Wei-Yu Lu (Winnie) Ms. Hasting DSPW 0800 103 Final draft April 19‚ 2011 What does Success Mean? When it comes to the word “success”‚ It’s believed that everyone is familiar with it and everyone would feel great about it‚ want more of it‚ and work towards it. Success is just the opposite of failure people might say commonly. When somebody finished the goal or reached the expectations he or she set‚ it’s having called succeeded! However‚ the term of success may have a deeper reason‚ inner inspiration
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argues that singer does not reflect on the concept of entitlement and demands an overhaul of our moral code. When Arthur speaks about entitlement he states that if one is choosing to refuse to help someone one must show the unpleasantness that it would bring to himself and his family or you must consent. Arthur further goes on to state that if the farmers grows his own food he should be entitled to keep it for himself‚ because he earned it. That he should not be obligated to give what he earns away.
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Principle of Double Effect An action that is good in itself that has two effects--an intended and otherwise not reasonably attainable good effect‚ and an unintended yet foreseen evil effect--is licit‚ provided there is a due proportion between the intended good and the permitted evil. When there is a clash between the two universal norms of "do good" and "avoid evil‚" the question arises as to whether the obligation to avoid evil requires one to abstain from a good action in order to prevent a
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What Does it Mean to be Rich? The American Heritage Dictionary states that rich means possessing great material wealth. Also it says rich can mean having an abundant supply. I decided to go with the latter. I believe that all of us here in America are rich to some degree. I mean most of us have more than we could ever need in this lifetime. We come home‚ open the door and turn on the lights. There are people in other countries that don’t have that luxury. And while we are talking about
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Double Standards is well and alive today in 2013 between the sexes. There are many distinction between male and female in society today. Women and men are judged through sex‚ criminal‚ and age. Being in a Italian and Vietnamese oriented family‚ my parents teaching were very sexes. There was such a double standard in their teaching. The white and black marble tiles danced across the corner of the kitchen as the sun gleamed in from the drop of water around the sink. I could only see the bottom of
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What does ethical mean? Ethical can be defined as‚ ‘relating to principles of what is right and wrong’ (Longman dictionary) or‚ ‘relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these’ (Oxford dictionary) another definition is “Ethics can be viewed from two angles‚ normative and prescriptive. First‚ ethics refers to well-based standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do‚ usually in terms of rights‚ obligations‚ benefits to society‚ fairness‚ and specific
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When you hear the word "hero"‚ does your mind conjure up an image of an intrepid being with extraordinary powers? Do you visualize a superhuman whose main objective in life is to prevent evil and protect the innocent civilians? If you did‚ you must be envisioning the stereotypical hero (and yes‚ that means your answer is still valid‚ but it’s not the answer that I was looking for). When I was a child‚ I too‚ used to believe that heroes were the ones who wore capes and would constantly fight villains
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our cultures. How does our cultural identity define us‚ if at all—and what exactly does it mean to be an American? Throughout history‚ and despite a past peppered with racial discrimination‚ America has always been an amalgamation of countless cultural identities. With this in mind‚ it can be safely said that in today’s society‚ race most definitely matters. Before the reasons of why race matters can be determined‚ we must first define what it means to be an American‚ the concept of race‚ and more
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The doctrine of the Double-effect states that if something is done for the moral good but also includes morally questionable side-effects‚ it is ethically acceptable to do so providing that these side-effects were not part of the actions original intentions. This includes the foresight of these negative side-effects potentially occurring. This doctrine originates with Thomas Aquinas‚ and his treatment of homicidal self-defense‚ the Summa Theologica. This work states that an action having foreseen
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Are men and women held to different standards of sexual conduct? In Derek Kreager and Jeremy Staff’s Article‚ The Sexual Double Standard of Adolescent Peer Acceptance‚ they look further into the sexual double standards that are held by male and female adolescents whether or not there is a sexual double standard for male and female adolescents. They define sexual double standard‚ “boys and men are thought to receive praise and positive attributions for nonmarital sexual contacts‚ while girls and women
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