The main reason Lawrence Cunningham and John Kelsay use a phenomenological view point towards religion is for a better understanding. A better understand on a number of aspects for multiple different religions. The phenomenological approach helps them accomplish this by letting them look at religion in an un-bias way and be totally accepting of that religion’s traditions and ideas of sacred. They state in the text, “At its simplest, a phenomenological approach leads to an effort to understand religious thought and behavior from the point of view of the religious person.”, (Cunningham and Kelsay 4) this means that if that person says that a certain book or object is sacred we take them at their word that that book or object is sacred. Phenomenology is also geared towards creating a framework for understanding religious traditions.
I believe people expect me, a single mother, to be poor and lazy. They probably think I am raising my child off government help. People may look down at me for having a child out of wedlock or think I have bad judgment for choosing to be a single mother. According to former Republican Vice President Dan Quayle, if a woman chooses to raise a child alone, she is “immoral and irresponsible” (Jones, Para. 10).
I think you're pointing out an inconsistency in this discussion that is very valid. I agree entirely and this is why I do not hold that abortion should be allowed in those cases. This really demonstrates how important the question of the human rights of the child is because it compels us to certain conclusions. It removes from us the liberty of making ad hoc decisions based on our emotions. We must approach this in a disciplined way as a transcendent human rights issue.
With respect to her children, she felt they were more of a hindrance to her fulfillment of material wealth. It is evident in how she felt “they had been thrust upon her” which signifies that they were more of an inconvenience than anything else. Through these portrayals we learn how greed for money leads to loss of love for others. Her greed hardened her heart and she became incapable of loving anything other than her desire for money. This insatiable appetite for more money is further confirmed when she receives a letter about an inheritance and how she would receive payment on her birthday each year for five years.
Instead of graciously accepting whatever she could get, Phoenix coldly reminds the lady that “five pennies is a nickel” (Welty, 649). Anyone who was just a sad, poor little old lady concerned only with the health of her sick grandchild would graciously accept whatever she could get and then be on her way back. Phoenix, however, doesn’t do this. In fact, it is almost scary how quickly she snaps out of a remorseful trance while she remembers her grandson to this blunt and almost rude state, only to quickly regress back to grandmother of the year, but, again, it is all an act to get what she’s really after. Many people say that the title is one of the most important parts of a story.
This is not an isolated situation, but a constant and recognizably unchanging event that was part of life for a black person during the 1950's. This kind of racism became such a common occurrence that soon the victims began to believe that the insults were true. Geraldine's family is an example of such hatred, as she shapes her life, family, and son to reject their heritage; the color of their skin and accept inferiority. Geraldine molds her son's views by telling him only to play with "White kids; his mother did not like him to play with niggers. She had explained to him the difference between colored people and niggers.
No matter what the circumstances surrounding conception an innocent life was created. It is the parent’s responsibility to protect the child. Pro Choice may never get the full support its supporters would like due to cultures and religious beliefs. Pro Choice is available to not pass judgment but to be a shoulder to lean on when there is no other. It is an option that provides quality care, privacy and responsibility for
I believe that ethical conduct appeals to “conscience”. In judging whether a person’s actions are ethical, I look to the intent behind his actions, rather than focusing on results. In other words, to consider ethical I believe that we must choose how we act and what rules we are willing to follow. From my perspective, ethical principles must be (a) appropriate under any circumstances; (b) respectable of human dignity; (c) committed to promoting individual freedom and autonomy. I do not consider human beings treated as “means” to the accomplishment of some defined “end”.
However what had formerly been viewed as a charity program aimed at helping helpless mothers, and females, was now being seen as a waste of time and money. America’s increasing economic problem caused great resentment toward welfare programs and to their recipients. White middle class America did not like the ideas of their tax money going to support other, especially when many of the white middle class had full time jobs. Nationalized reports of welfare fraud were all it took to convince the middle class that all welfare recipients were lying and cheating the system. Americans who felt overtaxed had something to blame it on now the more they resented welfare the worse the stereotype became, soon they were all drug users, who never intended to work just live off welfare, and the only reason that their children were starving is that they were spending the money on other things.
Abortion is wrong because it ends a human life, causes emotional and sometimes physical harm to the mother, and is contributing to the economic crisis. Many people think that an unborn baby is just a useless clump of cells or just tissue, which can be thrown away with the trash. This is not true. A human being is alive from the moment of their conception. Babies are little humans as well.