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
The author claims that an actions is morally correct if there is higher amount of good results than the amount of bad results. The reason, the author gives behind the claim is that when morality of any action is assesed, the results of the action are more important that the intent of the person performing the action. I agree to the claim that if an action has higher amount of good results than the bad results it can be considered morally correct. However, this is not the case always. Also, the reasoning behind this claim is also not correct.
There have been cases where people fail to understand the long term result an action has. Bad results can be there for a certain amount of time but later, the amount of good results overshadow the initial bad results. However, this doesnot make the action morally correct. Morality is a subjective term and it varies for person to person or groups to groups. It becomes very important to know what morality stands for in general. I believe that morally correct actions are the actions that do not harm or hurt any individual's feelings and emotions and are meant for the good of the people and the society. Thus, if the actions result in good for the society even if it has some initial bad results, it can be considered morally correct.
However, I do not agree to the reason behind this claim. When we talk about morality, intention of a person becomes very important. A person might act in a way that is not appriciated by everyone initially, but later the benign intention behind the action makes his/ her actions justified. Let us take an example of a riot where two groups of people use violence to inorder to show their power. Their actions has lead to overall disturbance to the peace and has damaged life and property. In such cases, the actions are considered justified for a group of people while might prove to be morally incorrect for others. Similarly, having greater good results doesnot justify the bad results the actions has.
Thus, it becomes very important to understand the intention behind the action before claiming the results to be right or wrong. This is also a very subjective matter and should be thought upon unbiasedly. The idea of morality should be clear and the good or bad results must be for the entire society not just few individuals. Good intentions donot always justify any action having bad results.However this can be sometimes true. Thus, must understand the cases very throughly before stating an action morally correct or incorrect.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 24, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'an action' or simply 'actions'?
Suggestion: an action; actions
The author claims that an actions is morally correct if there is higher a...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 482, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[3]
Message: The adverb 'always' is usually not used at the end of a sentence.
... correct. However, this is not the case always. Also, the reasoning behind this claim ...
^^^^^^
Line 3, column 193, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...r, the amount of good results overshadow the initial bad results. However, this d...
^^
Line 5, column 187, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... act in a way that is not appriciated by everyone initially, but later the benign...
^^
Line 7, column 236, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...biasedly. The idea of morality should be clear and the good or bad results must b...
^^
Line 7, column 396, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: However
...s justify any action having bad results.However this can be sometimes true. Thus, must ...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 396, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...s justify any action having bad results.However this can be sometimes true. Thus, must ...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, similarly, so, thus, while, in general
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 33.0505617978 85% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 58.6224719101 70% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2095.0 2235.4752809 94% => OK
No of words: 439.0 442.535393258 99% => OK
Chars per words: 4.7722095672 5.05705443957 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.57737117129 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.43897079012 2.79657885939 87% => OK
Unique words: 177.0 215.323595506 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.403189066059 0.4932671777 82% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 658.8 704.065955056 94% => 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: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.9857200874 60.3974514979 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 87.2916666667 118.986275619 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.2916666667 23.4991977007 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.58333333333 5.21951772744 49% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.522147074077 0.243740707755 214% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.179333003998 0.0831039109588 216% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.166070675318 0.0758088955206 219% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.382522630689 0.150359130593 254% => Maybe some contents are duplicated.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.141739837652 0.0667264976115 212% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.2 14.1392134831 72% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.39 12.1639044944 85% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.05 8.38706741573 84% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 100.480337079 70% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => 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: 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 1, column 24, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'an action' or simply 'actions'?
Suggestion: an action; actions
The author claims that an actions is morally correct if there is higher a...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 482, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[3]
Message: The adverb 'always' is usually not used at the end of a sentence.
... correct. However, this is not the case always. Also, the reasoning behind this claim ...
^^^^^^
Line 3, column 193, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...r, the amount of good results overshadow the initial bad results. However, this d...
^^
Line 5, column 187, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... act in a way that is not appriciated by everyone initially, but later the benign...
^^
Line 7, column 236, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...biasedly. The idea of morality should be clear and the good or bad results must b...
^^
Line 7, column 396, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: However
...s justify any action having bad results.However this can be sometimes true. Thus, must ...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 396, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...s justify any action having bad results.However this can be sometimes true. Thus, must ...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, similarly, so, thus, while, in general
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 33.0505617978 85% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 58.6224719101 70% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2095.0 2235.4752809 94% => OK
No of words: 439.0 442.535393258 99% => OK
Chars per words: 4.7722095672 5.05705443957 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.57737117129 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.43897079012 2.79657885939 87% => OK
Unique words: 177.0 215.323595506 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.403189066059 0.4932671777 82% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 658.8 704.065955056 94% => 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: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.9857200874 60.3974514979 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 87.2916666667 118.986275619 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.2916666667 23.4991977007 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.58333333333 5.21951772744 49% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.522147074077 0.243740707755 214% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.179333003998 0.0831039109588 216% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.166070675318 0.0758088955206 219% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.382522630689 0.150359130593 254% => Maybe some contents are duplicated.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.141739837652 0.0667264976115 212% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.2 14.1392134831 72% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.39 12.1639044944 85% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.05 8.38706741573 84% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 100.480337079 70% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => 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: 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.