Why Shouldn’t We Be Selfish? Selfishness is an act that humans innately have implanted within them. Ayn Rand being a rational egoist had many moral beliefs‚ one being especially about selfishness. She believed that: "Self-interest‚ properly understood‚ is the standard of morality and selflessness is the deepest immorality."( Ayn Rand 279) This basically emphasizes that you should see oneself‚ as an end to oneself. A person’s own life and happiness are their highest values‚ and
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mirror you always look in to the past with caution. The longer you look in the past the more you understand your situation much like the mirror while you’re driving. Without either you’d be lost. And Finally just like looking into the past‚ it’s a neccessary effort that should be taken by everyone. The comparison was quickly understood as soon as I saw it. It also was a new metaphor I had never even heard before. History is much like a rearview mirror when it comes to experience. 2.Give two
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not teaching them better. While one might have been raised to know the difference between the right and wrong‚ who the person begins to associate himself with could change his/ her moral character. In The Nicomachean Ethics without virtues one can not be happy so a life lived making morally wrong decisions is a life that will not see happiness according to Aristotle. An example that best proves Aristotle’s thinking is one of a man losing his dog at a local park. The man searches all over for his
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After studying the provided documents (#1-8) its come to my understanding that both the Han and Roman empires thought of technology as useful and somewhat revolutionary‚ but both of them had somewhat different feelings of it. The Han dynasties attitude toward technology was that they thought it was very benefical‚ and they admired it. The reason this was because they though it to be very helpful in agriculture and construction purposes. Evidence of the positive effects of this can be seen in Document
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 Modern Day Tyrant Robert Gabriel Mugabe Block 4 • May 11‚2009  Robert Gabriel Mugabe is Tyrant who has been in control of the people of Zimbabwe for over twenty five years and must be brought to a stop. Robert was born on February 21‚ 1924 Southern Rhodesia(modern day Zimbabwe). He had three brothers‚ the two older dying at a young age leaving only Robert‚ Donato‚ and his father. Growing up he had a very large interest in education‚ he wasn’t only
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GUIDANCE ONLY THIS IS MY OWN WORK‚ DO NOT FORGET YOU ARE SIGNING YOUR COURSEWORK TO SAY IT IS YOUR OWN.... DO NOT COPY. Unit 202. 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibility’s of your own role. I am currently employed by ****** as a support worker. I am based within the supported living team‚ I am line managed by **********enter name***** My duties of my role are detailed in my job description. They include :- · Maintaining the utmost confidentiality about individuals’ affairs. · To
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The technological advances of this era have laid a foundation for the abundance of gadgets and gizmos put into use on an everyday basis. Before the latest and greatest releases in cellular devices and computers‚ there was the invention of the first telephone by Alexander Graham Bell. From there‚ society has continued to re-invent and re-evaluate technology‚ with the most recent device being the iPhone 6 from Apple Inc. Your daughter‚ Mariah Crooks‚ is in need of this phone for a variety of reasons
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reports of declining health‚ but in some cases may not correlate with information reported. The conclusions of the study are favorable‚ as increased monitoring of patients with chronic heart failure may result in occasional interventions that are not neccessary. This study provides an improvement in the knowledge of the patient’s condition and reaction to
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In march 12‚ 1947 with the truman doctrine and the newly introduced policy of containment usa decided to award itself with status of policeman of the world giving themselves a permission to intervene anywhere in the world when they consider it is neccessary. This was the policy that allowed them to interpose in vietnam. Vietnamese people under the leadership of ho chi mihn‚ founder of viet minh defeated french at diem bien phu who had controll over whole indochina (thailand‚ vietnam‚ combodia‚ laos)
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ANIL BIRKAN DAGASAN DUTIES AND HISTORY OF NSC‚ AND MILITARY ’S ROLE IN TURKISH POLITICS To understand and make clear the duties‚ structure‚ and history of National Security Council‚ we should first analyze the term national security.We should see national security as polirical and judicial term. It is political‚ because it changes according to the political circumstances in different states. For exaple‚ Turkey ’s understanding of national security is different
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