The Birth of Human Ethics and Death of The Physical Body
Living our life is about being happy, but often we misunderstand the meaning of happiness. In understanding the nature of living well and happiness philosophical systems, such as Confucianism and Epicureanism, can play important roles to explain the notion of happiness. Confucianism embraces ethical principles and behaviors in making one’s life organized within a collective society to attain happiness. On the other hand, Epicureanism expresses the ideas behind death that often becomes the barrier to our happiness. Epicureans also suggest possible mechanisms in understanding the truth of death that help people gain happiness in life. Both systems coincide in excluding the negative issues that create a gap in achieving happiness while promoting the idea of living well. However, both systems suggest that education and overcoming the fear of death are necessary in obtaining happiness and living well.
In the Confucianism system, teachings are wholly based on righteousness and ethics. Confucius suggests that righteousness should be spontaneous within our character rather than being a forced objective. We must act autonomously. One of the most important aspects of ancient Chinese Confucianism is a sense of duty and responsibility that can lead to greater happiness. The ideal behaviors, manners, and interests of the heart should be major agents in living our lives. These characteristics can be applied when worshipping ancestors. Confucius says, “Sacrifice as if [they were] present,” which means when sacrificing to the spirits you should comport yourself as if the spirits were present. The Confucius said. “If I am not fully present at the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice...
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... ideas can help people to grow intellectually, and to develop a mature character over the period of one’s lifetime.
Thus both Confucianism and Epicureanism suggest ways of living well. Our lives are full of struggles. Despite the ups and downs within our lives, we must be able to follow the right ways in shaping our lives and building a strong mental status that would help us enjoying the life. The main agent that would shape our lives toward a more pleasant life is our dedication toward learning about our surroundings, building ethical values, and also understanding that death is not a source of fear, but it should be the mediator in making our life more enjoyable by removing the fear. Thus the ideologies of Confucianism and Epicureanism suggest possible means in shaping our lives with moral ethics and fearless of death and provide valuable ideas on living well.
Abortion is one of the most controversial issues today. It has become a question of not only ethics, but morals. In the 1973 case of Roe v Wade the Supreme Court ruled that a woman has the right to terminate a pregnancy by abortion within the first six months of the pregnancy. However, conservative Presidents have changed the legislation enough to allow states to restrict abortion in various ways (Practical Ethics, Peter Singer). In the following paper, I will summarize the views on abortion of Pope John
According to our lecture, the idea of our life is nothing but suffering comes from one of the four noble truth - Pali Dukkha - “This is dukkha: birth is painful, aging is painful, sickness is painful, death is painful, encountering what is not dear is painful, separation from what is dear is painful, not getting what one wants is painful. This psycho-physical condition is painful.” (Mv.I) said by Gotama, these painful things causing us to suffer. Those suffering are not our subjective experiences but
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In this article Olson and Pellisier discuss how artificial wombs will change human reproduction. The authors believe that over time the concept of an egg, an artificial womb, will be used for human reproduction, rather than incubation of fetus within a woman’s body. This process is called ectogenesis, which is “the development of artificial wombs that can sustain fetuses to term without the need for women's bodies.” (Smajdor, 2007) This article discusses the concept of an artificial womb, the health
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Tuskegee Syphilis Study has impacted society along with individuals related to the study for over 85 years. The study caused a severe breaking of medical ethics, impacted the personal health of African Americans and their families related to the study, and created a stigma among African American people regarding medical care. A multitude of medical ethics were broken during the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, including lack of informed consent, withholding treatment, and deception. According to the Center for