Firth’s Ideal Observer Theory suggests that an ethical statement like “x is right” means‚ “any Ideal observer would react to x” (Firth‚ P. 209) by producing an alpha reaction. The following are the characteristics of an Ideal Observer: Omniscient with respect to the non-moral facts‚ omnipercipient‚ disinterested‚ dispassionate‚ consistent and “normal”. In this essay‚ I will attempt to explain and justify why opposition to the “omniscience” characteristic is the most powerful objection to the Ideal
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Juana Ines de la Cruz born in 1651‚ November 12‚ in San Miguel Neplantla‚ Mexico illegitimate daughter of a Spanish father and Creole mother(French settler) that’s is why she has this point of view about “marriage”. early years living with mother on her grandfathers property always hiding in grandfathers library to read books considered to be a child genius learned reading and writing at age of 3 wrote first poem at age 8 at age 8 when grandpa dies‚ she goes to Mexico city to stay with
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convent to Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and the nuns are having a meeting about the new viceroy and his visit to their convent. The nuns say the new viceroy also can’t wait to see Juana Ines de la Cruz and the nuns jump for joy it seems that Juan is the pride of the convent though all the nuns have the same reaction. Then the film goes to one of Juana Ines de la Cruz’s plays and the Viceroy is watching as well as archbishopric. While the viceroy and his wife
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sources of Santa Rosa of Lima‚ and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz‚ help explain the role and perception of nuns during this time. Santa Rosa of Lima was a nun who was canonized during the seventeenth century. The primary source is a testimony of Santa Rosa’s life from a witness that housed her. At a young age‚ Santa Rosa
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Key Concepts: - Focus on pricing to maximise revenues and volumes - Separation of ownership and control - Principal Agent – Highlighted in the 1930’s - Shareholders may incentivise management - Revenue maximisation – why this? - Total revenue test - Price elasticity = Baumol Q - Trigger Price - A strategy set is a string of moves - Neo-classical (market – cost minimisation) vs Managerial model of firm (visible hand of management) - Type influences behaviour = seeking to maximise some objective
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brackets; JSTOR = e-journal on Rylibweb)* Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz‚ The Answer/La respuesta‚ ed. & trans. Electa Arenal & Amanda Powell (New York: Feminist Press‚ City University of New York‚ 1994) [LAm 861.39/J870.187] ——‚ Obras completas‚ ed. Alfonso Méndez Plancarte & Alberto G. Salceda‚ 4 vols (México: Fondo de Cultura Económica‚ 1951–57) [Short Loan CRes. 861.39‚J870/125 ] The complete works are available in downloadable form at the Dartmouth Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Project webpage at http://www
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Essay: The inspiring life of Juana Ines de la Cruz Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is not a typical women that lived during the 17th century in Mexico. There is much more beyond her beauty and authenticity. In her early years she was already considered to be a “child genius“1‚ taking into account her intelligence‚ and “polymath“ would also best describe her‚ since she wrote various poems‚ along with plays‚ also including her studies in music‚ philosophy and natural
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I. Race and Gender A. Ibn Battuta’s Mali (1352) B. Michel Montaigne’s Of Cannibals (1575) C. Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz’s The Poet’s Answer to the Most Illustrious Sor Filotea De La Cruz (1691) D. Lady Mary Montague’s The Turkish Embassy Letters E. Mary Wollstonecraft’s Chapter 13 from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman II. Explanation A. The readings listed above are all pertinent to either race or gender. What sets these apart‚ though‚ is the overall tone of the authors. All of these
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misdirection. The commedia dell’arte‚ however‚ suggested possibilities for stylization in production and even in dialogue (Reisman 3). Moliere’s play Tartuffe‚ through the actions of his characters demonstrates that human gullibility‚ hypocrisy‚ and corruption were a major part of the Church during this period. The character
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