’In Frankenstein‚ a man arrogantly takes on the responsibility of giving birth‚ and the female characters pay for his arrogance.’ How far and in what ways do you agree with this view? Reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1831) from a feminist perspective brings to light many questions of moral and ethical importance‚ particularly those associated with the idea of the male protagonist taking on the birthing role as expressed in this view. I very much agree with the negative stance on his usurpation
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Louis XIV was an absolute monarch. He was often called "the Sun King‚" and ruled over France. He wanted to help France achieve economic‚ political‚ and cultural pinnacle. Many historians believe the phrase "absolute power corrupts absolutely" mirrors Louis XIV’s reign. Louis XIV revoked the Edict on Nantes‚ changing the economy of France in one motion. By creating the city of Versailles and being a major patron of the arts‚ Louis was very influential on French culture. His costly wars and failures
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The essay title alludes to the fact that sport has been used as a vehicle for both cultural homogeneity and national resistance. Cultural homogeneity is when people/nations embrace the same culture (‘the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively’) (Allen‚ 1990‚ p.282) throughout the nation/world. National resistance is when people within a nation (‘an imagined community based on ...race‚ ethnicity‚ language‚ religion (etc)’ (Jarry and Jarry‚ 2000‚ p. 403)
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greatest happiness for the most people. This reason alone the act of giving them would be a good idea‚ because it would benefit the most amount of people. At a first glance in the problem‚ by just wishing them to just go away‚ ignoring and disappear from our sight is directly immoral. You’re giving them pain despite the rule of greatest happiness and pleasure - utilitarianism. However in the contrary it is really right that by giving it encourages them to become lazy and to be dependent on us‚ but what
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state of which one is happy. The term is subjective‚ but most agree “happy” is associated with “good”. Something good can’t be something bad at the same time‚ yet pleasure is simultaneous with pain. If pleasure can be felt with something else‚ but good cannot‚ therefor pleasure doesn’t equal good and can’t be happiness. Since pleasure isn’t what’s good and what’s good is happiness‚ how can feeding into your vices lead to happiness?
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“appetitive element” with “the guidance of reason” (Eth. Nic. 1119b15-6). Because it is more easily known‚ a lack of self-control‚ or self-indulgence‚ is also more blameworthy. Aristotle explains that “self-indulgence resembles voluntary action” and “pleasure is something people choose” and thus “it is also more reprehensible” (Eth. Nic. 1119a21‚22‚24). Since temperance is clearly defined and therefore clearer to seek‚ it is the virtue that
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He thought it was not possible to quantify pleasure and did not agree with the hedonic calculus‚ he believed in higher and lower pleasures. Higher quality pleasures were better than lower quality pleasures. He believed that higher pleasures of the mind were better than lower pleasures of the body. Once the minimum requirements of the body had been fulfilled‚ the real moral business involves pursuits of higher goods
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while not giving into cost cutting. Issue After not seeing profits‚ the company’s new president‚ Joseph James‚ set up a conference to figure out the different vice presidents plans for fiscal 2006. Since 2005 was projected to be the fifth consecutive unprofitable year‚ the goal for fiscal 2006 was to help achieve profitability within two years. However‚ will Astor Lodge & Suites be able to see profitability and see a 7% annual increase in EBITDA? *allocation of media spending between pleasure and business
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things in order to know what real pleasure is? What is pleasure? What is happiness? For hedonism philosophers‚ the main goal has been to reach a state of form of pleasure‚ while for utilitarianism philosophers the ultimate goal in life is to find happiness. Both‚ which seem reasonable goals to live by each day. But what does hedonism and utilitarianism mean‚ what is happiness‚ would either approve of Nozick’s Experience Machine in order to achieve happieness or pleasure? In this paper‚ I will explain
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Plato‚ a Greeek philospopher‚ believes that Hedonism is false and forms an argument against it through the voice of Socrates. Hedonism refers to the view that says pleasure is intrinsically good and that pain is intrinsically evil. Also‚ that the goal of life is to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. Hedonism states: Pain = Evil Pleasure = Good Plato explains how just as health and sickness cannot occur together‚ as they’re opposites‚ evil and good cannot be present simultaneously. Someone cannot
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