Excerpts from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics – Book II W. D. Ross translation Book II 1 Virtue‚ then‚ being of two kinds‚ intellectual and moral‚ intellectual virtue in the main owes both its birth and its growth to teaching (for which reason it requires experience and time)‚ while moral virtue comes about as a result of habit‚ whence also its name (ethike) is one that is formed by a slight variation from the word ethos (habit). From this it is also plain that none of the moral virtues
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liking it” the compulsive and obligatory nature of their trysts protects them from punishment from the state (117). This immunity is compromised when Chen confesses that being spanked by Wang awoke her masochistic desire‚ causing her to have sex for pleasure. While this confession was punishable in the highest degree (warranting “being torn apart by five running horses or being minced by thousands of knives”)‚ in a shocking turn of events‚ as “no one had the power to tear [them] apart... [the state]
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(Project guide) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT “A feeling from the heart an expression in words and giving in return” I take this opportunity to express my heart full feelings‚ great pleasure to extend my gratitude to those who have been crowned my efforts with success. With a great pleasure and gratitude first I express my sincere thanks to SURESH HOLLA (DIRECTOR) for granting me permission for my Corporate Exposure Learning (CEL)
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that pleasure and pain are the only things we can say are naturally good or naturally bad. Looking at the notion of happiness and pleasure‚ Bentham argued that moral decisions can be made if consider the amount of pleasure or pain that the action brings us. I will use Bentham’s felicity calculus to assist in looking at my moral decision. Bentham stated that pleasure can be measured in seven dimensions. According to Williams and Bruce (2012)‚ the first dimension is the intensity of pleasure. In my
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of that action is singularly determined by the usefulness of the action in enhancing utility maximization leading to a minimal negative utility as a result of the action. In this case‚ utility is defined as the knowledge‚ preference satisfaction‚ pleasure among others that all form sentient beings. Therefore‚ utility can be termed as a form of consequence in that the moral worth of any action is dependent on the actions outcome. The successful implementation and observance of ethical behavior and
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of ordinary living. Analyse the poem showing how it... . Pleasures are like poppies spread You seize the flower‚ its bloom is shed Bums Seamus Heaney’s sensual and disturbing poem ’Blackberry -Picking’ explores aspects of ordinary living and enables us to see clearly the truth about a core element of human nature. This engaging piece of verse‚ written early in the Nobel laureate’s career‚ exposes humans’ perpetual desire for pleasure and the seemingly inescapable negative consequences attached
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supremacy" (MacKinnon 452). The women portrayed in pornography aren’t treated as equals‚ they are objectified and there to be used or violated. It is with this understanding that one can interpret that pornography doesn’t necessarily create a feeling of pleasure for the viewer‚ but instead a feeling of power. To illustrate the immorality of the acceptance of the inequality that appears in pornography‚
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activities being means to a higher end. Aristotle addresses two types of goods‚ those of which are subordinate and those of which result in higher ends. Subordinate ends may only be means to higher ends‚ such as human activity which brings about pleasures‚ whereas‚ higher goods are goods that are ends in themselves. The highest ends‚ therefore‚ is the supreme good and is the “only final end …the object of which we are in search” (Aristotle 52). There are many disagreements among individuals of what
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responsibilities towards the community are and what that community is made up of. Literary authors such as Peter Singer often have different views on responsibilities when compared to other literary authors such as Anna Quindlen. Whilst Peter focuses more on giving anything that is not deemed “necessary” to the poor‚ Anna Quindlen focuses more on self-acceptance and betterment. Although those three points of views are arguably correct in some ways‚ a community should not be based on selfishness or selflessness
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introducing Bernard Marx‚ the protagonist of the story‚ who is unhappy with himself‚ because of the way he interacts with other members of society. As the story progresses‚ the author suggests that‚ like soma‚ individuals can be kept content with giving them small pleasure over short periods of time. Thus‚ it is suggested in the book that if individuals would conform to their society’s norms‚ their lives would become much happier and also easier in the long run. Consequently‚ by developing the story this way
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