Singer I found is a very interesting man, his main ethics is he believes everyone should be treated equal, he is a strong believer in animal right. He doesn’t think it is necessary to harm anyone or thing unless it is going to be benefited from in the long run. From Singers utilitarian perspective he doesn’t believe in suffering of humans or animals he would like to see it reduced. This is why he goes by the greatest number for the greatest good.
Singer believes we should eliminate and or avoid specisism because this is allowing their species take priority of other species for example how we eat animals and they suffer to let us be fulfilled. He believer we need to stop killing animals. He also believes it is very wrong to experiment on animals that is causing them to suffer and harming animals.
In the Lane neuron- ethical argument simply state that eating meat is wrong and vegetarianism is the way to go to avoid harming animals. Singer believes that we should not be influenced by our cultures to eat meet or by others he doesn’t want us harming and killing animals and animals have a central nervous system and they can feel pain; this is not fair to the animals. After reading on Singers ethics I am totally for the animals and always have been but I just don’t think I can not eat meat I know it is hurting the animals but I was raised on it and would way to hard to stop eating meat.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
post one and two make up.
POST ONE: Explain Aristotle's theory of ethics as presented in the websites above. And what is his view on happiness and its relationship to ethics? Finally, what makes you happy in this life and what do your think Aristotle would say about that? Be sure to substantiate your work with ideas from Aristotle's writings. I need to see that you read the material. I would write this post in three parts: Aristotle's theory; what makes you happy?; Aristotle's critique.
Aristotle is what I think when I think philosophy I don’t know why but whenever anyone talks about philosophy his name always seem to be the name that stands out. He was intensely interested in the relationship between history and poetry; he thinks that history may deal with facts, but poetry deals with truth. Aristotle was the one who introduced the ideal of happiness as a human goal to the western philosophers. He believed it was a result of rational activity and not a pursuit of pleasure. I like how Aristotle is all about happiness he wants everyone to be happy and no one to be harmed in the way.
Aristotle believed on sciences, in especially logic and observation. He was the author that came up it biology and develop all sorts of theory on every thing. He was really smart and knew a lot. He was known to write dialogues which was good because we were able to really see his way of thinking.
Aristotle view on relationships I think is basically you scratch my back ill scratch yours. To Aristotle everything on this earth has its own virtue, meaning that if it performs the way it is supposed to by its nature then it was virtuous. He believed every human has a purpose. I think Aristotle seemed like a really good philosopher I like his way of thinking on all of his ethics and views on happiness and relationships. He seem to be a very likable guys with great theory and super intelligent
[POST TWO: How does Epicurus define an ethical person? Compare and contrast his moral theory with that of Epicurus understanding of ethics. In order to complete this post I would make sure to outline in depth each theorist's position and then compare and contrast them. Again, write this post as three parts: Epicurus; Epictetus; compare/contrast section.]
Epicurus was a Greek thinker, he is known for being the first philosopher to advocate a like in search of pleasure know as hedonism. His main goal was know to be life free of pain. He though you should obtain peace of mind, ataraxia which is the highest pleasure. He believes we look for pleasure without thinking about what we like to do that might give us the pleasure.
His theory hedonistic paradox is that if you look for pleasure, chances are you wont find it. He says for example people who are looking for people to love can attest to this theory. Ge also believes pleasure come to you when you are in the middle of something else and rarely when you are looking for it. But most important in order to feel pleaser you must care or else you will more then likely never achieve feeling pleasure.
Epicurus believed that there are many things in life other than physical pleasures that can bring us happiness and there is nothing in utilitarianism that says we have to define pleasure and happiness as mere gratification or physical desires. I theory very interesting, I think I would have to agree with him many things bring us happiness not always pleasure because we don’t do everything in our life to pleasure are selfish because I think this would make us selfish I mean are intention are to bring pleasure and happiness but I don’t think they always have to be hand in hand
Aristotle is what I think when I think philosophy I don’t know why but whenever anyone talks about philosophy his name always seem to be the name that stands out. He was intensely interested in the relationship between history and poetry; he thinks that history may deal with facts, but poetry deals with truth. Aristotle was the one who introduced the ideal of happiness as a human goal to the western philosophers. He believed it was a result of rational activity and not a pursuit of pleasure. I like how Aristotle is all about happiness he wants everyone to be happy and no one to be harmed in the way.
