argue from the theology of Socrates‚ Kant‚ or various other philosophers to reason what is good or bad‚ whether morality is universal‚ and what it means to have a full life. I prefer an Aristotelian approach. Aristotle believed that voluntary action is characterized by a rational choice‚ where the person determines the best course of action by reasoning how to achieve the desirable end goal. In layman’s terms‚ a good life is based on the ideas belonging to that person how they themselves feel about it
Premium Ethics Morality Philosophy
Have you ever wondered what it was like to live in London in the 1600 ’s? What did people learn? What kind of jobs did they do? I know you probably don ’t ever think about that‚ but maybe this presentation will leave you to walk away wondering: How could they live like that?!! Let ’s start with where we would be as children in London. The boys would be at a school getting a public education; the girls would be at home getting a private education from a tutor. Although a girl ’s education would usually
Premium Pound sterling
To me‚ banana bread is the ultimate comfort food. It’s substantial‚ nutritious‚ could even be considered a valid excuse for a meal at the same time being equally as good a desert option. To me‚ banana bread is the ultimate comfort food‚ because to me it means that I can have it all. I can eat cake for breakfast without feeling guilty. Much like with banana bread‚ in my life I want to have it all; I don’t want to sacrifice an ounce of my personal ambition and yet I want to do something that entirely
Premium Nutrition Food Banana
What Do Mathematics and Being a Math Teacher Mean to Me? Mathematics‚ for me‚ is a science of systematic way of thinking. Symbols (e.g. numbers) are meant for representation‚ accuracy and precision. Mensuration‚ which is very useful both in practical purposes and other sciences‚ is a great example as proof. Manipulation of these symbols produces systematic representation and pattern. For an instance‚ an individual who is good in constructing‚ determining‚ and manipulating equations as well as inequalities
Premium Education Psychology Mathematics
A. What does it mean for me to be a professional trainer? I started my career as a lecturer at a polytechnic in India. I enjoyed teaching the teenagers. Every day is a new experience and challenges. The students always kept me busy with their problems. Even though‚ I admire about the students and their carefree life. In the other end of the spectrum‚ some of them struggled even for their basic needs and with medical conditions. However‚ the friends supported them one and another and grew together
Premium Ethics Attention Knowledge
English Reflection #1- The American Dream Describe what The American Dream is to you in twelve sentences. A common way to describe The American Dream is to point out the traditional social ideals of the United States‚ such as equality‚ democracy‚ and material prosperity. However‚ to me personally‚ the American Dream is more than just making a lot of money and buying a huge home. If I had to describe the American Dream‚ I would say it’s composed of five essential things: owning a home‚ raising
Premium
from a moment. It can be the smallest thing that creates the biggest of emotions or it can be an achievement‚ or just being contempt with yourself with your life. Maybe just in the simplest form the state of being happy. I believe happiness comes in so many ways‚ moments‚ memories‚ people‚ etc. To me it’s always the smallest of things that make me have a bit of pleasure. For example‚ it can be as simple as being with my closest friends‚ hanging out‚ laughing‚ not having to think about every little problem
Premium Love Interpersonal relationship Emotion
What does success mean to me? Success has three different stages for me‚ but they’re in no order because either of these can happen randomly‚ but there are two stages everyone deals with is failure‚ and success but not many think about the unexpected success because they don’t really see it happen when they don’t succeed at something or it doesn’t go the way that they would like it to go. Failure is something most people will deal with when they don’t accomplish‚ a goal or a set of actions that happened
Premium Management Psychology Failure
deterministic world is based on a series of links‚ each of which causes the next (for more on these causal links‚ see Causal links and processes‚ below). In "To Build a Fire‚" London repeatedly shows how the man does not have free will and how nature has already mapped out his fate. Indeed‚ both times the man has an accident‚ London states "it happened‚" as if "it" were an inevitability of nature and that the man had played no role in "it." The most important feature of this deterministic philosophy is
Premium Management Education Organization
describe my life depending on how you look at it. Growing up I was a normal kid with a loving family and lots of friends. I always played sports and to this day I am still really competitive in everything I do. as life went on my life began to open up and become more chaotic. In middle school I found out my parents were getting divorced and at first it affected me but I began to be able to control this hectic life I had grown into. Then my aunt died and I was destroyed at first‚ not knowing what to do
Premium High school Family English-language films