The Choice to Live Life the Way it Should Be | | | October 26‚ 2012 | 4th | How do you feel about Jacob’s decision at the end of the novel? Give reasons/support for your answer from the text. | Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is about an old man recounting his experiences in the circus. As an old man‚ Jacob Jankowski makes a decision to leave his nursing home and join the circus that has come to his town. After Jacob’s parents’ death during Jacob’s college exams‚ Jacob decides to
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Ontological Argument Video When someone say a possible world they mean as hypothetical situation. It is generally a way for philosophers to test an idea to see if it is logically by asking could it exists in a possible world like our own.Three ways entities are defined in ontological argument are impossible it’s an entity that exists in no possible worlds‚ contingent an entity that exists in some possible worlds. God is defined as a maximally great being which means love‚wisdom‚ and power. The lesser
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Shooting Dogs Reflection The first Character that I will be discussing is Joe‚ who throughout the movie was “living out” the philosophies of Immanuel Kant. In one scene of the movie Joe demonstrates the Categorical Imperative. He acted as he would want others to act if they were in his situation. In this scene many people came to Joe asking for something to build a fire‚ in order for them to eat. Joe had‚ then went up to the room he was staying in‚ grabbed the bed frame‚ dresser
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paper‚ Carson points out 4 main arguments that we can derive from the recent corporate scandals (e.g. Enron‚ WorldCom). The arguments pointed out revolve around the flaws and inadequacy in current business approaches such as the stakeholder theory‚ shareholder theory and incentives system in corporations currently. In my response paper‚ I will make use of ethical theories such as Kantian ethics‚ Utilitarianism‚ Rawl’s theory of justice etc. to analyse the arguments made in the paper and to evaluate
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I can safely say your arguments are flawed and you resort to name-calling and insults instead of providing evidence for claims‚ Yes you can safely say there is a little green man called Jeff who rules your life too‚ that’s because you are a new atheist isn’t it. Now what you must understand is when debating with me I do not take atheistic statements as statements of fact‚ but as statements of an ideology. I have given the evidence it’s just an attempt was made to refute it with talk of aliens
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Do elephants cry? Of course they do‚ because they care about each other. A mother elephant will shield her calf from vicious predators and the hot sun‚ guiding it underneath herself. If there’s an obstacle in their path‚ a mother will carry her child over it‚ when a dust storm hits‚ she will personally bathe her precious baby. Just like humans‚ elephants create deep emotional bonds between their families and herds. Except‚ humans are a little better at expressing their feelings. We care for our loved
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Erin has been shooting up meth‚ herioin‚ and pain pills for many many months. Her children were previously taken by Jason and Kristy Smith. Jason is the brother of Trey Smith‚ the father. Trey is currently in rehab for alcoholism. Erin agreed to allow Jason and Kristy take the children so that she could check herself into rehab and get better‚ which she did not do. She did supposedly get clean for a short time. Long enough for them to bring the children back. When this situation was first discovered
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awareness about the damaging effects of smoking‚ it unfairly targets women creating an inaccurate stereotype about those who smoke and raises a logical fallacy in implying that smoking will make one less attractive‚ in order to convey the intended argument against smoking. The advertisement is successful in demonstrating the harmful ways in which smoking can physically affect people. The black and red colors on the ad symbolize black scarred innards‚ or even lungs‚ that are charred due to smoking;
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are responsible for low test scores. The article “Parents Need to Stop Blaming Hollywood and Take Responsibility” is a blunt rebuttal by Chastain to the study that was conducted by the University of Virginia’s psychology department. Chastain’s argument is convincing because she uses logical reasoning regarding the studies’ principals by noticing and explaining the key points in which why the study was performed improperly. In the article‚ “Parents Need to Stop Blaming Hollywood and Take Responsibility”
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diction‚ impassioned and reverent tone‚ and emotional appeal. Throughout the piece‚ Banneker reminds Jefferson of the struggle for independence. He recalls for Jefferson how discontented the colonies felt with King George’s tyranny. He supports his argument with key words from the Revolution‚ speaking of the “rights and privileges” bestowed upon the former colonists. He quotes Jefferson himself‚ pulling an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence which states that “all men are created equal.” However
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