Aristotle believed on sciences, in especially logic and observation. He was the author that came up it biology and develop all sorts of theory on every thing. He was really smart and knew a lot. He was known to write dialogues which was good because we were able to really see his way of thinking.
Aristotle view on relationships I think is basically you scratch my back ill scratch yours. To Aristotle everything on this earth has its own virtue, meaning that if it performs the way it is supposed to by its nature then it was virtuous. He believed every human has a purpose. I think Aristotle seemed like a really good philosopher I like his way of thinking on all of his ethics and views on happiness and relationships. He seem to be a very likable guys with great theory and super intelligent
[POST TWO: How does Epicurus define an ethical person? Compare and contrast his moral theory with that of Epicurus understanding of ethics. In order to complete this post I would make sure to outline in depth each theorist's position and then compare and contrast them. Again, write this post as three parts: Epicurus; Epictetus; compare/contrast section.]
Epicurus was a Greek thinker, he is known for being the first philosopher to advocate a like in search of pleasure know as hedonism. His main goal was know to be life free of pain. He though you should obtain peace of mind, ataraxia which is the highest pleasure. He believes we look for pleasure without thinking about what we like to do that might give us the pleasure.
His theory hedonistic paradox is that if you look for pleasure, chances are you wont find it. He says for example people who are looking for people to love can attest to this theory. Ge also believes pleasure come to you when you are in the middle of something else and rarely when you are looking for it. But most important in order to feel pleaser you must care or else you will more then likely never achieve feeling pleasure.
Epicurus believed that there are many things in life other than physical pleasures that can bring us happiness and there is nothing in utilitarianism that says we have to define pleasure and happiness as mere gratification or physical desires. I theory very interesting, I think I would have to agree with him many things bring us happiness not always pleasure because we don’t do everything in our life to pleasure are selfish because I think this would make us selfish I mean are intention are to bring pleasure and happiness but I don’t think they always have to be hand in hand
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Cloning was not introduced until the 1970’s the reason cloning was brought to everyone attention was the cloning of Dolly the sheep it had taken more then 227 takes before Dolly was created. Although it is know the human cloning is way more complicated the cloning animals or plants. The human cloning simply is much more difficult because human cloning would require taking somatic cell, as opposed to reproductive cell such as an egg or sperm cell, from a person removing its nucleus. The DNA of the somatic cell is transferred to an enucleated egg. But is not possible because certain somatic cells are turned off; at this point is not able to turn them back on.
From a religious point of you the Roman Catholics believe it is evil to used human cloning as well as southern baptism they support the Roman Catholics point of view. In the Jewish religion they fear human cloning because they feel it might harm the family by such relationships and roles within the family.
From an ethical point of view from the possibility of human cloning society had not been able to have a clear view because the morality of human cloning. In our society we dived up by churches and state, law and governing, human cloning will be reflecting the ethical position that are not based on any god of religious. Such as possible physical harm to the embryo and or harm to the child. They also fear possible social harm for example over time human cloning might become a preferred practice.
Personally I do not think human cloning is a good ideal. Because are world would be coming to an end people wont be having babies they will just clone their children instead of reproducing again. I just do not think it is right and is morally wrong because we would more then likely use them to experiment on and this could lead to killing many people in the long run.
From a religious point of you the Roman Catholics believe it is evil to used human cloning as well as southern baptism they support the Roman Catholics point of view. In the Jewish religion they fear human cloning because they feel it might harm the family by such relationships and roles within the family.
From an ethical point of view from the possibility of human cloning society had not been able to have a clear view because the morality of human cloning. In our society we dived up by churches and state, law and governing, human cloning will be reflecting the ethical position that are not based on any god of religious. Such as possible physical harm to the embryo and or harm to the child. They also fear possible social harm for example over time human cloning might become a preferred practice.
Personally I do not think human cloning is a good ideal. Because are world would be coming to an end people wont be having babies they will just clone their children instead of reproducing again. I just do not think it is right and is morally wrong because we would more then likely use them to experiment on and this could lead to killing many people in the long run.
