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.
As human beings, the most important virtues that all of us must possess are good morals and
ethics. Good morals and ethics means that we must be honest to ourselves and to the people
around us. Being honest and truthful might have some unwanted consequences in the immediate
future, but in the long term, the truth always wins. Sometimes, being morally wrong will be way
easier than standing up for what is morally right, but we must not have a myopic view. We should
focus on the long term effects where truth always prevails. Thus, I believe that an action isn't
defined as morally correct, if it results in more good than bad, rather an action is morally right, if it
supports the truth and the person performing the action has a good intent.
The issue claims that the moral correctness of an action is decided by how much good results
from the action compared to the bad. I disagree with this claim. There are several actions that
cause a lot of instant gratification but one cannot say if they will result in good for a long time. For
instance, if the CEO of a company wants to cut costs of the company, he or she might perform an
action where the company would be able to avoid taxes. This immoral move might have great
consequences, it will make the company more profitabl, thus increasing every employees salary
and will enable the company to expand and provide more employment to people. The only harm
this move will produce is the fact that the goverment will recieve less tax. According to the claim,
such an act should be termed as morally right just because it produces greater good than bad.
Thus, this claim illogically defines a moral act.
The reason on which the claim is based, states that the morality of an action depends on the
result of the action, more than the intent of the person performing the action. This seems faulty to
me. An immoral action most of the times produces greater results and is easier but doesn't mean
that it is right. For example, if a company, wants to do some philanthropic work and is
constructing housing for the poor, but his plan doesn't clear the safety check of the government.
To pass this check, the company bribes officials and starts building the housing. Now, a member
of the company who knows what is happening, is faced with a dilemma. Should he speak up and
get this project shut down or go ahead with an illegal plan. If he keeps quiet, hundreds of poor
people will get housing, but if he speaks up, the housing of those people will be in jeopardy. Even
though the housing plan will produce great consequences for the company as well as the poor, he
must side with the truth. The truth may not have percivable good in the near future, but will cause
a greater good eventually.
To conlude, I would like to mention how morality cannot be defined as just black or white. It has
several colours of grey. Just because an act produces great results does not mean that it is
morally right. Morally right acts need to side with the truth and may have no great results but they
support the truth and thats what matters. The truth always prevails.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 81, Rule ID: NOUN_AROUND_IT[1]
Message: Consider using 'the surrounding people'?
Suggestion: the surrounding people
...t we must be honest to ourselves and to the people around us. Being honest and truthful might have s...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 6, column 92, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: isn't
...revails. Thus, I believe that an action isnt defined as morally correct, if it resu...
^^^^
Line 14, column 78, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'employees'' or 'employee's'?
Suggestion: employees'; employee's
...y more profitabl, thus increasing every employees salary and will enable the company to ...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 21, column 84, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...duces greater results and is easier but doesnt mean that it is right. For example, if...
^^^^^^
Line 23, column 49, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...ting housing for the poor, but his plan doesnt clear the safety check of the governmen...
^^^^^^
Line 34, column 23, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: that's
...results but they support the truth and thats what matters. The truth always prevails...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, may, so, thus, well, for example, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 27.0 12.4196629213 217% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 24.0 14.8657303371 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 58.6224719101 87% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2603.0 2235.4752809 116% => OK
No of words: 561.0 442.535393258 127% => OK
Chars per words: 4.63992869875 5.05705443957 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.86676880123 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.26023971387 2.79657885939 81% => OK
Unique words: 252.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.449197860963 0.4932671777 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 759.6 704.065955056 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59117977528 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 12.0 4.99550561798 240% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 49.0849926572 60.3974514979 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.7586206897 118.986275619 75% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3448275862 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.8275862069 5.21951772744 35% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 34.0 4.97078651685 684% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 5.13820224719 195% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.374408798477 0.243740707755 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105864871961 0.0831039109588 127% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.16290120674 0.0758088955206 215% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.109178680128 0.150359130593 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.137281650356 0.0667264976115 206% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.1 14.1392134831 71% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 69.11 48.8420337079 141% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.3 12.1743820225 68% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.63 12.1639044944 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.2 8.38706741573 86% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 100.480337079 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 11.8971910112 63% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 81, Rule ID: NOUN_AROUND_IT[1]
Message: Consider using 'the surrounding people'?
Suggestion: the surrounding people
...t we must be honest to ourselves and to the people around us. Being honest and truthful might have s...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 6, column 92, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: isn't
...revails. Thus, I believe that an action isnt defined as morally correct, if it resu...
^^^^
Line 14, column 78, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'employees'' or 'employee's'?
Suggestion: employees'; employee's
...y more profitabl, thus increasing every employees salary and will enable the company to ...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 21, column 84, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...duces greater results and is easier but doesnt mean that it is right. For example, if...
^^^^^^
Line 23, column 49, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...ting housing for the poor, but his plan doesnt clear the safety check of the governmen...
^^^^^^
Line 34, column 23, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: that's
...results but they support the truth and thats what matters. The truth always prevails...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, may, so, thus, well, for example, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 27.0 12.4196629213 217% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 24.0 14.8657303371 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 58.6224719101 87% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2603.0 2235.4752809 116% => OK
No of words: 561.0 442.535393258 127% => OK
Chars per words: 4.63992869875 5.05705443957 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.86676880123 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.26023971387 2.79657885939 81% => OK
Unique words: 252.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.449197860963 0.4932671777 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 759.6 704.065955056 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59117977528 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 12.0 4.99550561798 240% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 49.0849926572 60.3974514979 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.7586206897 118.986275619 75% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3448275862 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.8275862069 5.21951772744 35% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 34.0 4.97078651685 684% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 5.13820224719 195% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.374408798477 0.243740707755 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105864871961 0.0831039109588 127% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.16290120674 0.0758088955206 215% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.109178680128 0.150359130593 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.137281650356 0.0667264976115 206% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.1 14.1392134831 71% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 69.11 48.8420337079 141% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.3 12.1743820225 68% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.63 12.1639044944 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.2 8.38706741573 86% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 100.480337079 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 11.8971910112 63% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
---------------------
Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
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.