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.
Morality is understood to be the ability to discern right from wrong. While this statement may seem simple at a glance, but executing perfect morality is downright impossible because the very definition of 'good' or 'bad' and 'right' and 'wrong' is not universal. There is no exact definition that is accepted by all, and because of that, morality is often times based on one's own judgement.
The following claim states that it is considered morally correct if there is more good than bad that results from the action. I would have to disagree with this. Like previously mentioned, what is good and bad is defined differently for all people, and because of this, good and bad is not black and white. There is a huge grey area up for discussion including this claim. Ultimately, understanding morality depends on what a person values more. For example, a family has a relative in a coma. Their relative has been in a coma for several months and has shown only minor signs of improvement. The family must decide whether they should take their relative off of life support or if they should continue the care in his vegetative state. This situation has no clear 'right' answer. The former choice allows for the family to move on with their own life, saving themselves from watching deterioration of a relative and saving a lot of money in hospital expenses. In this choice, the good results are the family's own emotional and financially survival, and the bad results are the death of the relative. The latter choice gives the relative a fighting chance for survival. The results are the possibility of saving a life, and the bad choices are the hospital payments and the emotional rollercoaster that the family must endure. Which choice is more morally correct is relative. Is there, in fact, more good results than bad? It depends on whose asking. Therefore, I cannot support the claim that an action is morally correct if the amount of good results from the action is greater than the bad because moral correctness cannot be defined that easily and involves a closer look into the interworking of the situation at hand.
The reasoning behind this claim states that the results of an action are more important than the intent of the person performing the action. I would have, again, disagree with this. Does the ends really justify the means? This concept has always been up for debate, but again, like the argument against the claim it depends on the situation and the values that the person making the action/decision lives by. I believe that there often more times where the ends do not justify the means. For example, there may be a large corporation that is known for donating a lot of their profit to charity, but the means in which they initially received that profit involved unfair working conditions and unfair wages. Does the cruel treatment of many employees justify the large donations to charity? Furthermore, there are more situations where good intentions end with bad results, than bad intentions ending with good results. For me, I believe that this is a better alternative because while the good intentions may not end well, there is a lesson still to be learned from the results, and improvement can be made to see the good intentions come to fruition. There is growth and development in good intentions that could lead to good intentions with good results. Therefore, in this case, intent is more important than results.
Morality is a complex concept. It involves the philosophy of good and bad, social context, personal values, and more. There is never a clear cut. To unravel morality, is to understand the situation to its fullest. So, in order to assess morality, one must first understand the situation fully and then make their own decision about it.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 1326, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Which” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...lercoaster that the family must endure. Which choice is more morally correct is relat...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, if, look, may, really, so, still, then, therefore, well, while, for example, in fact
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 38.0 19.5258426966 195% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 26.0 14.8657303371 175% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 12.9106741573 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3126.0 2235.4752809 140% => OK
No of words: 645.0 442.535393258 146% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.84651162791 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.03952876749 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58015893289 2.79657885939 92% => OK
Unique words: 275.0 215.323595506 128% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.426356589147 0.4932671777 86% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 988.2 704.065955056 140% => 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
Interrogative: 1.0 0.740449438202 135% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 9.0 1.77640449438 507% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 36.0 20.2370786517 178% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 62.4359115858 60.3974514979 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 86.8333333333 118.986275619 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.9166666667 23.4991977007 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.02777777778 5.21951772744 58% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 13.0 5.13820224719 253% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.350496691087 0.243740707755 144% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0855922015259 0.0831039109588 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.138762093255 0.0758088955206 183% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.176965118168 0.150359130593 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.115798725035 0.0667264976115 174% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.4 14.1392134831 74% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 48.8420337079 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 12.1743820225 71% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.55 12.1639044944 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.47 8.38706741573 89% => OK
difficult_words: 122.0 100.480337079 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => 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: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.