Essays on Morality

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...

Morals is the branch of theory that arrangements with the assurance of what is correct or wrong, great or terrible. To carry on morally is to carry on with one’s life as per an arrangement of moral standards, which are based, at last, on moral...

Throughout history, men and women have often times used their morals or values to guide them in their ethical decision making. These ethical decisions can be made due to one’s moral compass and personal values. For many individuals, this is motivated by one’s religious beliefs...

How does a modern society resolve the tension between market forces and moral priorities? Can this tension be resolved when issues of bodily integrity are involved? These are questions raised by those who advocate for a legal market in human kidneys. Markets have been used...

In my eye, whether it is state, organization, enterprise or individual, we should respect the value of human life. There are hundreds of millions of people on the planet, but everyone is unique to the circle of their lives and cannot be duplicated. A person’s...