Higher and Lower Pleasures Essay

expectations of each person, greatly impacts their actions. Flavius and Murellus were clearly given powers higher than those of the plebeians. Were they trustworthy, protectors? This is still to be seen. Though they appeared to have a prideful attitude towards those they were put into office to serve. As a great senator and general, Caesar has taken onto his role with great pleasure. The people adore him and he continues to win battles. Has he misused his power, by punishing those…

The gender roles have been distinguished throughout our history as male and female, hero and damsel in distress. The females have always been the lower part of the gender equality or the one always needing saving, well this was true until the twenty-first century where women took a huge leap as how they are portrayed this has followed suit in many areas of the media today such as print, film and the internet. In today’s age or generation, we now see that it is the female characters or actors…

recently incarcerated have not had a detox period and therefore, still rely heavily on different drugs. This leads to the inmates doing whatever they can in order to gain access to drugs. Yap (2011) discovered that heroin and other drugs lead to higher rates of sexual assault. The victims are often in debt to their suppliers in the prison. The suppliers then allow (force) the ‘customers’ to pay their debt back with sexual favors. There is no apparent leeway in this situation. In short, the…

(1748-1832) in An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation in 1781. His utilitarianism was based on three points: pain and happiness, utility, and consequentialism. Bentham believed that pain and pleasure of a certain behavior is the only criterion for judging good and evil. Pleasure means good, pain means evil; pursuing happiness and avoid suffering were human nature. Based on this, he proposed a principle for moral judging: “it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number…

Truths of Literature in Light of Aristotle, Sydney and Neo-Classical Age ‘Why Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know what light is but it is not easy to tell what it is’ Samuel Johnson (1709-1784 ) In the study of literature, the questions which seem most straight forward are often the most complex ones to answer. Such as what are the truths of literature and what is their…

culture wants us to think. Not only the citizens and residents of the United States want to live up to the American dream, but most of the world wants to experience this American dream where everything is fulfilled with, wealth, health, security and pleasure. I moved out to the United States six years ago and all my friends and relatives thought that I am lucky because I will be achieving the American Dream. Living here for half a decade I have not seen many people who are satisfied with what…

If a man is in a higher position in the company, people usually think that the man has the initiative and all of the achievement form his own effort. However, if the same situation occurs in a woman, especially young and beautiful women, people will inevitably think of the relationship between female staff and her employer. Female CEO in the United States only accounted for 4.2% of the top 500 (Zarya, 2016) and the proportion of women in Wal-Mart's management positions is much lower than his…

A woman’s ability to attain liberation or as Sona exclaimed, live in Nibbana (Davids, 2012, p. 165), directly challenges the argument that it is impossible for a female to become a Buddha. While none of the nuns in the Thi become Buddhas, the attainment of Arahantship shows that gender presented no barriers to achieve liberation. The misogynistic idea that women are unable to attain Buddhahood because of their nature of defilement and weak intelligence (Willis, 1985, p. 69) contradicts the…

sessions illustrated positive results and were statistically significant in mother-infant with severe depression (p<0.001) (Van et al., 2014). The study focuses mainly on dyadic intersubjectivity and the potential group dynamics related to it, and the pleasure or joyfulness can contribute to providing feelings of self-efficacy and trust between mother-infant (Van et al., 2014). Music in a group had had the context possesses and the capability to persuade mothers and infants of their dancing…

Intrinsic motivation is an innate characteristic that involves participating in an activity strictly for personal desire or pleasure. This type of motivation helps to fulfill our basic psychological needs, but can diminish with the presentation of punishment and rewards. Contrary to intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation involves engaging in a particular activity to achieve…