Human obedience to authority has taken away their freedom to decide what right and wrong. This is when being obedient is more important than their own values and they would obey orders even though they know the devastation or the affliction of pain and suffering it will cause on others. Most of their values and acts of morality come from their religion. If the experiment was actually happening, the conservative conductors would have killed innocent people just for following their
Humans’ personalities and way of life is greatly influenced by our moral convictions so to have discussion about how humans should live together without taking into consideration what shapes us, is not only a mistake, but it is impossible. Sandel is thus claiming that what current democracy is attempting to do is impossible and causes a paradox which creates unrest within the people. He suggests this is fixed by encouraging open deliberation as a part of the political process. What causes this deliberation to be open is that there is discussion about
He said, in Summa Theologica, "Whatever man desires, he desires it under the aspect of good." Fulfilling our purpose is the only ‘good’ for humans. Natural law also implies precepts which should be followed but can also be expanded upon with secondary precepts, the primary being preserving life, having a well ordered society, producing offspring and learning about God, now these primary precepts may be expanded upon as long as they are not disobeyed. Aquinas argued that the self should be maintained. As a result, Natural Law supports certain virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance) that allow the self to fulfil its purpose.
Functionalist sociologists believ in the notion that religion “generates an agreed set of values, which operates in such a way as to hold society together”, however, to what extent is this a reality? Functionalist sociologist Emile Durkeim saw religion as providing the ‘social cement’ necessary if society was to survive. According to Durkeim It creates stablility, identity and a collective conscience. When indiviudals share in the same religious rituals, Durkeim belives it creates a unity in the social group between the people who share these same beliefs. Durkeim also believes this offers indivudlas an identity that is tied into that of the social group.
Using material from Item A and elsewhere, assess the functionalist view that religion benefits both society as a whole and it’s individual members. (18) Functionalists believe that religion is an essential part of society, helping to create a value consensus amongst individuals and therefore helping to establish order and solidarity within society as a whole. Durkheim believes religious rituals reinforce a collective consciousness maintaining social integration which would otherwise fail to exist. Marxists and Feminists however argue that religion acts as a means of oppression, legitimising subordination and inequality within society and creating a false consciousness in order to maintain a division between different groups. Durkheim believes one of the key features of religion is the distinction it gives between the profane and sacred.
George Washington’s political genius is shown outright by his views and actions leading up to, and throughout, his presidency. He was among those who recognized the problems with the Articles of Confederation. Washington was able to discern that United States’ economic disaster and rebellious conflicts were clear signs that some change must be made. His political participation was the channel through which the strength of his character was conveyed. In a leadership position where he could have so easily become corrupt Washington did his best to remain constitutional.
A form would allow us as humans to know that there is some sort of universal truth, and that through reason we should be able to come close to finding out what it is and maybe even find out what it is. We can not have knowledge about the god’s, we can however through deep thought and reasoning Socrates tells us get a better understanding for the good life and how to live and this in return should shed more light and clarity on the god/s. “what is dear to the gods is pious, what is not is impious”-Euthyphro(p.8) Euthyphro is saying here that he thinks god grounds the moral, but this can not be true according to Socrates . “The same things then are loved by the gods and hated by the gods, then would be both god-loved and god-hated.....and then same things would be both pious and impious, according to this argument.”-Socrates (p.9) When we look at multiple gods it is easy to see how they could not ground the moral for each god may agree and disagree to different piety and impiety which would not allow them to ground the moral because they would all have different views of what was good and bad. With god/s grounding the moral the foundation of the moral becomes arbitrary because it would only be good because god says its so.
As Thoreau (1849) indicates “That government is best which governs not at all” he goes on to argue that it is not possible to change what is wrong within the government and feels that voting really has little or no impact on making change capable. In fact, when a government is unjust he feels that Americans should resort to non-conformity by standing together and refusing to follow laws put in place by the government until which time a suitable resolution is found. We are often placed in situations where we do not always see eye to eye with another person, but it is still our moral duty to do what is right and to have respect for
Assess the view that fundamentalist religious groups are promoting positive social change. Most religions have traditional conservative beliefs about moral issues and many of them oppose changes that would allow individuals more freedom in personal and sexual matters. Religion functions to conserve or preserve things as they are and maintain the status quo. The view on religion held by functionalists, Marxist and feminist even though they see their roles in religion differently they all agree that it provides social stability. Functionalists pay particular attention to the way in which religion serves the needs of both individuals and society overall.
Both allow freedom of religion and promote due process of the law, giving a person accused of a crime a jury of one’s peers if there is a reliable witness. They also say that justice cannot be delayed or refused. These rights are the rights that lay out the basics for our democratic system of government. Another reason why I am convinced that the Constitution was greatly influenced by the Magna Carta is the conditions on which it was written in. In both instances, the authors of these documents were very unhappy with the current King of England, and the writers of the Constitution were scholars.