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    Wit: Zorba the Greek

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    is prominently associated with music and dance‚ and giving emotions free reign. These two philosophies are closely associated since both find great merit in happiness and are found to have been controversial. One reason for this is our tendency to discard pleasure as a moral good; we usually consider humility‚ wisdom‚ justice‚ and other virtues to be ethical. However‚ following the doctrines of Epicurus and Dionysus‚ behavior in pursuit of pleasure is the only life path that will assure an upright

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    Through this point of view‚ a person can overcome limited perspective of the individual and experience the world from a cosmic perspective. Marcus frequently mentions the idea of a cosmic order that forms a framework for living an ethical life (Aurelius‚ xviii). Marcus states‚ “You have the power to strip away many superfluous troubles located wholly in your judgement‚ and to possess a large room for yourself embracing in thought the whole cosmos‚ to consider everlasting time‚ to think of the rapid

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    whether in your own person or that of another‚ never simply as means‚ but always at the same time as an end” (Prof Culbertson). Kant agrees with health care being a right as this version 1 shows that we should always treat others kindly that would be by giving the society health

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    People would like to have every face of every character in a clear and visual‚ so that they would not have to think how this character may or may not look like. Many people view movies as a source of relaxation and peace. Movies also gives you the pleasure to experience the new technology of visual and sound effects that many find very interesting. Another point why a lot more people watch and wont read is the amount of time spent in whether reading or watching‚ it differs from person to person but

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    Exercise Lecture 24

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    (Hedonist choose pleasure) Control- people will want to exercise more if they feel a sense of control in the type of exercise they do Ex. HIV- if taken care of properly with medications aids patients can live a normal life span -Mother believed she didn’t need medication to cure her disease because of this guy on the Internet. -Medication could have helped the children not grow up with HIV -Baby dies of an HIV related disease -She refused to have her child tested “Hedonism”- pleasure principle -Also

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    Phobias and Addiction

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    into existence? Some scientists believe that it can‚ but then the question is what is operant and classical conditioning? Also what is extinction mean and how is it achieved in both conditions? These are the topics I will be answer and I will also be giving examples to each phobia and addiction that can happen through classical and operant conditioning. Classical Conditioning “Classical conditioning is when an environmental stimulus leads to a learned response through pairing of an unconditioned stimulus”

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    Love?

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    want so someone gets the pleasure of having the desire of his or her heart. We sacrifice our own satisfaction so someone can get what he or she wants and that is love. To sacrifice in the name of love is an effort that is not expecting something in return‚ it gives the delight that what you have done filled a missing ingredient of your day. Sometimes I wanted to watch something on TV but my brother want something else; giving in to his choice would give me more pleasure than insisting mine and break

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    Virtue Ethics Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived between 384 and 322 BCE. He was deeply interested in the idea of cause and purpose. On the Foundation Paper‚ you will have explored the ideas of the Four Causes and the Prime Mover. Both of these theories look at the idea of how things are caused and how they move towards their purpose. In ethics‚ any theory that looks at how we become better people over time‚ or that looks at how we move towards our purpose is called a teleological

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    Tragedy

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    as the highest poetic form. In it the theory of tragedy is worked out so admirably‚ with such insight and comprehension‚ that ‘it becomes the type of the theory of literature’ (Abercrombie). Aristotle in his Poetics studies the tragedy in detail‚ giving its definition‚ and analysing its various constituents and elements. Aristotle defines tragedy as “the imitation of an action‚ serious‚ complete‚ and of a certain magnitude‚ in a language beautiful in different parts with different kinds of embelishments

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    Surprise Ending

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    sincerity of my heart‚ that I have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work‚ having no other motive than the publick good of my country‚ by advancing our trade‚ providing for infits‚ relieving the poor‚ and giving some pleasure to the rich‚” I realized that the ending of the story would be different from how I thought it was going to end. The quote suggests Swift was not at all interested in doing the work to find a solution to social and economic issues of his country

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