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  • Greatest Happiness Principal + Mill

    Greatest Happiness Principal + Mill

    According to Mill, people who believe in Utilitarianism are often asked to justify the calculus of the philosophy. Objectors of Utilitarianism argue "that there is not time, previous to action for calculating and weighing the effect of any line of conduct on the general happiness." (Mill 23) A brief overview of Mill's Utilitarianism concept is best described as the "Greatest Happiness Principle" (Mill 7) that states: you must always act to achieve "the greatest happiness

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    Essay Length: 487 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: July
  • Pateman on Locke

    Pateman on Locke

    For years social contract theorists had monopolized the explanation of modern society. John Locke was among those who advocated this theory of a collectively chosen set of circumstances. Carole Pateman, on the other hand rejects many of the pillars of the social contract and specifically attacks certain aspects of Locke's argument regarding paternalism and patriarchy. Pateman defends her idea that the individual about which Locke writes is masculine, instead of the gender-encompassing form of the

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    Essay Length: 1,180 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Hobbes and Rousseau

    Hobbes and Rousseau

    Hobbes Hobbes did not hold his fellow man to a very high standard. According to Hobbes we naturally cause controversy in life through our competitiveness, our pride and the way we mistrust our fellow man.(Hobbes p.185) Therefore war is "necessarily consequent... to the naturall Passions of men, when there is no visible Power to keep them in awe, and tye them by feare." (Hobbes p.223) This form of power would be the way we could

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Victor
  • Dunciad: Mock Epic and Parallels to Rape of the Lock (another Satire)

    Dunciad: Mock Epic and Parallels to Rape of the Lock (another Satire)

    The Dunciad: A Mock Epic? Honors English The fourth book of the Dunciad describes the fall and slow death of the English society that once taught him all the things he knew. He lashes out at his critics, accusers, and nay Sayers in his allegorical poem. It symbolizes a mock epic because of the elaborate use of words, calling on inspiration from a higher force, and using his work not so much to tell a

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Bred
  • John Locke on Personal Identity

    John Locke on Personal Identity

    I think that Locke's arguments for his ideas are sound, and I agree with what he is saying. Locke was a micro based ideologist. He believed that humans were autonomous individuals who, although lived in a social setting, could not be articulated as a herd or social animal. Locke believed person to stand for, a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing in different

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Janna
  • Kant and Mills Theories

    Kant and Mills Theories

    Kant and Mill's Theories In July of 1994, Paul J. Hill, a former Presbyterian minister and later a pro-life activist, was prosecuted for killing Dr. John Britton, an abortion performing doctor, and James Barrett, a volunteer, outside a clinic in Pensacola, Florida. Prior to this, Hill commented on the murder of Dr. David Gunn, another abortion performing doctor, stating that it was a "biblically justified homicide (P. 215)." This statement shows how strong Hill's beliefs

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Accounting Case Study on General Mills

    Accounting Case Study on General Mills

    Accounting Case Study on General Mills General Mills, Inc. Financial Accounting Case Study Module 1: A. General Mills Consolidated Statements of Earnings: 1. The recorded sale amount of almost $8 billion is not the actual amount of cash collected. The amount of $8 billion includes cash and credit sales. 2. Sales increased each year from 2000 to 2002. The difference between the year 2000 and 2001 was a 5.35% increase (5,450-5,173/5,173 = .0535). The difference

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    Essay Length: 1,405 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Thomas Hobbes Leviathan

    Thomas Hobbes Leviathan

    CHAPTER VI OF THE INTERIOR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS, COMMONLY CALLED THE PASSIONS; AND THE SPEECHES BY WHICH THEY ARE EXPRESSED THERE be in animals two sorts of motions peculiar to them: One called vital, begun in generation, and continued without interruption through their whole life; such as are the course of the blood, the pulse, the breathing, the concoction, nutrition, excretion, etc.; to which motions there needs no help of imagination: the other is

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    Essay Length: 3,563 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Edward
  • Machiavelli and Hobbes

    Machiavelli and Hobbes

    Machiavelli and Hobbes To be successful, one must have the appearance of virtuousness, but not necessarily be virtuous. At least, this appears to be true according to Niccolo Machiavelli's works. Machiavelli's idea of the virtuous republican citizen may be compared to Hobbes' idea of a person who properly understands the nature and basis of sovereign political power. Hobbes' ideas seem to suggest that most anyone can claim rightful authority as there is a belief in

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: regina
  • A Critical Analysis of Hobbes Law of Justice

    A Critical Analysis of Hobbes Law of Justice

    A Critical Analysis of Hobbes' Law of Justice Shawn Olson 2509748 10/10/2004 Introduction to Political Philosophy SW Holtman Of Thomas Hobbes' 19 laws of nature, the first three, which add consecutively up to his concept of justice, are by far the most influential and important, with the ultimate goal being an escape from the state of nature. The first law states that we should seek peace, and if we cannot attain it, to use the

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    Essay Length: 5,465 Words / 22 Pages
    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Top
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    JOHN LOCKE John Locke, a British statesman, philosopher and political theorist, was a principle source of the enlightenment. His spirit pervades the American Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights and is the basis of the liberal tradition that aims to protect individual liberty from despotic state authority. BY STEVEN BARNES Western Civilization History 102 Section 21 22 September 2006 Steven Barnes Professor Kellie K. Bradshaw History 102 Section 21 22 September

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    Essay Length: 453 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Mike
  • Analysis of Edwin Arlington Robinson’s "the Mill"

    Analysis of Edwin Arlington Robinson’s "the Mill"

