The Art of Attaining the Good Life Sarah J. Thieme PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Professor Galen Johnson January 28‚ 2013 The Art of Attaining the Good Life What is the good life and how does one achieve it? This is a question that has been brought to the attention of many philosophers over human history. It can be reasonably argued that the modern person‚ especially westerners‚ consider income to be an important part to living the good life. There is little question anymore that income
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’’leader" so often that your essay don’t sound good. Just read it aloud and you’ll understand what I mean. A positive attitude is another essential quality a leader must have in order to do well in office. A leader must see things in a positive light or else everything will not go as planned. For example‚ if a huge crisis was going on and a leader had a mind of a pessimist‚ he would scare "his people" into thinking the situation is way worse than what it really is. On the other hand‚ and optimist
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Concept of Resiliency: A Child experiencing a broken family A broken family is having a separated parents or parents living apart. It is a family that one or both parents are having a relationship with another person. It can also be a family that started at a young age and can’t handle their relationship anymore. When parents split up‚ there can be many emotions that a child may have to deal with it. These feelings internalize or expressed‚ will result in certain behavior that will possibly affect
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all books written by Jews. This destruction of knowledge began to scare Bradbury and reminded him of the destruction of the library of Alexandria. These stories‚ histories‚ thoughts‚ and values were all gone. The persecuted people were being told what they could and could not do. They had lost their independence over their bodies and minds. From these events‚ Bradbury gained the inspiration to write his novel. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Guy Montag‚ a fireman‚ lives in a society in which books are illegal
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Zoos are Good Did you know that the London Zoo is run by the Zoological Society of London which is a charity devoted to conserving wild animals and where they live? There are many different viewpoints to whether or not zoos should exist‚ mostly because of the animal’s well being‚ but in this argument the pros outweigh the cons. Many people argue that zoos are very beneficial to society and that they should not close their doors. There are countless opinions as to why people are opposed to zoos. Firstly
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There is importance in in being at the right place at the right time with the right attitude‚ and also in the right uniform. It represents the army and what we stand for. In the united States Army paying attention to detail and following your chain of command is important part in the mission. Failure to do so can affect the mission drastically. it can hinder even small parts‚ in which case can turn into something more important. In this essay‚ I will‚ hopefully‚ be able to explain the importance
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ability to download many applications from online store such as social applications‚ games‚ reading applications and many more. Smartphone also has GPS which can be used to identify places that are new to you. When travelling to unknown places‚ it is a good idea to have GPS to help you find the place you’re looking for. Smartphone will help in your navigation. The most popular GPS application is Waze. By using Waze‚ we can decide which road is a better choice to avoid traffic jam. Not only that‚ we can
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Kelly Gallagher states in his article‚ 10 Benefits or reading: Why you should read everyday‚ that books open you to a world of vast knowledge‚ tranquility‚ concentration‚ memory improvement‚ etc. In my experience this is true‚ although I don’t acknowledge the fact that it helps improve your memory. Reading is important to me; it eases my stress and makes me feel magnificent on a daily basis. I tend to shy away from the social media; not trusting the news or posts on social networking sites‚ such
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The education system is not what it should be and often mistakes schooling as getting an education. The education system attempts to make students learn through drilling and training to grasp information. They force students to do repetitive work and memorize information. What the system should be doing is allowing students to question ideologies and make discoveries. “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here? A Word to the Incoming Class‚” an essay by Mark Edmundson‚ addresses how hard it is to get
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segregation. After the Civil War all blacks were now allowed to go to school and receive an education. The law said they were equal in education as long as there was segregation. As the Civil War ended and the law saying education was equal‚tension began to rise between the blacks and the whites. Whites and blacks in the South may begin to live next to each other‚ or in the same neighborhood‚ but the views on education as one
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