after its citizens have met their bare necessities. What does Aristotle mean by ‘good’? Does it mean happiness? Stability? I found this idea particularly intriguing because Aristotle points out that this goodness is best achieved collectively rather than individually. Is this possible? As Aristotle himself points out‚ people typically act in their own self-interest “in order to obtain that which they think good”. (1252a3) If the state aims at the “highest good” (1252a6)‚ does this necessarily benefit
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You might think football is really fun‚ but there can be consequences that may never go away. It might surprise you how bad these injuries can affect you but it will help you have more knowledge about them. Younger kids shouldn’t play football because they can get concussions which can cause brain damage and memory loss. First of all‚ playing football can cause brain damage and affect you in the long run. In “Hard Knocks‚” The typical high school player gets about 650 hits to the head each
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What Stories Can Teach Us About Life In comparing August Wilson ’s play "Fences" and James Thurber ’s short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚" it can be seen that the main characters in each of these stories face a similar universal human conflict. Both Troy‚ of "Fences‚" and Walter Mitty live lives in which they‚ like most everyone‚ are limited to some extent by forces beyond their control as to how they live their life. These limitations‚ unfortunately‚ cannot be avoided throughout life
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Healthcare Religious and Spiritual Expression WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? How Did Early Contact with European Culture Impact Native Americans? What Role Have Treaties Played? How Do Federal Policies Effect Reservation Life? What Collective Action Has Been Taken? What Is American Indian Identity? Is Economic Development Happening? What Are the Challenges with Education? What Contributes to Health Care Problems? How Are Religion and Spirituality Expressed? What the Environmental Issues Are for Native Americans
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What can we do to Stop Global Warming? Climate change may be a big problem‚ but there are many little things we can do to make a difference. If we try‚ most of us can do our part to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that we put into the atmosphere. Many greenhouse gases come from things we do every day. As we have learned‚ these greenhouse gases trap energy in the atmosphere and make the Earth warmer. Some of these gasses occur naturally while others are caused by humans. The most common of
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In what was at the time named West Germany‚ there were 2467 cases of manslaughter or attempted murder in the one year of 1990. The rest of Europe had similar figures and the United States had an even higher number or cases (Mummendey‚ 1996). This begs the question as to why these events occur‚ and more specifically‚ what are the causes of this aggression? Therein lays the key to controlling and diminishing aggressive behaviour‚ in the identification of the factors that lead to aggression. This essay
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part of the earth that does not remain affected by our actions. Our actions are now threatening the health of our planet‚ the land we live and work on‚ the water supply‚ the ozone layer‚ the animal species as well as the health of our species. With this it is easy to say "The problem is too great and what can we do now?" Well‚ we can first remember and believe that we can make a difference. We can start with making a commitment to do a few things to save our environment. We can work wi ... Our earth
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What Is Sickle Cell Anemia? Sickle cell anemia (uh-NEE-me-uh) is the most common form of sickle cell disease (SCD). SCD is a serious disorder in which the body makes sickle-shaped red blood cells. “Sickle-shaped” means that the red blood cells are shaped like a crescent. Normal red blood cells are disc-shaped and look like doughnuts without holes in the center. They move easily through your blood vessels. Red blood cells contain an iron-rich protein called hemoglobin (HEE-muh-glow-bin). This protein
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What does ’’competitiveness’’ mean at the country level? How can it be defined and measured? “Take someone who doesn ’t keep score‚ who ’s not looking to be richer‚ or afraid of losing‚ who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he ’s free.” Maybe Rumi (Persian poet born in 13th century) was right‚ maybe the key to true freedom and probably to happiness is to stop trying to be the best‚ stop competing with each other. But the feeling of competitiveness has existed in man since
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TO WHAT EXTENT CAN INTERNATIONAL AID BE REALLY EFFECTIVE? One cannot help but be shocked to hear that often‚ medical and food supplies sent to flood victims have never reached the victims but have in fact fallen into the coffers of the officials who were to distribute the supplies to the victims. This is indeed an eye-opener and we wonder how long such activities have been going on undetected. It brings to realisation the truth that among so called humans are beasts which will take advantage of
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