‘‘Religion and Rocketry’’ was more effective than Out of the Silent Planet for C.S. Lewis to express his thoughts about life on other planets and how they relate to us. There are many ways to express a thought or opinion. An author can choose to communicate his opinion through a non-fictional source‚ like C.S. Lewis did in ‘‘Religion and Rocketry’’‚ or through a fictional source. C.S. Lewis communicated the same idea he did in ‘‘Religion and Rocketry’’ through a completely fictional story called
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living in water? Yes it is very true that all of the above named specimen evolved from the same ancestor. The hypothetical ancestral mollusk has evolved into so many different species that are adapted to live in a variety of environments. Among the many species clams and snail‚ land snails in particular‚ have evolved in very different ways. The class of Gastropod is closer to the hypothetical ancestral mollusk than the other classes of mollusks. Gastropods such as snails have a similar body layout
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Week 8 Knowledge CheckResults Concepts Moral Theories Mastery 100% Questions Score: 11/11 1 2 3 7 8 9 Legal Reasoning 100% 4 5 6 10 11 Concept: Moral Theories Concepts Moral Theories Mastery 100% Questions 1 2 3 7 8 9 1.Which of the following terms refers to a moral theory that focuses mainly on consequences? A. B. C. D. Relativism Deontology Utilitarianism Virtue ethics Correct! Utilitarianism is based on the principle of
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Teaching Aristotle is basically the first principle that focuses on the changeless and the discerning of the self-evidence that form the basis of all knowledge. Aristotle use logic as his main tool for inquiry. He also went further and found that syllogism is the main sequence that all logic thoughts follow. Following his teacher Plato‚ Aristotle argued that the goodness or a virtue of a thing lay basically in the realization of its specific nature. Aristotelian system majorly it focused on the reality
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Hypothetical imperatives are based on "If you want something‚ do this"‚ where what you should do is the most effective way to get whatever you want. And categorical imperatives leave off the first part and are simply: "you ought to do this." That is‚ if it is to be done only for itself‚ instead of for some other desire‚ like hypotheticals are. Of course‚ it isn’t just the grammatical structure that makes these definitions
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Anselm covered two bases on how God’s existence became self-evident in Proslogian‚ but left many counterarguments open. It seems as if an ontological argument can be used to prove the existence of everything. While his use of syllogism creates a valid conclusion‚ his premises leave openings for other conclusions. For example‚ we could take his first premise‚ which states if the greatest being exists in the mind‚ it must exist in reality and apply it to something else. What if we
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rights we used the event tree method. Therefore we applied Bayes’ theorem. First we calculated the probability of a successful movie‚ meaning a one-year return greater then zero. This amounts to 47‚47%. Subsequently the probability of a successful hypothetical sequel‚ meaning a one-year return is greater then zero‚ is 28‚28%. Then we estimated
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actual amount is lower than that of the forecast amount than there is a positive variance. However‚ if the actual amount is higher than that of the forecast amount then the variance budget is showing negative results. The total forecast expenses for Hypothetical Memorial Hospital in 2008 were $443‚931 and the actual expenses were $468‚558. The difference between the two was ($24‚627). The current period forecasted budget was $37‚211 and the actual expenses were $42‚971. The difference between the two is
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The Greek Civilization lasted from 1900 – 133 BC‚ but the affect it had on the Western world is still here today. As Greeks conquered other empires and build more and more territory for them‚ they spread and received their ideas from other cultures. During these times‚ the Greeks made many long lasting contributions in the areas of art‚ architecture‚ philosophy‚ math‚ drama‚ government‚ medicine‚ and science. This is why many of the foundations of Western civilization can be traced back to the ancient
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world behind. Today‚ human connection with nature is sparse and as Richard Louv argues in “Last Child in the Woods”‚ this is a sad truth that continues progress in severity. Richard Louv appealed to both logos and pathos‚ with use of anecdotes‚ hypothetical examples and imagery‚ in a sheer effort to illustrate the separation between people and nature‚ explaining that while nature is just at our fingertips‚ we fail to pay attention to it’s purifying effect on humanity. Louv uses an anecdote to support
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