Articles related to "Immoral"

The morality we've striven for since the 1960's has failed us.

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger was the most frequently banned book between 1966 and 1975 because it violated the social morals and standards of the time.

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer hired a prostitute from New York to meet him in Washington, D.C. He may have violated a 1910 law protecting women from "immoral purposes."

The term "poetic justice" was originally applied to the consequences of actions by literary characters where ultimately the author must ensure justice and equilibrium.

Actions come from bodily movements while our thoughts arise from our brain. Morality is based on actions and thoughts, thus morality has a physical basis.

Did this lewd scribe take his dead mum's dentures, switching them for props in his black comedy Entertaining Mr.Sloane? Joe Orton: the playwright who "got away with it".

An analysis of Annette Bening's characterization of the Marquise de Merteuil and her relationship with the characters of Valmont, Cecile and Danceny.

Gregory House is the most self-centered man of prime time. So how does his conscience contend with this act of societal immorality?

A recent article argued that Native American tribes are reclaiming a large percentage of museum collections in the US. Is NAGPRA really emptying U.S. museums out?

An overwhelming sense of despair was the prime motivation for Niccolo Machiavelli in writing The Prince as he was despairing about the present and the future of Italy.

A Vermont legislator last week said he wanted to vote for same sex marriage but his religion wouldn't let him. Is this a case of double standards?

Organizational culture, unless bound by an aggressive ethics program, can breed employee immorality.

The ne'er-do-well "Hod Putt" finds solace in the notion that finally in death he has achieved a measure of equality with a man who was actually successful in life.

Robert Ingersoll was a master of political oratory and an opponent of slavery, women's subjugation, and religion.

Apropos of Valentine's Day, a federal appeals court has struck down Texas' law against sex toys, using the landmark privacy case Lawrence v. Texas as a precedent.

The dream of finding fortune, fame and true love is something that almost all Americans strive for. The American cult classic, The Great Gatsby, this is no exception.

Where do Atheists get their ethics? Is humanism an Atheistic philosophy? How does morality function without faith and religion?

Kant's moral theory is complex. At its heart, however, is a single principle: the logically derived categorical imperative.

In his youth Niccolo Machiavelli had been a very promising scholar, indeed he was a fine example of a Renaissance man if there ever was one.

In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the themes of knowledge and ignorance weave their way through the plot.

Mill believed that the most ethical action was that which brought the most people the greatest amount of happiness.

Errol Morris' documentary, The Fog of War, looks critically at the Vietnam War with former Secretary of Defense McNamara reflecting on past war strategies and decisions.

A general myth of the Left-Hand Path philosophy is that it is "Satanic" and that those who adhere to it are evil in nature.

The air is filled with flying bullets and the desert's thick with racing riders in this compelling moral drama starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale.

In the mid-1850s, a political group called the Know-Nothings was very influential in America. It was believed that Abraham Lincoln sympathized with this party.

Chapter 1 of "Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs" describes the ecclesiastical view of sexuality.

President Obama has said he does not like the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy." Service people affected by the policy are taking their case right to the top.

George Galloway is a Member of Parliament in Great Britain. He is as known for his peace activism as for his politics --- in fact, the two are deeply connected.

Are morals relative and where would you draw the line?

A brief insight of Mary Wollstonecraft as an original 18th century woman great thinker of her time.

Judd Apatow's film Knocked Up is another attempt to try and lighten societys outlook on sexuality. The result? A poorly written film with mediocore acting.

Too many students now feel they have no moral obligation to be honest regarding their work.

If you want to persuade your readers into adopting your point of view, you will have to sound very convincing. How can you do that? Read below.

Doubt is a gripping film adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's play about a priest accused of having an improper relationship with a Catholic school student.

The fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has called for a new sense of "universal responsibility," moving individual consciousness away from self and toward others.

A recent article in the New York Times cited the statistic that 1 in 7 people released from Guantanamo Bay returned to terrorism. The article didn't look at the other 6.

The issue of capital punishment in the United States has caused controversy around the world for a long time. But what are the two arguments on the death penalty?

Edmund Spenser's sonnets offer a variant of the English sonnet, differing in rime scheme, but similarly featuring three quatrains and a couplet.

There is much debate at the moment over whether a third runway at Heathrow Airport is a good idea or not. But what are the advantages and disadvantages of the plan?

Thomas Hardy's father made him become an apprentice architect when he turned 18 in 1858, and at that stage there was little sign that he would become a prolific author.

Fox TV's 24 is one of the most acclaimed and popular series in recent TV history, but this season should be its last.

Ideas about OCD, a serious mental illness, have evolved from ancient notions of melancholia and possession through to Freud's psychoanalysis and modern neurochemistry.

Valentine's Day is all about love, but its past includes imprisonment, defiance, war and execution.

Abigail Adams' values regarding domesticity, women's rights, slavery and politics were shaped by society but changed to leave her revolutionary ideals incomplete.

America is having an economic meltdown. This is the largest since the depression. The sub-prime mortgage lending rate, though, was not the only risk factor involved.

The Marquis De Sade: Infamous, pornographic... revolutionary. Angela Carter redefined the works of the philosopher the Marquis De Sade in her book 'The Sadeian Woman.'

On Friday, 7th September 1888, Annie Chapman became the second victim of Jack the Ripper. Who was she? Readers may find some details and pictures distressng.

Horoscopes are very popular and are read by millions daily. But is reading the horoscopes something that Christians should be doing?

Determining the difference between erotica and pornography is simple if one bases the definitions on what each type of writing seeks to accomplish.

Barry Bonds has set some remarkable records. What is notable is not the fact that he set them, but that he broke the old marks by such a wide margin.