SPACETOBEEDITTED Optics flickered towards the west a smile drawing itself upon the lips of the male. He adored moons such as this‚ known readily in the ancient world as the harvest or wolf moon‚ the circular orb in the sky shown such as this only twice per year; once in the spring and once in the fall during the equinox consisting of exactly 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. Such moons were both a blessing and a curse‚ for though they granted better light in which to hunt by it also meant
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Jeremy Bentham’s Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is one of the most powerful and persuasive approaches to normative ethics in the history of philosophy. Though not fully articulated until the 19th century‚ proto-utilitarian positions can be discerned throughout the history of ethical theory. Though there are many varieties of the view discussed‚ utilitarianism is generally held to be the view that the morally right action is the action that produces the most good. There are
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but such a system would have to take for granted Hobbes’ values and rationality—it would not work ‘right out of the box’ as deontology or utilitarianism does; more on this later. For now‚ let’s assume that our purpose will require an appeal to a Pareto Superior alternative to Hobbes. Theories abound of how to do this‚ but we need one that can do this without permitting state coercion‚ while also accounting for morality. Unfortunately‚ it is difficult‚ though not impossible‚ to find compelling examples
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All Animals Are Equal* PETER SINGER In recent years a number of oppressed groups have campaigned vigorously for equality. The classic instance is the Black Liberation movement‚ which demands an end to the prejudice and discrimination that has made blacks second-class citizens. The immediate appeal of the black liberation movement and its initial‚ if limited‚ success made it a model for other oppressed groups to follow. We became familiar with liberation movements for Spanish-Americans‚ gay people
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Asked a raspy voice. I looked up and saw a rotting face‚ grayish and red‚ with a quarter of his or her face revealing skull and bloodshot eyes that have gone milky. I wanted to scream‚ but couldn’t make a sound. In fact I’m not even startled‚ nor afraid. - As an Undead‚ you are unable to become emotional. You are also unable to feel any sort of pain and discomfort Huh? What is this? Unfeeling? Hey‚ I am confused right now. Doesn’t that count as some sort of emotion? The rotting person
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Madeline of the House of Usher Role-playing games are a great past time for literature enthusiasts. A player sits down‚ creates a character with quirks and a personality‚ usually special abilities‚ and meets with other people who have done the same. They sit at tables‚ in couches‚ on porches all around the world. They sit down to hear and participate in a story‚ a story told by the storyteller. The storyteller creates a scenario‚ a background‚ extra characters (NPCs)‚ and certain rules. Once the
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Pedro Almodovar‚ in his recent films Talk to Her (Hable con Ella) (2002) and Live Flesh (Carne Trémula) (1997)‚ has brought a thoroughly modern interpretation to the genre of melodrama. These fresh illustrations of human love‚ loneliness‚ frustration and individuality explore the complexity of human interaction and interestingly‚ in Talk to Her‚ the interactions of the sentient in relation to the insentient. "Nothing is simple‚" Alicia’s ballet teacher muses in Talk to Her‚ this statement accurately
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Edgar Allen Poe is a name that conjures up images of haunting dark rooms and dreary landscapes. His poems and short stories explore the inner workings of the human imagination‚ the parallelism of life and death‚ the fine line between sanity and madness‚ the delicate balance of beauty and terror‚ and the hesitation between a natural and a supernatural explanation of unusual events. “The Fall of the House of Usher” examines these themes in a collision and intermingling of manifold‚ complex circumstances
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morally right to hunt for their survival according to “Kanthian ethics’ ” principle that it is considered right in regards to moral law or the universal maxim. On the other side of the spectrum considering animal ethics‚ it is said that non-human sentience is not a sufficient condition for moral consideration and should only be extended to those individuals who posses certain levels of intelligence or rationality (Matheny 18). I sturdily believe in this argument‚ since the world was made for man and
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Monika Mahmutovic (301180032) PHIL 221 Fall 2015 Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Warriner Wed. October 14‚ 2015 Ayer’s Emotivism and its Limits In the sixth chapter of his 1952 publication Language‚ Truth and Logic‚ A. J. Ayer outlines the the theory of emotivism‚ according to which he explicitly denies moral realism in his work. His commitment to emotivism and espousal of the thesis that moral definitions and judgements are altogether incoherent and impossible leads Ayer to quite boldly claim that
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