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    Trolley Drivers Deontology

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    Executive Summary To determine the moral thing to do will depend on many factors. The society will dictate its moral values and the occasion. The action to be taken by a person depends on the occasion and the societal moral values. The age of a person‚ gender‚ and the expected responsibility are the things that determine the actions. One has to consider taking an action that will promote societal acceptance. The action should maintain self-respect of an individual in the society. When a person takes

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    Angela Cain June 21‚ 2013 Camille Lizarribar Do Replicants Dream of Being Human? With its exaggerated scenes of a dystopian America of the year 2020‚ Blade Runner is at once a cautionary film that details the dangers of human ambition and a thought-provoking challenge to the orthodox notions of what makes one “human.” There is no check-list or group of qualifications that are communally agreed upon that render one a human being; there is‚ however‚ no shortage of debate and quarrelling.

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    What is the value of the 2011 film 50/50? Despite leading a profoundly healthy lifestyle‚ which includes no smoking‚ no drinking‚ no drugs and not even possessing a driver’s license to partake in what he considers the associated perilous activity‚ twenty-seven-year-old Seattle Public Radio journalist Adam Lerner‚ in the 2011 film‚ 50/50‚ is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. After getting over the initial shock of the diagnosis upon which he could not fixate on the word "cancer"‚ Adam reads online

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    bathroom in front of other strangers because you are not allowed to leave your area. I only heard stories about this horrifying place. My mom always told me stories and reasons why not to steal or commit any other sin. To be honest I thought this was a fable I had never seen this place and I know many people who have sinned but never got sent to this so-called “jail” place. My mother told me lying is bad and you could get sent to this “jail” place but‚ I have a friend who once lied to our teacher at school

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    supposedly lack empathy. The androids exhibit other trademarks of humanity‚ however. Each android has a separate personality‚ as evidenced by Pris and Rachael‚ two literally identical androids. Although they are alike in every biological and mechanical way‚ their mental makeup differs greatly. Pris appears moody‚ socially awkward‚ and unpredictable‚ while Rachael is portrayed as calm‚ rational‚ and smart. The obvious personality differences between the identical androids reveal the striking fact that the

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    Ben Boudreau Professor Butorac English 151 10 May 2010 Synthetic vs. Natural: An Analysis of Costuming Used in Blade Runner Blade Runner written by Scott Bukatman and published in 1997 discusses the making of‚ and larger issues addressed‚ in Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner (1982). Bukatman‚ an Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Stanford University‚ has written several books on film. His book takes a look at the film formally‚ ideologically‚ and even historically. He addresses

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    Lighting is used often throughout the film to add a sense of mood to some scenes. In one certain scene Ray‚ Rachael and Robbie are cowering in Maryanne’s basement. There is an intense battle outside and a blinding blue light bathes the actors. Using the blue light in this scene adds to the great tension that they must be feeling in the basement. Another scene

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    Film noir is a genre of cinematic film marked by a menacing‚ fatalistic tone that is achieved through characteristics such as infinite‚ unbroken darkness. Cyberpunk‚ conversely‚ is a genre of science fiction‚ set in a society that is tyrannised by the advancement of computer technology. Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner‚ a film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s original science fiction novel‚ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? combines certain cyberpunk and film noir conventions to achieve a metropolis

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    to new heights A seventeen-year old high school student called Rachael Neblett from Kentucky began receiving threatening emails through her MySpace account. The emails were brought to the attention of the principal of her high school. The emails included details of her movements during class and after school activities. Due to the context found in the emails‚ they were certain that the bully was another student at the school. Rachael received an email stating “I am not going to put you in the hospital;

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    Sometimes films don’t need sequels‚ such is the case with American Psycho. But due to its popularity we got this clunker. Everyone hates this film‚ as it was widely panned‚ holds an 11% on Rotten Tomatoes and even the lead actress Mila Kunis. Whom has expressed embarrassment over the film. Now I’m going on record here and saying that while American Psycho 2 is terrible‚ it’s not that bad. In fact if you ignore the connections to the first film‚ American Psycho 2 becomes entertaining and that film

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