Explain how a Hindu marriage service might guide a couple in their married life?
Explain how a Hindu marriage service might guide a couple in their married life? Most Hindus believe that marriage is an important duty for men and women. In the Hindu Society, a marriage does not just join together, but they bring two extended families. Most Hindu weddings take place at a time carefully chosen. There are many preparations before the wedding, such as cooking food, hosting parties for bride and grooms. Some traditional Hindu weddings takes place in the home of the bride, but modern Hindu weddings are often take place in hired halls so that enough guests can be accommodated, and a small altar is set up in the middle. The bride and her families wait in the hall to welcome the groom and his families. The priest and the two families will say the blessings and they join the couple's hands. The priest lights a sacred fire in honour of the god Agni, and recites the mantras, in the holy language of Sanskrit, the groom repeats the mantras which asks for marriage to be blessed with children. The couple exchanges garlands as a gesture of acceptance of one another and a pledge to respect one another as partners. The groom applies a small dot of powdered red lead, to the bride's forehead and welcomes her as his partner for life. The end of the bride's sari is tied to her new husband's scarf, this symbolises that they are joined together. Traditionally, the bride places
"Medical research in the U.K. is being suffocated by excessive governance and ethical review".
Integrative Assignment 1 Candidate: 13027 Community Health Sciences BMedSci Hand in Date: 09/01/2006 Word Count: 2,982 "Medical research in the U.K. is being suffocated by excessive governance and ethical review" (Guidance for BMedSci Students, Tutors and Examiners Booklet 2005; 5) Contents: Page . History of UK's Research Ethics 2 2. The "Warner Report" 4 3. Digestion of The "Warner Report" 5 4. What happens now? 6 5. The Separation of Scientific Review 9 6. Community Considerations 10 7. Personal Conclusions 10 "Medical research in the U.K. is being suffocated by excessive governance and ethical review" This report will explore and focus on the recent overhaul and complete reform of the face of research ethics in the UK (United Kingdom).1 Researchers and research ethic committees have been waiting for these changes for a considerable amount of time but will they increase quality of research or the quantity of it. This report also will try to examine whether the new changed aid in the safety and dignity of participants or hinder these in favour of interesting research protocols. History of UK's Research Ethics The first signs of a "centralised" research governance system of ethics occurred in 1991. These were however set up as local
Compare and contrast Plato and Aristotle on the acquisition of ethical understanding.
Compare and contrast Plato and Aristotle on the acquisition of ethical understanding. It is almost impossible to have a universal definition of what ethics is, the only way to really observe it is in practise; how does ethics shape our lives and how is it acquired? Ethics applies to both us and the people around us and so is both politically important and important to the individual. Plato and Aristotle had contrasting opinions on both what ethics is, how it is useful and who can obtain it. I have chosen to focus on justice when considering the acquisition of ethics as I think that the two philosophers treat justice in increasingly different ways and that its relation to ethics as a subject allows an easier definition of ethics itself and the acquisition of it. Plato founded his Academy in Athens in 387 BC. It was an institution devoted to research and instruction in philosophy and the sciences and Plato taught there until his death in 347 BC. Plato had been disappointed for a long time over the way that politics was used as a instrument to gain power through corrupt means, rather than an education both for the politician themselves and for the people. To remedy this he believed that the men he taught would become statesmen, having had the moral education necessary to improve the political leadership in Greece. It was through his disillusionment with his own country's
Ethics Coursework
"An acceptance of voluntary euthanasia is incompatible with Christian belief in the sanctity of life but not with the attitude of some ethical philosophers or some medical practitioners." Discuss. In the year of 1989, Anthony Bland, a seventeen year old football player received severe head injuries from being crushed in a crowd at his team's stadium1. Parts of his brain were starved of oxygen and therefore he became unconscious although not brain dead. Unlike other cases similar to his own, a respirator was not needed so doctors decided that it would be better if he carried on living, even though he had effectively lost all his dignity. In 1993, courts eventually decided that there was no point carrying on his life through medical help, but only put this across as their own decision. Euthanasia derives from the Greek meaning 'good death' and is the practice of ending a persons suffering from a terminal illness. Although there have been many advances in medicine which help to delay a fast approaching death, many people see euthanasia as being the only option they can take in order to maintain their dignity from the disease. In this way, Euthanasia is a controversial and emotional subject which affects huge numbers of families who have a terminally ill relation. Even though many can clearly see why people would take this way out of pain, there are many groups of people who
With reference to abortion, examine and comment on the view that the sanctity of life should be regarded as a moral absolute
With reference to abortion, examine and comment on the view that the sanctity of life should be regarded as a moral absolute .In 54 countries (61% of the world population) abortions are legal. .In 97 countries (39% of the world population) abortions are illegal. .There are approximately 46 million abortions conducted each year, 20 million of them obtained illegally. .There are approximately 126,000 abortions conducted each day. Abortion is the premature expulsion of the foetus from the womb. This is when a mother chooses to terminate a pregnancy and kill the developing baby when it is in her womb. This creates moral dilemmas which have been the centre of acute controversy for many years. There are basically two sides to the argument; pro-choice, and pro-life. The first promotes the freedom of choice by the women; the latter promotes the un-mitigating view to protecting any unborn innocent life. These views can be dispute, what cannot be disputed is the confliction abortion creates with the moral view to the Sanctity of Life. According to the Anglican Church, abortion is, in itself, wrong, but there are a very few circumstances in which it can be considered "morally preferable to any available alternatives" so, sometimes abortion could be considered the best thing to do. Whether it is in the interests of the mother, or the interests of the unborn child. According to
