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    Ban Plastic Materials

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    people have become their own killers. From countryside to the cities‚ the use of plastic materials has greatly increased. In the grocery stores‚ tons of products are packaged using plastic materials. About 30 years ago‚ in countries like Uganda‚ there were no plastic bags used for packaging and carrying items. Items in the shops were packed in biodegradable paper bags. In the markets‚ people used local materials like banana leaves and fibers‚ and sorghum leaves for carrying and packaging items. The

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    pray‚ they are : S + hope and‚ S + wish. Example of hope : I hope (that) she’ll like these flowers. Her mother hoped (that) Judith would become a doctor. I hope (that) you won’t think me rude. I hope you’ll enjoy good health and every happiness in the 21st Century. Another example of hope in dialog. Gina : “Hi‚ Jean. How are you doing?” Jean : “Bad.” Gina : “What’s wrong?” Jean : “My father got sick. He has to stay in the hospital for a few days to get medical care.”

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    resources needed to produce construction materials‚ and the devastation of natural ecosystems. In this essay we attempt to demonstrate that even when the construction industry has several issues‚ there are many options to improve it and the impact of them in the environmental‚ social and economic dimensions can be considerably reduce in order to get a higher social responsibility. CONSTRUCTION ISSUES 1. Environmental Impact. Half of the materials used in the construction industry come from

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    ARISTOTLE ’S EUDAIMONIA Eudaimonia stands for happiness in Greek. Aristotle argues that the highest good for human beings is happiness. He insists that every action performed by humans is to pursue happiness. Aristotle also argues that human action is always aimed at some end or good. This "good" may not be viewed as a good action or any good by others‚ but for the doer of the action ("good")‚ the activity will be perceived as good and that it will bring a favorable outcome. Aristotle also said

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    Defining Happiness Many philosophical thinkers have attempted to explain the question of what makes human beings happy and how this happiness can be spread to the greatest number of people. This issue is perhaps one of the most challenging to tackle because there are so many different ways for people to achieve happiness. Scholars such as John Stuart Mill and Aristotle attempt to point out universal truths by defining key aspects of happiness such as pleasure and attempting to do good. They both

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    Ch. 5 The Pursuit of Happiness (Haidt) pp. 81-102 1. Compare the main ideas of The Consolation of Philosophy from Ch. 2 and of Ecclesiastes on pp. 81-82. 2. How do we experience pleasure differently from the animals? Why don’t we enjoy life more than they do? What’s the problem or trick with reinforcement as a source of pleasure? 3. Explain and give examples of 2 types of positive affect according to Davidson. Which one gives us more happiness? 4. What is the progress principle

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    Zen and the Art of Happiness

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    禅 Zen and the Art of Happiness Chris Pentris Dominique Doarte S. Gapayao Zen and the Art of Happiness “Everyone deserves to be happy.” And that is exactly why we are still here on earth‚ why we are still breathing‚ and why we are still persevering‚ this is because we want to experience happiness‚ not just it‚ but a true happiness. There are different concepts of happiness according to different kind of persons‚ and to some philosophers. I remember what our professor taught us when he

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    Research on happiness has been of interest in many parts of the world‚ in accordance with positive psychology’s goal to create a good life. According to one of the most accepted theoretical frameworks‚ Diener’s model of subjective well-being (Diener‚ 1984; Diener et al. 1999)‚ happiness refers to how people interpret their own life‚ circumstances and emotions. These evaluations are with regard to the judgments a person makes about his or her emotional states (affect balance) and life in general (life

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    Source of Happiness? The thought of money being the source of happiness is quite interesting. It is a fact that we need money to survive in this expensive economy‚ and without it we might tend to struggle. Money gives us the opportunity to buy clothes‚ food‚ shelter‚ and many other necessities of life. But does money truly bring happiness? Some may argue that money can make you happy and others will argue that it doesn’t. Why do some believe that money is the source of happiness? I asked

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    a degree‚ pursue for a masters or doctorate‚ get a job‚ and get settled in life. Then I envisaged whether our happiness is confined within these tedious steps. Moreover‚ I pondered: what is happiness? According to Webster’s dictionary‚

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