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    True happiness and artificial happiness are two similar‚ but very distinct emotions. The society in which one lives and the surroundings draw a fine line between the two. Happiness is pleasurable satisfaction which results from the possession or attainment of what one considers good‚ while artificial happiness can be defined as a state of happiness because it is the effect of relying on a substance to make one happy‚ therefore making it artificial since it does not come naturally. Happiness is not

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    The Buddha did not just say to kisagotami that death cannot be escaped because she was distraught and was only interested in finding a way of bringing her son back to life. If the Buddha had told kisogatami directly it would only have worsened her loss. The Buddha was explaining the truth in a simple way so that she could understand it herself. He was portraying that no one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life‚ they will be disappointed. Neither those wise nor

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    As a response to the Moore’s Open Question Argument (OQA)‚ Peter Railton attempts to show under non-analytic naturalism‚ it is possible for normative properties to be reducible to natural properties without running into Moore’s OQA. However‚ this move met an objection by Derek Parfit‚ known as the Triviality Objection. In this essay‚ I will attempt to show that Parfit’s Triviality Objection does not succeed in proving that Non-Analytical Naturalism is incoherent by disagreeing with the view that

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    take a matter of hours let alone minuets‚ and by following the process step-by step the decision that had to be made may have already passed. In relation to John mills theory of maximum pleasure and minimal pain‚ I strongly disagree that this is the correct answer for many ethical situations. Everyone’s pleasures are different and individual‚ for you to make a decision this can become a hindrance as it’s hard to define how to receive the maximum happiness from every individual. Using this theory

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    Paula. The author weaves a satirical theme to prove that people who stay in unhealthy relationships to maintain a sense of control and empowerment in the world never get what they want. The Gatorade symbolizes Jason’s primary motivations: his own pleasure and the need for control. These mischievous motives have a detrimental effect‚ not only on himself‚ but also on his relationship with Paula. Jason does not plan the spiked Gatorade scheme out of a selfless desire to make Paula lose‚ but rather to

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    How does Heaney evocatively and memorably convey childhood experience in “Death of a Naturalist” This poem is composed of two stanzas. The first‚ longer one describes pleasant memories while the second recounts a particular unpleasant experience that changes the protagonist’s outlook on nature. Heaney uses childish language to tell us this is a young boy. “The daddy frog… the mammy frog” are juvenile words. “On shelves at school” tells us he is at an age when that is encouraged. “Best of all

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    Dear Sir or Madam I am writing to commend on your new opened McDonald’s restaurant in Rzeszow‚ which I recently had opportunity to visit. I am a regular guest in your chain of restaurants so it was pleasure for me to hear that the new one is situated near my living place. Moreover‚ standard of this branch did not disappointed my expectations. I was positively surprised that the staff was very friendly and helpful. They serve food as quick as it is possible with a smile and nice attitude. I

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    masculinity‚ deferred gratification‚ sobriety and respectability‚ the bohemian embraces values concerned with overt expressivity in behavior and clothes‚ and the pursuit if pleasure unrelated to – and indeed distaining – work. The bohemian in fact threatens the reality of policeman. He lives without work‚ he pursues pleasure without deferred gratification‚ he enters sexual relationships without undergoing the obligations of marriage‚ he dresses freely in a world where uniformity in clothing is seen

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    Also of this fact we conclude that he is persistent‚ because after all her deductions he tries over and over again. He has passionate nature. Analyzing of this three characters we can conclude that many men look girl only like a doll for pleasure. So every girl need to

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    The concepts of pleasure and happiness are integral pieces of the human experience‚ and have been discussed in depth by philosophies seeking to understand human behavior. What one defines as ‘pleasurable’ determines the very fabric of their existence; how people decide to live is based largely on what they enjoy. Consequently‚ traditions such as Shirttails form based upon the pleasures which communities deem valuable. In Utilitarianism‚ John Stuart Mill argues for the existence of ‘higher’ and

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