citizens have met their bare necessities. What does Aristotle mean by ‘good’? Does it mean happiness? Stability? I found this idea particularly intriguing because Aristotle points out that this goodness is best achieved collectively rather than individually. Is this possible? As Aristotle himself points out‚ people typically act in their own self-interest “in order to obtain that which they think good”. (1252a3) If the state aims at the “highest good” (1252a6)‚ does this necessarily benefit
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What Is Sickle Cell Anemia? Sickle cell anemia (uh-NEE-me-uh) is the most common form of sickle cell disease (SCD). SCD is a serious disorder in which the body makes sickle-shaped red blood cells. “Sickle-shaped” means that the red blood cells are shaped like a crescent. Normal red blood cells are disc-shaped and look like doughnuts without holes in the center. They move easily through your blood vessels. Red blood cells contain an iron-rich protein called hemoglobin (HEE-muh-glow-bin). This protein
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themselves in the general public. Said plainly; it is awkward to be in that position. I think most people genuinely believe they would "do the right thing" and are likely to be a proactive citizen in a bystander group. But when the moment comes‚ it really does take a confident and swift thinking individual to rise to the occasion. I do remember a time when I was waiting at the bus stop to go home from work. I happened to be looking at my phone at the time. I looked up for a moment and saw a man in the distance
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Creation of the Whites (Yuchi) The “Creation of the Whites” is a story about the whites coming over and slowly starting to colonize what they called the new world. This story shows the whites and the Native Americans being very peaceful towards each other. The whites ask permission to the Native Americans for about everything they do in the new world. Although the whites try to be respectful there are still signs that they consider their selves superior over the Native Americans. In
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Blackfeet Indians‚ or Blackfoot Indians in Canada‚ was a confederation of four factions. They were called Blackfeet because their moccasins were painted black. The tribes are called the Siksika (or called the North Blackfoot‚ or the Proper)‚ Kainah (or called the Blood)‚ North Pikuni (North Piegan) and South Pikuni (South Piegan). These tribes controlled territory from the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta‚ upper Missouri River in Montana‚ and on the west by the Rocky Mountains (Waldman). Due to their
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Utopia: The Existence of a Perfect World with Imperfect Human Beings What does it mean to be human? A human being is a complex subject. Much of society believes that trying to understand human life and the meaning of such an existence is a convoluted endeavor. We often feel compelled to deeply understand because of the value it holds. As human beings‚ we wonder what really makes us human. Is it our extraordinary brains that give us the ability to reason and think beyond the capabilities of the
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Blanca Seynos The Myth of Sisyphus In the essay of “The Myth of Sisyphus” Albert Camus suggests that there is a possibility that there is no real meaning to life and that as humans‚ it is a pointless gesture to go looking for this religious or universal meaning. Camus uses Sisyphus as his prime example of this. Sisyphus‚ a punished human for “certain levity in regard to the gods” has to do a pointless task of pushing a rock up a hill repeatedly. This punishment itself reflects the
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Humanities is a renaissance word. It is defined as the condition of being a person distinguished from an animal. It is of or relating to the characteristics of people or human beings. Human culture comes from the knowledge of death‚ which leads humans to have a desire for immortality. The idea of an afterlife and hell tells us that life continues after death. Although human beings and animals are both living things‚ they do have differences from each other. In Genesis‚ God creates humans to control
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The Btsisi Tribe Shameika L. Brown Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Bob Larkin Ashford University The kinship group I chose to describe is the Btsisi who are a horticulturalist society‚ which means they cultivate plants and prepare the soil‚ horticulturalists differ from foragers in their dependence on domesticated plants for most of their food energy” (Nowak‚ B.‚ & Laird‚ L. (2010). For the purposes of this paper I will provide information on the Btsiti tribe kinship and specific
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Myth of the Male Divine By: Mike Vignapiano HUM/105 - World Mythology 24 April 2010 Patricia Waggener History describes many gods. In polytheism‚ there are different gods representing different aspects of life‚ such as Apollo (God of light)‚ Ares (God of war)‚ Hades (God of the underworld)‚ and Poseidon (God of horses‚ earthquakes‚ and) best known as God of the sea (Hassam‚ 2010). In the monotheism myths (Christianity‚ Judaism‚ Islam…)‚ the God Krishna is the father of all existence
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