regardless of personal confusion. If one has a difficult decision to make‚ Utilitarianism is a simple principle that can be applied to make that decision‚ or solve conflicts of self-interest. Conveniently‚ utilitarianism uses a common denominator pleasure or happiness to which consequences of actions are reduced. This allows for a calculation‚ so to speak‚ to be performed‚ and one’s moral duty to be determined‚ regardless of how complex and challenging the actual case is. For example‚ an underage
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morality which in turn‚ supports the behavior of psychopaths. In response‚ Epicurus might say that morality can be another available instrumental good in calculating the best means to obtain a pleasant life. Epicurus believes that securing our own pleasures is the true meaning to life. In his letter to Menoeceus‚ he states
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Unitarianism and Kant’s theories both seem simple when just looking at them at their surfaces. Unitarianism is all about analyzing if an action is taken how much happiness or pleasure would be a result of that action‚ but it is really not that simple (pg 743). There are marginal humans who pleasure cannot be measured for. Then there is Kant’s theory which is about duty and following said duty. The duty that Kant talks about is a categorical imperative. Categorical imperative is assumed to always
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being should have good intention to be morally right without having a good intention is not ethical moral. He had a great strength with moral theory‚ the categorical imperative that mean the principle that if a moral rule applies to someone‚ then it applies to everyone‚ and that an act is immoral if it cannot be made into a rule for all humankind to follow. Kant views don’t make exceptions for anything. I think that Kant would think that Socrates was a fool for not escaping prison because he believed
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Excuse for Behavior Alcohol The consumption of alcohol is a key component of hookup culture which was prevalent throughout the literature (Allison & Risman 2013; Armstrong et al.‚ 2012; Hamilton & Armstrong 2009; Hess et al.‚ 2015; Kelly 20012; Paul McManus & Hayes 2000; Reid et al.‚ 2011; Ronen 2012; Ven & Beck 2009). Majority of the literature stated that the presence of alcohol and being intoxicated is a norm for parties among college students‚ and goes hand in hand with sexual activities (Kelly
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characteristics that include generosity and self-control. True virtue entails finding a mean or balance between the intellectual and moral aspects of virtue. This mean is applicable to not only the intellectual and moral aspects of virtue‚ but also pleasure and pain and the irrational and rational aspects of the
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passive voice because the subjects are more important than Jack‚ who would be doing the action. (This isn’t rhetoric‚ it’s just and explanation) [ 2 ]. I used epistrophe to emphasize the point that Jack will not do the things that will hinder his pleasure [ 3 ]. I used antithesis here to kind of show a cause and effect. If he was to offer mercy (the cause) then he would accept defeat (effect). It seemed more logical to use antithesis right here than other forms of rhetoric.
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2004 AP Language & Composition Form A Question #1: Rhetorical Analysis To be a parent is‚ at least in part‚ to live through one’s children. A parent wants the best for his or her child‚ and so‚ it is understandable that he or she may claim the child’s success (or failure) for his or her own. As such‚ parents often attempt to coach their children‚ to shape their behavior and expectations‚ to steer them in a particular direction. Oftentimes these interventions are shaped by the parent’s own life experiences
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beliefs. I was fascinated by the Epicurean pleasure filled and painless seeking lifestyle. I was also enticed by the teleological beliefs of the Stoics. But there were ideas that Epicurus and Epictetus believed in that led me to criticize both philosophies‚ the Epicurean views about injustice and death and the Stoic view of duty in particular. One of the first criticisms I noticed when reading Epicurus was his view of injustice. Epicureans value pleasure above all; in fact‚ they spend their lives
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is that of good versus evil. The vocabulary used throughout the poem helps convey these themes in images to the reader. In the first two lines‚ Coleridge describes the pleasure dome’ in Xanadu. <br>In Xanadu did Kubla Khan <br>a stately pleasure dome decree <br>Kubla Khan did not merely order‚ but decree that a stately pleasure dome’ be built. This dome is evidence of how unnatural the place of Xanadu is‚ it has a ruler who ignores the unpleasantness that can be found in life. <br> <br>The use
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