John Stuart Mill once said‚ “The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius‚ mental vigor‚ and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.” John Stuart Mill is one of the most prominent English-speaking philosophers during the 19th century. His works incorporated a huge range of topics in his articles and papers he has written‚ in which a few of them include A System of Logic‚ On Liberty‚ and
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individual’s feelings toward the term may differ depending on their own standard of beliefs‚ values‚ and social behavior. In general‚ culture has to be accepted by the majority of the particular community‚ depending on the ideas and phenomena it entails. In Stuart Hall’s “Notes on Deconstructing ‘The Popular’”‚ he defines popular culture in a unique‚ thoughtful way. Hall agrees that popular culture involves society accepting new visions‚ attitudes‚ images‚ and perspectives that have gone mainstream in a means
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The essay titled “The Subjection of Women” is co-authored by John Stuart Mill and his wife Harriet Taylor Mill in 1869. The main argument in the essay is advocating for equality between the male and female genders. During the publication of this essay‚ it was regarded as an affront to the traditional European traditional values and norms that dictated the status of both men and women in the society (Mill 30). In the first chapter‚ Mill starts by enumerating the challenges he faced in pursuing
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could be. The answers to the question‚ what if? Captain America: The Winter Soldier is an ideal example of science fiction. Here is a previous summary I wrote to the movie noting the basic storyline‚ plot‚ and characters goals: The
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Who is consider a good team captain? A good team captain should be athletic‚ have the right personality‚ and be a good role model. I will describe a team captain with all these traits. His name is Zach Black. He was the most athletic student in GFW High School sports. He led our team with honor‚ a good work ethic‚ and he always pushed us to be the best we could be. By doing this the players and coaches gave him the most respect possible. Zach also had a good personality. He always had a positive
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JOHN STUART MILL ON UTILITARIANISM One of Mill’s strongest arguments in support of his philosophy of morality is seen in the last two paragraphs on page 95 of the textbook Ethical Theory. Here we find one of Mill’s foundational arguments which he later builds upon to argue in favor of utilitarianism. Mill’s conclusion that we find here in this particular selection is based on the assertion he makes‚ found in the latter part of the last complete sentence on page 95: “that happiness is a good
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Captain Vere’s Decision for Billy Budd’s Punishment In the novel Billy Budd‚ sailor‚ Captain Vere’s Sort decision focuses on Billy Budd’s tendency to act his emotions. In one respect‚ Captain Vere made the right decision because Billy Budd killed Claggart‚ but in another Captain Vere made the wrong decision because Billy Budd did not mean to kill Claggart. Captain Vere makes the right decision to execute Billy because Captain Vere has to set an example. For example‚ when Billy Budd
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Captain Ahab is a mysterious‚ revenge-seeking commander who utilizes his crew’s fear of him to get his revenge. Captain Ahab has a mysterious aura of mystery surrounding his character. He is described as looking like a man “cut away from the stake‚ when the fire was overrunningly waste all the limbs without consuming them‚” (283). This description of his appearance is used to show the effect his pent up anger for Moby Dick has had on him with time. However‚ he hopes to relieve this burden by getting
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that a fire had broken out only leading the numbers in the crowd to increase (Wheeler and Becker‚ 75). Captain Thomas Preston and his sentry were called to the scene to assist. However‚ their attempts to redirect the crowd were unsuccessful. It is at this point that a musket was fired and the situation continued to escalate leaving some dead and others wounded (Wheeler and Becker‚ 75). Was Captain Thomas Preston guilty of murder by ordering his soldiers to fire? Or was he innocent and the soldiers
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Utilitarianism we first set in motion by Jeremy Bentham when he argued “Morality is not about pleasing God‚ nor is it about being faithful to abstract rules. Rather‚ morality is about making the world as happy as possible” (Rachels‚ 99). However‚ John Stuart Mill is the one who made Utilitarianism particularly popular when he wrote the book called Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism was created in an attempt to create a field of ethics that didn’t involve religion or principle ethics because those were the
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