Essay Archive - How Can We Tell What Is Good Or Bad?
How Can We Tell What Is Good Or Bad?
To tell what is good or bad, a person needs to consider what he or she
considers to be morally sound and immoral. A persons morals are taught by their
parents and from the society from which they are raised.
Society is not worried about what is good or bad, but how to obtain
money and power. Money and power can dilute the values of what people judge
morally right. While the moral way of living would be to work a normal forty
hour week to earn income, the easy and immoral way is to lie and cheat in their
occupation to obtain promotions and benefits. Aristotle said,
Eve....
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