1. Explain Onora O’neil’s argument for preferring Kantian ethics to Utilitarianism. 2. How would Richard Taylor respond to O’neil’s defense of Kantianism? In the following questions‚ Onora O’neil defends Kantian ethics while Richard Taylor agrees more with the Utilitarian ethics view. To fully understand both views and why each author defends their view‚ a brief introduction of each author and who they are is necessary. Onora O’neil is a philosophy professor at Cambridge University
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British had planned to continue to use the cavalry in the battle of the Somme and had kept 700 000 horses in France in order to achieve this‚ however a gap in the German line never occurred due to the German Maxim machine guns who mowed the British infantry down in their thousands. The Maxim machine gun was Germanyʼs best offensive weapon and was most effective in the battle of the Somme‚ resulting in 90% of Allied victims. Coupled with poor communication between the front line and the higher ranked
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they are the ones who are most intelligent and understand what is happening. b. Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could be reduced to one commandment. This new maxim is “Four legs good‚ two legs bad.” The humbler animals repeated the maxim over and over to memorize it. The sheep developed a great liking for the maxim. 6. Foreshadowing: a. Napoleon took Jessie and Bluebell’s pups to “educate” them. I think that Napoleon is going to educate them on not only reading and writing but on
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“Sex and relationships are matters of personal choice.” Discuss In modern society as the idea of sex and relationships becomes more liberal the purpose of sex and relationships comes under further analysis. In what is really a matter of just under a century sex before marriage has transformed from a concept that was once expected to one which is rarely practiced and as the attitude towards single mothers takes a similar U-turn we are forced to analyse the purpose of such concepts. Nowadays by many
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Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher and political radical. He is highly known and respected today for his moral philosophy‚ primarily his principle of utilitarianism. Utilitarianism evaluates actions based upon their consequences. Bentham is most famously known for his pursuit of motivation and value. Bentham was a strong believer in individual and economic freedom‚ the separation of church and state‚ freedom of expression‚ equal rights for women‚ the right to
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LECTURE 7: SYNTAX. BASIC SYNTACTIC NOTIONS. 1.General characteristics of syntax. The grammatical structure of language comprises two major parts – morphology and syntax. The two areas are obviously interdependent and together they constitute the study of grammar. Morphology deals with paradigmatic and syntagmatic properties of morphological units – morphemes and words. It is concerned with the internal structure of words and their relationship to other words and word forms within the paradigm
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Arranged and produced by Dr. Behrouz Homayoun Far http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/far far@acm.org The Gulistan of Sa’adi Sheikh Muslih-uddin Sa’adi Shirazi Of what use will be a dish of flowers.. to thee Take only one leaf from this garden.. of me. A flower endures.. but for five or six days‚ The delight from my garden ..always stays. Arranged and produced by Dr. Behrouz Homayoun Far http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/far far@acm.org THE GULISTAN OF SA’ADI Sheikh Muslih-uddin Saadi
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Rather than part of an elitist agenda‚ the modern use of Latin is a reflection of pride and centuries of tradition. Whether used in a court of law or for other academic or scientific purposes‚ Latin remains useful. It allows for the legal language to be richer and more flexible and continues to play many roles in the legal system. Similarly‚ in scientific fields‚ Latin provides a precise and concise way of sorting the genus and species of living organism‚ with permanence. Although Latin is considered
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goodness is not ALWAYS duty-bound because I believe that doing duty is based on human reasoning. It is a case-to-case basis. If we know that our duty may affect the maxim that we believed in and may harm other people‚ then it will also affect our moral obligation to have a peaceful and harmonious life. For example‚ I believe in the maxim of “Respect and love your parents” and I am one of the subjects of the emperor and he commanded me to kill my parents because they are terrorists. In this situation
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creating with passion. As a result‚ it’s not necessary for us teenagers to pay more attention to the elders‚ but important to be confident in our own ideas. The resistance that older coworkers and superiors showed Maxim Gorky when he was an adolescent serves as a poignant example. Maxim Gorky‚ a Russian and Soviet author and political activist‚ was one of the most brilliant authors of the 20th century. Gorky didn’t live a happy childhood. After an attempt at suicide in December 1887‚ he travelled
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