly, IRS and legal consultants who convinced Mr. Faber that the deal was above-board and breached no US laws are stake-holders with credibility on the line (for a lengthier discussion on all of these parties, please see "Eberhard Faber, Inc.," n.d.). In the end, many people stand to win - or lose."
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Aging and Physical and Mental Deterioration, 1993.
Assesses the factors contributing to the under-utilization of social, health and other types of public centers meant to assist the elderly with their problems.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 31.95
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"The process of aging brings with it a variety of physical, emotional, psychological, and social changes with which the individual must cope. There are a number of social, health, and other types of public centers in operation to assist the elderly with their problems, but it is difficult to get people to come to these centers and avail themselves of the services offered. A number of factors can be cited to explain why this is so, from bouts of depression to the inability of certain people to care for themselves because of Alzheimer's or other physical or mental problems.
The aging process for many includes physical or mental deterioration which can place considerable strain on the life partner, who now has to contend not only with his or her own diminished function because of aging but also must take on a new role ..."
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Employee Morale in Corporate America, 2005.
An analysis of the importance of employee morale and how critical it is to the success of a company.
6,001 words (approx. 24.0 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 142.95
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The purpose of this report is to educate upper-level management and line managers on the importance of employee morale. It first discusses what morale is and its significance in the corporate structure. Then it addresses who is affected by low morale and how. It also explains the high costs related to low employee morale, the critical role managers play in morale, signs of deteriorating employee morale, and techniques for improving morale. In the concluding pages, a proposal is presented on how upper-level management within corporate America can help improve morale. Some of the solutions include transformational training for managers, employee empowerment, improved ties between reward and performance, and improvements on basic employee practices, all of which can be implemented using a 7-step morale-boosting program described in the recommendations section of this paper.
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Overview: Report
Introduction: Employee Morale Problem
Background: Corporate America's Morale Problem
What is Morale?
Significance of Employee Morale
Deteriorating Employee Morale
Case Studies
Recommendations: Ideas for Improving Employee Morale
Techniques for Improving Morale
Action Plan
Tying it All Together
Conclusion
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"A great way to help upper-level management discover employee problems is through an employee satisfaction survey. A well-orchestrated employee survey can lead to high return rates and help uncover hidden many workplace problems. However in order to receive helpful information from these surveys they must: (1) establish clear goals and objectives, (2) ask the right questions the right way, (3) collect data the right way at the right time, and (4) ensure confidentiality. The most important thing is that management must take clear follow-up actions. After reviewing and collecting the data have a group meeting informing the employees on the findings of the survey, how management intents to go about addressing the issues, ask for feedback, and implement the necessary changes."
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"Rickshaw", 2001.
Discusses Leo She's novel & theme of moral decadence of Chinese people. Centers on downfall of a poor rickshaw man & his moral deterioration in a greedy & morally indifferent society.
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"By depicting the life of Hsiang Tzu in vivid detail and the many characters who cross his path in Rickshaw, Lao She captures the moral decadence of the Chinese people. According to Lao She, the ?Individualism? of the Chinese results in their failure to unite and commit to a national cause (James viii-ix). Hsiang Tzu, the protagonist of this book, is driven by his selfish pursuits. Believing that owning a rickshaw is the key to his financial security, he steals customers from other rickshaw pullers and leads a secluded existence except when he craves sympathy for his misfortunes. Yet Hsiang Tzu is not the only selfish character. In fact, he is frequently the victim of individuals who are even more despicable."
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Nietzsche, Morality, and the French Revolution, 2000.
This paper is a reconstruction of Nietzsche's moral theory in "On the Genealogy of Morals" and its application to the moral-political philosophies of the Old Regime and the French Revolution.
1,775 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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This paper is an examination of Nietzsche's "On the Genealogy of Morals" and its relation to the historical context in which it was written. A parallel is drawn between Nietzsche's view of the historical evolution of morality and the development of the moral-political philosophies of the Ancient (Old) Regime and the French Revolution. The Ancient Regime is associated with Nietzsche's idea of "good, bad" morality, while the French Revolution is connected with "good, evil" morality. Some other issues discussed are the idea of the slave revolt and the morality of Napoleon.
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"Every civilized society is concerned with its moral fabric: the ethical and behavioral norms that all citizens are expected to obey. Morality, on its surface, appears to be a philosophical issue. Some people speak of a universal morality, beyond time and devolving upon all people equally. In this way, they explain the prevalence of certain moral laws, for instance, the prohibition against murder, in almost every society. Others view morality as a subjective concept, yet still one with philosophical origins. They maintain that many societies possess laws against murder because each group of people has made an independent philosophical evaluation, and determined that the value of life is something they as cohabitants of the same state all uphold. For Friedrich Nietzsche, both of these approaches are fundamentally flawed."
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Evaluation of Kant's Moral Philosophy, 2002.
An evaluation of "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals - Deriving the Moral Law" by Immanuel Kant.
