Utilitarianism: Bentham – Hedonic Calculus Bentham was a hedonist – he believed that pleasure is good in itself‚ and other things are good in so far as they bring about pleasure and the absence of pain. “Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters‚ pain and pleasure.” You could work out which action to perform by calculating which option brought about the greatest amount of pleasure: Duration – how long does the pleasure last? Remoteness – how distant is the pleasure?
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little flower.” When you were young‚ happiness was simple; now that you’ve grown up‚ simplicity is happiness. Do you still remember the childhood you spend with beautiful nature‚ fragrant of grasses and blooming flowers? Back to the Latin word “eudaimonia”: the highest good for human beings. Actually the explanation to this complicated word sometimes can be very simple‚ just a bunch of flower can bring good mood whole day to you. The presence of flower triggers positive emotions and increases
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can acquire or the land he earns (Parry‚ 2013). In addition‚ he states that labor creates and legitimizes property. This signifies that this Property differs from person to person. Precisely and according to Locke‚ each individual produces a different amount of labor. Thus‚ each one deserves a different amount of property. Each person has responsibility over his own private property or land to take care of it and cultivate it as well-cultivated land produces more than a land which is not cultivated
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As educators we are challenged with the questions “Why?” from our students on a daily basis. We generally have an intuition about how we arrived at this conclusion‚ but how are we going to actually explain this rule of thinking. Just like when we are faced to make behavioral decisions. Will we judge our decision on the situation and the student‚ the protocol‚ or the consequence about the decision.. Educators or leaders make this decision based on whether they are idealist or pragmatist. Idealism
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only allowed to be a certain number of players on a teams roster. The fact that there are cuts out you in a position where‚ if you get cut you will have to deal with failure. As you continue on to highschool or college soccer‚ failure becomes more neccessary. This is because‚ one‚ you are playing at a high leel of soccer that requires a certain amount of skill level. Also‚ if you at this point you fail at soccer by not making the team‚ this tells you that you should focus your attention somewhere else
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psychological‚ emotional and social needs met. Evidence of individual flourishing can include family relationships‚ friendships and employment. Virtues are actions that behave in certain ways that lies between two extremes. Aristotle’s moral philosophy of eudaimonia includes five virtues which define flourishing as living a virtuous life (Aristotle‚ 2009). The virtues are: 1. Temperance- Calming one’s bodily passions and desires 2. Wittiness- Being around people who are funny and lighten the mood 3. Spiritedness-
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Lecture 8 Helplessness & happiness • Why did Seligman and maier use a tripartite design? • What are the long term effect sof uncontrollable stressors • What does delta p = 0 Pavlov • Pavlov’s apparatus • 2 different procedures: classical conditioning and then punishment • because using dogs in experiment‚ noticed that if dogs had been through classical conditioning experiments‚ could not be used in avoidance experiments o but adverse for the opposite (avoidance exp dogs 1st could learn
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areas of knowledge but it is included as my counter claim. The issues concerning language and knowledge call for conscious scrutiny in order to recognize its influence on thought and behavior. In the Arts‚ for instance‚ language is completely neccessary to explain the meaning of art to an individual. Essentially‚ art is all language‚ just like every other form of knowledge. Art is not possible without some form of symbolism. For example‚ dance is a great performing art. Body language is a notable
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PHIL 1103: Ethics End-Term Exam Name:_____________________________________________ Class ___________ Date:____________ I. Identify the following kinds of theories of philosophical ethics. (1 point each for a total of 7 points) 1.) Moral goodness consists in the collective cultivation of the virtues‚ such as courage‚ honesty‚ justice‚ generosity‚ etc. in human agents. 2.) The moral goodness of acts (and their agents) is determined by the nature of those
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ethical desicion making. Natural law was thought of by a 13th century monk called Thomas Aquinas. He was inspired by a Greek a posteriori philosopher called Aristotle who came up with the efficient cause and believed that a humans purpose is to reach eudaimonia. Aristotle’s thoughts were inspired by the stoics who were a group of Greek philosophers who believed God is everywhere and in everyone there is a divine spark. Natural law is based on the belief that everyone has a natural sense that ’good is to
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