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    To what extent‚ if at all‚ is self-interest our motivation to be moral? (30 marks) This means is a person moral because they are thinking about the benefits for them if they are moral? It could be rephrased as: ‘How much is a person inclined to do the right thing at the right time because it benefits them?’ For example if self-interest is our motivation to be moral‚ a person may‚ for example‚ help an old woman onto the bus‚ but actually they didn’t do that to help the old woman‚ or to be kind

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    Which does more harm in the world‚ cynical self-interest or blind idealism? The Quiet American by Graham Greene explores this question. It is set in Vietnam‚ mostly in Saigon‚ before the French left. Its main characters are an English reporter named Thomas Fowler‚ an American spy called Alden Pyle‚ and a Vietnamese woman of Chinese descent‚ Phuong. Cynical Fowler is a drug addict‚ an opium smoker. Phuong probably got him addicted. He seems to have been a life-long philanderer‚ who finally destroyed

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    Chapter 4. Idealism‚ Solipsism‚ and Panpsychism Here’s something that might sound crazy‚ but is nonetheless taken seriously by many philosophers: Not only do humans and other animals have minds‚ but even plants and bacteria have minds. Further‚ even so-called inanimate objects like grains of sand‚ droplets of water‚ and even individual atoms each have their own minds. Maybe the mind of a grain of sand is simpler than the mind of a human being‚ but it is a mind nonetheless. Everything has its

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    main motivation in life is to better themselves and gain money or prestige. Linda Barry‚ the author of Cruddy‚ explores this concept through dark imagery and a disturbing plot that exhibits many characters whose actions are motivated by self-interest and greed which demonstrate Barry’s view that today’s society is rampant with narcissistic individuals. The theme of characters pursuing actions for selfish reasons is exhibited in Roberta’s relationship with her mother. For “[o]nce in the olden days

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    time when morals were corrupted‚ religion was absent‚ facades were mistaken for character‚ and hope was a double-edged sword; people call it “The Jazz Age”. Fitzgerald‚ one of the best-known writers of “The Jazz Age”‚ aims to clarify the fallacy of idealism in America as he opposes the idealist views of the time with a realistic perception of society. At the time‚ people viewed America as a symbol of opportunity‚ and hope for a better life; however‚ Fitzgerald filters this notion by proposing the tragic

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    The novel 1984 was written by George Orwell in 1948‚ almost half a century before the year in which the novel was based. In this essay‚ I will demonstrate that the social and political environment at that time in history as well as the author’s personal life and conditions had a tremendous impact on the concept and completion of the novel. Orwell’s personal beliefs and idealism critically influenced his writing. In the late 1920’s‚ Orwell believed in anarchism and in 1936‚ he travelled to Spain

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    EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOL LONDON REGENT’S COLLEGE FALL TERM 2012 Which factors make advertising effective? A marketing literary review based on the Hierarchy of Effects‚ with a focus on the role of Music in Advertising Report by Onofri S. S00603638 Word Count: 2364 Supervisor Prof. Gordon Bowen Advertising and Media in the Marketing Environment (MKT5A5) 1 Summary Abstract ……………………………………………………………………......... Introduction ……………………………………………………………………… 1 2 A Basic Condition ………………………………………………………………

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    Idealism Vs. Realism Interpreting both poems‚ “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth and “Smell” by William Carlos Williams‚ these authors take diverse approaches towards these poems when it comes to realism and idealism. William Carlos Williams tends to take a more realistic approach towards “Smell” by demonstrating forms of anti-romanticism‚ and negativity towards his own nose‚ while William Wordsworth leans toward a more idealistic approach by personifying non-living things and

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    Peter Wilson Idealism in international relations Book section Original citation: Originally published in Dowding‚ K.‚ Encyclopedia of power. Thousand Oaks‚ USA: SAGE Publications‚ 2011‚ pp. 332-333. © 2011 SAGE Publications This version available at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/41929/ Available in LSE Research Online: April 2012 LSE has developed LSE Research Online so that users may access research output of the School. Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by

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    “I am an idealist. I don´t know where I am going but I´m on the way” – Carl Sandburg 1878 – 1967. The truth‚ one of Christopher McCandless´s values in life. The film Into the Wild is just one of many films and literature often address to the value “the truth”. Walden by Henry David Thoreau is also about finding the truth‚ “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately‚ to front only the essential facts of life.”‚ “Walden” (Thoreau‚ 1854). Values are stable‚ long lasting beliefs about

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