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POST TWELVE: Using the first article explain what is evolutionary psychology and how does it apply to the field of ethics? Next, explain in depth the thesis of the second article and the support offered for it. Finally, offer your response to what you read.]
When I read the articles I found that evolutionary psychology is the study of human behavior based on the principle of natural selection. Natural selection is the theory that animals evolve because nature decides which traits are favorable for animals to survive with; this would be allowing animals to give off their genetic code with that trait.
Darwin was a proponent of evolutionary psychology and the father of the theory of natural selection. He believed that the main roots for human morality lied in social instinct, such as caring for the young. Darwin was the one who had the instinct to help humans and distinguish from friend or foe. This would be to define something as them or as humans were able to adapt and protect their young and keep their family alive. Darwin accepts the greatest-happiness principle as a standard of right and wrong.
When I read the articles I found that evolutionary psychology is the study of human behavior based on the principle of natural selection. Natural selection is the theory that animals evolve because nature decides which traits are favorable for animals to survive with; this would be allowing animals to give off their genetic code with that trait.
Darwin was a proponent of evolutionary psychology and the father of the theory of natural selection. He believed that the main roots for human morality lied in social instinct, such as caring for the young. Darwin was the one who had the instinct to help humans and distinguish from friend or foe. This would be to define something as them or as humans were able to adapt and protect their young and keep their family alive. Darwin accepts the greatest-happiness principle as a standard of right and wrong.
MOT (there is not post because i just post it but it didnt come up yet)
Hillary Gollenberg
07-20-08
Research Project
For my research paper I decided to go to the museum of tolerance. I have been to the museum twice when I was in grade school and I really enjoyed it. So I thought I would make a trip back and see if I can get someone else out of it now that I am older. My boyfriend Ryan came with me because he had never been. We went two Sunday’s ago there was three big groups so we did not get to see as much as I wanted to because we took the tour by ourselves without a guide. They were renovation so some of the exhibits we were unable to see. Form the outside the museum still looked the same, one thing that was new was the metal detectors it felt like I was at the airport. But I guess we have 911 to thank for that.
We watched the one video that I found really sad about a lady that was pregnant and had her baby for seven day while she was in the hospital the Nazi broke into the hospital making the Jewish exit and forced them into a truck. She was separated from the baby her family was trying to fight for her but there wasn’t anything they could do. Her family was outside and witnessed the baby getting thrown out of the window of the hospital. In this incident 30 innocent babies were thrown out of the window and died instantly. I found this story so disturbing I will most defiantly remember this story for the rest of my life. I just cannot get past what they were thinking kills all these innocent new born children what kind of morals do they have it is so disgusting, when I watch the video this story just made me sick to my stomach.
When I was getting ready to watch another video I cannot remember which one it was but next to the screen was a timeline that showed all the hate crimes that have happened here in American from the Oklahoma City bombing and ending with the Terrorist Attack on September 11th. We also watched a video on the issues involving race, gender and class. I thought this was neat because there were polls and they allowed us to interview the characters. I thought this was so interesting and was surprised that it was so interactive.
After we went through the tolerance side we moved on to the Holocaust area. I was unhappy with this side because things were closed because of the renovation. I really wanted to see all the artifacts to share them with my boyfriend because I remember being interested in this part of the museum. We were able to walk through the doors of the concentration camp there was one for children and one for adults, I thought this was very interesting although I didn’t like how they had two prisoners hanging by nooses I found this a little disturbing and so did my boyfriend.
We also listen to William Harvey who was a holocaust survivor, he told us his story one thing that really caught my attention was when he talked about hearing Hitler state to the world that he would kill every Jewish person in the world and if they lived he would make sure they weren’t happy. But lucky that didn’t apply to Mr. Harvey he was reunited with mom, sister’s and some other family members. So there was a somewhat happy ending for William Harvey. Hearing a voice of an actual survivor and the experience he was apart of was just so real to me and made me depressed.
