Ethics Essay | Essay

Linda Pastan
This student essay consists of approximately 15 pages of analysis of Compare and Contrast 7 of the Main Ethical Principles.

Ethics Essay | Essay

Linda Pastan
This student essay consists of approximately 15 pages of analysis of Compare and Contrast 7 of the Main Ethical Principles.
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Compare and Contrast 7 of the Main Ethical Principles

Summary: Despite the implementation of a certain code of conduct and belief system into most individual's everyday lives, the concept of ethics or moral philosophy remains a hazy area, left to be tackled by philosophers and exceptional theorists. The assessment of major ethical systems over the course of the semester has forced me to reevaluate the fundamentals of my own moral philosophy and reconsider the role of ethics as a more average field of thought than I had once considered.
Despite the implementation of a certain code of conduct and belief system into most individual's everyday lives, the concept of ethics or moral philosophy remains a hazy area, left to be tackled by philosophers and exceptional theorists. The assessment of major ethical systems over the course of the semester has forced me to reevaluate the fundamentals of my own moral philosophy and reconsider the role of ethics as a more average field of thought than I had once considered. Included in the major ethical systems examined throughout the course were: Cultural Relativism, Religious Ethics, Ethical Egoism, Utilitarianism, Kant's Moral Absolutism, Social Contract, and Ethics of Virtue. The explication of these very different systems and their pillars can be a sound basis for analyzing one's personal moral philosophy.

In the 4th century BC the Greek sophist Protagoras, living in the midst of a period of Greek historical turmoil, turned...

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