Megan’s Talk 7-13 Obedience I am going to start out with a scripture from D&C 93:24, 26-28. It says, “The spirit of truth is of God, and no man can receiveth the fullness unless he keepeth his commandments. He that keepeth God’s commandments recieveth truth and light, until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things.” Our Heavenly father has given us the commandments to guide us and to protect us. Being obedient is doing God’s will. He knows what is best for us and he doesn’t want us to get hurt, so obeying His commandments will save us a lot of grief in the long run.
Godly wisdom can only be held by God himself, but we can strive to educate ourselves as much as possible, thus reducing mistakes, misunderstandings, etc. that cause our followers grief. Another character trait of a great leader is complete honesty. Nothing hidden because there is no reason to hide anything. Complete openess is needed.
The ninth commandment; thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s wife is saying that you should not think impure thoughts and desires opposing to chastity. The simplest thought of impure things is not always sinful but it can be dangerous. The tenth and final commandment is; thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s goods which means that you shouldn’t take things unjustly from your neighbors. It also means that you should not envy them
In Jesus teachings, he never told Christians to do all those negative actions however, it is said to be a misunderstanding. According to Mathew 5, it says, ‘Do not resist an evildoer ’. This verse has been traditionally interpreted to mean that one should be non resistant to evil. In contract with Jesus, he resisted evil in every way he could. On the other hand, the gospel teaches about being non resistance, and therefore,Christians should not practice self defense.
Franklin does not believe human beings could possibly be evil because he does not believe evil could exist with an all powerful, good, and wise God. Franklin says in his pamphlet that “because He is good; therefore Evil doth not exist.” (Franklin.26). If evil actions do not exist then neither does good, making all actions simply natural activities undertaken by all humans. Since all humans exhibit the same innate characteristics that cannot be considered good or evil, they have no grounds to judge each other upon. Franklin did not agree with the way Puritans often
Working towards our moral sensibilities will reflect the fact that there is no distinction between dutiful acts and supererogatory acts. Supererogatory acts are something that is nice to do for others yet we are not obligated to do
Ayn Rand Belief in Today’s society. Ayn Rand's belief of those human relationships should exist without sacrifice. Every man is responsible for his own survival, and it is morally wrong to sacrifice yourself for someone unimportant to you, and equally immoral to expect someone else's sacrifice for your sake. Ayn Rand’s belief doesn't eliminate charity, just shouldn't bring harm to you in order to help someone. Of course, you could deleteriously affect your own welfare to help someone, but it might not be a sacrifice depending on the circumstances.
MODERATION, Avoid extreams; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve. CLEANLINESS, Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation. TRANQUILLITY, Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable. CHASTITY. HUMILITY, Imitate Jesus and
In 1865, the white men wanted to open a road in the Powder River country, and none of the Indians were pleased with this because of how much land was already taken from them (Pg. 124 Brown). “..Our women and children will starve, but for my part I prefer to die fighting than by starvation,” (Pg. 130, Brown), Red Cloud said this at a peace conference, although Red Cloud wanted peace he cared for his people more and didn’t want them to starve so he took a stand against the white men. All through the summer of 1866 Red Cloud’s ally White Chief was involved in a relentless guerrilla war fare.
This essay addresses the question of morality regarding meat eating; specifically, if it is morally acceptable to kill animals for food even if the process leading up to the death is painless and if the death itself is painless. In addressing this question I will first discuss the utilitarian theory regarding pain and suffering accorded to animals killed for food as well as the premise of the rights theory in answering this question. Thereafter, I will discuss why, despite considering interests of pain and suffering, and trying to find the most beneficial solution for all beings, the utilitarian theory fails to consider the being to which these interests belong. It is for this reason that the rights theory is more plausible as it considers the inherent value that animals possess through mere existence. The question of why animals have an inherent value will be exhaustively discussed.