1,920 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 1 source, $ 61.95
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A paper which explores philosopher Immanuel Kant's theory which is expressed in his book ?Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals - Deriving the Moral Law? where he guarantees a surefire formula we should apply for every decision we make. What is absolutely right and wrong (morals) by Kant?s definition are exclusively an idea from pure reason and not from anything we experience in the natural world. Therefore a pure, universal moral law is ?indispensably necessary? to allow for morality to live up to its name without any influence from our fallible empirical inclinations. His theory is examined by answering several questions pertaining to modern life.
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"This supreme principle of morality is called the Categorical Imperative. Categorical means it is universal, and imperative means that it is absolute and must be done for its own sake. It is used by the will to determine the right action for every situation. The will is important, because the good will is the only thing without qualification that can be good. If it is the only true good thing, then it must be the basis for all good actions. Kant states that we have a duty to follow what we determine is right by reasoning. So the next piece of Kant?s philosophy is to explain how to go about this reasoning using the Categorical Imperative."
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The Genealogy of Morals, 2007.
A discussion of Friedrich Nietzsche's work "The Genealogy of Morals" which evaluates the value of moral judgments according to a genealogical method.
1,534 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains that Nietzsche's work, "The Genealogy of Morals", questions and evaluates the value of moral judgments according to a genealogical method, which in turn investigates the origins and meanings of various moral concepts. The paper further explains that "The Genealogy of Morals" discusses ascetic ideals or asceticism, a force that dominates modern thinking and life, and that Nietzsche views this as the expression of a weak and sick will that is unable to cope with its own struggle against itself.
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"The ascetic priest, Nietzsche writes, is the person who modifies the direction of resentment. While every suffering person instinctively look for the cause or agent of his suffering. The ascetic priest seeks living persons on whom he can unload his feelings in order to obtain relief from his mountains of resentment, revenge and similar torments. It his instinct to strike back as a merely reactive and protective measure or reflex .He needs them for emotional release and he must pretend utterly in order to produce it. He passes his guilt and vileness to others, assaults their past and present, look for what is dark and painful in these in indicating what needs to be healed. Finding cause, he blames it on others and thus keeps them forever bound to their guilt and to their need for his control (Nietzsche)."
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Moral Development in the Classroom, 2005.
A look at the importance of moral development in the classroom.
3,012 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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Moral development in the classroom remains a crucial component of our nation's educational system. With occurrences such as the Columbine school shooting, continual reports on student teacher affairs, issues such as teen pregnancy, and drug abuse, it is no surprise that America feels that children are lacking moral development in the classroom. This paper explains that although critics may argue that moral development begins at home, moral development should coincide in the classroom, as well. It concludes that since students spend a huge portion of their day in a classroom environment, it only makes sense that classrooms promote morality and ethicality.
Moral Development
What is Morality Good For?
Teachers
Three Classroom Settings
What Constitutes a Moral Environment?
What is meant by a Moral Child?
Philosophy of Morality
Virtue Ethics: Benefits and Drawbacks
What is Meant by Wrong?
Religion
Community
Who has the Final Say in Morality?
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"What exactly is moral development? Well, basic human nature is naturally good. Human nature often leans toward the good in every situation and prefers the good to the bad, for the most part. Plato in his Symposium described his "Staircase of Love Theory," in which he formulated the notion that the notion that human beings are attracted to the good the same way the lover is attracted to the beloved. Just as physical limbs and mental and social capacities are developed, so is morality. Both individually and socially the human being matures his moral conscious and character (Reimer, 1979). "
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Morality, 2002.
An examination of two different models of human morality as debated in the ancient world: The moral nihilism of Thrasymachus and the moral realism of Plato.
1,240 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper attempts to answer the question of what it means to be moral and shows that defining the limits of human morality is a complex and ambiguous task. It discusses in detail two different models by two different philosophers -Thrasymachus and Plato. After considering the strengths and weaknesses of each model, including the personal consequences of adopting one, the paper concludes by selecting one of the models as being (personally) preferable, even if it is not as true.
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"Socrates ? like modern-day adherents of most of the world?s major religions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam ? would argue that it is better to be just for its own sake, or at least because the gods or God reward those who are good. (Socrates in fact argues that it is better to be moral even if acting in a right and moral way causes one to gain a bad reputation ? as does sometimes happen ? for it is always better to adhere to the path of truth than to be concerned about popularity or reputation, which are transient.) Another response would be to assert a claim of moral nihilism, which is the proposition that in fact there are no true ethical principles (viz. Morgan 21-23)."
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Freud and Nietzsche on Morality, 2002.
A look at the different manifestations of morality in the writings of Freud and Nietzsche.
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This paper is an examination of the perspective of moral qualities in the works of Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche. Morality is compared in two formats: These formats are those of the individual morality, or how morality applies to a single person, and the social morality, or how morality works within a social context.
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"Principles of Christian Morality", 2005.
