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Arthur Schopenhauer once said‚ “Wealth is like sea-water‚ the more we drink‚ the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.” People all around the world have many different beliefs about a variety of different things. These beliefs can be about science‚ religion‚ relationships‚ family values‚ or how to be successful. What about wealth? What do people think about being wealthy? Is it moral or is it immoral? Can someone be extremely wealthy and still be moral? History‚ people’s thought process
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September 10th. 2013 Research Methods in Psychology: Why study scientifically? Intuitions are often biased‚ inaccurate‚ or based on “after the fact” reasoning.” Example Question: What is the key to success? Ability (Arthur Schopenhauer)‚ luck (J. Paul Getty)‚ Persistence (Albert Einstein). Theory: Success is fueled by persistence (answer to question why?) Specify hypothesis:
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MOTIVATION AND BEHAVIOR To be motivated is to be moved into action‚ or to decide on a change in action‚ according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1841/1960). Motivation is an internal energy that creates a change in action for an incentive. Motivation can be caused by specific needs or the basic need of increasing pleasure and decreasing pain. Motivation begins with internal and external sources. Internal sources include biologica and psychological variables‚ while external sources include
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Chicago: Chicago‚ 1984); Nietzsche ’s Zarathustra Kathleen Marie Higgins (Temple: Philadelphia‚ 1987); Zarathustra ’s Dionysian Modernism‚ Robert Gooding-Williams (Stanford U.: California‚ 2001); Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Honest Athiesm‚ Dishonest Pessimism‚ David Bernam (in Willing and Nothingness. Schopenhauer as Nietzsche ’s Educator‚ ed. Christopher Janaway [Clarendon: Oxford‚ 1989]); Al Sprecht Zarathustra‚ A Commentary‚ Anthony M. Ludovici (http://www.learnlibrary.com/zarathustra/zarathustra_87
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Music200- Homework 2 The Ring of the Nibelung (The Ring of the cycle) is a cycle of four epic operas by the German composer Wagner. Wagner wrote the libretto‚ which is the text used in an extended musical work such as opera‚ and the music in 26 years‚ from 1848 to 1874. The Ring of the cycle has 4 different operas in it‚ which are The Rhine Gold‚ The Valkyrie‚ Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods. Wagner intended to create an allegory criticizing the moral‚ political‚ social and economic values
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Theory humor in philosophy asserts that we laugh because we have been expecting something to happen‚ but then that thing that we were expecting does not happen. “This approach was taken by James Beattie‚ Immanuel Kant‚ Søren Kierkegaard‚ Arthur Schopenhauer‚ and many later philosophers and psychologists. It is now the dominant theory of humor in philosophy and psychology” (Morreall‚ 10). The incongruity theory of humor is the most widely accepted theory of humor‚ possibly because it covers the widest
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In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ a plane full of British boys gets shot down‚ leaving the pilot dead‚ while most of the boys survive. The boys find themselves on a uninhabited island‚ away from the civil society they once knew. Ralph‚ the fair haired protagonist‚ becomes chief and attempts to keep the boys civilized‚ but his attempts fail. Over time‚ the boys go down the path of savagery and become careless about their responsibilities on the island‚ instead they value food and hunting the
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Kant’s Moral Philosophy Faafetai Ieremia Jr Kant’s Moral Philosophy Introduction Kant’s moral philosophy is also known as Kantian ethics. It is a type of a deontological theory‚ which is based on ethics. Immanuel Kant founded this deontological theory. Kant’s theory developed as a culmination to the enlightenment rationalism. The basic central idea of this theory is that the good will is the intrinsic quality of nature. Hence‚ if the action is morally good‚ maxim‚ it acts as the theory
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Corporate Social Responsibility 13/12/2013 HIV OUTBREAK: THE USE OF PROTECTION IN THE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ‘The porn films are not about sex. Sex is airbrushed and digitally washed out of the films...Pornography is about getting yourself off at someone else’s expense.’ (Chris Hedges) Sexuality is a fundamental and essential part of our humanity (IPPF‚ 2008). Porn however‚ is not. The adult entertainment industry aims to meet the fantasies and desires of those who consume it. In order
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