The article “Here’s A Terrible Idea: Robot Cars With Adjustable Ethics Settings” by Patrick Lin‚ immediately grabbed my attention because it placed the theory of ethics into the 21st century. The infamous “trolley problem” is the prime example that Lin uses to discuss the moral dilemma presented by robotic cars. After reading and discussing Lin’s article‚ I agree that robotic cars with adjustable ethics settings are a terrible idea. One of the first topics that stood out to me was that 12% of people
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In short fiction‚ characters experience conflict that impacts plot development. Firstly‚ in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson the conflict is man vs. nature. To provide a reason why this happens in the small town‚ Jackson wrote “Lottery in June‚ corn be heavy soon.” (Jackson 4). This was said by Old Man Warner‚ the oldest person in this town and this shows that Tessie‚ the women who gets sacrificed‚ is conflicting with the actual agriculture sacrifice. This conflict only starts to show at the end
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path. Although the Allied and Axis powers were affected the most by WWI‚ East Asia and South Asia were also transformed as well‚ through considerable social and political reform. In East Asia‚ China was the country outside of the Allied and Axis powers affected the most in WWI‚ through the creation of the Chinese Communist Party. After WWI was over‚ the Treaty of Versailles transferred all German holdings in East Asia‚ including those in China‚ to Japan. To China‚ this was an outrageous offense
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Malayan Law Journal Reports/2000/Volume 2/LIM GUAN ENG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR - [2000] 2 MLJ 577 - 18 June 1999 22 pages [2000] 2 MLJ 577 LIM GUAN ENG v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR FEDERAL COURT (KUALA LUMPUR) EUSOFF CHIN CHIEF JUSTICE‚ WAN ADNAN CJ (MALAYA) AND ZAKARIA YATIM FCJ CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS M05-3 OF 1998‚ M-05-4 OF 1998 AND M-05-5 OF 1998 18 June 1999 Criminal Law -- Malicious publication of false news -- Detention of under-aged girl published as ’imprisonment’ -- Presumption of malicious publication
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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story that presents an annual mandatory lottery where each “head” of the family comes up to draw a paper. The family with the head who picks the paper redraws as a whole‚ and the “lucky winner” gets stoned to death. Villagers in the town originally performed the lottery from the belief that a sacrifice brought better crops to the village. Now‚ however‚ the villagers‚ who have forgotten the purpose‚ continue just because it is a tradition. In the beginning
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“THE EFFECT OF THE ABSENTEE OF THE FATHER ON THE CHILD-FATHER RELATIONSHIP” A Research Paper Presented to the Department of Philosophy Minor in Psychology Writing in Discipline University of La Salette Silang Campus Biga II‚ Silang‚ Cavite Sem. Wynston Clifford A. Orias March 2014 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Family member especially the Father shares not only his memories of the past but also his expectation of sharing future events and experiences. Children carry their
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English composition II The Lottery A Patriarchal society Evelyn Rookey Elements in The Lottery by Shirley Jackson‚ work together to reveal a theme of a Patriarchal Society through character traits and traditional customs. Paralleling the society during which time the story was written. It is my argument that Shirley Jackson was trying to show the gender roles of that time zone and the repercussions women suffered for seeking equality in the workforce‚ such as how women were perceived during
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paved from matriarchal to patriarchal‚ the status of women decreased as time goes. In the Woman Warrior and Waylaid‚ Maxine Hong Kingston and Ed Lin both agree that women in China have been treated badly‚ because they are an inferior gender and have to be obedient‚ but authors have drastically different views on the status of women in the American society. Maxine Hong Kingston argues that after coming to the United States‚ Chinese women have lowered their statuses‚ because the isolations from the mainstream
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goods than he himself has or in other word‚ no one can give what he does not have. For instance‚ Anson purchase goods from Billy. The good is acquired by a thief. Cindy‚ who is also the true owner of the goods. Anson
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Chapter 1 1) The definition of communication in this chapter covers all the major components from the origin of the subject matter‚ which is derived from a Latin word “communis. It also states that communication is not complete without transmission of common or meaningful information from one person or group of persons (sender) to another person or group of person (recipient) in a way that generates shared attitudes‚ values‚ beliefs‚ feelings‚ or behaviors between the sender and recipient.
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