Claim: An action is morally correct if the amount of good that results from the action is greater than the amount of bad that results from the action.
Reason: When assessing the morality of an action, the results of the action are more important than the intent of the person or people performing the action.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim AND the reason on which that claim is based.
'Impact is more important than intent.' When making decisions, it is necessary to think about the possible impact of each choice. Morally, we may be led to an option which is not beneficial to the welfare of others, and that of ourselves. In my opinion, I mostly agree with the prompt's claim, albeit only to a certain extent. There is some room for nuance, and this must be explored in more detail. There are two main aspects of this issue to consider.
First, when an action is done, the intent does not always come across; the impact, however, always does. Intent deals with a person's internal feelings and reservations about a decision, and may be linked to several factors. It is possible that the intent is in the right place, and that the impact has not been taken into account at all. Take the example of elections: Citizens of democracies around the world take part in the collective decision-making process that is vital to the progress of their nations. If citizens vote for candidates who agree with them only on a few core morals, it may not be an ideal scenario for such a candidate to win, atleast from the citizens' point of view. Rather than voting on the basis of a candidate's intentions, it would be more rational of citizens to vote based on their potential societal impact. Candidates' good intentions are not always linked to their real impact, which is why such a decision requires thought and logic. The 'moral correctness' of voting for someone would, hence, be linked to their potential positive and negative impact, rather than intentions.
Second, it is vital to responsibly quantify the 'good' and 'bad' results of an action. The previous point dealt with the stated reason, but when it comes to the the claim itself, it is important to address how good and bad results are weighed. Take, for example, the country of El Salvador: After their 2020 presidential elections, the new president enacted several laws with the intention of restricting mafia activity and other nefarious organizations in the country. While this intent is good in itself, and the potential benefits of these laws is enormous, the enactment of these laws led to mass incarceration, and large-scale arrests of even people who were suspected of being associated with problematic groups. The real impact of this decision was a sharp increase in the number of prisoners, and the pain caused to their families. The president's morals related to these actions have been a matter of debate, but in my opinion, pushing people into the criminal system without enough proof simply exacerbates the country's problems. More rehabilitative approaches should be taken to approach the problem, in a manner that does not obscure possible societal impact.
In conclusion, I mostly agree with the claim and its stated reason. There may be scenarios where one may argue that one negative could outweigh an endless list of positives, but such arguments fail to adequately quantify or qualify the aspects of the issue; it is likely the case that the 'one' negative is, in fact, one that affects millions of families, and hence roughly amounts to millions of negatives. Thus, impact is a more important factor to be considered in decisions, as compared to intent.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 124, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a person' or simply 'persons'?
Suggestion: a person; persons
...however, always does. Intent deals with a persons internal feelings and reservations abou...
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Line 5, column 154, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...the stated reason, but when it comes to the the claim itself, it is important to addres...
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Line 5, column 154, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...the stated reason, but when it comes to the the claim itself, it is important to addres...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, hence, however, if, may, second, so, thus, while, for example, in conclusion, in fact, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 33.0 19.5258426966 169% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 39.0 33.0505617978 118% => OK
Preposition: 79.0 58.6224719101 135% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 12.9106741573 23% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2693.0 2235.4752809 120% => OK
No of words: 547.0 442.535393258 124% => OK
Chars per words: 4.92321755027 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.83611736076 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66614872308 2.79657885939 95% => OK
Unique words: 272.0 215.323595506 126% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.497257769653 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 839.7 704.065955056 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 11.0 1.77640449438 619% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 66.5494281635 60.3974514979 110% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.208333333 118.986275619 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.7916666667 23.4991977007 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.66666666667 5.21951772744 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.191186996128 0.243740707755 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0562701639715 0.0831039109588 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0784322558031 0.0758088955206 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.106197899616 0.150359130593 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0467484027022 0.0667264976115 70% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 14.1392134831 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.55 12.1639044944 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 141.0 100.480337079 140% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 11.8971910112 55% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.