    “The Mill” is a poignant poem written by Edwin Arlington Robinson. The poem is a representation of hardship in family. The speaker of the poem is an omniscient narrator and the poem is set in a miller’s house and mill. The poem has an (ababcdcd) rhyme scheme in three eight line stanzas. The poet uses many elements to display the adversity of a miller and his wife. The poet uses a morbid tone and grim

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: regina
  • Power and Authority as Viewed by Hobbes and Machiavelli

    Power and Authority as Viewed by Hobbes and Machiavelli

    Power and Authority as Viewed by Hobbes and Machiavelli Many medieval political thinkers observed that power and authority came first from God and then from a social mandate. In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes proposes that power comes from the social mandate first. (Leviathan, Bk. I, Ch. 18, pp.230) He makes this assertion on the basis that it is within the human nature to secure its life through banding together with others to form a community. Each

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Life as a Mill Town Worker During the Industrial Revolution

    Life as a Mill Town Worker During the Industrial Revolution

    1816: Hello, my name is Elizabeth Crabtree. I work at a cotton mill in Great Britain. My job at the mill is doffing, but I'll get into that later. I'm twenty years old, but I'm not married, yet (I'm still crossing my fingers). I live with my mother and father in a village of mill workers, which happens to be less than a mile away from the mill that I work at. My father works

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Mill on the Floss - a Book Written by George Eliot

    The Mill on the Floss - a Book Written by George Eliot

    The Mill on the Floss is a book written by George Eliot, whose real name is Mary Anne (later Marian) Evans. There is a great deal of autobiography in this book. The facts of Mary Anne's life do not match Maggie Tulliver, but there is an obvious reflection of her own life. Book One: Chapter1-13 The novel opens up with a description of the countryside around the town of St. Ogg's and the river Floss.

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Edward
  • Ethical Relativism and Calvin and Hobbes

    Ethical Relativism and Calvin and Hobbes

    Calvin states “ See, in order to improve oneself, one must have some idea of what’s good. That implies certain values”. I believe Calvin is using Ethical relativism here, meaning he does what is right because his culture states that it is right. And I feel that he is saying basically what you feel is right for yourself is right because it’s the moral thing to do. I feel that Calvin did not set

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Rape of the Lock

    Rape of the Lock

    Context Alexander Pope was born in London in 1688. As a Roman Catholic living during a time of Protestant consolidation in England, he was largely excluded from the university system and from political life, and suffered certain social and economic disadvantages because of his religion as well. He was self-taught to a great extent, and was an assiduous scholar from a very early age. He learned several languages on his own, and his early verses

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Jon
  • Charles Milles Manson

    Charles Milles Manson

    Some people think this man was and still is corrupted, evil, or crazy. Well I think that he would be a very interesting person to meet. His name is Charles Milles Manson. This man sits in San Quinton prison in California. He is there because he was found guilty of conspiracy and 7 murders. Manson will remain there until 2012 until, he gets a parole hearing. Charles Manson was born on November 12, 1934, to

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Exposing Puppy Mills

    Exposing Puppy Mills

    Puppy mills have been in the United States for many years, they are underground run organizations so they are not easily monitored by animal control units. Puppy Mills are places where purebred dogs are kept in small confinements, are severely neglected and are forced to mate until their bodies cannot handle it anymore, which then they are inhumanely killed. The puppies then are sent off to pet stores, leaving the bitches and studs there to

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Monika
  • Examination of Mills and Dworkin

    Examination of Mills and Dworkin

    Examination of Mill and Dworkin Looking at the legal status of drugs, and one's own liberty for that matter, I examined the works of Mills and Dworkin. There are many different views, and in the end, as in all philosophical issues, there is no one answer. It then boils down to which one, if either, of these two different points of view is correct. Each of the works is presented in the book Contemporary Moral

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Top
  • John Stuart Mill’s Book on Liberty

    John Stuart Mill’s Book on Liberty

    Who’s Right Or Wrong As an American in today’s society we have many privileges and rights that we use in order to control our lives. As in John Stuart Mill’s, book On Liberty he describes his purpose of intemperance on people and their opinions. “…it is fit to take some notice of those who say that the free expression of all opinions should be permitted, on condition that the manner be temperate, and do

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Kant V. Mill

    Kant V. Mill

    Kantianism and Utilitarianism are two theories that attempt to answer the moral nature of human beings. Immanuel Kant's moral system is based on a belief that reason is the final authority for morality. John Stuart Mill's moral system is based on the theory known as utilitarianism, which is based upon utility, or doing what produces the greatest happiness. One of Kant's lasting contributions to moral philosophy was his emphasis on the notion of respect for

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Kant Vs Mill

    Kant Vs Mill

    Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant was born, lived and passed away in his home town of Konigsberg. He lived from 1724 to 1804. He studied at the local university and later returned to tutor and lecture students. It wasn't until he met an English merchant by the name of Joseph Green that Kant learned of David Hume and began to develop his ideas of morals and values. Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) is believed by

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Mike
  • John Locke and Commercial Capitalism

    John Locke and Commercial Capitalism

    Political philosopher John Locke ideas and theories serve as a foundation in our democratic world. In the Second Treatise of Government sovereignty is placed in the hands of the people. Locke argues that everyone is born equal and has natural rights in the state of nature. He also argues that men have inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. The central argument around the creation of a civil society was with the protection of property.

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    Essay Length: 410 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • Locks Keep Out only the Honest

    Locks Keep Out only the Honest

    Rachael Robles Prof. Watts Victimology CJ N1 “Locks keep out only the honest.” By, Jewish Proverb Crime happens all over the world every second of every day. Thus making numerous amounts of victims. Crime victims are all around us even though we may not know it or think about it. According to the crime clock every twenty-five point three seconds a motor vehicle theft occurs. Have you ever thought what it would be like

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    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Janna

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