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.
It is a well-known fact that there exist myriad paths to the same destination. Similarly, there exists an abundance of methods people can indulge in to achieve the same results. Assessing the morality of a particular course of action is partially dependant on an individual’s perspective. What seems immoral to a person brought up within a particular set of values differs from another’s. However, both the result of any action and the intent behind the action are important in determining whether an action is moral or not.
Living in society dictates that we live harmoniously and are tolerant of the diversity around us. Every individual is brought up with a particular set of stringent morals that may widely differ from another. However, it is parochial to assume that the morals we have grown up with are absolute. Conclusions can only be reached after assessing the entirety of a situation and the same applies for assessing morality. Therefore, it is necessary to be accommodating, and attempt to comprehend the trigger, intent, course and result of an action before we judge for ourselves whether an action is moral or not.
Detectives often use subterfuge to dig out details assisting the solving of a case. Intelligence officers monitor private conversations to keep track of any imminent risks. Whilst such instances can be viewed as clear violations of individual privacy, an immoral act, such actions can be given credibility as long as it is not aimed at harming an individual. The results of such actions are equally important as the intent of these actions. When the intent is questionable, the action can no longer be labelled moral, even if it is largely aimed at attaining a greater good. For example, Edward Snowden leaked NSA’s classified massive surveillance reports, citing that the problem with mass surveillance was that it breached privacy without any particular important intention on the side of the government. This, according to him, was an immoral action, as the intention was dubious.
On the other hand, accidentally stumbling upon a beneficial result does not warrant the morality of an action. Suppose a person, with the intent of robbing, kills an extremely dangerous criminal. The result could be viewed as a boon to society, but the action cannot be classified as ethical. Hence, merely viewing a result can be extremely misleading when it comes to judging the uprightness of an entire course of action. Similarly, there exist white hat hackers, who are certified to work for companies and ethically perform hacks and pentests, to help the company find breaches. On the other hand, there exist hackers who wreck systems, solely for the sake of ransom or some personal gain. While both reveal security breaches in a system, that is ultimately useful, the intention completely changes the morality of the action.
It is increasingly clear, therefore, that there exist various methods to achieve the same result. But each path is different and defining when it comes to distinguishing the morality of actions. An otherwise immoral course of the path can be ethical, as long it is justified. The justification again greatly varies by perspective, but overall, a bad action, performed with a good intention and yielding a good result, can more often than not, be labelled as ethical.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 248, Rule ID: DEPENDENT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'dependent' on?
Suggestion: dependent
...articular course of action is partially dependant on an individual's perspective. Wh...
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Line 4, column 74, Rule ID: NOUN_AROUND_IT[1]
Message: Consider using 'the surrounding diversity'?
Suggestion: the surrounding diversity
...e live harmoniously and are tolerant of the diversity around us. Every individual is brought up with a ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, hence, however, if, may, similarly, so, therefore, well, while, for example, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 32.0 19.5258426966 164% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 33.0505617978 76% => OK
Preposition: 67.0 58.6224719101 114% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2809.0 2235.4752809 126% => OK
No of words: 544.0 442.535393258 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.16360294118 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82947280553 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.94472155376 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 273.0 215.323595506 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.501838235294 0.4932671777 102% => OK
syllable_count: 900.0 704.065955056 128% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.8715251829 60.3974514979 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.321428571 118.986275619 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4285714286 23.4991977007 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.53571428571 5.21951772744 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => 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: 0.420177989562 0.243740707755 172% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.116805159563 0.0831039109588 141% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.11990552932 0.0758088955206 158% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.264349529211 0.150359130593 176% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0465166719323 0.0667264976115 70% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 14.1392134831 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 48.8420337079 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.65 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.34 8.38706741573 111% => OK
difficult_words: 164.0 100.480337079 163% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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