“Listening to One’s Heart in Paulo Coelho’s By the River Piedra‚ I Sat Down and Wept” A person’s action is always influenced by several factors. One thinks about the option one really wants; after that‚ is the time in which he thinks about how it will affect his surroundings‚ whether it will soil his reputation‚ and whether it goes against his morals and beliefs. Every action has to have a reason‚ because an action from instinct is perceived as foolish. Society taught people to control
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Should we always tell the truth? Have you already told a lie to somebody? Everybody has already lied to someone. After that‚ most of the time people have felt guilty or bad if they expressed their own opinion. But sometimes‚ people don’t tell the truth just to avoid hurting others because they act like that for the good of others. However‚ always telling the truth is necessary for us in everyday life in order to feel good about ourselves‚ to be trusted by everybody and to be able to support our
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Oppressed people deal with their oppression in three characteristic ways. One way is acquiescence: the oppressed resign themselves to their doom. They tacitly adjust themselves to oppression and thereby become conditioned to it. In every movement toward freedom some of the oppressed prefer to remain oppressed. Almost 2800 years ago Moses set out to lead the children of Israel from the slavery of Egypt to the freedom of the Promised Land. He soon discovered that slaves do not always welcome their
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Why Property Damage is Not Good Now what have we learned from our actions? Truth is‚ we all learn from our mistakes. No matter how dumb the mistake is or how little. By every mistake a person makes‚ it makes him a better person the next day. Why? Because it is just the way us humans are. We learn from our mistakes. Damaging other’s property was my lesson. I can see that those actions had gained me nothing. They did not make me any cooler‚ they did not make me feel like a better person. All this
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Three ways of Oppression In this essay‚ “The Ways of Meeting Oppression‚” Martin Luther King Jr. was speaking about three kinds of oppression and how people deal with their oppression. The first acquiescence‚ which means that the oppressed resign themselves to their doom. When this happens the oppressed person gets accustomed to their oppression and they never try to get out and become accustomed to it. He criticizes the people who use this first method. The second method talks about physical
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Euthanasia is another term for mercy killing or assisted suicide. Performing it is taking the life of a hopelessly ill or injured individual in order to end his or her suffering. It is a very controversial topic‚ many argue that euthanasia releases the suffering. What would you do if your loved one requested euthanasia? Would you let him/her continue to suffer or grant his/her wish? I believe that euthanasia should not be legalized because it may result in abuses of euthanasia‚ put pressure on the
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"Love all‚ trust a few. Do wrong to none." -William Shakespeare This quote means that people should love everyone‚ trust only a select few friends and do wrong to nobody. People should love everyone because it’s okay and love is what makes everyone happy. People should trust only a few because not everybody in the world is trustworthy. If you put your trust in everyone you will end up very hurt. People should do wrong to nobody because it is not nice to not do bad to people and people should
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Sometimes individuals may want to do something which could be a risk to their Health and safety. As a carer you have a duty of care to that person and you must do all that you can to keep them safe but you also have a duty to respect the individuals rights and choice‚ so you have a dilemma. It could be that the individual no longer wishes to use her walking frame‚ but her care plan states that she needs it to move from place to place and you are to ensure you encourage it’s use. In this scenario
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Philosophy Response – Mencius Throughout Mencius‚ there is continual debate amongst the people regarding human nature; is it‚ by nature‚ good or bad? Every option is discussed by Mencius himself‚ ranging from whether all are born good‚ born evil‚ born with both or born with neither. Overall‚ Mencius succeeds in his description of all possibilities of whether human nature is good or bad. The main permutation discussed by Mencius is that all humans are born good. In Book 2‚ Part A‚ Section 6‚ Mencius
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Being human is not always the same even the appearance and the way of thinking. Different people have different point of views. Some people are utilitarian‚ some are Kantian Deontologist‚ and some are Virtuous people. From my perspective‚ I am the kind of person who cannot decide which one best describes my thinking. Sometimes I could feel that I am a utilitarian‚ and sometime I can be all of them. Therefore‚ being utilitarian means that good or bad depends on the result of the action. On the one
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