Pros And Cons Of Vices

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People in today’s society have different kinds of habits that they do in their life. There are good habits and bad habits or what may also be called as "virtues" and "vices" respectively. This research includes a brief description of the most common vices people in the society have. The study focused on the vices Thomasians have. Its purpose is to find out if Thomasians have vices or not. If they do, the researchers are to identify what are the major vices of these students and why they do have these vices. Using the quantitative approach, this study aims to find out the common vices Thomasians have and their reasons as to why they do these certain vices.
1. Introduction
Everyone has certain habits they do on a regular basis. Habits are usually
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It may be considered as one if the individual repeatedly does these certain habits without really any rational cause. They do it thrice or four times a week to almost every day because it only gives them pleasure or because their day will feel different if they do not. Their body starts to crave for that specific habit; this is when the addiction on the vice starts. Human life as well as the life of many other beings is squeezed between needs, desires and activities that satisfy them (Krasikov, 2005). Although most people think that having vices are immoral, there are still some people who view vices in a different perspective. Some people in the society think they are immoral and degrading, while others think it is just a form of recreational activity or ‘False’ needs. According to Marsh, Campbell & Keating …show more content…
False needs are those which are overlaid upon the human being by social interests in his repression. The fulfillment might be most satisfying to the being, but his happiness is not a state which has to be maintained and protected if it serves to capture the progress of the capacity to recognize the disease (vices) of the whole and grasp the chances of curing the disease. The result then is exhilaration in unhappiness. Most of the existing needs to relax, to have fun, to behave and consume in accord with the advertisements, to love and hate what others love and hate, belong to this grouping of false

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