many people who give purely for the incentive‚ they are still helping others‚ which is the whole point of charity. There are still even more people who donate just because they want to. Those who give for the incentive still make an impact on the world‚ however‚ and while their incentive can be selfish‚ what matters is helping those in need‚ and offering incentives for contributing gets the job done well. Many people contribute to charities‚ and while their intentions are selfish‚ they are aiding the
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deeply for Dorian‚ and that Dorian is the best friend that he has ever had; therefore‚ his actions are well-intentioned. While it is true that Basil cares deeply for Dorian‚ he does not care for him in the way that he claims; thus‚ his motives are selfish. However‚ Basil disguises his selfishness in the flourishes of artistic brilliance‚ true friendship‚ and the love of Dorian’s ‘personality’. Even Basil refers to himself‚ quite
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not realistically provide herself. "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman..but he wasn’t fit to lick my shoe...he borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in." Myrtle expresses how he does not believe George Wilson is a fit suitor purely because he has a poor financial status. In Bruenig‚ E.S. (2015). Women only marry for money‚ it is highlighted that "marriage is a financial life jacket for women that they must be forced into via the threat of poverty." Bruenig reflects on the attitude
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finally critically assess my position on ethical. Psychological egoism‚ as Dr. Belcher describes it is‚ "Psychological egoism is the claim that humans are (and can be) motivated only by selfish desires or that humans can pursue only their own self-interests." This means that every action that helps others turns into a selfish one because the action gives satisfaction or happiness to the human that performs the action. There are many counterexamples of this theory. I will give two: First‚ all actions are
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When presented with situations whose outcomes reflect that of a Catch-22‚ exactly how does one know which repercussion is more favorable‚ or the least detrimental? In the circumstance of the trolley‚ mothers‚ and children‚ both decisions can be determined “the morally correct decision” depending on the philosophies behind them. In this paper‚ I will compare Mill’s‚ Kant’s and Antigone’s perspectives in order to determine their position in the trolley situation. Let’s begin with Mill. As a utilitarian
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everyone around him‚ he also thought he could just pull a gun on anyone he wanted if he wasn’t getting his way. This also tied into not caring about the consequences of his actions and not caring about anyone else except for himself. He was a very selfish man often referring to himself as the greatest baseball player to ever live and thinking he could do whatever he wanted because of his
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Leo Tolstoy wrote The Death of Ivan Ilych as a statement towards life. Most young people waste their youth attending school‚ with twelve years of public/private education that is required by law‚ and then on to an estimated amount of five years of college schooling. During the prime time of a person’s life‚ they are busy using their money to pay for an education that leads to years of career that straps them down for their life until retirement. The plotline of Death of Ivan Ilych is about the very
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Caitlin Chen March 5‚ 2013 Period 7 Newspapers and Basketball Psst. Do you remember Lemon Brown? The man wears rags‚ is unemployed‚ and owns no house? Well‚ he has treasures. With them‚ he is richer than you or I could ever imagine. What are these treasures? Hidden underneath his rags are...old newspaper clippings and a broken harmonica. We might not think of these objects as treasures‚ but Mr. Brown knows that our opinions don’t matter. In the short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by
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Wednesday‚ July 22nd‚ 2014 Love is a significantly powerful emotion which has the ability to positively transform a life‚ but also the ability to possess‚ and destroy lives. Many different concepts of love have been expressed in texts‚ throughout history‚ and have been influenced by divergent contextual values appropriate to the time‚ in which the text was written. Through the comparative study of the 1925 novel‚ ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s 1845 ‘Sonnets
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Dorian Gray leads a selfish and vain life. After his wish for eternal beauty is granted‚ Dorian’s vanity is fed by the admiration of his peers. In direct correlation of his increased ego‚ Dorian’s actions and treatment of others is self-serving. His vanity and selfish lifestyle begin to take root upon Dorian’s introduction to Lord Henry Wotton at Basil Hallward’s studio and grow until the abrupt end of Dorian’s life. The worship of Dorian’s beauty contributes to his increasingly selfish actions‚ by adding
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