Using Rorty’s Private Irony and Liberal Hope‚ choose two to four passages from the text that explain the ironist AND choose another two to four that explain the metaphysician. Additionally‚ and most importantly‚ you should explain‚ in your own words‚ why you have chosen these passages by explaining the key difference(s) between an Ironist and a Metaphysician according to these passages. Rorty pursues an artful division between philosophical settlement and their indications. He simply describes himself
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stages of my research I happened upon the work of Jewish‚ Russo-American philosopher and author‚ Ayn Rand. Rand was an advocate of objectivism‚ individualism and minarchism (very skeletal government). Her story corroborates effectively with the objective of my report as she lived through the Russian revolution and various famines‚ emerging as an individualist and supporter of the free market. The fact that Rand lived through communism for a number of years makes her story and work primary sources and
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books we reviewed are Anthem and Prometheus. We also reviewed Critical Thinking and the Emancipation proclamation. Failure is one of my main worries about my future. First‚ Equality is also scared of failure. An example is on the book Anthem by Ayn Rand in page 43- “Know what you want in life and go after it. I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals‚ and I loathe humanity‚ for its failure to live up to these possibilities.” What this quote is saying that you can be afraid
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Luke Heywood Ms. Miller Sophomore English Pd. 6 3 November 2014 Individualism Outline I. Intro: The battle between Ideologies has raged since the early 20th century creating friends as well as enemies among neighboring nations and their people. The Soviet Union and the United States divided during the cold war. Today people argue over freedom/order. Only one allows life and freedom: Individualism. Thesis: Society thrives most by promoting the superior ideology Individualism for it allows freedom
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Importance of Ethics for human being in society As children‚ we were taught by our parents that it is wrong to lie‚ cheat‚ and steal. As we grow up and enter into the real world with some knowledge of right and wrong‚ we see‚ first hand‚ the importance of ethics as well as its complexity. The role of ethics in our society is very necessary because it has a large influence on today‚ as well as the future. We need to learn about good ethics because they guide our decisions‚ make us who we are‚
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Compulsory Licensing in the light of John Locke’s Concept of Property and Utilitarian Concept of Bentham Introduction:- Is it fair to grant compulsory licensing to any person of any persons’ intellectual property for which he is demanding higher price? Intellectual Property is “jura in re propria”. It is a valuable intangible property which vests on the owner in the form of artistic‚ literary‚ dramatic‚ musical‚ cinematographic works and sound recording. It also exists in any new creation which
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Moon Landing Each of these four texts uses essential rhetorical techniques in order to effectively get across each purpose‚ these purposes being quite different in each text. The Times article is very analytical‚ while the speech by Safire focuses most heavily on the emotional side of the moon landing in the hypothetical context of the text. Rand’s article paints the launch in an extremely positive and figurative light‚ while the Hemlock cartoon criticizes the attention that the mission receives
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Kantian‚ Objectivist‚ believed in moral universalism. Besides‚ a majority of religions have morally universalist positions. However‚ at the same time‚ there are also some famous philosophers‚ including Immanuel Kant‚ John Locke‚ John Stuart Mill and Ayn Rand‚ opposing moral universalism. Moral universalism has been debated for 4000 years. In this essay‚ the viewpoints of the supporters and opponents of moral universalism will be mentioned and analyzed. The supporter of moral universalism‚ Thomson
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Ayn Rand‚ a 20th century novelist once wrote‚ “Thinking men cannot be ruled.” While others may have an influence on what we think‚ they can not control it. What one can imagine is unlimited. This is why the idea of thought is such a wonder‚ and so powerful. This is also why in George Orwell’s 1984‚ the Party tries to obtain what its citizens are thinking‚ and direct it. As Victor Hugo‚ a 19th century poet once said‚ “All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.”
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What would you do if you saw your mother in danger and the only way to save her is breaking a law? Would I break the law to save a loved one? The books that we read to help answer the question were Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ “Emancipation Proclamation” by Abraham Lincoln‚ “Prometheus”‚ from Greek mythology “Critical thinking video” by Leo‚ and a Socratic seminar as a class. I would break the law for a loved one because they are my loved ones. This shows how much they are worth to me. It shows I care for
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