Jeremy Brett

In the film, Extreme Measures, Dr. Myrick experiments on several human subjects in order to reach the goal that no scientist or doctor has ever accomplished: to cure paralysis. Under the Utilitarianism of both Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill the experimental procedures performed by Dr. Myrick are justifiably Utilitarian. The fundamental foundation of the reasoning behind Utilitarianism is the maximization of happiness for the most amount of people, also known as the Principle of Utility. The…

Imagine just imagine that one day your parents are divorced and during the summer you have to go and visit your dad in Canada where he now works, there are so many things going through your mind and you know a secret that your father doesn't about why they split up. But before you could even reach your dad the pilot of the small single engine plane, the pilot dies of a heart attack, the plane crash lands a little while later. You are stranded in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. That is the…

Daniel Park Philosophy 231 5/11/14 Final Essay How did the development of capitalism and disciplinary power change society? What particular effects have they had on American culture? To what extent does panopticism contribute to racism and sexism? In this paper I will be focusing on Foucault’s reading Panopticism. In the article he states “experience has taught me that the history of various forms of rationality is sometimes more effective in unsettling our certitudes and dogmatism than is…

Gambling, political dissidence, and economy may not seem to have much in common at first, but all have a key goal of “beating the system”. Michel Foucault presents a method of discipline that attempts to destroy an individual’s likelihood of going against government rulings: panopticism. Panopticism advocates the idea that a prisoner or subject potentially under constant scrutiny will not misbehave under observation. In William Shakespeare’s Othello, Othello is under constant scrutiny. Likewise,…

This was our first week in man 3105, this unit has brought to into light different theories that are important to understand considering business ethics. They were a couple of theories that grabbed my attention and concepts. I would like to explore the consequentialist and non-consequentialist theories. The Utilitarianism theory is one I’m familiar with, but the week one module has explained it in a better way with the incorporation of the trolley dilemma. The objective of utilitarian morals…

Unit 5 Assignment/Question 2 French philosopher Michel Foucault, whose primary field of inquiry was that of power systems working to control and monitor individuals, was massively interested in the process of punishment and how it evolved over time on the basis of power play in the society. This essay seeks to explore Foucault’s examination of the history of punishment, the changes that the penal system went through, the advantages and disadvantages that came with these changes and how…

The Tempest and the Power Needed to Rule The main motif of the play The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare (ca. 1611), is the power that a ruler can exert over his fellows and followers. In the play, this ruler is given form in the main character Prospero, the Duke of Milan, who was overthrown by his brother Antonio and the rival Duke of Naples Alonso, and exiled to a deserted island somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. Over the course of the play, Prospero uses power in a variety of ways…

Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, mentioned in Chapter 8, gives an important parallel to Brave New World. In The Tempest, Prospero and his daughter Miranda are exiled to an island where the only other person is a native named Caliban. Prospero takes control of the island and raises Caliban as a slave with an intent to civilize him. When liquor is introduced to Caliban, the liquor becomes his “God,” like soma is to those in the New World. Caliban resents Prospero for taking his home from him, but…

The Tempest is written by William Shakespeare in 1615.The story tells about the a powerful man uses his magic distories a boat and fight with the bad guys on it. It also tells about the true love and evil.And in my mind, Caliban should own the island. I think Caliban suppose to control the island. Firstly, Sycorax is the first human being on the island. The island was belonged to her, and after she died, the island belongs to her son.Caliban. Secondly, Ariel is the second life on the island…

As we read The Tempest, we see Caliban; a native of the island that we see for the first time in Act 1 Scene 2 and was enslaved by Prospero a settler on an Island. Even though this person we see is being enslaved many people do not really feel bad about what is going on with him. This happens because of the chain of events put him there, and also because of the words that other characters use to describe him. At various points, other characters call him a brute or even a monster, but we are…