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Essay On Kierkegaard
Number of pages: 19 | Number of words: 5190.... Soren Kierkegaard as a direct prescriptive volitionalist, i.e. a thinker who holds that beliefs can and ought to be (at least in some circumstances) directly willed.
C. Stephen Evans, in "Does Kierkegaard Think Beliefs Can Be Directly Willed?"3 responds to Pojman's position, arguing that the attribution of direct volitionalism to Kierkegaard is too strong a claim. Evans does admit Kierkegaard as an indirect volitionalist, i.e. as holding that we can bring about belief states indirectly, as consequences of other actions that are themselves directly willed. (An example mig .....
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Utilitarianism
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 449.... for certainly no ethical standard decides an action to be good or bad because it is done by a good or a bad man, still less because done by an amiable, a brave, or a benevolent man, or the contrary.”
Utilitarian also state “a right action does not necessarily indicate a virtuous character.” Utilitarians are not looking at the other qualities that many make that person beautiful. They are only looking at the action that the person did wrong.What Mill tells us is that a person of good character is judged by his or her good actions. Mills suggests us that utilitarians do not loo .....
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Descriptive Essay Two Girls At
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 939.... of her small tank top. Her skin was soft and delicate, obviously pampered by lotions and cremes, most likely bought at “Bed, Bath, and Beyond.” The lower edge of her denim shorts stopped barely below her buttocks, which also seemed to want to burst out of the constricting garment confining it. A pair of shapely, tanned by days bathing in the sun, extended from her denim shorts, seeming to stretch forever before meeting the ground. Her feet were encased in socks and a pair of white sneakers, so clean they seemed new. This girl was extremely attractive, and .....
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Serial Killers 3
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2322.... with a significant cooling off period between the killings (Seltzer 18). This cooling off period is the critical factor that separates the serial killer from mass and spree killers. A serial killer usually emerges from the pain and suffering of a life riddled with abuse, neglect, hormonal imbalances, and other numerous situations. Serial murder is a disease. There are valid explanations that help society realize that these individuals experienced events so traumatic in their early lives that they have become dead to their surroundings and have attained no sense of moral a .....
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The Rajahs Of The Western Worl
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1606.... although both plays centre around Hialmar Ekdal and Willy Loman respectively, it is not their strength that their families rely on. Although both fancy themselves as the successful breadwinners it is their wives who make ends meet - yet all is done so that Hialmar and Willy can believe and live in their dreams: they are the mollified husbands.
Although Hialmar was spoilt by his aunts who took care of him, it seems that both he and Willy got used to being mollified by their wives. The personality of Gina and Linda are much the same. They both love their husbands and try to mana .....
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The History Of Ice Hockey
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2638.... hockey like games. The Indians of Canada invented the field game lacrosse, which is known by the legislative act as Canada’s and national sport. The Alogonquins who inhabited the shores the St. Lawrence River played an ice game that was similar to lacrosse called "baggataway," played without skates and with an unlimited number of participants. French explorers who visited the St. Lawrence River area and northern areas of United States in the 1700’s witnessed these matches. (Hubbard & Fischler, page17)
According to the dictionary of language of Micmacs Indians, published in 1 .....
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How To Writing A Research Essay
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 367.... but not very interesting and get boring. It tends to lose your
audience.. A strong essay is one that uses facts to support an argument based on
the writer's analysis of the topic. Even though this is easier said then done.
Always keep the essay question in mind during your research. Ask
yourself: "What do I need to know in order to answer the question?" Have a
system of how you are going to answer that question. Find plenty of information
to support your argument. Throughout your research you will surely find
challenges. Do not ignore them, but think of them as an obstacle .....
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Hobbes And Sovereignty
Number of pages: 15 | Number of words: 3974.... there was no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain; and consequently no culture of the earth, no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building, no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth, no account of time, no arts, no letters, no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of people, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
In a state of nature, everyone would be equal but although .....
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