When we first walked in I got a ticket with a boys name on it, which read Yehiel Goldberg, when we put it into the machine it said he was born in Pinsk, Poland. Yehiel and his family had fought for their life but he didn’t make it he was murdered at seventeen in July 1942. This was so sad because I was him for the day and to die at age seventeen I would be so young and miss out on the rest of my life. Over all the experience was better this time that I went to the museum I think It was a lot better to understand now that I am twenty two compared to thirteen, my boyfriend really enjoyed it he was glad he came with me. It is just so sad and you walk out all down and depressed knowing something like this really happen in our world. But hopefully this history never repeats itself.
07-20-08
Research Project
For my research paper I decided to go to the museum of tolerance. I have been to the museum twice when I was in grade school and I really enjoyed it. So I thought I would make a trip back and see if I can get someone else out of it now that I am older. My boyfriend Ryan came with me because he had never been. We went two Sunday’s ago there was three big groups so we did not get to see as much as I wanted to because we took the tour by ourselves without a guide. They were renovation so some of the exhibits we were unable to see. Form the outside the museum still looked the same, one thing that was new was the metal detectors it felt like I was at the airport. But I guess we have 911 to thank for that.
We watched the one video that I found really sad about a lady that was pregnant and had her baby for seven day while she was in the hospital the Nazi broke into the hospital making the Jewish exit and forced them into a truck. She was separated from the baby her family was trying to fight for her but there wasn’t anything they could do. Her family was outside and witnessed the baby getting thrown out of the window of the hospital. In this incident 30 innocent babies were thrown out of the window and died instantly. I found this story so disturbing I will most defiantly remember this story for the rest of my life. I just cannot get past what they were thinking kills all these innocent new born children what kind of morals do they have it is so disgusting, when I watch the video this story just made me sick to my stomach.
When I was getting ready to watch another video I cannot remember which one it was but next to the screen was a timeline that showed all the hate crimes that have happened here in American from the Oklahoma City bombing and ending with the Terrorist Attack on September 11th. We also watched a video on the issues involving race, gender and class. I thought this was neat because there were polls and they allowed us to interview the characters. I thought this was so interesting and was surprised that it was so interactive.
After we went through the tolerance side we moved on to the Holocaust area. I was unhappy with this side because things were closed because of the renovation. I really wanted to see all the artifacts to share them with my boyfriend because I remember being interested in this part of the museum. We were able to walk through the doors of the concentration camp there was one for children and one for adults, I thought this was very interesting although I didn’t like how they had two prisoners hanging by nooses I found this a little disturbing and so did my boyfriend.
We also listen to William Harvey who was a holocaust survivor, he told us his story one thing that really caught my attention was when he talked about hearing Hitler state to the world that he would kill every Jewish person in the world and if they lived he would make sure they weren’t happy. But lucky that didn’t apply to Mr. Harvey he was reunited with mom, sister’s and some other family members. So there was a somewhat happy ending for William Harvey. Hearing a voice of an actual survivor and the experience he was apart of was just so real to me and made me depressed.
When we first walked in I got a ticket with a boys name on it, which read Yehiel Goldberg, when we put it into the machine it said he was born in Pinsk, Poland. Yehiel and his family had fought for their life but he didn’t make it he was murdered at seventeen in July 1942. This was so sad because I was him for the day and to die at age seventeen I would be so young and miss out on the rest of my life. Over all the experience was better this time that I went to the museum I think It was a lot better to understand now that I am twenty two compared to thirteen, my boyfriend really enjoyed it he was glad he came with me. It is just so sad and you walk out all down and depressed knowing something like this really happen in our world. But hopefully this history never repeats itself.
