contemporary philosophical traditions. This is no more apparent than in postmodernism. Although controversial to categorize as a system of thought‚ postmodernism does have an overall fixation on efficiency’s crucial role in shaping society and our beliefs. Two thinkers who focus on this issue are Jean-François Lyotard and Michel Foucault; this essay will analyze how efficiency is a crucial element in their philosophies. Lyotard’s initial conception of efficiency is as one of many language-games
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Oryx and Crake is the story of Snowman who lives alone in a post-apocalyptic world. The novel takes place in the United States‚ in the state of New New York. Due to the environmental downfall‚ the New York we all know is gone and replaced by New New York. The environmental factors that led up to the melting of the land depict a dystopia that shed light on not only the inevitable future that our negligence for the environment will provoke‚ but also show the result of the current environmental policies
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universe of meaning’ for people today: For many people today‚ religion no longer acts as a shared universe of meaning‚ which means for that religion no longer‚ has importance. There is variety of reasons for this. However‚ some disagree as they belief religion still has importance to many and it is needed for society to function properly. Post-modernists argue that religion doesn’t act as a shared universe of meaning anymore‚ this is a result of globalisation. This is supported by lyotards
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politics. He simply replied‚ “Because the first thing [the police] asked me is if I was an anarchist‚ communist or socialist.” Sacco was also badgered by prosecutors as to why he dodged the draft rather than fight in WWI (Socialist Worker). Their beliefs and past actions made them easy for the public to accuse. One piece of evidence that has been in question was the ballistics evidence. New ballistics tests conducted with modern equipment in 1961 proved conclusively that the pistol found on Sacco
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Fitzhugh and Helper were both “zealous propagandists” whose work “added to the certainty of an irrepressible conflict.” There was a reason that Southern states were quick to secede following the election of Abraham Lincoln. The growing spread of abolitionism‚ they feared‚ would destroy their way of life. With both camps talking past each other‚ there was an absolute refusal of southern whites to consider any change in the economic structure. Many slave owners clearly believed in a Northern conspiracy
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thorough research‚ Wilson and Sears’ theory on how the pyramids were built is the most convincing of the three. They provide proof that the Egyptians built the pyramids themselves with a variety of materials‚ such as wood‚ and how their religious beliefs likely sped up the construction process. While other explanations‚ such as von Däniken’s‚ focus on his own opinions and conspiracy theories (like his claim that extraterrestrials built the pyramids)‚ Wilson and Sears are realistic and back up their
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Mill and Nietzsche have different ideas on how people act towards their actions. Mill focuses on the end purpose of human behaviors to create happiness for a group of people rather than an individual happiness. He defines Utilitarianism as human’s actions that lead to happiness. Human’s desires either give pleasure or prevent pain to create happiness (Arthur & Scalet‚ 2009‚ p. 66). For Mill‚ the consequences of an action matter. As discussed in class‚ we could measure the quantity and quality of
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society and that no one should go against them‚ making Antigone’s stakes and willingness to lose her life justified as she is only trying to please the Gods. Antigone’s readiness to lose her life is justified as anyone in her position with her same belief in God would do the same. She knows her disobedience could lead to her death but due to the law of the gods‚ she realizes that the actions of burying her brother and giving him an eternal‚ blissful afterlife is more important than her own short‚ mortal
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Given that John Stuart Mill was a student of Aristotle’s work‚ it comes as no surprise that there are many commonalities between Aristotle’s and Mill’s ideas. One of the biggest ideas shared by the two is that all humans are striving towards the Good in their lives. However‚ while they both believe happiness is the ultimate Good in our lives‚ they differ in their conclusions of what happiness is and how to reach it. As previously mentioned‚ Mill studied Aristotle’s works in his early life which directly
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capitalism‚ communism is based on the advocating of the application of socio-economic principles of communism through the state policy. In other words‚ communism is an ideology of economic equality through the elimination of private property. The beliefs of communism‚ most famously expressed by Karl Marx (1843)‚ center on the idea that inequality and suffering result from capitalism. Communists argue that the role of the state in a capitalist society is to defend the interests of the bourgeoisie.
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