Utilitarian Theory and Human Rights Utilitarianism can be defined as a moral theory by which the public welfare of a community is dependent on the “sum welfare of individuals‚ which is measured in units of pleasure and/or pain”‚ requiring governments to make decisions based on the “largest sum of pleasure” (Postema‚ 2006). However Bentham argued that "every individual in the country tells for one‚ no individual for more than one"‚ meaning that the weight of an individual’s happiness should always
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STOP SMOKING A PERSUASIVE SPEECH SUBMITTED BY: Symon Jerremae Z. Del Carmen SUBMITTED TO: Ms. Madeleine Cabalan Hello my name is Symon and I’m here to persuade you to stop smoking. Smoking is not only bad for health it is also as bad for the people around you. Breathing other people’s smoke is called passive‚ involuntary or secondhand smoking. The non-smoker breathes "side stream" smoke from the burning tip of the cigarette and "mainstream" smoke that has been inhaled and
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Quitting smoking is not easy‚ but it can be done. To have the best chance of quitting successfully‚ you need to know what you’re up against‚ what your options are‚ and where to go for help. This document will provide you with this information. Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking? Mark Twain said‚ "Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it a thousand times." Maybe you’ve tried to quit too. Why is quitting and staying quit hard for so many people? The answer is nicotine. Nicotine Nicotine is
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Passive smoking is considered to be the involuntary expose to another person’s cigarette smoke. This smoke exposure has seemed to become very common now to non-smoking people. The form of smoke that forms from the tobacco is very dangers to non-smokers than it is to smokers. For this reason‚ smokers not only put themselves at serious risk for health problems but they also put the people around them at risk for serious health problems. The effects of passive smoking can occur rapidly or it can occur
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My creative writing piece Have you ever seen anyone dying from smoking? I have Stop! Stop! Stop! Put a stop to smoking because it can kill people from the inside and the outside by which I mean the environment. A cigarette is like fire it can burn a person from the inside. First of all‚ smokers can inhale as much smoke and tar as they want in a day and legally there is no limit to this when there is a limit on the speed of a car and no limit on how much smokers are taking in and damaging their health
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In this class four people had lost a loved one because of smoking. Another ten people in this class often inhale second hand smoke. Why should you leave a loved one die or even worse‚ why should you let them poison you with their sick habit? I used to smoke for eleven years‚ since I was eleven years old‚ and I never thought of the dangers caused by smoking. Finally I quit smoking four months ago. The first thing I noticed was the deeper breaths I could take‚ the cleaner smell of my clothes‚ my bedroom
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We Should Continue Trade With Japan With the current political and social situation going on between China and Japan‚ a lot of people have thought about trade and economic prosperity between the two countries. Is it better to resist against the opposing country and block imports and stop exports? Or is it better to let the economy decide how to continue rising and keep the war on political grounds. When thinking about this topic‚ I thought it was best to keep the arguments on political grounds
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A worldwide ban of CFC could mean that millions of people could not afford refrigerators‚ and millions might die from food poisoning. Is that justified by saving the stratospheric ozone? It is justified because there are feasible alternative refrigeration systems that don’t emit chemical compounds that are harmful to the ozone layer. Less known refrigerants such as ammonia (NH3)‚ Carbon dioxide (CO2) and propane (C3H8) have no impact at all on global warming as well as on the ozone layer. Not only
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Cigarettes are highly addictive‚ so why are they legal? What leads the user to continue smoking‚ even when they know that it is harmful for their health? The physiology reason: The inhaled substances trigger chemical reactions in nerve endings within our body. This activity increases heart rate‚ memory‚ alertness‚ and produces a measurably faster reaction time after individuals have smoked. Dopamine and other endorphins are released‚ which are associated with the sensations of pleasure and reward
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the risks of smoking? Smoking has two kinds of effects‚ long term and short-term effects. The short term effects happen after a few years of smoking and usually are coughing‚ wheezing‚ dizziness‚ nausea‚ shortness of breath‚ phlegm production‚ bad breath‚ decreased physical fitness and reduced lung function. Although those may not seem bad or even noticeable at the time they are nothing compared to the long-term effects. The long-term effects‚ which happen after years and years of smoking‚ include Emphysema
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