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Pain And Pleasure Make Choices
861 wordsAristotle's Notion of Virtue According to Aristotle, virtue primarily involves rationality and the use of a person's rationality. Rationality and happiness are activities of the soul, and virtue is the excellence of these activities. Humans are the only life forms that have a soul, the source of rationality. Thus, humans have a duty to always use their intellect. Three things are found in the soul: emotions, capacities, and characteristics. Emotions are things humans feel, like anguish or happin...
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Rousseau Vs Self Interest And Progress
1,522 wordsRousseau vs. self-interest and progress In The Social Contract, Rousseau asserts the idea of the people's General Will being the ideal governing force of the state. This idea is essentially the total alienation of each individual to the entire community, thus constructing the Sovereign. The collective body rules in the common interest, acting without individual bias or selfish concerns, to decide the laws that the Sovereign itself is to follow. However rightly intended, this concept is flawed be...
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Weird Sisters Macbeth Defense Jury
535 wordsThe People Vs. Macbeth The Macbeth trial broke out in full force today as the entire nation of Scotland paid close attention to the small town court of Grahacknboroughsly, Scotland. The charges are for abuse of power, abuse of wealth, abuse of friendship and misuse of a regal Scottish accent. As the parade of people came into the courthouse, 2 / 3 rds of them were enemies of Macbeth. The motion to dismiss came early on grounds of permanent death on Macbeth's defense team. The motion was quickly ...
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Respect For Persons Human Subjects
671 wordsThe success of this resolution of the ethical dilemma has been both criticized and defended by many. In particular, some argue that it is rarely the case that reasons to favor one therapy are in fact evenly balanced by reasons to favor an alternative. In fact, new studies are initiated precisely because a new therapy appears promising. So, while the concept of equipoise may work in theory, it is rarely satisfied in practice. Others augment this critique by pointing out that what matters ethicall...
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Abner Snopes Eudora Welty
355 wordsComparison and Contrast of Phoenix Jackson in A Worn Path by Eudora Welty and Abner Snopes in Barn Burning by William Faulkner Phoenix Jackson is Eudora Welty's main character in the story A Worn Path. She is an old grandmother who attempts to go on a journey in order to save her grandchild's life. As she undertakes this journey, we are able to take a glimpse of her characteristics such as her tenacity, bravery, steadfastness despite her senility. She trudges on despite the hindrances because de...
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External Objects Material Objects
784 wordsDescartes is famed by is familiar notion, I think therefore I am (Cogito, ergo sum. ). It is a conclusion he has reached in his second meditation after much deliberation on the existence of anything certain. After he discovers his ability to doubt and to understand, he is able to substantiate his necessary existence as a consequence. What we doubt or understand may not ultimately correspond, but we can never be uncertain that we are in the process of thought. This idea is a major component in De...
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Free Will Does Not Exist Free Will Suggests Freedom
1,010 wordsIn my paper I will present the argument that without a strong concept of Free Will it makes no sense to say that persons are responsible for their actions. Determinism states that the freedom, which is a condition of moral responsibility, is not compatible with the truth of universal determinism (everything is caused). Universal determinism is true; we do not have the freedom which is a condition of moral responsibility. Free will does not exist. There are two different types of freedom. Let s c...
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Form Of Communication Work Of Art
1,465 wordsWithout knowing first what art is, we will not be able to tell what good is art. Having studied several different definitions of art, I am most satisfied with Tolstoy's definition of art from his essay What is Art? (post pg. 21). According to Tolstoy, art is a form of communication, a vehicle which the artist can use to communicate his feelings and emotion; it is a means of intercourse between man and man (post pg. 23). Tolstoy's definition of art is hardly based on the beauty of the work, rathe...
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