Pygmalion by George Shaw Shaw "the second greatest English playwright‚ behind only Shakespeare" Title- Shaw called Pygmalion a potboiler and subtitled it "A Romance." Thus the play’s main thematic concern is romantic in the literary use of the term. It is a play that has a highly improbable plot. Professor Henry Higgins transforms a common flower girl into a graceful lady‚ like the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion carved an exquisite female statue out of a shapeless piece of ivory. Preface-
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Utilitarianism as an ethical theory Utilitarianism is the view that an act is right if it equals the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Utilitarians describe moral actions as actions that boost something good and lessen something that is bad. Virtue‚ knowledge‚ and goodwill are all good but they are only good if they give people a pleasurable existence. Pain is the only thing that is intrinsically bad. Utilitarians focus on the result of an act instead of the inherent
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Utilitarianism Utilitarianism the ethical doctrine of the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the criterion of the virtue of action. The principle that utilitarianism use in making moral decisions is a form of moral hedonism; that people should seek pleasure and avoid pain. Utilitarianism seeks to produce the greatest good for the greatest number. But‚ the problem is in determining what the greatest good is. Utilitarian define the “good” as good is what equates pleasure and reduces
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Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a philosophical theory that believes that right thing to do comes from a measurement of the amount of pleasure over the amount of pain‚ and decides that the right thing to do results in what will be the greatest pleasure for the majority of the group. In other words by calculating happiness you will be able to decide what the right thing to do is as long as it is right for the majority of the people. This seems as if it will only help the people that agree on the
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society‚ and the state of nature. Numerous philosophers have shared their perspective on why certain forms of government are superior to others‚ and why other forms are ineffective. One well-known theory is utilitarianism‚ which is mostly known for the developments made by John Stuart Mill‚ who focused on achieving the greatest amount of happiness possible. Utilitarianism can be considered as the best form of government because it acts as a guideline for just conduct‚ allows a peaceful society to develop
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and the soldier eventually leaves. Of course‚ once the war is over‚ that soldier comes back‚ forcing each of the primary characters to reevaluate their values and their relationships. It is quite interesting how Shaw layers meaning within the rather standard comedic plot. Shaw manages to comment on class constructs‚ on the absurdity of war‚ and even on the nature of love. And‚ of course‚ he does this with the Shavian wit and within a satisfying plot. There is so much here to think about that
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Barry Marshall Awards and honors In 2005‚ the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Marshall and Robin Warren‚ his long-time collaborator‚ "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease". Marshall also received the Warren Alpert Prize in 1994; the Australian Medical Association Award and the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research in 1995; the Gairdner Foundation International
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English 101-1203 The essay on page 69 of The Blair Reader entitled: “The Sanctuary of School” was written by Lynda Barry. In this literary work‚ Lynda Barry remembers her Seattle grade school in a racially mixed neighborhood as a nurturing safe haven from her difficult family life. In the following essay‚ we will discuss how through this descriptive and pathetic story‚ Lynda Barry glorifies schools and reveals the importance of public schools by comparing her life at school and her life at home
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Lynda Barry has an amazing and strong connection to her school. Throughout the story she is talking about how meaningful it is to her and how she thinks it’s the only place where she actually gets noticed. In the illustration‚ Barry has a big smile on her face which means she’s happy and it’s showing that the school is Barry’s safe-place and though it’s not her home‚ church‚ or anything like that‚ it makes her happy and she feels like she can count on the people to look out for her. Along with the
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Utilitarianists are often persecuted for holding a morality in which the end always justifies the means‚ no matter how repulsive it may be to intuitional moral standards. Hare attempts to quiet controversy by combining act and rule utilitarianism in daily life in such a way that internal moral standards are satisfied and overall good is promoted. Kymlicka stays firm in his opposition to Hare’s theories and shuns the idea of consequentialism having intrinsic value greater than that of intuitive moral
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