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A 10 page paper discussing concepts of right and wrong as discussed by one highly conservative author (Budziszewski), one midrange author (Leiser) and one highly liberal author (Punzo). The paper rejects, as does Budziszewski, the concept of relativism while acknowledging that individuals will see situations and influences very differently. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSphiloMoral.rtf
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There is a story frequently told in journalism classes and other such venues. The central character is a frog, and the story describes the best way to cook a
live frog. That one who would cook the frog cannot merely drop him into a pot of boiling water; he will jump right out again right away.
If, however, the would-be cooker will place the frog in a pot of room-temperature water and then gradually increase the heat, the frog will accept
the gradual changes without complaint. He will remain in the pot as the cooker desires, if he has any realization of what is happening to him it always comes
too late. By the time the frog can realize that the water has become very hot, he is unable to remove himself from it and so cooks himself.
The story is used as an exhortation to remain true to principle and conscience. That individual who can recognize that the temperature of
the water is rising is that one who will not be overcome by it. In matters of conscience and morality, the individual must remain intensely aware of what goes
on around him and within his community regardless of what that community might be. The Revenge of Conscience
Budziszewski (year) makes several observations on morality and conscience. He notes first the usual explanation of declining moral standards, that which involves neglect of conscience.
"Once a wrong is done, the next wrong comes more easily" (Budziszewski 21). The rationale is that once one wrong is done, then it becomes more difficult to justify
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