Emily Gardner 30 January 2013 The Justification of Cruelty in Machiavelli’s “The Prince” Throughout his work “The Prince‚” Machiavelli explores the characteristics of an ideal leader and offers practical advice on a variety of matters associated with one’s rise to power. Characteristically‚ his arguments are straightforward and rational and he frequently employs historical evidence to strengthen them. One profound hypothesis presents itself in Chapter VIII of this political discourse in which
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Accordingly‚ it’s the primary goal of this brief article to differentiate the concepts of self-interest and selfishness: to praise the concept of self-interest as the catalyst of moral action‚ therefore worthy of admiration; and thus to admonish selfishness as the instigator which often leads to immorality and inconsiderate hedonism. Consequently‚ containing these two sentiments from one another in order to redeem the term self-interest and to specify its appropriateness becomes an intellectual
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Animal Cruelty Introduction: I. Did you know that nearly 1 million animals a year are victims of animal cruelty? This can contain not only abuse‚ but a lot of deaths. You often here the saying a dog is a man’s best friend. While if a dog is a man’s best friend why would we want to hurt or even kill them? These things lead me to the question… II. How do we stop animal cruelty? Here in South Dakota‚ there are animal protection laws that protect the animals from things like neglect‚ starvation
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enforce my belief by explaining what animal cruelty are‚ animal abandonment laws‚ and how to report animal cruelty. Transition: First‚ I am going to talk about the different types of animal cruelty. I. When people hear the two words animal cruelty‚ many think this just includes hitting a dog. But these two words have so many different meanings. II. Animal cruelty is broken down into two main categories: passive and active. a. Passive cruelty is explained by cases of neglect‚ where
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Word Count: 1944 Selfishness: A Misunderstood Reality Who is to say whether someone should or should not be selfish? Many people will say it is wrong to be selfish‚ but where does this notion come from‚ and why should we care? Two very distinctive views of selfishness are shown in the essay’s “The unselfishness Trap” by Harry Browne and “The Objective Basis of Morality” by Thomas Nagel. Harry Browne would say that if everyone sacrificed their own happiness for someone else. On the other hand
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Night By Elie Wiesel Hope or despair? The book "Night" by Elie Wiesel is a first-person narrative about the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the genocide of over 6 million European Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II The book tells the story of the time when the author was taken to a concentration camp by the Nazis. At the time he was only 14 years old and lived in Sighet‚ Transylvania. He tells us all of his horrifying experiences as a Jewish prisoner. Even though he tells us this gruesome
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Night Portfolio By: Scott Kahler Mrs.Grandel 2nd Hour November 19‚ 2010 Figurative Language 1. Simile- “Physically he was as awkward as a clown. (pg.1).” Moshe was compared as a clown because he was a funny guy. 2. Metaphor- “Thousand gates and one gates leading in to the orchard of mystical truth.” This is a metaphor because each
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stories we have read so far this semester have been faced with a multitude of problems‚ emotions and impulses to work through. It seems that from three stories the characters carry out very different actions‚ but they all have an underlying bond‚ selfishness and the desire to be something there not. It also seems that they are judged in the eyes of the narrator‚ as either succeeding or failing due to the way they carried themselves throughout the story. In the short story‚ “A Pair of Silk Stockings”
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The Story of Elie Wiesel Flipping through the pages of your history book‚ you see millions of words‚ hundreds of pictures‚ and overall the context on the world around you. In almost everyone book you will see many of the same “important” people and figures occur. For example‚ George Washington was America’s first President‚ commander in chief of the Continental army‚ and was known as the Father of His Country. Sacajawea is known as a Shoshone Indian‚ who acted as a geographic guide‚ diplomat‚ and
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Animal Cruelty Everyone has seen the sad animal commercials with the abused and neglected dogs at least once in their life. Some watch it in anger or sadness‚ and some simply turn the channel because of how unsettling it may be. Everyone has their own opinions on animal abuse and neglect. Some don’t realize the impact it can have on them until they personally see the sadness in the puppy’s eyes. According to the Humane Society of the United States‚ animal cruelty can be either deliberate abuse
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