Hedonism

Psychological Profiles of Athletes Psychological profiles of athletes is a topic that is studied in sports, and one important focus of this psychology is the athletes ability to cope and respond appropriately to stressful situations involved in competition (De Melo, Giavoni, 2010). The article titled, “Elaboration and Validation of the Athletes Idiocentric and Allocentric Profile Incentory” by, Gislane De Melo and Adriana Giavoni discusses the characteristics of athletes cognitive styles and…

This is a theory by Mill that seeks to explain that one’s actions are right as they tend to bring happiness and wrong if they produce sadness. Happiness is then defined as the absence of pain. He argues that pleasure can differ in quality and quantity and that peoples achievements should be counted as part of their happiness. This theory is seen to coincide with humans’ social nature. Mill argues that the sole basis of morality in a society in happiness and that everyone desires to be happy. He…

Fitzgerald uses devices like Dr T. J. Eckleburg, The Valley of Ashes, The Green Light, cars and colours in ‘The Great Gatsby’ to convey varying themes such as hope, longing, foreboding and one of the main themes, corruption, specifically corruption of the American Dream. Ever since Henry Ford unveiled the first model T in the early 20th century cars have been viewed as status symbols and it is no different in ‘The Great Gatsby’. The cars used by Gatsby and Tom highlight their disparity, and also…

Skylar Windholz Professor Miller English 1020-Core Composition 1 12 Sept 2017 The Experience Machine In Robert Nozick’s novel Anarchy, State, and Utopia, he writes about an experiment called “The Experience Machine”, which attempts to disprove hedonism. Hedonists believe “happiness is merely the condition of having a favorable balance of pleasure over displeasure” (Haybron 502). This way of thinking concludes that pleasure is the ultimate life goal. Nozick questions readers if they were given…

26. The doctrine of double _________, which looks at all of the outcomes of specific behavior, could be used to analyze certain aspects of the film. 27. Even though are countless moral theories that could be used to analyze Zero Dark Thirty, it is important to remember that, meaning has to come __________ truth. 28. A proposition is an important phrase in philosophy that could be applied to scenarios in the film. A proposition is a language construction with logic that demonstrates a…

Katelyn’s Identity vs. Role Confusion Stage Factors Katelyn, a Caucasian female (age 15), lived with her father Parrish (age 41), older sister Anastacia (age 17) younger sisters, Emily (age 12) and Brooke (age 10) in Minnesota after going through entropy in the family. Katelyn’s mother did not have an honest relationship with her father, Parrish, which led to her parent’s separating leaving Katelyn and her sisters having to adapt and cope to their new acquisition. After having repeated…

Waterboarding is defined in Webster’s dictionary as “an interrogation technique in which water is forced into a detainee’s mouth and nose as to induce the sensation of drowning” (Merriam-Webster, 2014). It is performed to obtain information that can be useful to the interrogator in the furtherance of his/her goals. The use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique was first documented in the 14th century. It involved the use of water to induce confessions as a “normal incident of law”…

C.S. Lewis’s book, An Experiment in Criticism is about the quality of the book depends on how it is read since a book does not have a goal of being “good” or “bad”. Lewis achieves this by defining the differences between a “good” and “bad” reader within each chapter of the book. Lewis claims that “bad work never is nor can be enjoyed by anyone” (Page 21). This contradiction undermines Lewis by stating that there are such things as “good and bad art”. Lewis is logical with his syllogism and…

1. Describe the changing work roles of women and domestic servants during World War II. (MCCCD Competencies - 8, 14) During World War II, many work role changes affected the roles women and servants played, what were they; and how did it effect their home life? While work roles have changed over the years for women, the most affect years where during the World War 2 era; especially in those higher man forced positions such as welding, riveting, and testing of planes. That’s because…

egoist does not insist on avoiding doing thing that may help others. You may help others in the processing of helping yourself too but the point is what make an action right is not helping other but it help yourself. He also point out that egoism and hedonism is not the same. Normative forms of egoism make claims about what one ought to do, rather than describe what one does do. Ethical egoism claims that it is necessary and sufficient for an action to be morally right that it maximize one's…