I – Utilitarianism/Consequentialism A – Definition: The greatest good for the greatest number of people; sacrifices are OK B – Justifications: Life is a pre-requisite to ethics Bostrom1 Continuity is as important to our commitment to the project of the future of humanity as it is to our commitment to the projects of our own personal futures. Just as the shape of my whole life‚ and its connection with my present and past‚ have an interest that goes beyond that of any isolated experience
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Taylor Sipchen (p.3) Jackie Han (p.6) Debate Brief I. Attention getter and importance of this issue A. The first case of attempted force-feeding was of a 32-year-old former medical student from Whales‚ known as “E”. She had a BMI of 11-12‚ while the normal BMI is 18-25. She did not want to die‚ but she did not want to be fed. The second case was of an anorexic known as “L”. She too‚ did not want to die but she stated that her severe anorexia did not allow her to eat. (Cite #1) B. Force-feeding
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Huettner Research Paper: Baptism According to Luke-Acts 10 December 2014 Baptism According to Luke-Acts Introduction A religious sacrament marked by the symbolic application of water to the head or immersion of the body into water and resulting inadmission of the recipient into the community of Christians; this is the definition of baptism according to The Free Dictionary Online1. In order to understand how Luke presents baptism in the book of Acts and how baptism is a part of God’s plan
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New foldI believe that they should be replaced. I’m in school‚ I take the exams. They are horrible‚ people will keep saying that exams are the reasons teacher know what students need to re-learn and what they still need to go over. But in reality‚ if the students fail‚ the teachers don’t really care. They don’t. It will just drop your grade and the teacher will keep teaching new things‚ while your falling behind because a major grade in the book is a 50. Exams don’t help the teachers or the students
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Debate I disagree‚ because if your friends and or other people are trying to encourage you to do something good then it really isn’t peer preasure. That is called giving good advice‚ or friendly encouragement. Peer pressure is when people try to encourage you or pressure you into doing something that is against your better judgement‚ which in most cases tends to be over something that is usually and or potencially harmful.. | | | Angria picked Disagree:It’s important to prepare a child for
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I start reading the chapters of the book (Reasons To Believe) and I found "Baptism" term‚ which is interesting to know the meaning of it. It means they turned from old life of sin and guilt to a new life‚ so they be as a baby. I totally agree with this point because I have the rituals that similar to baptism‚ which is Hajj. Both the Hajj and baptism give an overall sense of purpose. It is depend on personal experience of the traditions‚ then‚ they returned like a newborn’s without sins. In addition
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<b>1. Background</b> <br>The Napster software (http://www.napster.com)‚ launched early in 1999‚ allows internet users to share and download MP3 files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network. The software is used by downloading a client program from the Napster site and then connecting to the network through this software‚ which allows sharing (uploading and downloading) of MP3 files between all users connected to the network. While Napster does not condone copyright infringement
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Crop losses from insect pest result devastating financial loss for farmers and starvation in developing countries. To solve this problem farmers have to use tons of chemical pesticides every year. Consumers do not want to eat food that has pesticide on it because it can be very harmful to our body. Plus using pesticide can cause environmental pollution. So growing gmo that does not demands pesticide can eliminate the use of chemical substance Plus gmo plants genetically made to be resistant to weed-killer
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Hi‚ my name is ____ and this is my partner ____. We stand in the affirmation on the resolution Resolved: On balance‚ the rise of China is beneficial to the interests of the United States. We reserve the right to provide counter-definitions should disagree with our opponents: China From the Encyclopedia Brittanica (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/111803/China): "China‚ Chinese (Pinyin) Zhonghua or (Wade-Giles) Chung-hua‚ officially People’s Republic of China‚ Chinese (Pinyin) Zhonghua
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Debating Speech – 1st speaker That the Australian Government should protect anti-whaling protesters who forcibly disrupt whaling ships Hello adjudicator‚ negative team and time keeper. I am… the first speaker of the Affirmative team. I will cover the points of whaling‚ and the legalities in Australia that surround it. We the Affirmative team define the topic as: The Australian Government should protect and safeguard the anti-whaling protesters who’s main objective is to stop the illegal
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