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               Introduction                          unlimited    access     to   free
               Ethical  discussions  have  been      information,  intolerance  is  an
               a part of human interests since       increasing     problem.      The
               the  beginning  of  human’s           science of ethics is as relevant
               written    history.    Thinkers,      as it has always been, for even
               philosophers     and    religious     more so, as the world is faced
               scholars  have  tried  to  answer     with  new  challenges  on  a
               questions  related  to  ethical       constant basis.
               truths,  ethical  realism,  good         Despite from having unlimited
               and bad conduct.                      access  to  knowledge,  which
                  All religions hold a code of       should cause a development of
               moral  actions  and  virtues.         human  intellect,  Europe  is
               Numerous       ethical   theories     facing  its  worst  human  crisis
               answer  differently  to  at  least    since the WWII (second world war).
               one  main  question:  “What  is          The  structure  of  global  and
               the  greatest  good?”  and  the       local  laws  that  once  secured
               answers have transformed into         human      rights,   are    now
               a set of rules on how to behave       replaced  with  ignorance  and
               as individuals and societies.         discrimination. Lawmakers are
                  Despite the high number of         openly targeting Muslims as a
               ethical     theories,     ethical     minority,     reducing      their
               questions  are  still  discussed;     religious rights, and this yields
               As  science  and  technology          the  highest  number  of  hate-
               develop, country demographics         crimes  occurrence  since  the
               are  changing,  immigrations          pre-WWII period.
               and  refugees  are  fleeing  war,        Psychological  warfare  and
               poverty,  natural  disasters,  and    misinformation  are  the  main
               information is spread worldwide       propaganda  tools  used  in
               due  to  globalization,  ethical      political  campaigns,  mainly
               questions are always applicable.      targeting the Muslim minorities
                  Despite  the  world  being         in Europe.
               globalized  and  offering  us
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