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    LC 2.08 Final Draft "I believe" Trevor Cruse 1/22/2015 Why do people do what they love doing for their profession‚ rather than working at a job that will get them more money? Or why did people who get a lot of money from their job not follow their dream careers? Everyday men and women of all ages and aspirations start their paths on their future goals‚ life careers‚ and who they plan to be. But at what cost? Every day I see men and women choosing their careers. Careers that pay well. And careers

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    In the news articles “How did Larry Nassar harm for so long?” written by Hadley Freeman and “British judge sentences prolific paedophile to 32 years” from the Telegraph UK there is a main issue of highly educated men that despite their diplomas are sexually harassing and emotionally abusing females. In the article “How did Larry Nassar harm for so long?”‚ I was absolutely horrified that Nassar had abused his rights as a doctor and treated young professional athletes in such an unethical way. Nassar

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    contributions to the study of humanities is his exploration and definition of moral virtue. In his book‚ The Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle explains different views about the nature of life in order to allow the reader to find what the main function of life is and how to successfully perform that function. For example‚ Aristotle states in his first book‚ in article one‚ “every art and every investigation‚ and similarly every action and pursuit is considered to aim at some good.” Hence‚ Aristotle defines

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    trade cards for any rare all-star basketball player card that I could find; these cards are the most worthy and valuable. I collected enough all-star basketball player cards to sell them on a website called craigslist. I posted my advertisement for anyone seeking classic basketball cards that was willing to pay one-hundred dollars. I figured it would be easier and less time consuming to post an ad online rather than asking around. A couple weeks later‚ I received an email from someone asking to come

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    What causes Macbeth to take the actions he does? We are usually held accountable for the actions that we decide to take. Several times we are influenced to make those decisions which‚ usually are influenced by someone else. The outcomes of these actions might turn out positive or against us and destruct us entirely. Macbeth takes many decisions over the course of the book. Some might define them as good and many might see them as atrocious. The Thane of Glamis(Macbeth) encounters the three witches

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    anyone lived in a pretty how town”               E. E. Cummings’s poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” is about a small town filled with people caught up in going through the motions. The protagonist is a man referred to as “anyone” who is different from the other townspeople. People shun him for his individualism.  Cummings throughout the entire poem is stressing the importance of people being unique in their own way instead of conforming to others’ ideas.  His sidekick and lover is “noone

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    to do what ’s right and good. All theories involve following moral rules or acting in accordance with chosen ethical values. Sometimes what is right and good‚ the rules‚ or the values are common to different theories. There is overlap in the theories that result in the same conduct in a moral situation although for different reasons under the different applicable theories. (No theory is perfect or applicable in all cases. All have problems!). There is more than one path to get the same result.

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    VI. Results and Discussion In this exercise‚ the goal was to produce acetylsalicylic acid through the organic synthesis from the reaction of salicylic acid to acetic anhydride‚ the starting materials. Instead of using acetic acid‚ acetic anhydride was used as solvent since the anhydride reacting with water to form acetic acid tends to drive the reaction to the right. It results from the elimination of a molecule of water from two molecules of acetic acid (see Fig. 11.2). Figure 11.3 below

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    standard. Why might someone make this argument? How does Mill respond to it? What is your view: Are the requirements of utilitarianism excessively demanding? Why or why not? Utilitarianism does not take into account the flaws of human nature and by doing so‚ holds them to a standard that can never be attained by an entire society. People grow and develop over time and environmental influences create their views of happiness. In a perfect world‚ everyone would be working for the happiness of all‚ but

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    what extent do modern virtue ethics address the weaknesses of Aristotle’s teaching on virtues? (35) Virtue Ethics looks at a person’s good traits‚ known as ‘virtues’ and negative traits‚ known as ‘vices’; a person is considered to be a good person if they are virtuous and a morally bad person if they have developed lots of vices. Deontological and teleological ethicists argue that good or bad behaviour is far more important than a person’s good or bad characteristics whereas Virtue Theory

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