Irrationality

At the root of the high prices is the chargemaster, the nonsensical list of prices for everything from gauze pads to surgeries. The first indicator of their irrationality is that their listed prices vary drastically between hospitals. If a product or service is truly being charged for what it is worth, there should be little variation between prices, especially when comparing hospitals in the same region which do…

seek to determine whether his insanity was merely a purposeful display or truly legitimate. According to the Oxford Dictionary, the term insanity may be defined as either “the state of being seriously mentally ill” or of “extreme foolishness or irrationality” (The Oxford Dictionary, 2014). As an individual who is overtaken by questions surrounding his father’s…

Argument Paper—Argument against Irrationality of Immorality Introduction: In this paper, I will first define the Kantian moral theory. Secondly, I will explain the opposition argument in detail; for a better understanding of Kant’s reasoning. Next, I will explain my disagreement against premise three in Kantian’s argument for the irrationality of immorality that states, “If you obey the principle of universalizability, then you act morally” (Shafer-Landau). Finally, I will close with my overall…

makes to marry Romeo after just one day as “too rash, too unadvis’d, too sudden.” This dialogue describes a motif of irrational, unadvised and sudden decisions seen throughout the play. For the duration of this show, many events occur that express irrationality. One of these events include the arrangement to get married an extremely short time after Romeo and Juliet initially meet each other. Juliet, being somewhat more reasonable, reevaluates herself afterwards and reflects on her decision.…

Art and Irrationality. According to Plato in the Ion and the Republic, art engages with the irrational part of the soul—both in respect of how art is produced as well as how art is enjoyed. Discuss why, for Plato, this is the case, and whether your agree with him or not. In the writing of Plato, he advocates that art is produced alongside with irrational part of the mind. However, the definition and meaning of art has changed from the time of Plato to today. In Wittgenstein’s remark about…

past times, Insanity has always been a behavior that has been looked upon in a negative light. If a person behaves in a way that does not follow what society considers normal, usually, they are ostracized. However, we cannot confuse insanity with irrationality. Throughout this film, Tom engages in many immoral acts that can be perceived as acts of insanity: Murder, fraud, and deception, all on a grand scale. But, when taking into consideration how calculated the motives are behind these acts,…

murderer, dictator, or human committing the unlawful action. Richard Chase, “the vampire of Sacramento,” was a schizophrenic man, that drank that the blood of his victims and practiced cannibalism. With examination and analyzation, Richard Chase’s irrationality and human individuality can be rationalized and…

If evil and irrationality are truly parts of human nature, they would be evident in society. For both Golding and Conrad, civilization seemed full of mankind’s evil. Golding commented that Lord of the Flies was his “attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature” (Epstein 204). It is about the failure of civilization to overcome evil (Thapliyal and Kunwar 86). Civilization on the island seems to be in ruins, but the outside world is in much bigger shambles. The story…

his thesis. Subsequently, by using the sentiment of rationality versus irrationality and its consequences, Mack was able to further support this idea. Throughout his paper, Mack’s examples and ideas counter any disputing opinions. Similar to how people have different attitudes towards different people, Mack exploits the idea of a duality of personas in Julius…

on the story of Meursault, a man who is psychologically detached from the world regardless of the situation. Camus uses him to challenge moral standards and give an amoral view on daily life in order to ultimately comment on the meaningless and irrationality of human life. From the beginning of the book the author illustrates morals as just a set of practices and rituals every person has to live by and uses the main character to bring forth his reflections…