citizens have met their bare necessities. What does Aristotle mean by ‘good’? Does it mean happiness? Stability? I found this idea particularly intriguing because Aristotle points out that this goodness is best achieved collectively rather than individually. Is this possible? As Aristotle himself points out‚ people typically act in their own self-interest “in order to obtain that which they think good”. (1252a3) If the state aims at the “highest good” (1252a6)‚ does this necessarily benefit
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Teenage Suicide Each and every year teenagers take their own lives. Some reasons that teenagers commit suicide‚ or contemplate committing suicide are family stress‚ issues with school‚ and problems with relationships among friends‚ peers‚ and love. Firstly‚ a reason for a teenager to commit suicide is complications with family life at home. The teenager’s parents may fight a lot causing the teen to feel that the fight is because of something that they did. If parents become divorced it can
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The Camping Trip. By: Samantha Coles  Turn the page and we can start. I wrote this for all my friends that love camping much as I do. Which is allot. “Samantha wake up” Mom said “Or do I have to come in there and drag your butt out of bed because you know I will!” I must’ve slept thou my alarms again today wait no alarms it’s the first day of summer “Coming mom” I said as I stumbled out of my room a littlie confused. “OMG what are you all doing here we don’t leave for that big
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My Trip Through the Capitol The sun was just peaking of the horizon as I stepped off of the bus and into the brisk morning air of Washington D.C. My adventure through Washington was one of my most memorable trips; exploring the nation’s capitol‚ wandering through The National Air and Space Museum‚ and solemnly viewing Arlington National Cemetery. The bus ride was long and boring. I spent most of the time listening to music or sleeping. It was my first time out of Texas and I was excited to see Washington
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Perfect Competition In economic theory‚ perfect competition describes markets such that no participants are large enough to have the market power to set the price of a homogeneous product. Because the conditions for perfect competition are strict‚ there are few if any perfectly competitive markets. Still‚ buyers and sellers in some auction-type markets‚ say for commodities or some financial assets‚ may approximate the concept. Perfect competition serves as a benchmark against which to measure
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EVERYTHING TO HIS PARENTS OR DIDI HIS OWN PERSONALITY PROPELED HIM TO GREATNESS? Alexander the great had a lot to owe to his family‚ thanks to their influence he gained the desire to become a conqueror and a successful men during his lifetime he achieved enormous that made him remarkable throughout history. He is still remembered today for his greatness and his achievements. During his childhood he spent most of the time with his mother and had some difficulties trying to get on well with his father
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Kimberly Diaz English 101 Professor Edwards 12 March 2013 Impossibly Perfect As victims of media and advertisements‚ women and men struggle to accept their bodies in American society. Although men an women are not portrayed in the same manner‚ both sexes seem to be affected psychologically‚ leading them to push their body limits while not caring about the side effects. With woman being portrayed as having value only for their appearance and seen as sex objects while men are portrayed as strong
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other in perfect synchronicity. The birds soar through the sky easily and migrate to the right places without ever getting lost. The seasons take turns to change without ever making a mistake. Every planet is always rotating in perfect order and never deviating from it’s course. You can go on forever contemplating the wonders of nature. There is definitely a force that orchestrates and holds it all together. If there is such a force which orchestrate everything in perfect order allowing
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Joel Kenyakisa 24 December 2011 There Is No Perfect Research Introduction Research in its basic definition is the process of gathering and accumulating knowledge with a purpose of finding meaning‚ discovers new phenomena and shedding light on complex life problems. The notion that there cannot be a perfect research was first coined by Prof Morwenna Griffiths in her book Educational Research for Social Justice: Getting off the fence. Her hypothesis was that research by an individual cannot be
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higher forces. It is told that within Oedipus Rex that Oedipus has no control over what has transpired in his journey from baby to man. In A Doll House‚ Nora’s life is controlled by Torvald in her job as a mother and a wife. Oedipus is the victim of the God’s fate‚ a life that which was written by them‚ or so the characters in the the play describe. At the end of the play‚ Oedipus does an action to himself by his own hands. When Nora leaves Torvald and her children she is making her own choice; a
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