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by John
J. McCall
Reflective Paper
We make decisions by accessing our conscience, which is where
intellect meets the humanity in us. Usually when we feel an action is
right, enthusiasm and influence are good. When we feel an action is
not right, the effect is professed to be bad. There are moral theories
that explain the way things are and theories explaining the way things
should be, however, people and their philosophies are so different that
no common moral groundwork can be recognized; everyone is correct.
Not only is everybody correct, but also no one has a right to disapprove
other peoples views or enforce their own views upon them.
Moral Theory attempts to understand nature. The basic Golden
Rule is do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This
statement is the basic moral principle that is the grounds of a more
specific moral attitude and judgment. The central theme that echoed
through out this paper was the concept of morality that aims at
controlling and directing human behavior and leads to human well
being. Our own moral intentions are said to spring from the state of
the soul. Our valuation of the net effect of our performance on other
lives originates from the state of the mind. Distinctive ethical choices
are, therefore, always subjective and individual as they can only be
made within the constraints of what is identified. But because what is
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