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    Criticism and defences of advertising -Advertising supports our economic system; without it new products could not be introduced and developments in others could not be announced. Competitive advertising of new products and new business powers the ‘engine’ of our economy‚ fastering economic growth and creating jobs in many industries. -People use advertising to gather information before making buying decision -A revenues make possible the ‘free’ mass media we use not only for entertainment

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    ART CRITICISM PAPER "The Grafin von Schonfeld with her Daughter" by Elizabeth Louise Vigee-LeBrun In the University Of Arizona Museum Of Art‚ the Pfeiffer Gallery is displaying many art pieces of oil on canvas paintings. These paintings are mostly portraits of people‚ both famous and not. They are painted by a variety of artists of European decent and American decent between the mid 1700’s and the early 1900’s. The painting by Elizabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun caught my eye and drew me in to look

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    Fear is the mother of morality. Plan: Mother > gives birth‚ is superior to‚ has power over‚ is the reason for morality> doing good‚ encompassing ethics‚ having a conscience‚ being virtuous...the difference between actions‚ intentions and decisions that are good vs bad Why is fear the mother of morality? Why should we do good? Why can’t we just kill each other or behave in a ’bad way’? FEAR OF DIFFERENT THINGS: 1. Fear of being ostracized by others/not receiving altruistic behaviour/humans are

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    The issue of morality is the major discussion of these two lectures by Professor Michael Sandel of Harvard University. Sandel mostly uses the teachings and beliefs of Immanuel Kant throughout these lectures. Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher‚ who contributed to ethics‚ aesthetics‚ and much more. He believed in acting autonomously‚ doing the right thing for the sake of duty‚ and categorical imperatives. Kant and Sandel go on further to say that categorical imperatives are always necessary to

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    What are the defenses to a breach of contract? If someone is accused of breach of contract‚ there are a number of defenses available to argue that a contract should not be enforced. If any of the basic contract elements are missing‚ or if the contract was made with someone of diminished capacity or for illegal purposes‚ a contract can be unenforceable. Some other examples of potential defenses to enforcement of a contract are mutual or unilateral mistake‚ duress or undue influence‚ unconscionability

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    centered on the “good life” (the ideal life‚ the life most worth living‚ eudaimonia‚ happiness) and the role of pleasure of achieving it. (Ref:- http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Hedonism) Objection against Hedonism No general code of morality could be established on the basis of pleasure. Pleasure is essentially subjective feeling‚ and only the individual is the competent judge of how much pleasure or pain a course of action affords him. What is more pleasurable for one may be less so

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    Defense Mechanisms Every person copes with difficult situations or threats in life in different ways. Sigmund Freud said that although defense mechanisms prevent apprehension and or guilt in the short run‚ they drain a person’s energy and actually causes the problems in a person’s life to worsen eventually. People use defense mechanisms every day without even realizing it. Four defense mechanisms include denial‚ rationalization‚ repression‚ and displacement. Suppose a woman has been in a serious

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    1 UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIAN MORALITY I. Discuss and illustrate what makes a person moral‚ immoral and amoral A Moral person When we say a person is moral it means that he correctly judges between right and wrong and consequently act on what is virtuous. A moral person does what is right and despises what is wrong. He does the things that are pleasing to God with decency and integrity and because of that he does the will of God. The only foundation for morality is being Christ like. Normally

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    When considering art criticism it becomes difficult not to discuss inconsistencies between the content of the work if any exist. It is easy to point out the successful connections of subject matter and the expression achieved; the intended interpretation to be deciphered by the audience. However for professional critics it must be a foregone conclusion to evaluate art so impartially and without subjective personal feelings or prejudices. This of course contributes to the stereotype behind the

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    Kasey Cotner Ms. Nguyen English 1301 3/2/2014 The fear of Prejudice: new era witch trials Jonathon Rauch’s “In Defense of Prejudice” is an unconventional standpoint on a sensitive subject. He states that by attempting to protect people of certain races from discrimination is a violation of our right to free speech. Rauch is a gay and Jewish author‚ which would make it quite apparent that he has dealt with prejudice in his life. He says that prejudices are a certainty that is hard-wired

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