This paper discusses "Principles of Christian Morality" by three preeminent Catholic scholars Heinz Schurmann, Joseph Ratzinger and Hans Urs von Balthasar, who examine interpretations of moral theology.
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This paper explains that Heinz Schurmann's contribution, which was written as a submission for the 1974 International Theological Commission session discusses the New Testament's influence on morality, via both its statements and interpretations. The author points out that Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) discusses the distinction between practice (orthopraxis) and established beliefs (orthodoxy) and the need of having a fixed point of moral reference. The paper relates that Hans Urs von Balthasar sets forth nine precepts of Christian morality in summary form, exploring Christ as the universal, concrete norm for Christian morality, with the golden rule as a summation of God's law and Christ on the cross as the only salvation from sin.
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"Ratzinger, in an effort to establish a practice for Catholics in a modern context, explored the possibility of the shifting meaning of religious law and commandments (50). The opposite of praxis, Ratzinger states, is the belief "that affirms that there is no such thing as a specifically Christian morality and that Christianity must take its norms of conduct from the anthropological insights of its time" (49). Ratzinger concludes that praxis is indistinguishable from a genuinely believed truth in Christ-that to imitate Jesus Christ is "inseparable from faith" and that "faith's praxis depends on faith's truth" (62, 70). In other words, if one genuinely holds a belief in Christ, that faith will influence one's practices and in turn, will relate the truth with the praxis."
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"Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals", 2003.
An analysis of Immanuel Kant's work, "Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals".
1,462 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper provides a review of the Kant's work, "Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals", in order to identify the most important argumentative steps in arriving at the categorical imperative. It looks at how Kant provides a convoluted but exhaustive analysis of what parts reason and duty play in developing moral concepts in mankind. Kant maintains that actions are moral if and only if they are undertaken for the sake of morality alone, how the moral quality of an action must be judged not according to the action's consequences but according to the motive that produced it, and finally, how actions are only moral if they are undertaken out of respect for the moral law.
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"Kant believed that actions of any sort must be undertaken from a sense of duty dictated by reason, and no action performed for expediency or solely in obedience to law or custom can be regarded as being ?moral. Kant says his third proposition is a consequence of the first two. ?I would express thus Duty is the necessity of acting from respect for the law. I may have inclination for an object as the effect of my proposed action, but I cannot have respect for it, just for this reason, that it is an effect and not an energy of will. Similarly I cannot have respect for inclination, whether my own or another's; I can at most, if my own, approve it; if another's, sometimes even love it; i.e., look on it as favourable to my own interest.?"
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Hume as a Moral Skeptic, 2005.
An analysis of David Hume's moral theory in his "Treatise of Human Nature" to determine if he fits two definitions of a moral skeptic.
1,325 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines how in his "Treatise of Human Nature", Hume reduces moral decision making to autonomous conflicting passions motivating the will. He also excludes reason as a guiding entity and therefore appears to be a moral skeptic. It discusses how he fits Marcus Singer's definition of a moral skeptic by determinism. However, it also contends that by J.L. Mackie's definitions, he does not seem to be a normative moral or a meta ethical skeptic.
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"Foremost, partly by divorcing reason from the motivation of the will and partly due to the natural causes of the passions, Hume plainly implicates himself as a moral skeptic by Singer's definition of determinism. According to the Treatise the will is directly motivated only by the direct passions and, in turn, the direct passions arise from good and evil. Reason takes a backseat as its role is simply to connect the passions with their correct objects. However, it is when Hume reduces the definitions of good and evil to sensations of pleasure and pain that he seems to affirm his position as a skeptic by determinism. Furthermore, he states: "the direct passions frequently arise from a natural impulse or instinct which is perfectly unaccountable." "
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Principals of Morals, 2006.
This paper looks at views of morality with a particular look at David's Hume's book "An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals" .
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In this article, the writer discusses David Hume's view of morality.
The writer claims that Hume suggests that one's sense of morality is based on a desire to have others think about oneself positively. One seeks approval from others and does not want to be rejected, so attempts to behave in ways that please others. He believes that the behaviors people disapprove of tend to make others happy. This means that morality may actually have less to do with right and wrong than one sometimes think it does. He also argues that it is just part of human nature to feel sympathy for others, and that everyone possesses sympathy to some degree. The writer discusses cheating incidents and relevant moral views.
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"While most people may possess some degree of sympathy for others, the existence of such people as John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy, both ruthless serial sexual predators and murderers, suggests that not everyone sympathizes with others. However, they may be balanced out by people who go to extraordinary lengths to help humankind -- for example, Mother Theresa.
The best argument in favor of Hume's view of morality might be that different cultures have different senses of what is right and what is wrong. In our culture, fidelity between spouses is considered important. Faithfulness within a marriage is viewed as morally right, and infidelity is viewed as morally wrong. However, this is not true in all cultures. This in turn suggests the idea of Hume's social pressure."
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