years old‚ and it turns out she wants to drink water from the springs. Later we got to know each other better and went out fishing at the pond. I didn’t want to be immortal. I want a normal life and be in heaven with my family and friends. I’m Jesse Tuck‚ and this is my view for this story. I think it’s awesome to live forever! It’s best to stay young at the age seventeen. I’m glad
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The Life of Mary Stuart‚ Queen of Scots Mary was the youngest queens; she inherited her throne at only six days old. Although she did not start ruling her kingdom until the age of sixteen. Mary of born to King James V and Mary of guise. Her father died when she was only six days old. When this tragic event happened‚ King Henry VII saw an opportunity to unite England and Scotland; he wanted Mary to marry his son‚ Edward. The Scots despised the idea; they wanted Mary to marry A French prince‚ as they
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Perhaps quite eloquently‚ in John Stuart Mill’s text Utilitarianism he noted that “there are few circumstances among those which make up the present condition of human knowledge more unlike what might have been expected‚ or more significant of the backward state in which speculation on the most important subjects still lingers‚ than the little progress which has been made in the decision of controversy respecting the criterion of right and wrong” (Mill 1:1-6). In summary‚ it is rather evident that
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The basic moral principle of utilitarianism is called the principle of utility or the greatest happiness principle. As John Stuart Mill explained it “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” Utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism. It focuses on the consequences of action. Utilitarian believe that pleasure or happiness is the good to be produced. As Bentham put it “Nature has placed mankind under the governance
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Inspired by Run Sausage Run! “Alright boys‚ at 11:00 p.m. sharp we bust out it will be a difficult escape and not all of us might make it out alive.” I informed my crew‚ it will be difficult but I think we can do it. Private Hotdogger comes up behind me and whispers‚ “ Get ready General‚ the workers all leaving and locking up.” I sprint as fast as I can all the way down the counter‚ I grab medical stuff gear and a mic for everyone to communicate. After two minutes everyone’s ready for the run‚ I see
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Government-Run welfare The current use of government-run welfare systems is an ineffective and inefficient way to help solve poverty and unemployment in urban areas. Flawed in almost every way‚ it requires immediate improvement and attention‚ and could be improved with privatization of many welfare programs‚ including prisons‚ charity and housing. Welfare can be improved in more ways than one‚ and one of the biggest problems in need of a fix is the government’s attitude toward the programs they
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is the original focus for the panic. In part‚ this is because the panic focuses many fears and anxieties‚ but it also reflects the dramatisation of the folk devils as alien or evil. Folk devils are typically pictured as ‘mindless’: their behaviour is so different from that of ‘normal’ people that they can only be dealt with by brutal punishment. Unlike ‘normal’ people‚ they do not have meaningful or comprehensible reasons for their behaviour. This dramatised distinction between ‘normal people’ and
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• Stuart Rojstaczer states his own opinion that students that walk into a class knowing they can go “through the motions” and get a passing grade begin to put in less effort. He goes on to say that many students study less than 10 hours‚ which is less than half of what they were putting in 40 years ago. He also quotes a “recent” survey‚ saying that 30‚000 of first year students showed that nearly half of them were spending more hours drinking than they were studying. He deduces that if we continue
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On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Throughout On Liberty‚ Mill discusses the importance of human liberties‚ freedoms and opinions. The quote below is from the first half of On Liberty and summarizes the main theme: But the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion‚ still more than those who whold it. If the opinion is right‚ they are deprived of the opportunity of
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In the current age people‚ all over the word are indulging in their own personal pleasures. Some of which may be physical and others may involve more of a mental aspect. In 1861 philosopher John Stuart Mill published “Utilitarianism”‚ and in this piece Mill introduces his idea of higher and lower pleasure. He states that people require mental pleasure over physical pleasure. In his work‚ he defends his stance‚ but in the end his views are not justifiable. Pleasure is based off desire‚ and individuals
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