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 What are the Dalai Lama’s main commitments? What are their benefits? Do you share any of his commitments? A Dalai Lama is a Buddhist monk in Tibet and there have only been fourteen of them. Dalai Lama means “ocean of wisdom” and the title of the Dalai Lama is chosen from reincarnation. Buddhist believe theContinue reading “Dalai Lama Commitments”

Blog Prompt 11: Focus on a particular component of the eightfold path and apply it to your own life. Do you think that right action would mean less suffering? Refer to both readings in your explanation of the connection between virtue and the cessation of suffering. Buddha was a well-known philosopher who was a spiritualContinue reading “The Noble Eightfold Path”

Blog Prompt 9: Should organ sales be legal? Give the Kantian argument. Do you agree? Where would a utilitarian stand? Personally my immediate answer would be no to selling organs. With the scenes presented in the film “Dirty Pretty Things” it’s almost hard not to agree with it given the events that have occurred. OneContinue reading “Dirty Pretty Things”

Blog Prompt 7:  Kant says that a person motivated solely by her sympathy to help someone in need would not have done something of true moral worth. Why? Distinguish between hypothetical and categorical imperatives in your answer and discuss the role of inclination. Immanuel Kant argues that “a person motivated solely by her sympathy to helpContinue reading “The Categorical Imperative”

Blog Prompt 7: What are the strengths of an argument applying the utilitarian calculation to open borders? Is it a good argument? How could it be better? What are its main objections?  Before deciding if the Utilitarian calculation to open borders is a good argument we have to first know the definition of Utilitarianism. ItContinue reading “Utilitarian case for open borders”

The Greatest Happiness Principle says that “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure” (Mill, 1862, p. 3). Utilitarianism is a theory of doingContinue reading “UTILITARIANISM”

Blog Prompt 3: Kopelman makes a distinction between types of relativism. What are the differences? What are the shared “methods of discovery, evaluation, and explanation” that Kopelman identifies?  Do you agree that these methods allow for cross cultural judgments? Loretta Koppelman discusses the relativism in relation to female genital mutilation, she uses a real time conflict in thatContinue reading “FEMALE CIRCUMCISION/GENITAL MUTILATION AND ETHICAL RELATIVISM”

Ruth Benedict’s argued in her article “A Defense of Ethical Relativism” that behaviors vary depending on the culture and society. This means that what might be morally right for one culture or society might be completely immoral or unethical in another however each culture and society is equally correct. She concludes that moral relativism is a correct way when viewing morality inContinue reading “Ruth Benedict: A Defense of Ethical Relativism”

Being a wholehearted person means being thoughtful and kind Forgiveness between people Being a wholehearted person is being able to forgive and care for the ones around you. Virtue Class Activity: Jenny and her boyfriend Felipe are friends that I have known for almost two years now. We were all taking chemistry together, studied togetherContinue reading “Virtue Blog”