Essays on Morality

Frequently morality and empathy are used interchangeably in both formal and informal conversation. This suggests that the two are so closely related that it is a common mistake to confuse the two. Additionally, it is accepted that empathy plays a foundational role in morality. The...

In the past, genetic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. were considered non-preventable or even non-treatable. The latter was the consequence of the common belief they were beyond the individual’s control. Fortunately, genetic medicine is making a step forward to challenge this...

“They were more visible to the state and to the public in their suffering and thus less visible as political actors, both in the sense of a threatening or potentially liberatory mass and as individuals with pasts and futures- individuals who imagine and desire”. This...

Discussing the morality of our current judicial system, we are failing in even calling what we define as a Justice System. Our current supreme court is too inconclusive, we must have the ability to punish unjust judges of the court, and with that exceptions must...

In Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysic of Morals, Kant argues that we should focus on determining whether we are worthy of happiness before we concern ourselves with our happiness in the world. In the following short essay, I first describe his belief that the...

More importantly, perhaps, is the assertion that true morality stems from benevolence (Hume). Benevolence provides the benchmark for evaluating morality including justice, fairness, honesty, and equality. Humans are endowed with the capacity to assess actions as moral or immoral on the basis of whether such...

Morality – the belief that some behavior is right and acceptable and that other behavior is wrong (“Collins English Dictionary”). Capitalism is an economic system that’s been the cause of industrialization for centuries ever since the fall of feudalism. Although this may be the case...