Why do different cultures have different moral codes? Different societies have different moral codes. The moral code of society determines what is right within that society; that is‚ if the moral code of a society says that a certain action is right‚ then that action is right‚ at least within that society. There is no objective standard that can used to judge one society’s code better than another’s. The moral code of our own society has no special status; it is merely one among many. There is no
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Why Valentine’s Day Sucks So Hard There are many meaningful holidays throughout the year. Thanksgiving‚ Christmas‚ Veteran’s Day‚ and a personal favorite‚ St. Patrick’s Day. (And yes‚ I am Irish.) But there are also holidays that turn my stomach because of how much they suck. Actually‚ there is just one: Valentine’s Day. It is supposed to be a holiday that celebrates love and acts of love. Instead it comes across as a holiday crafted by corporations to increase revenue‚ and you must have the
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Is there one person in your life that just ruins your day? Ruining someone’s day repeatedly is like ruining their school year. There are three ways a person could ruin your day by physically assaulting the person‚ steal their belongings or start drama when not needed. To begin with when you ruin someone’s day by physically assaulting the person it leads up to being in the principal’s office. Some ways that people like to physically assault someone is for an example if someone trips you in the hallway
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A Day at the Mall Happy people walking‚ stepping‚ running‚ grabbing‚ chewing and talking wherever you turn. Upstairs downstairs‚ front and back people are constantly grabbing and letting loose of items. Twenty percent‚ fifty percent red signs all over the place. The mall is definitely the place to be after a stressful day at school. It makes no difference what mood one is in when approaching the mall because once the entrance door closes behind you-nothing matters. The mall consists of many wonderful
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gray rain wall dropped out of the sky. Lightning. Then thunder. We‚ the already-tired crew on the feature film Yellow Day‚ were stuck. We quickly covered the large cameras in heavy plastic and donned rain gear while Bob‚ our Dutch production manager‚ called it for the day. Not good. Forty employees sitting idle is not cheap. And I’m the executive producer/writer of Yellow Day. I’m looking at every rain drop and thinking each one costs us a dollar. I look out onto the set‚ which is anything but
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Andrea DelVesco Works‚ D Period Due 8/25/10 A Novel Failure: The Unsuccessful Story of Tommy Wilhelm Seize the Day by Saul Bellow is a novella written about failure and bad judgment. The protagonist‚ Tommy Wilhelm‚ has made mistakes all his life by “invariably [taking] the course he had rejected innumerable times” (Bellow 19). He constantly frustrates his successful father who resides in the same hotel as Wilhelm by living in disarray‚ depending on drugs‚ begging for help and sympathy‚ and
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Clara´s day A summary of the Clara behaves through the day The story is about a girl named Clara‚ who one day decides to take of all her clothes in school assembly hall. It was already planet from the morning‚ since she didn’t have any underwear on when she went to school. After she had taken of her clothes‚ she went up in a physics classroom‚ where she took a science overall on and sat down at her desk. A teacher came in and asked her to take her clothes on again‚ but Clara didn’t want
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CONSCIOUSNESS An Altered State of Consciousness The conscious mind is what allows individuals to become associated with the closest form of reality that they can perceive. To achieve a conscious state‚ the individual should be aware and responsive to their immediate environment as well as their own unique thoughts‚ feelings‚ and actions. However‚ while it may go unnoticed and seem completely effortless‚ people are continually altering their states consciousness. For instance‚ when people become
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November 24‚ 2013 We all know that management operates through various functions. Dr. Pope did a great job in staffing; he studied the pros and cons of the two applicants before picking one of them. He has also done a great job in organizing‚ because he told himself to tell the department heads that they did not need his concurrence on such little projects. “I probably should set some guidelines” he thought to himself. This is where creating involves because his creative idea that he
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I am sitting here in the comfort of my home thinking about Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day is about remembering the men and women who risked their lives for our country and its people. If you stop and think about it we wouldn’t have homes or all the luxuries we have if it weren’t for the soldiers who fought to make our country free. I can’t imagine how it would feel to sleep and fight in trenches when we have nice warm comfortable homes. I think the men and women would have been very scared for
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