1. Act-consequentialists believe that the moral rightness of an act depends entirely on whether the act’s consequences are at least as good as that of any alternative act. In contrast‚ Rule-consequentialists believe that the rightness of an act depends not on its own consequences ‚ but rather on the consequences of a code of rules. In favour of act consequentialism criterion of rightness and the dispositions it favours is important in many ways. It is important if we want to know what act-consequentialism
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They made it sound as if this is some new technique‚ but transcendental ideas have existed for centuries! Transcendentalism is a literary‚ philosophical‚ and spiritual movement of the 1800’s that began around Boston and Concord‚ Massachusetts. The act originated from a German Philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant. The movement began when the
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Name: XXXX 3rd Period AP Lang/ Ms. Catienza Yellow – Student Green – Teacher Argumentative Essay – Neal Gabler To avoid the exposure of entertainment would be difficult. Whether it’s the Hollywood blockbusters‚ the television sitcoms‚ the young adult novels or the music pumping through your speaker‚ entertainment is everywhere‚ serving as the portal to the world around us. Neal Gabler’s assertion that entertainment has the capacity to ruin our society holds some truth‚ but I believe that it
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Argumentative Essay In 1985 Joe Simpson and Simon Yates made a wild decision to climb Siula Grande a mountain in Peru. Simon and Joe were determined to be the first team ever to successfully climb the west face of Siula Grande. When successfully reaching the peak of the mountain‚ they climbed down via the north ridge‚ and that’s when trouble took take its place. Joe slipped and broke his leg‚ leaving Simon with no choice but to slowly reel Joe down the snowy mountain‚ worse came to worse and
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Many don’t complain about labor exploitation and substandard working conditions in the fear of being deported. Arnold Schwarzenegger‚ 38th. Governor of California has his own views on this Amnesty situation. "I am writing to urge Congress to act this year to pass
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Christian Smoot Mr. Nesbit English 101 March 1‚ 2013 Argumentative Essay In today’s economy‚ I believe that violent video games do promote violent and more aggressive behavior amongst our children. Parents need to step up and monitor what type of video games their kids are playing. You never know what type of effect the games can have on our children. All kid isn’t typically influenced by violent video games but we don’t know how our kids’ minds are. I read an article on The Shooting at Columbine
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The much talked about Right to Information Act came into force on October 12. The Union government says the Act is revolutionary‚ as it opens all official departments across the country to public scrutiny. The government also claims the new law will help it share power with the humblest‚ and empower the weakest The Right to Information (RTI) Act is a law enacted by the Parliament of India to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens. It was passed by Parliament
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English 101 Argumentative/Persuasive Essay 4/12/2013 Word Count 1‚255 Readability 12.3 There are new proposed gun control laws in the aftermath of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton‚ Connecticut that occurred on December 14th‚ 2012. This incident claimed the lives of twenty 1st graders and six adults and has set the government in motion to try to prevent future acts of violence by strengthening gun control laws in the United States (Smith). This
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finding out she was a prostitute‚ and seeing how it triggered her‚ was brilliant. Besides‚ most final girls don’t have a history of sexual promiscuity. So not only did the twist add depth to the narrative arch. But it allows you to see her respond to an act of carelessness. Yes‚ it still sends a message to girls that having sex is dangerous and could ruin their lives. But the fact that she overcomes her moment of weakness is the message we should take away. Princess‚ as a final girl‚ is like a blank slate
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"When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor any worthiness. But if in moderation Cypris comes‚ there is no other power at all so gracious" (Euripides). In the play Medea by Euripides‚ Medea is driven entirely by passion and fury and does not consider the consequences of what she is doing. She is so focused on her desire for vengeance that she does not stop to deem if what she is doing is right or wrong. Others around her do not console her but instead push Medea into her excessive nature
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