harmony among all people‚ it will remain imperfect. Although some have found it in their hearts to live within the guidelines of utilitarianism‚ the fact that most of the world is based on a capitalistic free market ultimately overshadows‚ the “greater good” mentality. “It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be a Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.” (Cahn 95) This statement shows a complete misunderstanding of the differences in human perception. Humans
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The Importance of Conformity In Economics 101‚ students can learn from the law of diminishing marginal utility the reason why water is cheaper than diamond. It can be simply summed up as: the more we get‚ the less pleasure we can derive. Although water is essential to our life‚ we get such a large quantity that we are no longer sensitive to its additional happiness. On the other hand‚ the quantity of diamond is so limited that its marginal utility can easily outweigh that of water. We are more
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Active Immunity The production of antibodies against a specific agent by the immune system is known as active immunity. This particular immunity process is there to keep you healthy. Active immunnity can be acquired in two ways: naturally by contracting an infectious disease or artificially by receiving a vaccination. Active immunity is natural and permanent; protecting individuals from disease their entire lives. This process can take place quickly by large amounts of medicines at one time
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of man itself. Countless tragedies have occurred in every country‚ critically affecting the way we live our lives today. In Africa‚ the ethnic battle of the Hutu and Tutsi decimated over one million people. The Chinese are still dealing with the struggle of a gender imbalanced society which came from inflicting deaths on unwanted infant girls. Now‚ in America‚ the difficulty of getting an education gets increasingly arduous every year. In all these scenarios there is a common denominator; man‚ slowly
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(120) Consequences of Conformity “Man is born free‚ and everywhere he is in chains” (Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ Social Contract‚ 1762). From the moment of birth‚ man is burdened with an immense social pressure to act within social guidelines that are considered acceptable. Whether they truly are beneficial or not is irrelevant. Influences such as the government‚ the media‚ and religion force us not only to abide‚ but to believe in these guidelines without question. Conformity prevents the growth of
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Essay on Virtue For most religious people it is one of the main goals in their life to live after the guidelines of virtue and show behavior with high moral standards. Virtue means goodness‚ morality‚ integrity‚ dignity… Everything that Randle McMurphy is not at the first instance in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. His character opposes all classic characteristics of virtue and roughly speaking he fails to survive in the end. Therefore is it important to be virtuous? I believe that although
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Aristotle’s understanding of virtue and his explanation of virtuous actions as presented in Nicomachean Ethics. In Book II of the work‚ Aristotle distinguishes between moral virtues‚ which are learned through habit and practice‚ and intellectual virtues‚ which are learned through instruction. However‚ it is not until later in Book II that Aristotle actually defines virtue. He opens Chapter 5 with‚ "Next we must consider what virtue is" (35) and at its end asserts that virtue is a state of character.
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activities. Since 2010‚ the Hong Kong Government had set the recommendations of physical activities from 30 minutes to 60 minutes for adolescents and adults‚ this is because the reason of Hong Kong people are always torpid and is lacking of doing exercise. According to the Behavioral Risk Factor (BRFSS)‚ there are more than half of the surveyed adolescents and adults had not done physically activity of moderate intensity for more than 10 minutes during the week. (CHP‚ 2012) Following this‚ people
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for Staying Active Almost any activity that gets you moving and strengthens your muscles is good for your health and can help you meet your fitness and weight goal. If you haven’t been exercising regularly‚ start out slowly and gradually increase duration‚ frequency‚ and intensity. If you have been exercising regularly‚ keep it up! Try Some Of The Following Suggestions: 1. Aim for at least 30 to 60 minutes of moderate intensity activity on most days. a. You can get your exercise all at once
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Virtue Theory The Virtue Theory is one of the three main theories in normative ethics‚ which emphasizes virtues in determining moral character and what is good. It focuses on what makes a good person‚ rather than what makes a good action. In other words‚ The Virtue Theory is an agent-based approach to ethics‚ which asks this question about being good: “What kind of person should I be?” This is in contrast to the other two approaches‚ Utilitarianism and Kantanism‚ which ask this question concerning
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