Egoism is broken down into four main groups: Psychological egoism‚ Normative egoism‚ Ethical egoism‚ and Rational egoism. Egoism in general values the desires of the individual the most‚ and this is most important to the individual only if the desires match what is in one’s own best interest. Psychological egoism is more centered upon the individual’s unconscious impulse to always behave in one’s own self-interest‚ and is more of a law than a theory because it must always hold true‚ and if it does
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Introduction – What is an ethical dilemma? Ethics is the term we give to our concern for good behavior. It is human nature to not only be concerned with our own personal well being‚ but also that of others and of human society as a whole. The difference between moral dilemmas and ethical ones‚ philosophers say‚ is that in moral issues the choice is between right and wrong. In ethical ones‚ the choice is between two rights. Everyday I’m faced with decisions of right and wrong‚ most of which
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Mechanical Reproduction in the Age of Art Paul Mattick Jr Theory‚ Culture & Society (SAGE‚ London‚ Newbury Park and New Delhi)‚ Vol.10 (1993)‚ 127-147 The enormous impact of Waller Benjamin ’s famous essay on ’The Work of Art in the Age of its Mechanical Reproduction ’ is largely due to his claim that photography has ’transformed the entire nature of art‚ destroying its semblance of autonomy in relation to social and political processes‚ and liquidating ’the traditional value of thc cultural
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Högskolan Dalarna Literature D-Level Essay Supervisor: Mats Tegmark The Construction of Identity in Edwidge Danticat’s The Farming of Bones Mohammad Wahidul Islam 830301-T236 Armegatan 32/0116 Solna 17171 h05mwisl@du.se Table of contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………….1 How Danticat Communicates Her Views on Post-Colonial Identity to Her Readers…………………………………………………………………………3 Identity is Constructed Through Conflicts………………………………… 9 External Conflicts between Two Nations……………………………………
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Nanette Salomon‚ a very well known feminist writer‚ wrote the article‚ “Judging Artemisia: A Baroque Woman in Modern Art History.” The article opens up with a discussion about the 2001-2 exhibition of Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi: Father and Daughter Painters in Baroque Italy. The author explains that three things are unusual here: the fact that two famous artists were presented at the same time‚ that they were related as father and daughter‚ and the fact that the woman was better known than
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Quotidian. Oh boy‚ it’s such a puffed up word for everyday. Mundane is much more blunt and to the point—drab‚ mind- and soul-numbing‚ shit-out-of-luck offer their own shades of meaning‚ depending on how angry you want to be. But quotidian is such a delicious word. It rolls around in the mouth‚ and has eye appeal; you have to look it up. When I was a student reading and writing film critiques I became deeply suspicious of the word. Quotidian in the first or second paragraph meant many more paragraphs
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Thierry Lenain’s Art Forgery: The History of a Modern Obsession is‚ to my knowledge‚ the first book-length investigation into philosophical issues of art forgery since Denis Dutton’s 1983 edited volume‚ The Forger’s Art. And Lenain’s text‚ it must be said‚ presents in fascinating detail‚ not only historical accounts of forgery and its cousins—from ancient Rome up to the dubiously celebrated twentieth-century forgers—but also the history of religious relic veneration‚ which he argues forms the historical
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Wyatt MacGaffey writes about the relationship between word and image through exploring art‚ Afrian art‚ and minkisi‚ with great emphasis towards the minkisi class and their concept of power objects. (217) In the English language‚ there is not an equivelnt word to describe Nkisi‚ however‚ fetish inadequately is often implied. Minkisi is another name for chiefs of the Congo. Grasping their origins‚ composition‚ and ritual context is complex. In Christianity‚ the crucifix is comparable in that it is
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LA 121 Compare and Contrast Research Paper Proposal The essay proposal is an opportunity to outline the questions that will guide your research. It will help you to focus your ideas as you collect and study your research materials. Once complete‚ the proposal can be a useful resource to return to when you are drafting your essay. This assignment is meant to help you develop statements about how the two art works you have selected are similar (compare) and different (contrast). However‚ your
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Russian formalism. A school of literary theory and analysis that emerged in Russia around 1915‚ devoting itself to the study of literariness‚ i.e. the sum of ’devices’ that distinguish literary language from ordinary language. In reaction against the vagueness of previous literary theories‚ it attempted a scientific description of literature (especially poetry) as a special use of language with observable features. This meant deliberately disregarding the contents of literary works‚ and thus inviting
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