"Happiness is when what you think‚ what you say‚ and what you do are in harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi AS "Happiness depends upon ourselves." - Aristotle In Nichomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle argues the highest end is the human good‚ and claims that the highest end pursued in action is happiness. Also‚ Aristotle claims that happiness is achieved only by living a virtuous life - "our definition is in harmony with those who say that happiness is virtue‚ or a particular virtue; because an activity in accordance
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humans. On the other hand‚ Kantianism dealt with intent‚ and Utilitarianism was about maximizing happiness for the greatest number. Virtue ethics seems to be more practical than theoretical like the previous moral theories we talked about in class. Aristotle said the aim of humans was for the soul to exhibit excellence. The way this was done was by practicing virtues and basing our actions around what behaviors people with these virtues
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In this paper I will discuss the similarities and differences between Rene Descartes and John Locke‚ David Hume and Plato. They believe in rationalism or empiricism respectively. Rationalist believed that an important group of fundamental concepts are known intuitively through reason‚ opposite to experience. For rationalist‚ the knowledge is innate and that it can¡¯t come from sources such as the senses. They are well known as Descartes‚ Plato. Empiricist argued that all ideas tracer ultimately back
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Liberalism vs. Democracy Liberalism‚ formed in the latter part of the 18th Century from opposition to existing political monarchies in Europe‚ was based on rights of individuals and the responsibility of government to protect those rights. Liberalism has an ambivalent relationship with democracy‚ as liberals are against collective power‚ but support political equality. In the nineteenth century liberals were often opposed to democracy as they saw it as a threat to individual rights - the people
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Is Aristotle right to say that virtues of character lie between an excess and deficiency? Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath‚ a student of Plato. Aristotle had two major works about the Ethics‚ they are Nichomachean Ethics and Eudemian Ethics. Aristotle claims that all the action of a human must aim to something‚ but if you are day-dreaming‚ it won’t be counted as an action. Aristotle also talks about the golden mean. The golden mean can help to support why Aristotle
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Alchemy vs. chemistry Some people think that chemistry is just about mixing things up and experimenting in test tubes and explosions. Actually chemistry studies everything around us and how they change‚ for example it tells what your body is made out of. We study chemistry in biology‚ geology‚ engineering‚ and even physics. Chemistry is the science of matter‚ and how it changes and its chemical reactions‚ it’s also called as the central science ( the main one) because it connects physics with other
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ANCIENTS VS MODERNS It seems that in today’s world of the radio‚ TV‚ and the internet we have a wealth of knowledge at our finger tips. With all this knowledge that we have we are constantly reminded that we have many liberties and freedoms to enjoy‚ yet when Election Day rolls around we can receive only around 60% of the American population out to vote‚ and that is on a good day. Is Benjamin Constant correct when he say’s “Our freedom must consist of peaceful enjoyment and private independence
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been many cases that have made an effort to abolish segregation. Two cases that didn’t just make an effort‚ but did just that were Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education. They were related to each other as well because one changed the precedent established in the other. They also helped the country identify more with freedom than slavery. The Plessy vs. Ferguson case happened in 1892 and was about a man named Homer Plessy who was an octoroon. He bought a ticket and sat in a whites only
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Google Drive vs. SkyDrive vs. Dropbox vs. iCloud Jia Shi Yidi Zhang Nan Song Ly Le INTRODUCTION Along with the development speed of technology‚ the amount of data passing by or consumed by people around the world keeps growing rapidly. The storage devices seem to unable for storing growing data amount. In addition‚ maintenance and back-up of data are needed just in case of accident. To meet the needs mentioned above‚ the cloud computing is developed especially cloud storage which have
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THIRD DIVISION [G.R. No. 154765. March 29‚ 2007.] PEDRO T. BERCERO‚ petitioner‚ vs. CAPITOL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION‚ 1 respondent. D E C I S I O N AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ‚ J p: Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court assailing the Decision 2 dated February 11‚ 2002 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 56484 which set aside the Decision 3 dated May 27‚ 1996 of the Regional Trial Court‚ Branch 88‚ Quezon City (RTC-Branch 88) in Civil Case
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