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I am not a very religious person, I am baptized catholic and Ibelieve in god but I'm not very active in religion. Although I findother religions interesting such the seven that I have just read.Daoist which is Taoist ethics in which encourages their people to bedetached from the world; they want you to be in non action. Daoisttry to go off basic moral rules against killing, stealing lying andsexual misconduct. They even have social interaction, they even tryto conduct you how to bow, eat and wash. They want you to think intheir religion and their religion only. Daoist try to realizationbased on how one's life in interaction with the community, familyand, religious groups.Buddhism is a religion in which doesn't have any views onabortion some think it is ok and some believe it is murder it is moreof an individual belief weather it is right or wrong. I think this isbecause they believe the thing you kill must be a living thing, youmust have the intention and effort to kill, if these elements are notinvolved then killing isn't bad. In Buddhism they believe everyone isresponsible for their actions and the consequences that fallow. Whenyou look at Japan which mostly everyone living there is Buddhist andthey use abortion as a form of birth control. This is why theybelieve in Jizo which is a god; they believe take the child and takecare of it until it is reborn by someone else. Buddhism is an animalfriend religion. They believe in corporal punishment and they getwhat they deserve but they believe in rebirth and if you die as a badperson you will get pay back. They are a very peaceful religion andare not all about war and fighting.Hindu are generally is a lay back religion, they believe thatabortion is ok and as long as it wont harm the mother or father ifyou are going to have a baby that when it arrives you will not beable to give the baby the life it deserves that you don't have thebaby at all which is why they probably don't believe in birthcontrol. Hinduism is non violence religion they don't believe inkilling and violence. One thing I found funny they don't believe indonating their organ but they are for the people and not harminganyone.Judaism seems very structured; they don't have an opinion onabortion. They are for the animal they don't want to harm them in anyway. Judaism is defiantly not be in favor of corporal punishment butmost think they would be, they do believe in war only is it isnecessary. Judaism is against suicide they believe it is wrong youshould never take your own life. They are for organ donation; theybelieve it is a good thing to do at the end of your lifetime.Sikhism sounds like a pretty normal religion, they areagainst abortion It is forbidden which is why they believe in birthcontrol to help prevent the abortion. They believe life is a giftfrom god and should be never taken away by anyone or themselves. Theybelieve in war they have a special term for it which is 'Dharam Yudh'which means the defense of righteousness. Overall I think Sikhismsounds the most like Christianity.Muslims forbid abortion they are very pro family and are allabout they children and there well being. They believe in Allah whichis who they believe made all living things and believe they shouldnever be harmed. They are one of the only religions who still believein circumcision. They are old fashion and haven't looked into stemcell research.Christianity is the religion I am most familiar with, it isthe most closest to catholic religion. They are strongly againstabortion and forbid it, they believe in birth control. They believethat human being are better and strong then animals. They aresupporter of life they believe in some corporal punishment but aremostly against the death penalty. They are against suicide theybelieve in taking your own life is wrong. They are strongly againstsame sex marriages they think homosexuality is look down upon and iswrong in all aspects. One thing I didn't know is they are against warthey believe it is unnecessary.
I am not a very religious person, I am baptized catholic and Ibelieve in god but I'm not very active in religion. Although I findother religions interesting such the seven that I have just read.Daoist which is Taoist ethics in which encourages their people to bedetached from the world; they want you to be in non action. Daoisttry to go off basic moral rules against killing, stealing lying andsexual misconduct. They even have social interaction, they even tryto conduct you how to bow, eat and wash. They want you to think intheir religion and their religion only. Daoist try to realizationbased on how one's life in interaction with the community, familyand, religious groups.Buddhism is a religion in which doesn't have any views onabortion some think it is ok and some believe it is murder it is moreof an individual belief weather it is right or wrong. I think this isbecause they believe the thing you kill must be a living thing, youmust have the intention and effort to kill, if these elements are notinvolved then killing isn't bad. In Buddhism they believe everyone isresponsible for their actions and the consequences that fallow. Whenyou look at Japan which mostly everyone living there is Buddhist andthey use abortion as a form of birth control. This is why theybelieve in Jizo which is a god; they believe take the child and takecare of it until it is reborn by someone else. Buddhism is an animalfriend religion. They believe in corporal punishment and they getwhat they deserve but they believe in rebirth and if you die as a badperson you will get pay back. They are a very peaceful religion andare not all about war and fighting.Hindu are generally is a lay back religion, they believe thatabortion is ok and as long as it wont harm the mother or father ifyou are going to have a baby that when it arrives you will not