Philosophy 120W Looking at the world as a big picture and everyone who is in it‚ they all seem to strive for the same thing in life‚ happiness. Happiness or Eudemonia as Aristotle calls it‚ is created through the process of combining five different components. These are the following components: Human function‚ the rational part of the soul‚ habituation‚ character‚ and virtue. Since our society craves happiness and views it as the best achievement we could have‚ Aristotle described it as the
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Phillmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and hiked 75 miles in ten days. On that trip my crew and I had plenty of time do think about things and while we were hiking with 50-60 pounds on our back we realized that life is like a backpacking trip. The main philosophy about backpacking is to survive with the minimum and get the maximum experience out of it. On this trip all you had to survive was what was in your pack which included food‚ sleeping gear‚ clothes‚ and basic necessities nothing more. While on the
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Philosophy & the Matrix In order to complete this assignment I had to watch The Matrix for the first time. I do not know why I’ve never seen this movie‚ but I was blown away. Easily one of the most intriguing and questioning movies I’ve seen in a while. In fact it was the first movie I watched a second time over since Shrek came out. The Matrix was a raging success when it debuted in 1999 for its ability to capture the audience in terms of grabbing their minds to focus on ideas and concepts about
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In the 1970s‚ Deming’s philosophy was summarized by some of his Japanese proponents with the following ’a’-versus-’b’ comparison: (a) When people and organizations focus primarily on quality‚ defined by the following ratio‚ \text{Quality} = \frac{\text{Results of work efforts}}{\text{Total costs}} quality tends to increase and costs fall over time. (b) However‚ when people and organizations focus primarily on costs‚ costs tend to rise and quality declines over time. The first step is transformation
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A. A brilliant young attorney comes to you. She is employed as a new counsel in the state Department of Justice. According to her‚ however‚ her workplace is a political nightmare. While hiring seems to be done on the basis of genuine merit and skills‚ promotion seems to go to people who politic well and make strong connections with senior staffers. Those promoted are not by any means the best litigators‚ but are certainly the best “brown-nosers.” Furthermore‚ the head of the Department is an
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Bringing Up a Child Today we often complain about unreasonable and disrespectful behavior from children and teenagers. In the article “Punishment Outcry”‚ published in The Daly Express‚ November 10‚ 1995‚ Richard Lynn and Penelope Leach highlight the arguments for and against physical punishment of children‚ when they misbehave. At the first glance parents are sure that they do everything to their children will succeed in life. But someday we wonder why some families are raising successful children
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13 February 2011 My Philosophy of Education I believe that progressivism educational philosophy most closely matches my educational ideals. In my opinion based on the progressivism educational philosophy‚ the purpose of education is to enable students to learn useful knowledge that has meaning to them in the future. Thus‚ the most useful education for students is the skill of “learning how to learn”. When students understand the methods
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Simpson’s and Philosophy In the chapter Thus Spake Bart: On Nietzsche and the Virtues of Being Bad‚ Mark T. Conard shows us why people believe Bart Simpson is similar to a philosophical theorist named Friedrich Nietzsche. Bart being the bad boy of the Simpson’s and Nietzsche being the bad boy of Philosophy. Conard says that Bart does not take on the chaos like Nietzsche says but he is just an empty being of bad actions. This argument is ridiculous; Bart Simpson is as creative as creative gets
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Ethnic Philosophy Chapter 3 Section 3.5 :Topics Same Sex Marriage 1. Agreement A. Homosexuals deserve every right that is guaranteed to every human being under our constitution B.Tolerance C.People can disagree for reasons founded in convictions ‚ not because of hate D.For the sake of discussion‚ bad examples of parents from both sides should be out of the equation 2.Questions A. What type of relationship is best for raising
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Music: Its Expressive Qualities and the Arousal of Emotion Within its Listeners By Zachary M. Matook Imagine standing amongst a concert crowd‚ the lights have just have been dimmed to darkness during the buildup in your favorite song‚ and the guitar gradually becomes louder and louder as if it were coming from the distance. You see the silhouettes of the band members; you may not even know the person next to you‚ yet you both share in this energy filling the room. Then boom‚ the sound shakes the
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