We are all familiar with the phrase, “forgive and forget”.
I don’t believe that is a valid concept.
Why?
Because we can’t forget!
We are all familiar with the phrase, “forgive and forget”.
I don’t believe that is a valid concept.
Why?
Because we can’t forget!
What do you think of when you hear the words “moral courage”?
Webster defines “morals” as: “moral practices or teachings; modes of conduct; ethics”. [1]
“Ethics” is defined as: “the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation; a set of moral principles; a theory or system of moral values; the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group; a guiding philosophy; a set of moral issues or aspects (as rightness)”. [2]
So your morals can be defined as “what you believe about what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is bad, what your moral duties and obligations are, and how you should conduct yourself”.
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What are the implications of this concept of “the sanctity of human life”?
First, let’s look at some statistics (Source: abort73.com).
In 2002:
In America, abortion kills nearly 4,000 innocent human beings every single day.
Day after day, week after week, year after year … the carnage continues. Innocent unborn children are quietly destroyed behind sterile clinic doors. Since 1973, 40 million American babies have been aborted.
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What are the implications of this concept of “the sanctity of human life”?
If a police officer were to use deadly force and take the life of another person in the line of duty, would he or she be guilty of murder? Would he or she have violated the sanctity of human life?
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What are the implications of this concept of “the sanctity of human life”?
Is it wrong for a government to take the life of one of its citizens in punishment for crime?
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What exactly do we mean when we talk about the “sanctity of human life”? Is that even a valid concept?
Princeton University’s online WordNet dictionary defines sanctity as “the quality of being holy”. Holy is defined as “belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power”.
So the question arises, “Is human life holy?” Does human life belong to, or is it derived from or associated with, a divine power?