The article “Here’s A Terrible Idea: Robot Cars With Adjustable Ethics Settings” by Patrick Lin‚ immediately grabbed my attention because it placed the theory of ethics into the 21st century. The infamous “trolley problem” is the prime example that Lin uses to discuss the moral dilemma presented by robotic cars. After reading and discussing Lin’s article‚ I agree that robotic cars with adjustable ethics settings are a terrible idea. One of the first topics that stood out to me was that 12% of people
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Waylaid‚ Maxine Hong Kingston and Ed Lin both agree that women in China have been treated badly‚ because they are an inferior gender and have to be obedient‚ but authors have drastically different views on the status of women in the American society. Maxine Hong Kingston argues that after coming to the United States‚ Chinese women have lowered their statuses‚ because the isolations from the mainstream society prevent them from adapting feminist concepts; Lin argues that women from a lower socioeconomic
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Nicholus Lin 07‚ 26‚ 2015 Positive and Negative Long-Term Effects of the Columbian Exchange Planet earth is the only planet on Solar System where human beings can survive‚ where diseases‚ deaths‚ killings‚ greediness and love are found. There have been great events occurred on earth which changes the society of mankind. Columbian exchange in 15th century is one of the greatest events occurred on earth. There were some positive and negative results which effect long-term to human society such as spreading
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Sayings of Chan Master of Lin-chi The Chan Master Lin-chi uses his experience as a teaching device to lead‚ push‚ and even jolt “Followers of the Way” to the gateway of enlightenment. His simple and direct method employs the use of several reoccurring themes: the “True man with no rank‚” not to be swayed by the environment and other people‚ the hit and shout teaching style‚ the one who “has nothing to do‚” but “just acts ordinary‚” and that doubt is the Buddha devil. Lin-chi said‚ “Here in this
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Similarly to Bread Givers’ Sara Smolinsky‚ Maya Lin is the daughter of immigrants who fled to the United States in 1948 before the 1949 Communist takeover of China. On the date of October 5‚ 1959‚ she was born in Athens‚ Ohio (Biography.com Editors). Lin’s parents were intellectuals who eventually became professors at Ohio University; teaching ceramics (father) and English (mother). As a result from accompanying her parents to the university‚ she and her brother (a poet) were encouraged to be creative
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1)Is this a criminal or civil case? This is a criminal case 2)Who appealed from the trial court’s ruling‚ the plaintiff or the defendant? The defendant appealed from the trial court’s ruling 3)Did the court of appeal agree (uphold or affirm) the trial court’s ruling or did the court of appeal disagree (overturn or remand) the trial court’s ruling? The Court of appeal agree the trial court’s ruling. 4)What was Nguyen was convicted of at the trial court level? (page 2 of the opinion) He was convicted
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3. Coastal area incident‚ how did Lin He Gui do it‚ what did he say. 1) How did Lin He Gui do it. After the incident‚ I received this report: a. Political commissar informed Wei Ming and other Publishing unit to breakout to the north. Our north side is ocean. At that time‚ Wei Ming and other comrades had made a reasonable judgment that was it possible for the Political Commissar to arrange comrades from other area to aid them at the north. b. A headquarter guard‚ Huang Jin Long from West Kalimantan
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relationships shown were both strong and weak. Depending on how the characters act toward each other‚ it determines their relationship. The stories‚ Forty-five a Month and The House on the Border‚ both have very weak relationships‚ whereas the story‚ The Ch’i-lin Purse‚ has a very strong relationship. In a relationship one person sometimes depends on the other‚ but if the other does not support the other‚ it becomes weak. In the story‚ House on the Border‚ there was a very weak relationship between the main
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Preludes - La fille aux cheveux de lin Lucinda Nicholls‚ 10.1 Part 1 La fille aux cheveux de lin is the eighth piece in Book 1 of Debussy’s Preludes. It is a typical example of his impressionist composition style‚ impressionism in this case meaning a type of program music which aimed to evoke moods and impressions through tone colour and harmony. Impressionism also relies on allusion and suggestive understatement to convey its subtle meaning. La fille aux cheveux de lin is alluded to be in ternary
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Roberts creates works filled with imagination and feeling which seem to have a seamless relationship with nature and humankind‚ combined with a Western style influence to show what it means to be a white Australian. Clearer still in the works of Lin Onus who tackles a similar topic but with a more political approach towards cross cultured issues of indigenous and white Australians. We can trace back through the evolution of who we were in relationship with the land through the development of painting
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