Contemporary philosophers such as‚ G.E. Moore‚ C.L. Stevenson‚ and J.L. Mackie‚ all have theories that develop different views concerning the status of moral judgments and the existence of moral facts. Moore‚ in his‚ Subject Matter of Ethics‚ argued that moral facts do exist and can be true or false but must be indescribable. Stevenson‚ in his‚ The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms‚ disagreed with Moore and said that moral judgements can’t be true or false they simply can inspire certain feelings
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J.S. Mill believes that one basic principle should govern our behavior. That basic principle is that our actions should maximize happiness for all‚ not just yourself. Happiness means the pleasure and the absence of pain. When Kant talks about pleasure‚ he does not mean physical pleasure such as sex or eating. Pleasure should be associated with intellectual and moral pleasures. An example of this principle is the Golden Rule. I have been aware of the Golden Rule ever since I started school and it
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Can You Choose Happiness? Every morning when you wake up‚ you tell yourself that you will be happy‚ but is that a choice within your power? Is happiness a choice that you can make‚ or are some people destined to find happiness and others doomed to be unhappy? In his TED talk‚ “Happy Maps‚” Daniele Querica‚ a researcher for Yahoo! Labs‚ claims that through an application that he created‚ users will be able to choose to be happy on a daily basis. Querica’s application is a mapping system that functions
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In the article “How to Live Wisely” Richard J Light (2015) discusses a seminar named “Reflecting on Your Life” which aim is to help first-year students to lead a successful life. The author argues that it is very important for students to consider some questions such as " What is the definition of a good life? How to be happy? How to use college years effectively?". To help their students‚ Harvard faculty decided to start the seminar. In his article Light mentions the most appealing exercises for
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After eight years of Obama administration‚ the United States has selected its next President‚ Donald J. Trump. As a Republican nominee‚ Trump has not only criticized the Obama administration’s domestic and foreign policy but also made offensive comments and statements on certain groups of people or countries‚ which was considered “outrageous” by many. His unfiltered speech with no political correctness has been attracting a lot of attention from all over the world with people both loving and despising
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American Identity Paper In J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur’s 1782 letter “What Is an American” he distinguishes American’s from Europeans in a few ways. One of the ways in which Hector distinguishes American’s from Europeans is by giving examples of the political statues. An example is that the great lords possess all and the people possess nothing because they have to answer to the kings‚ bishops‚ and courts. In America there are no great lords to control the people. Americans can make their own
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The Effects of the New Deal Historian Barton J. Bernstein claimed that the New Deal "did not transform the American System… It failed to raise the impoverished‚ it failed to redistribute income‚ it failed to extend equality and generally countenanced racial discrimination… It failed generally to make business more responsible to the social welfare or to threaten business ’ pre-eminent political power." Although he makes valid points in his argument‚ I personally have to disagree with him. First
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war between two nations‚ or racism to an extent where humanity is no longer taken into consideration. Inevitably there is one superior victor‚ leaving the remains of the opposing party nothing more than mere followers whom lack self-respect. In Ernest J. Gaines’ novel “A Lesson Before Dying“‚ the scarcity of human dignity is predominant throughout. It is important to realize the results due to superiority‚ racism and an absence in self-respect under those circumstances of no human dignity. Generally
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“Deconstructing America” Summary In the introduction‚ Patrick J. Buchanan notes that Queen Elizabeth II went to the settlement of Jamestown in 2007‚ the town’s 400th anniversary. The Queen had been there before‚ when Jamestown was founded and again in 1957. Buchanan uses the Queens visit to Jamestown as a firsthand experience of how much has changed in Jamestown since its founding. He quotes the Queen‚ “Since I visited Jamestown in 1957‚ my country has become a much more diverse society just as
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English 11 Honors Name_______________________________ Chapter Questions These questions MUST be handwritten‚ not typed! The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger CHAPTER 1 1. Where did Holden go to school? Why does he have to leave? 2. Who do you think the you might be in the first line? 3. Why does he call his brother D. B. a prostitute? 4. During what time of year does the story begin? 5. Why does Holden need to have a real “good-by”? 6. Though he says that
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