Discuss whether moral judgments are subjective or objective
Discuss whether moral judgments are subjective or objective The moral philosophical branch; metaethics concentrates on the discussion of the definitive meaning, of a moral term. Is it possible for a moral judgment to be indisputably classified as either, 'good' or 'bad'? Metaethics also focuses on whether these moral judgments can be justified, and the various approaches that have been formulated to act as this solid and undoubted rationalization. The acknowledged translation of Metaethics is applied ethics - philosophers who study this area have attempted to devise theories that will adequately justify the condemnation of certain acts such as; murder, theft and rape, as wrong and, the subjection of the deviant to punishments believed necessary by the conforming norm. Moral judgments are, judgments, which have a truth-value. The preposition can be interpreted as either 'good' or 'bad', and thus - due to the various forms of morality adopted by humans worldwide - a difference of opinion will arise. If a sociologist was to suggest that 'the eating of children under the age of 4 months is justified', some beings would believe that this was true, that to be a carnivore is correct and justified. However others may be believe that such an act is morally wrong and thus condemn it. Moreover it can be seen that it's these types of statements
Christian Aid - A Charity Helping Poverty
Christian Aid In order for organisation to be successful and to achieve their aims to its best a lot of money is needed. This money comes from many fund raisings, such as the Christian aid week. Christian aid week has been known as a nation wide charity event that takes place in May each year, since 1957. The towns are divided up the leader churches, and each house in the selected areas is presented with a Christian aid charity envelope for a week and by the end of the week they are collected back in. These envelopes contain a short story and information leaflet explaining what and where that particular fund is going to be used on. Fund raisings from the year 2000 to 2001 had 22% out £53,143,000 was raised by the Christian aid week. The rest of the 78% was raised up by other incomes such as the general donations (which also provided 22%); legacies (12%), government and other grants(27%), emergency appeals(11%), denominational appeals(2%), and remaining 4% come from other incomes. Many of the extra fund raising events are taken place throughout the year by churches and individuals supporting events like sponsor walks and jumble sales etc. Furthermore, Christian aid has created their own website for people to give donation online, also providing people with latest disaster news, charity events and other information. Christian aid supplies help in two major ways,
Problems with Utilitarian and Kantian Ethics.
Problems with Utilitarian and Kantian Ethics. The issue in question is one with regards to morality, the problem of answering such questions as how does one live the good life? What is the good? How does one determine which actions are right and which actions are wrong? It is interesting from the get go that humans seek to answer these questions, one could assume that our own intuition could answer these questions for us, or turn to the respective religions that are overflowing with rules of morality and life laws. Nevertheless, throughout history theorists and philosophers alike have attempted to answer these questions through analysis and occasionally under the influence of their particular religions as well. Today we study a range of philosophies from Plato to Peter Singer, and in most cases we find that the moment a theory seems to be adaptable and just to our own lives, a flaw surfaces and is usually followed by many more which make us question our faith in such a theory initially. Kantian ethics and utilitarianism do just that. The biggest debate in ethics today seems to be between Kant's categorical imperative and the utilitarian's greatest happiness principle. To realistically examine these theories we must recognize that there are significant problems with both ideas, which lead us back to the questions we started with. It is apparent however, that alternatives
Explain how Aristotle and Alasdair Macintyre applied Virtue Theory to moral decision making?
Explain how Aristotle and Alasdair Macintyre applied Virtue Theory to moral decision making? Virtues are the essence of the human spirit and the content of our character. Virtue theory enhances this. Virtue theory focuses on the importance of the person, and the development of that person's character, rather than the actions of the individual and the consequences of his or her actions. Becoming virtuous requires practice. With enough practice the individual will begin to cultivate the virtues simply through habit, and as such become virtuous, which then benefits society. Aristotle and Macintyre both apply virtue theory to moral decision making. Both philosophers have different views of virtue ethics; however their arguments are both formed around the basic concepts of virtue theory. Virtue theory is linked to moral decision making by Aristotle and Macintyre. Virtues are human qualities and express what type of character we have, and moral decision making can affect the character that we are developing, whether we do the right or wrong thing is various situations. Aristotle's views on virtue theory are all led back to the highest good; Eudaimonia. To understand its role in virtue ethics we look to Aristotle's function argument. Aristotle recognizes that actions are not pointless because they have an aim. Every action aims at some good. Furthermore, some things are
Religion Speech IVF
Religion Speech IVF Good morning/afternoon. The ethical issue I will be discussing is IVF, in relation to the Christian religions Catholic and Anglican. IVF is used in cases of infertility -where the woman's fallopian tubes are absent or blocked, the men's sperm count is low, or the couple's infertility is unexplained. It is an assisted reproductive technology in which one or more eggs are fertilized outside a female's body. To do this, eggs are collected from the ovaries and placed in a dish with a large number of sperm for approx. 18 hours. The eggs are then placed in a special growth medium which allows fertilization to occur. Afterwards the embryo is either transferred back into the woman's uterus or frozen and stored for later use. IVF has been a source of moral, ethical and religious controversy since its development. Although members of all religious groups can be found on both sides of the issue, the major opposition has come from the Roman Catholic Church. In 1987, the church issued a doctrinal statement opposing IVF on 3 grounds; the destruction of human embryos not used for implantation, the possibility of IVF by a sperm donor other than the husband-thus removing reproduction form the marital context, and finally the severing of an essential connection between the nuptial act and procreation. The use of IVF is said to violate the delicate innocence of those