Philippa Foot‚ Emerita Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Los Angeles‚ has been studying and writing about the moral implications of killing someone versus letting someone die for many years. She also explains to us the difference between the negative and positive rights of a person and how negative rights and duties are more stringent than positive rights and duties. I shall be looking at this theory and explaining how it applies to certain cases. Before we can discuss
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of the everyday imposition of positive (rather than negative) labels are helping your kids think positive instead of negative even when they are doing wrong. One positive label is describing a kid as spirited instead of bad it gives strength to that child instead of awarding bad behaviors. As parents‚ we should use positive labels because negative labels puts us in a vicious cycle that make our kids feel negative about themselves. People should write down the negative label they use for their child
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the experience of positive emotions. Life is hard‚ but experiencing positive emotions can become a stress-reducer‚ open our minds‚ build enduring resources‚ and improve our overall well-being. Negative emotions tend to narrow our thoughts to a limited set of possible actions that might be taken in response to an emotion-evoking situation (Baumgardner & Crothers‚ p41). Positive emotions contribute to enhancing our physical‚ psychological‚ and social resources. While negative emotions may compromise
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Discrimination is a judgment that can affect oneself. Discrimination is the unused prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things‚ especially on the grounds of race‚ age‚ or sex. Discrimination can affect oneself by judging their clothes‚ religion‚ and appearance. Discrimination seems to come from civilization. As some will discriminate by saying “Why is she wearing that”‚ “that’s an ugly shirt”‚ and “his shorts are way to short!” I think people discriminate other
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important in modern society. But‚ what should we do to respond to the work of other people? Should we give positive feedbacks or negative opinions? Will the negative words hurt our colleagues? Many people feel puzzling on these questions. I do believe that both positive and negative feedbacks have their applications and advantages. And the most important thing is to treat our friends sincerely. Positive feedbacks can make people happy and fulfill their requirement of achievement. It’s the nature of human
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segregation upon each other. Religion should be a positive action throughout all cultures‚ perceived as uniting‚ motivating and compassionate‚ yet it can’t be as religion is divided into two sides‚ the negative side overpowering the positive side‚ through discrimination‚ inequality and generalisation. Religion has mostly a negative influence towards our society due to the fact that something majorly negative needs to occur for something positive to happen. This is evident in the way in which African
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Being held in the prison system also has a very negative impact on the prisoners’ emotions. As a prisoner told the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health‚ “Being in prison and not knowing when you’re coming home-it smashes your head to pieces (SCMH‚ 2008).” It can be difficult to offer quality mental health
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Positive and negative aspects of plastic surgery Plastic surgery is becoming more popular than ever. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery‚ more than 11.7 million procedures were performed in 2007‚ an increase of more than 400 percent since statistics were first gathered 10 years earlier. While the benefits of cosmetic surgery are widely accepted‚ patients should consider the positive and negative aspects of plastic surgery before undergoing any treatments. Risks While
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There are several positive and negative impacts of the Internet on education. For rural areas especially‚ the access to information that the Internet offers is an incredible positive force‚ allowing almost anyone to find the answers to basic questions simply and easily. It helps education in that when someone is curious about something (and therefore open to learning)‚ they can find out some information to feed that "learning hunger" immediately. If you are curious about the ants in the backyard
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Internet and Education: Positive or Negative Aspect? The Internet started to boom in the 1990’s and has continued to evolve ever since. Today the concept of what was thought to be one of the greatest inventions has blown this old-time invention out of the water. In order for the Internet to be accessible a computer device is needed. Today on we can carry the Internet in our hands with wireless access; as before it was a fixed machine usually on a desk with multiple cords attached. Noting that the
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