concerned with the idea of the good or just actions one should make in life in order to achieve happiness. This goal of explaining and defining the highest good for man was a concern for the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and the Christian philosopher St. Augustine. Aristotle provided his account of how one may achieve a good life in his Nicomachean Ethics and Augustine in his writings of the two cities – the city of man and the city of God. Aristotle gives a more subjective account of happiness
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Chemistry 108/lab Section C2A Fall 2014 Amee Karelia Date of experiment: 9/16/2014 Date of submission: 9/23/2014 Experiment # 3 Purpose: the purpose of this experiment was to explore the distinctions between physical and chemical properties and between physical and chemical changes. Lab questions: 1. Based on my observation CaCl2 is soluble in water. 2. When 15% of HCl was added to CaCl2 as the teacher was performing the experiment I observed and realized some changes took place physically
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important for the gender study students to rethink and explore. Sigmund Freud is one of the greatest physiologists in the 18th century. His idea of the gender reveals by his famous article‚ “Some Psychological Consequences of the Anatomical Distinction between the Sexes”. In this article‚ Freud presents an unusual and peculiar theory of gender and sex‚ which he calls it “Penis Envy”. Physically‚ femininity comes from the jealous of men’s sexual characteristic.
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verdict in the Aruna Shanbaug case has proceeded along predictable lines — the same as in the rest of the world. These are decadeold questions —the right of terminally ill patients and their families to seek a dignified end to the suffering; the distinction between active and passive euthanasia. Most countries have debated these issues‚ rejected the idea of active euthanasia and very few have legalized it. The Supreme Court has also played safe by suggesting that ’passive’ euthanasia can be looked
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Translate and/or explain the following terms: aesity‚ arêtê‚ endoxa‚ ergon‚ eudaimonia‚ peccatum‚ telos‚ virtus‚ vitium – Arêtê: Greek for virtue‚ or excellence – Virtus and vitium: Latin for virtue and vice – Endoxon (endoxa): Greek‚ reputable opinion(s) • Ergon: Greek‚ function/characteristic activity – • Eudaimonia: Greek‚ happiness‚ well being • – Peccatum: Latin‚ sin • – Telos: Greek‚ end‚ aim • Discuss and/or apply the following concepts: doctrine of the mean‚ the endoxic method‚
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It applies to guardianship of the property only‚ and cannot be used if the person lacks capacity. Voluntary guardians have no medical decision-making authority. In this scenario‚ the court appoints a guardian of the property only‚ although the patient is mentally competent yet incapable of care‚ custody‚ and management of their estate because of physical
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quote by Aristotle was taken from ‘Aristotle: a Very Short Introduction’ and there is no-one of whom this is more true than Aristotle as he was dedicated to every possible discipline he could sink his teeth into making him one of the utmost key figures within philosophy‚ not only in classical philosophy but he is still regarded as influential in modern philosophy. As well as being a devoted biologist‚ botanist‚ moral philosopher‚ psychologist‚ zoologist and many more things besides Aristotle held
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Working with Involuntary Clients There may be times when you will need to assess clients who have been ‘coerced’ to attend the session. They may not be willing to negotiate or to participate during the session. The involuntary client may be reluctant to provide any information at all during the initial assessment. Clients who are involuntary may present as pre-contemplators‚ and the worker may need to consider other methods of counselling or defusion. Understanding involuntary clients’ behaviours
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•What‚ according to Kant‚ is the distinction between pure and empirical knowledge? Can you give an example of each type of knowledge? “knowledge a priori‚” therefore‚ we shall in the sequel understand‚ not such as is independent of this or that kind of experience‚ but such as is absolutely so of all experience. “Empirical knowledge”‚ or that which is possible only a posteriori‚ that is‚ through experience. Knowledge a priori is either pure or impure. Pure knowledge a priori is that with which
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The Distinction between Classic and Modern games Currently‚ video games have gone through many changes in the past years from the first video game‚ invented in 1952‚ all the way to today’s time. Classic video games were made with 8-bit pixels and in very low resolution than modern day games. However‚ if those low-quality games were never made‚ the games would not have evolved into the games they are today. Today‚ games are more defined and have more of a storyline to them. Modern day games are
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