Utilitarianism treats people differently based on their capacity for happiness. Utilitarianism cares only about maximizing happiness or pleasure‚ not the unhappiness side. In addition‚ the rights of individual not as important as the good for the many. For example‚ the hospital ten patient that in need of organ transplantation as soon as possible and nine organs available for organ transplantation. Nine of the ten patient need only one organ to survive their sickness‚ but the remaining patient need all nine
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5. Give an example of a "consilience" explanation to one specific religious phenomenon (e.g.‚ why do people worship snakes‚ etc.). Be sure to choose your own example. Consilience is the understanding that each branch of knowledge studies a subset of reality that depends on other branches. Many religious phenomenons cannot be studied in isolation. Math underlies the working of physics‚ which studies chemistry‚ and it continues on with biology‚ psychology‚ sociology‚ and then we are able to understand
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replace major social institutions. An example would be the U.S. civil rights movement which was in the 1960s (p. 306). Countermovements are designed to prevent or reverse the changes sought or accomplished by an earlier movement. A countermovement is most likely to emerge when the reform movement against which it is reacting becomes large and effective in pursuing its goals and therefore comes to be seen as a threat to personal and social interests (p. 307). An example of this would be the emergence in
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Examples of resilience through flexibility include: During the Western Australian gas crisis‚ some food processors used alternative (diesel) power supplies to keep production over the short-term. It took up to four months for some food supply chain elements
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purpose for this hole is to make the joint or connection by using the screw. As we know‚ the joint between the part is very important for the machine rigidity. A hole is needs to transfer the flow of the liquid that use in this machine. For example‚ the liquid used for the coolant will be transfer by a pipe that need the hole for this piping system. This machine required electricity as the main source energy. So‚ this hole is very important to create a hole for the installation of the wiring
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Progressives used muckraking journalism to shine a light on the problems created by industrialization. What are some examples of muckraking today? How effective are these efforts? When President Roosevelt delivered his speech‚ “The Man with the Muck-rake” in April 1906‚ he spoke of two different types of muckrakers. He acknowledged the muckraker who knows “[t]here is filth on the floor‚ and it must be scraped up with the muck rake”. This muckraker respects the “times and places where this service
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Conformity and rebellion through the eyes of the people Opening eyes‚ changing life’s and sacrifice for the greater good are some of the many outcomes of rebellion due to conformity. Throughout the centuries there are many examples of this‚ as proven through cases such as Vietcong‚ McCarthyism‚ and protests against the war in Vietnam throughout the U.S. In 1954 a brutal conflict began between Vietnam and France because Vietnam wanted to rule their own country‚ the conflict ended in July when France
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Pamela Essay 1 Sitting at my desk at home‚ a crushing feeling crept up on me. I didn’t know what to think. I’m not going to make it‚ am I. It was already midway through junior year of high school‚ and having just calculated my GPA requirements for many of the colleges I had wanted to go to‚ I realized that my grades were not even close to what I expected them to be. I guess I had been in denial for so long that I let them slip this far. How could I have let this happen? Where was my
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Throughout history‚ there have been many influential people that have been fighting to change the way of the people. Some have many different reasons to why one would want to see a change in the world or in their own country. For example‚ one may use their knowledge and the power of their speech to influence the government to fix the way of things. Some may also take it upon their selves to get their voices heard when no one hears them out. However‚ each person has their own way to alter the people
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Date: Sunday‚ August 12‚ 2012 Name Class: Social Studies What are some examples of Americanization? Americanization is a term used for the influence of US on different countries and their cultures. This also refers to the process of acculturation by immigrants to American customs and values. Americanization was highly spread through those immigrants or the foreigners who have stayed in America for a long time. These people become Americanized‚ and when they go back to their home country‚ and
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