were viewed as ritual purifications. It dictated how people should behave and it also inquired free thought‚ in Athens it brought radical ideas of democracy‚ philosophy‚ mathematics and arts. It boasted philosophers like Plato‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle‚ Epicurus‚ and Democritus. The traditional tragedy in Aeschylus ’ time (circa 475 BC) consisted of the following parts the prologue which described the situation and the set‚ and then there was parados an ode song that the chorus would sing when they made
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especially political ones‚ should be unbiased by religious influence. Some scholars are now arguing that the very idea of secularism will change. Secularism draws its intellectual roots from Greek and Roman philosophers such as Marcus Aurelius and Epicurus; medieval Muslim polymaths such as Ibn Rushd; Enlightenment thinkers such as Denis Diderot‚ Voltaire‚ Baruch Spinoza‚ John Locke‚James Madison‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and Thomas Paine; and more recent freethinkers‚ agnostics‚ and atheists such as Robert
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Since ancient times the notion of friendship being a method for self gain has lurked in the shadows. Though never out rightly stated it is one which trumps the subconscious mind of each person and has even been pondered upon by great minds such as that of Aristotle‚ who believed certain friendships occurred simply as a means of utility. This raises the question of whether friendships are truly mutual and not driven by the needs and desires of a person. It’s simply impossible for one person to have
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4/2/2012 1 Early Buddhist Thought Phil 215 Tom Kasulis April 2‚ 2012 Thought Experiment #2: Who/What am I? “To find oneself.” What does that mean? Imagine a friend‚ Mary‚ says that she had a rough time this year in college and has decided to take off next year travelling across country so she can “find herself.” What is she looking for? How do you find yourself? What is the “self” you find and who finds it? How do you know when you’ve found it? If you believe you have eventually found yourself
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CHAPTER FOUR: SOCIAL STRUCTURAL THEORIES Chapter Outline I. The Social Structural Tradition a. The task of sociological criminology is to discover why social animals commit antisocial acts b. Social structure: How society is organized by social institutions—the family‚ and educational‚ religious‚ economic‚ and political institutions—and stratified on the basis of various roles and statuses c. Structural theorists are more interested in seeking causes of group crime rates rather than why
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Compare and contrast the utilitarian philosophies of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Which do you think is the more convincing moral theory‚ and why? In terms of Utilitarianism‚ this assignment shall outline the philosophies of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. It shall firstly illustrate the ideas of Bentham and then follow on to compare and contrast those of Mill. To continue‚ the assignment will view the failing qualities in both the men’s works. Bentham did leave a great deal unsaid
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An extract from the title Lord of the Flies was amidst the scene where the boys are hunting a sow. While on the literal sense the perception of this extract seems to be just killing a sow‚ this extended metaphor highlights the boys transformation into savagery‚ how its demonstrated is through use of imagery. At this point in the novel‚ the boys have been castaways for an extensive period of time now and with no adults and no females‚ their loss of social order leading to anarchy among the group‚
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invites to overcome the Kantian definition of moral obligation on behalf of his consequentialism. In Chapter II he states that "actions are good or bad insofar as they tend to promote happiness‚ or to produce the reverse of happiness." But this hedonism‚ is not to reduce man seeking pleasure in an animal requires not confuse happiness and satisfaction and to introduce a qualitative difference between pleasures - the most desirable being those who implement the higher faculties - experience that
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attention. Furthermore‚ in his study of college students‚ Astin (1993) found that involvement in a fraternity or sorority was negatively associated with GPA‚ altruism‚ and social activism while being positively associated with alcohol consumption‚ hedonism‚ and materialism. Over the years‚ colleges and universities
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has written many satirical novels about the flaws of society but none can compare the symbolism and depth that this novel presents. As the above quote suggests the citizens of this futuristic society known as the World State chose to live a life of hedonism devoid of emotions and beliefs rather than suffer any pain. Both Huxley’s focus on the tragic flaws of this society and satirical development of the utopian scheme‚ lead us to believe the hypocrisy of such a utopian state. Furthermore there are many
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