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    suffer‚ and it may be the only guarantee that the human race will not die out in an incurable disease. The author has laid out cases that are suggesting that Human Cloning is needed; I think that some of the cases were purely for the good of the people/masses while some are extremely selfish. When I stated “good for the people/masses” I meant it in the terms of being egocentric. Being an egocentric‚ according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is “concerned with the individual rather than society”. Wanting

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    He proposed that the human population grows at an accelerating rate in order to take advantage of the increasing food supply‚ which unfortunately‚ is only increasing at a constant rate. Ebenezer Scrooge‚ the protagonist of Dickens’s novella‚ showcases such Malthusian thinking. Dickens‚ through Scrooge‚ says “If they would rather die‚ … they had better do it‚ and decrease the surplus

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    with his wife‚ Myrtle. It is also where Myrtle is brutally killed in a hit and run accident towards the end of the novel. The Valley’s bleak and barren nature provides a contrast to the loudness and brightness of New York‚ which represents wild and selfish behaviour‚ and the pursuit of pleasure‚ illustrated by the fact that Tom and Myrtle’s affair occurs there. The drunken debauchery of Tom and Myrtle’s party demonstrates New York’s lack of moral depth‚ and the idea that people feel that they can act

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    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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    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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