The Simpsons: Laughing at Ourselves Jessica French Professor Jean Graybeal The Existential Imagination 16 October‚ 2003 Comedy gives no better an answer to existential question than any other form of art or literature. It does however‚ give such a familiar yet ironical response‚ that the relief attained is often more satisfying than other medium. Jerry Rannow states‚ “humor is necessary to life.”1 The Simpsons is for many‚ the quintessence of comedy and offers a wonderful philosophical study
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To start with Arthur Conan Doyle born May 22‚ 1859‚ in Edinburgh‚ Scotland to a prosperous‚ strict Irish-Catholic family. His parents‚ Charles Lamont Doyle and Mary Elizabeth Foley Doyle‚ Charles and Mary married in1855. Born into an immense family of seven sisters and one brother‚ however‚ some of his siblings did not live to adulthood. Young Doyle’s childhood was atrocious‚ of course‚ there were some superb moments in his childhood. Doyle’s father a moderately successful artist‚ struggled with
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In Of the Genealogy of Morality‚ Nietzsche sought to provide context for what he saw as the central value system of the society in which he lived: slave-morality. Nietzsche saw morality as reflective of the conditions in which its proponents were brought up. He saw the roots of slave morality in oppression and slavery‚ and posits that it grew as a reaction to the morality of the masters of the time. What follows is a simplified account of Nietzsche’s master-slave dichotomy‚ and what he saw as the
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traditions. Tradition emphasized on male-dominated and filial piety. The Ming and Qing emperors supported Confucian values and tradition. The Song dynasty scholar Zhu Xi‚ combined the moral‚ ethical and political values of Confucius. The Chinese moralists portrayed themselves as one large family. Their children supposed to look after their parents’ happiness and well-being. Also‚ the Confucian principles subjected women to the authority
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of life. This mad obsession for reaching the top is the dream of everybody‚ and as such the moral and ethical values do not seem to have any place. Morality is often defined as the doctrine of actions right or wrong it is synonymous with ethics. Moralists are selfless and preach justice in every sphere of life. If people tend to observe morals‚ they will constitute a healthy and sound society. Morality knows nothing of the geographical boundaries or distinctions of race or color in modern age‚
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Friedman Versus Drucker According to Peter Drucker’s‚ what is "business ethics"? Published in The Public Interest‚ he noted and addressed the moralist by stating. “To the moralist of the Western tradition "business ethics" would make no sense. Indeed‚ the very term would to him be most objectionable‚ and reeking of moral laxity. The authorities on ethics disagreed‚ of course‚ on what constitutes the grounds of morality--whether they are divine‚ human nature‚ or the needs of society”(Drucker‚
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is the case in the War on Prostitutes‚ which pushes an enterprise underground‚ nourishes human trafficking‚ ruins otherwise good citizens‚ wastes government personnel‚ foregoes tax revenue‚ demeans independent women‚ and endangers sex workers. Moralists contend prostitution is wrong. Reasons vary. But even
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Leo Tolstoy - Rebirth by Death Leo Tolstoy was a great humanist. Evolution of human character was a subject of his close attention. The main personage of the story "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is ordinary official who conduct his life according to a strict social code‚ never deviating from what was rule d by society‚ by his pleasure‚ by materialistic motives‚ but never by conscience. His contact with his wife and children was limited and shallow because he didn’t find pleasure
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was supportive of states’ rights‚ but during the Nullification Crisis‚ declared that states do not have the right to nullify federal laws. Strongly against the national bank‚ he vetoed the renewal of its charter and ensured its collapse. Whigs and moralists denounced his aggressive enforcement of the Indian Removal Act‚ which resulted in the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Historians acknowledge his protection of popular democracy and individual
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@00082084 The article 20 weeks to happiness by Handler (Handler‚ 2006) discusses positive psychology and the many views on how people determine what it is and how it is achieved. When first reading this article I found the Victorian moralists’ theory in achieving happiness to be pretty accurate in the sense of not setting your expectations too high and celebrating any positive outcome even if smaller than expected; it was pretty much a basic definition of optimism. Later on‚ the article discusses
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