Retributivism and utilitarianism are two opposing ways of approaching punishment. The retributive view of punishment is backward-looking‚ while the utilitarian view is forward-looking. Retributivism pays more attention to the crime itself and what amends need to be made. Typically this results in harsher punishments. Immanuel Kant and Michael Davis both advocate for this system in their articles. However‚ they purposefully disregard how a punishment could affect society. For example‚ punishments
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Kant or Utilitarianism In this essay we will discuss what Kant’s and a utilitarian’s view on insider trading would be. As we have discussed in previous essays‚ Kant believed that moral rules could be known through reason and not just by observation (Shaw and Barry 69). For me this is the basis of all decisions that we make and why I would support Kant’s point of view on insider trading. Utilitarianism concentrates on producing the greatest amount of happiness and using it as a standard to determine
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“Ways with Words: Languages‚ Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms” is a classic ethnographic study done by the famous American linguistic anthropologist Shirley Brice Heath. In this book Heath presents the differences in the learning of language use; at home and at school ny8by children in Roadville and Trackton‚ two communities which are few miles apart in the south eastern United States. Roadville is a white working class community and they are involved in the ‘life of textile mills’ for
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Although the 1920s and 1930s only have a ten-year difference the 1929 stock crash in New York distinguishes the years very differently. Cinderella Man follows the story of James Braddock‚ a popular boxer during the Roaring Twenties‚ and the Cinderella Man during the Great Depression. The opening scene is of James punching Tuffy Griffith in the face at Madison Square Garden on November 30‚ 1928. James has a different life in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1920s the life of James is bright‚ in the 1930s
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The Dutch and Indonesia The Dutch stayed in Indonesia for 350 years and during the time they stayed they had absolute power over all the nations of Indonesia. In terms of economy they applied three systems to rule over Indonesia’s spices trade‚ Mercantilism‚ Capitalism and Monopoly. However if anyone decides to think about how the Dutch managed to take over such a vast nation with millions of people only with a handful of soldiers‚ it would occur to them that this was a battle the Dutch couldn’t
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What is the central difference between metaphysics as Kant conceives it‚ and metaphysics as Aristotle conceives it? Argue in support of one or the other view. Metaphysics is usually taken to involve both questions of what is existence and what types of things exist; in order to answer either questions‚ one will find itself using and investigating the concepts of being. Aristotle proposed the first of these investigations which he called ‘first philosophy’‚ also known as ‘the science of being’ however
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AFO‚ CAFO‚ AND FACTORY FARMING A factory farm is a general word that can be used to describe Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) and animal feeding operations (AFO). All three are very close to the same except for some slight differences‚ but are still all used interchangeably. A CAFO is a specialized‚ large-scale industrial agricultural facility (The Humane Society 2008). To be considered a CAFO the farm has to have at least 700 dairy cattle‚ 1‚000 beef cattle‚ 2‚500 hogs if they weigh
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Gavin Klauser ENG101/MW 9:30-10:45/ Rittof C-C Final draft LC: 63 WC: 866 Graduating from high school and college are both big check points in one’s life. Most everyone goes through the transition from high school to college and most will say it was a big change. High school and college are what make up our system of education and can be easily compared and contrasted. High school and college are alike but different when it comes to the level of work‚ how students interact‚ and the attitude
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more effectively. In addition‚ both organizations also promote early identification as it is the key to reversing the problem. Intervention is also a way that they promote treatment‚ as well as advocating and spreading awareness. How does the difference in funding impact the work they do? While NAMI have many donors‚ their work is not as broad as MHA. MHA have many donors and they are also in partnership with many organizers. MHA also has a very wide advertisement and social media platforms that
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NLP and seduction have long been associated with each other. Nero Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a term used to describe the way in which our brains adhere to specific patterns of communication dependent on our personality type. Once we can begin to understand these patterns‚ triggers and Meta models‚ we can use them to our advantage whilst communicating with women. Seduction is merely the process of being able to clearly communicate our intent to women whilst utilizing the correct techniques to
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