A person cannot do “whatever they like” because in many cases that would include things that are actually not beneficial to them. (Doing drugs might be an example. It might seem satisfactory at the moment, but ultimately, it damages their body.) A person must only do what seems to be in their best interest. Under moral egoism, no moral duty exists to anyone other than self.
For Mate to say that all addictive drug use is caused from neglect issues is not accurate because he does not account for the people who do drugs because they want to. In spite of Mate’s lack of information, his use of hard evidence, and personal anecdotes aides in validating his argument. Scientific examples are
If someone has this problem, they should look for help before its too late. Of course we cannot be lenient with cases of pedophilia due to brain irregularities as they said in Radiolab as we eventually we would deem the simplest brain abnormality a get out of jail free card. As far as probability of future crimes, I believe that is something the parole officer has to keep check on, by looking at a person’s computer, etc., since the human brain is still a mystery and no one could
This doesn’t mean athletes should be alright to use them, if they are going to allow legal enhancers their should be an extremely strict limit on the kind they can take and how much they can take. This information from (sprayflex.com). On this website there was no information on who kept it going or anything of that sort, it looks as though the site was kept up by the bodybuilders. The problem with using illegal muscle enhancers is as well obvious is it as common sense: they are illegal and dangerous. They cause horrendous, dangerous health problems, and they
Natural moral law says that we should follow the 5 primary precepts that apply to everyone and must be followed in order for a person to be deemed morally right. A Strength of absolute morality is that it provides a clear and fixed rule that removes any confusion as an action is either intrinsically good or intrinsically bad and it cannot be anything else. While this form of morality has its strengths there are also serious flaws such as by applying it too strictly could allow people to un intentionally commit evil acts because they are not required to consider the consequences of their actions. An example of where it could be used un intentionally used for evil would be if you believed that stealing was intrinsically wrong but you saw a starving child on the street but you had no money on you, an
According to him there is no escape from the weight of means and ends (Ramsay, 33). We often hear people while faced with certain difficult situations saying that the end does not justify the means but rarely have we ever thought of what that means. In reality, this means for example that one cannot result to stealing as a way of satisfying his/her needs as this would be considered immoral and punishable by law. Whatever the end is, one is not supposed to result to immoral behavior to achieve that
They sign on to be a role model for the sport, which includes following its rules. Therefore it is appropriate to have routine drug testing at all levels of athletics, including high school. Additionally, the little drug testing that does occur is no deterrent for student athletes or pros to stop using. While they know that using drugs is illegal, athletes will not stop unless there are consequences or a significant possibility of getting caught. Even though the use of some drugs may benefit the team as a whole, it is still against the rules and should be dealt with harshly.
Since every ethical system should evaluate itself as the best and only moral system, and every other system is flawed and immoral, it is assumed that moral judgements about ethical systems are meaningless. Moral Relativism rests on the belief that values are subjective. It is holds the belief that there is no objective morality, that there is no such thing as right or wrong, good or evil. Only that, moral systems are just made up and supported by the circumstances of the action. Moral Relativism cannot and does not accept the idea that an objective moral system exists.
So the question rises, why are performance enhancing drugs not legalized? Various forms of performance enhancement drugs have been utilized for centuries and yet it is still illegal for professional athletes to use these pharmaceuticals (Richard I.G. Holt 84). These drugs should remain illegal, it is an unfair advantage against other athletes constituting it as simple as cheating (Dillingham 91) and most importantly these actions have an effect not only on their bodies but also all of the sport fanatics. Dillingham states that steroids are a form of cheating creating an unfair advantage to those who take them breaking the social contract athletes have implicitly agreed to: We are going to have a fair contest (Dillingham 91).
I feel that no matter what happens there will be violence and their will be betrayers. I believe that it is impossible for this world to go on lacking violence. Each part of the world is known for different things, some places are known to have their oil, some places are known to have gold, and other scarce or rare materials. If this world lived by sharing all their materials peacefully at no cost their would not be enough goods to go around for everybody, in result to this their will be violence which would go against Plato’s wishes. Also if we were to continue to sell these materials we would also be going against Plato’s wishes.