beable to give the baby the life it deserves that you don't have thebaby at all which is why they probably don't believe in birthcontrol. Hinduism is non violence religion they don't believe inkilling and violence. One thing I found funny they don't believe indonating their organ but they are for the people and not harminganyone.Judaism seems very structured; they don't have an opinion onabortion. They are for the animal they don't want to harm them in anyway. Judaism is defiantly not be in favor of corporal punishment butmost think they would be, they do believe in war only is it isnecessary. Judaism is against suicide they believe it is wrong youshould never take your own life. They are for organ donation; theybelieve it is a good thing to do at the end of your lifetime.Sikhism sounds like a pretty normal religion, they areagainst abortion It is forbidden which is why they believe in birthcontrol to help prevent the abortion. They believe life is a giftfrom god and should be never taken away by anyone or themselves. Theybelieve in war they have a special term for it which is 'Dharam Yudh'which means the defense of righteousness. Overall I think Sikhismsounds the most like Christianity.Muslims forbid abortion they are very pro family and are allabout they children and there well being. They believe in Allah whichis who they believe made all living things and believe they shouldnever be harmed. They are one of the only religions who still believein circumcision. They are old fashion and haven't looked into stemcell research.Christianity is the religion I am most familiar with, it isthe most closest to catholic religion. They are strongly againstabortion and forbid it, they believe in birth control. They believethat human being are better and strong then animals. They aresupporter of life they believe in some corporal punishment but aremostly against the death penalty. They are against suicide theybelieve in taking your own life is wrong. They are strongly againstsame sex marriages they think homosexuality is look down upon and iswrong in all aspects. One thing I didn't know is they are against warthey believe it is unnecessary.
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Cloning was not introduced until the 1970's the reason cloning wasbrought to everyone attention was the cloning of Dolly the sheep ithad taken more then 227 takes before Dolly was created. Although itis know the human cloning is way more complicated the cloning animalsor plants. The human cloning simply is much more difficult becausehuman cloning would require taking somatic cell, as opposed toreproductive cell such as an egg or sperm cell, from a personremoving its nucleus. The DNA of the somatic cell is transferred toan enucleated egg. But is not possible because certain somatic cellsare turned off; at this point is not able to turn them back on.From a religious point of you the Roman Catholics believe it is evilto used human cloning as well as southern baptism they support theRoman Catholics point of view. In the Jewish religion they fearhuman cloning because they feel it might harm the family by suchrelationships and roles within the family.From an ethical point of view from the possibility of human cloningsociety had not been able to have a clear view because the moralityof human cloning. In our society we dived up by churches and state,law and governing, human cloning will be reflecting the ethicalposition that are not based on any god of religious. Such as possiblephysical harm to the embryo and or harm to the child. They also fearpossible social harm for example over time human cloning might becomea preferred practice. Personally I do not think human cloning is agood ideal. Because are world would be coming to an end people wontbe having babies they will just clone their children instead ofreproducing again. I just do not think it is right and is morallywrong because we would more then likely use them to experiment on andthis could lead to killing many people in the long run
Cloning was not introduced until the 1970's the reason cloning wasbrought to everyone attention was the cloning of Dolly the sheep ithad taken more then 227 takes before Dolly was created. Although itis know the human cloning is way more complicated the cloning animalsor plants. The human cloning simply is much more difficult becausehuman cloning would require taking somatic cell, as opposed toreproductive cell such as an egg or sperm cell, from a personremoving its nucleus. The DNA of the somatic cell is transferred toan enucleated egg. But is not possible because certain somatic cellsare turned off; at this point is not able to turn them back on.From a religious point of you the Roman Catholics believe it is evilto used human cloning as well as southern baptism they support theRoman Catholics point of view. In the Jewish religion they fearhuman cloning because they feel it might harm the family by suchrelationships and roles within the family.From an ethical point of view from the possibility of human cloningsociety had not been able to have a clear view because the moralityof human cloning. In our society we dived up by churches and state,law and governing, human cloning will be reflecting the ethicalposition that are not based on any god of religious. Such as possiblephysical harm to the embryo and or harm to the child. They also fearpossible social harm for example over time human cloning might becomea preferred practice. Personally I do not think human cloning is agood ideal. Because are world would be coming to an end people wontbe having babies they will just clone their children instead ofreproducing again. I just do not think it is right and is morallywrong because we would more then likely use them to experiment on andthis could lead to killing many people in the long run
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