PHIL1330 Prince Georges Shallowest Man in Relation to Morality Reflection Paper

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Even though there are good reasons why he is not the morally shallowest person in the story, Lenny Mendel does not engage in deep ethical reflection, especially after he visits the hospital and meet the nurse. The questions of whether it is right to use a dying man as a means to lure an engaged woman away from her fiance and whether it is good to do so by deceiving both lskowitz and Miss Hill in the process are moral consideration that seem worthy of deep ethical reflection.Such reflection--and the duties, virtues, motives, choices, intentions, and results it could lead to--might enable Mendel ( and all of us) to overcome obstacles to moral progress such as fear, being overly judgmental, selfishness, refusing to judge, desire, low self - esteem, and lust.

Topic:

The topic for this paper is for you to judge whether personal moral progress is important enough for you to engage in the sort of deep ethical reflection that Mendel did not. Specifically identify what deep ethical reflection involves and requires - things like fair judgment, honesty, thinking beneath the surface of our beliefs, considering others in addition to ourselves-- and then support why it is or is not the case that personal moral progress is important enough for you to engage in such difficult and demanding reflection. What is such progress and why is it worth all the effort?

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Your purpose in writing this paper is to explore the thoughts, questions, confusions, and insights you have had throughout our discussions of this story in even greater depth. It is important that you share your thinking process with me, rather than simply the conclusion you reach as a result of this process. This issues you will grapple with are difficult but you will write a better paper if you allow yourself to become entangled in these difficulties rather than avoiding them. Your paper will not be judged on the basis of its results but rather on how thoroughly you respond to the topic, It should not re-tell the story nor should it be a report on the story or on the author. l am looking for your reflections on the story within the context of our class discussions about it ; discussions whose focus has been ethics -- the philosophical study of morality.

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Please double-space and use 1'' margins all around so that l can easily write comments. Please use 12 font. You need only an original title and your name and date as headers on your paper. There is no need for additional space between paragraphs other than the one that double-spacing automatically provides. All paragraphs should be indented. You must follow the citation protocol as articulated on the plagiarism handout for all quotes. All outside quotes, including definitions, must be quoted and cited, both in the body of the paper and in a work cited listing at the end.



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Running head: 'THE SHALLOWEST MAN' ‘CONCERNING MORALITY

'The Shallowest Man’ ‘in relation to morality
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'THE SHALLOWEST MAN' ‘CONCERNING MORALITY

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Reflection
Ethics or morality in the society is a subdivision of philosophy that is essential in
defending, systemizing, and recommending basic concepts of wrong and right conduct. Ethics
tries to resolve queries of morality by explaining concepts like evil and good, vices and virtues,
crime, and justice in the human context. Morality is a result of moral claims that seek to evaluate
the wrongness or rightness of a person’s character or actions. Moral claims draw boundaries
between what is considered right and wrong, evil, and good in humanity context. Morality
philosophy is a discipline that works to explore the nature of morality in society and seeks to
examine ways that people ought to live concerning others (MacIntyre, 2007). Many scholars and
philosophers have examined in-depth features and concepts of morality as far as social
framework of humanity is concerned. In this context, a reflection of philosophical morality shall
reflect on, “The Shallowest Man," case.
In this story, Lenny Mendel is brought out as the main character across the entire flow of
the story. Even though he is perceived to have no reasons to bear a tag of being the shallowest
character across the story; Lenny Mendel is seen not to indulge in a thoughtful, deep ethical
reflection, especially when he visits the hospital to check on his friend Meyer Iskowitz and ends
up meeting the nurse. It is seen that Lenny Mendel actions contradict the actual reflection and
meaning of ethical behaviors. He is an opportunist-he uses his time and cunning nature to do all
that it takes to lure and win an engaged lady nurse. His actions result in break-up between the
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