’Act Consequentialism holds that the good determines the right - the only consideration relevant to the rightness of an act is the amount of goodness it produces’. 1 (McNaughton and Piers Rawlings pg32) from David McNaughton and Piers Rawlings essay on Deontology. Versus the Kantian and Rule Consequentialism of utilitarianism which would believe that this is morally wrong‚ despite of the lives that could be saved. Rule Consequentialism and Deontology are very
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Eatonville does not sound anything like Eden‚ but Zora Neale Hurston’s short story‚ “Sweat” still brings to mind the Garden of Eden. Maybe it is the title‚ “Sweat‚” that brings to mind Genesis 3:19‚ “By the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat…” Or it might be the snake that makes it reflect the Biblical Fall. It is not a mirror image of course. Delia is not Eve‚ and Sykes is not Adam. In fact‚ Sykes seems more like the serpent. Sykes is a callous‚ brutal‚ vain‚ and worthless man. Sykes is an insensitive
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for the students trying to be thoroughly involved in their education as she informs audiences of the reasons or lack thereof for why students are not involved. The article “College is Not a Commodity. Stop Treating It Like One” written by Hunter Rawlings‚ a former president of the Association of American Universities‚
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References: Kautz‚ J.‚ D. Kinnan‚ and C. McLaughlin. Chemistry 110 Laboratory Manual Hayden-McNeil‚ 2010. Print. Tro‚ Nivaldo. Chemistry: A Molecular Approach. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚ 2008. Print.
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in Northampton shire‚ The United Kingdom at October 04‚ 1956. Lesley Glaister is a fiction writer and her first novel got published in 1990. The short story is about the protagonist Marjorie who is a woman. I will say she is in her forties and lives by herself in a apartment on the nineteenth floor. When Marjorie was a little girl she liked ants she felt that the ants inspired her. As a little girl she would have liked ants as pets. She thought as ants like people. They worked together as a team
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snake’s perspective. A relationship with the audience is established through creating remorse for the snake yet embracing the speaker’s “duty” with upholding understanding. The speaker’s choice of respectful diction toward the snake portrayed the rattlesnake to being a fair opponent. The snake was “capable of long range attack and armed with powerful fangs” yet it did not move in response to the speaker until he had initiated an “unprovoked attack” on the snake. The speaker describes the snake to have
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Ms. Rawlings means that Jerry acts upon his years. He doesn’t need to be told what to do‚ he instinctively knows. He is very respectful‚ and Jerry acts pleasantly towards everybody he meets. Jerry is only 12 years old‚ but he acts as if he is older‚ this makes him appear to be more well-rounded. He is also very thoughtful of people’s feelings and is very gracious toward everybody who gives him anything and everything that he is given. Jerry is also very honest. If he makes a mistake‚ he won’t avoid
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Effective Sympathy in Oedipus Rex and the Ideal Tragic Hero It can be difficult to fully sympathize with a character such as Oedipus Rex. Marjorie Barstow’s article successfully evokes sympathy for the reader of Oedipus by elucidating the misunderstood ethics that are central to the play. Oedipus Rex and the Ideal Tragic Hero compelled me to re-examine Oedipus’ morals in his search for the truth. Barstow begins by explaining why an audience may not receive the full message the play has to
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takes time and effort to change and you have to commit to it. Huck treats Jim like a slave and is below him in the social status. When Huck and Jim were on the island‚ Huck decided to play a trick on Jim. He put a dead rattlesnake at the end of Jim’s bed and the mate of the rattlesnake bit Jim’s foot. When Jim’s foot been bit‚ Huck then realizes he felt bad for what he did to
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Famed Japanese video game creator Shigeru Miyamoto is famously quoted‚ “Video games are bad for you? That’s what they said about rock-n-roll.” While the backlash against Rock- and Roll music has much subsided‚ the video game industry has come under increasing scrutiny for its addictive qualities. Consistent video game play has been linked to increasing child hood obesity rates worldwide. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that almost 18% of US teens are obese‚ linking this
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