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    no women were with the male settlers. This allows the start of one of Brazil’s most crucial disparities – the challenges because of skin color. This issue has persisted throughout the country’s history‚ and it is something that Brazil glosses over. Stuart B. Schwartz in The Portuguese Heritage: Adaptability says that a famous painting of three girls represent the three major races as‚ “Indian‚ Negro‚ and white”. This painting acknowledges these three races to represent the Brazilian society‚ yet only

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    Although happiness itself seems to be desirable among people‚ when it comes to overall topic‚ most people would agree that being truly happy is a goal they strive for but fail to understand what that actually means. John Stuart Mill‚ an English philosopher and author‚ argues that one can only be happy if they focus something aside from their own happiness‚ like helping friends and family or the community. While I agree with Mill’s view on not over-occupying ourselves with the need to be happy‚ I

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    Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill are two philosophers with opposing views on the morality of an act. Mill’s utilitarianism theory places the focus of right and wrong solely on the outcome of an act rather than on the act itself. He believe that an act is right if the outcome promotes happiness in the majority of others; “it is not the quantity of pleasure‚ but the quality of happiness that is central to utilitarianism” (Utilitarian Theories). Kant’s theory (Kantian) is concerned with the motive

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    To be happy‚ what does that truly mean? Philosophers Aristotle and John Stuart Mill both had similar definitions of happiness‚ however‚ they each had different ideas and theories on what it is that constitutes happiness and what being truly happy requires. Both shared a common idea‚ that happiness is achieved by engaging in activities that are distinctively human. Mill’s idea of happiness is described as the end to which all things good for a human life should lead. There has been objection to

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    he military actions  taken by the Jacobites strong enough to pose a serious threat. Despite the initial  success of the 1745 rebellion in Derby‚ the Jacobites began their retreat back to  Scotland two days later.The army was led by Charles Edward Stuart also known as  Bonnie Prince Charlie. His decision to retreat was made on the deliberately misleading  report from an English spy that an army of 9‚000 awaited them on the route to London.  His weak leadership and poor decision­making is a major cause to the military failure of 

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    Henry Stuart‚ author of “Report from Cherokee Country (1776)”‚ was the chief deputy superintendent of the Cherokee following the French and Indian War. After some side-research‚ I could not find any reports on exactly the function of a chief deputy superintendent is in Native American culture‚ however; I did find that a person who is in a deputy position‚ acts as a chief executive within a tribe. Throughout the passage‚ Henry Stuart tells the story of a council meeting between the Native American

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    A Utilitarian is someone who believes that the morally correct act is whichever brings the greatest amount of pleasure to the largest number of people. If Jim was a Utilitarian in this case‚ then he will most likely kill one person in order to save nineteen others. As Bentham says‚ “Utilitarianism accepts the fact about reality and uses it as the foundation of its ethical doctrine”. Furthermore‚ killing one person to let nineteen others free is the morally correct thing to do because Benthem states

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    Philosophers often attempt to design a societal system that reflects their view of "what is good." However‚ before this can be established‚ it is crucial for them to set out‚ in their opinion‚ their respective present view of society. In this case‚ what is commonly held as "good" is freedom. Rousseau ’s explanation of social contracts affirms his belief in a common will that derives from his concept that if all individuals freely enter into a social contract based on the general will‚ this establishes

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    SPE INTERNATIONAL Abstract Sidetracking has been proven to be a cost saving solution over drilling new horizontal wells to increase production from existing wells. Most problems that might be encountered when removing casing can be identified prior to beginning a lining removal job. By identifying these potential problems‚ the proper equipment can be used effectively to keep the job running smoothly. Technical advances in mill design such as the development of a cutting structure that effectively

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    “Democracy is a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly” . This definition does not explicitly determine who “the people” are. Realistically‚ in a democratic form of government the majority among the people has the power to make decisions binding upon the whole . The question that naturally arises when analysing the ideas expressed by Rousseau‚ Mill and Tocqueville is the following: to what extent the rule of the majority in a democracy

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