SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY Social contract theory (or contractarianism) is a concept used in philosophy‚ political science and sociology to denote an implicit agreement within a state regarding the rights and responsibilities of the state and its citizens‚ or more generally a similar concord between a group and its members‚ or between individuals. All members within a society are assumed to agree to the terms of the social contract by their choice to stay within the society without violating the contract;
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MacBeth Questions 1) The season that is described in the opening passage of The Canterbury Tales is spring. According to the narrator‚ when the season comes the people long to go on pilgrammages. 2) English people want to go down to Canterbury to seek the holy martyr‚ St. Thomas a Becket. 3) The narrator claims he meets some twenty nine pilgrims. 4) The Knight has fought in Alexandria‚ Prussia‚ Lithuania‚ Granada‚ North Africa‚ and Anatolia. 5) If the Knight beats his opponents
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theory of planned behavior can be used by managers to increase employee performance during a recession. Schwartz proposed that there are 10 values that guide a person’s behavior. The 10 values that he proposed are as follows: power‚ achievement‚ hedonism‚ stimulation‚ self-direction‚ universalism‚ benevolence‚ tradition‚ conformity‚ and security. Many of these values are driving the behavior of managers at Bain & Company‚ Home Depot‚ and Best Buy. Frank Blake the Chairman and Chief Executive of
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EXPLAIN THE MAIN STRENGHTS OF A UTILITARIAN ETHICAL SYSTEM [25] 27/9/13 Utilitarianism‚ the theory that actions are right if they useful for the majority‚ the greatest happiness and pleasure for the greatest and majority of people. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English moral philosopher concerned with social reform‚ Bentham wanted people to seek pleasure and avoid pain. On the other hand John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) who was a great admirer of Bentham; however‚ he believed
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Two renowned poets of the 19th century portrayed similar characteristics in their styles yet expressed their viewpoint of the world in a vastly different way. One ignored death the other obsessed over it. Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” style is not traditional yet rhythmic with no particular style other than his own invention of expression. This poem depicts himself as the self-indulgent‚ irresponsible person he was in real life. His disengagement into reality shows in his methodical release
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The crucial theme present throughout C.S. Lewis’ "That Hideous Strength" and Oscar Wilde’s "The picture of Dorian Gray" is morality‚ and how it can be influenced. The main characters in C. S. Lewis’ novel‚ Mark and Jane Studdock‚ go through very contradicting paths and join opposite in objectives‚ organizations; at the same time they share similar feelings (solitude‚ confusion‚ paranoia) and carry out immoral actions in the attempt to run away from the problems. On the other hand
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The film The Matrix presents and deals with many interesting philosophical issues. Here I will discuss a particular scene from the film‚ namely‚ the ’red/blue pill’ dialogue between Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Neo (Keanu Reaves). This dialogue can be considered as dealing with a philosophical thought experiment: Nozick’s (1974) experience machine‚ and questions that arise from it. Namely‚ would an individual‚ after coming to know that they are not actually directing their own life‚ but are
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One strategy for moving toward artistic works is to analyse their authentic setting and the encounters of the creator. This historical feedback concentrates basically on historical occasions that happened when the work was composed and the first goals of the creator in which who wrote it. Calvino who is known for addressing what establishes a literature classic came up with 14 points. One in which he is well known for is “classics are books which exercise a particular influence‚ both when they imprint
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Tolstoy’s short story – “How much land does a man need?” — is a religious-morality tale which can be interpreted in a variety of ways‚ but which seems primarily concerned with the destructive consequences of human ambition. The story is about a man named Pahom – a peasant farmer — who desires to acquire more land‚ acquires some land‚ but is not satisfied and needs to acquire more. Eventually he over-reaches‚ forfeits all his accumulated wealth and causes his own death. (*See below for a Summary
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everyone should be motivated by selfish desires‚ but rather that they are motivated by selfish desires. This is supposed to be a psychological fact of human motivations. Joel Feinberg presents a multitude of arguments against psychological egoistic hedonism. There are four “arguments” which support psychological egoism: (a) “Every action of mine is prompted by motives or desires or impulses which are my motives and not somebody else’s.” (b) “When a person gets what she or he wants‚ she or he feels
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