Maxim

Weapons in the 19th Century In the early 19th century war and conflict were common amongst different regions and groups of people. War and fighting was a dreaded event as it took long periods of time and caused injury and death on both sides of the fight. Technology was constantly increasing and new advancements in warfare were always surfacing; some meant to improve fighting tactics and others were intended to end conflict at a faster rate. In the 19th century Warfare was changed tremendously…

Compare the expansion of existing colonies and the establishment of new types of colonies and transoceanic empires between the British and one of the other countries you have studied about in this section. Answer: 1. British: The British, during the age of imperialism, wanted to expand their grasp beyond just India and into Africa. In Africa, the British had quite a bit of trouble colonizing the area because of several factors, first of all, when the British entered Africa, they met a barrage of…

Most popular images of World War I show soldiers in muddy trenches and dugouts, living miserably until the next attack. Technological developments in engineering, chemistry, and optics had produced weapons deadlier than anything before. The power of defensive weapons made winning the war on the western front all but impossible for either side. Airplanes, products of the new technology, were primarily made of canvas, wood, and wire. At first they were used only to observe enemy troops. As their…

influential philosophers for their philosophies of the morality. In Hare’s “Universalizability”, he states that “I now wish to argue that all moral valuations are of type U”, later in the text “that all moral uses of the word ‘ought’ involve a U-type maxim is apparent.” He means every morality is considered as the U-type. Murdoch disagrees with Hare and claims that not every morality is U-Type. In her literature “Vision And Choice”, she says “my second argument will be to the effect that certain…

So following Kantianism should the physician tell the truth, regardless of the consequences. Lying is wrong because the person who lies follows a maxim that they could not possibly want to be universal since it would contradict their own purpose. Someone lies for the purpose of deceiving, but in a world where everyone adopted the maxim to lie, no one could deceived. In other words, you should act in a way that it would be both possible and good if everybody did. Also in one of the formulations…

The maxim “health is wealth” means when you are healthy, you are at the liberty of doing any activities whatsoever that could yield reward (financial). Good relationship starts from the hidden part of human because psychological effect results to the visible…

During the 1880’s harsh European imperialism took place in Africa. Africa was divided up for other European nations and in the end only two African countries remained free. European countries fought for rule in Africa to the brink of war. But, what was the driving force behind this European imperialism? Based on evidence provided by Docs A-F, Technology, political and economic causes were all factors in the Europeans imperializing. Africa, but in the end the main reason for imperialism in…

Feminism, a movement that prides itself on securing the right of women to vote, has caused some controversy. Many high ranking feminists were self proclaimed “White Supremacists”. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a particularly influential feminist, when asked about allowing African Americans to be enfranchised, said the following, “No; I would not trust him with all my rights; degraded, oppressed himself, he would be more despotic with the governing power than even our Saxon rulers are.” [Historical…

conservative-minded Christians today feel that the people should continue to embody the gay–straight division and the heterosexual ideal in the people’s religious preparations, since that still seems to them the best way to make the homosexual’s moral maxims appear reasonable and attractive. These Christian compatriots of him are wrong to cling so tightly to sexual…

concludes that being feared is safer than being loved -- that is, in terms of being a powerful ruler. It also mentioned that being feared does not coincide to being hated, as one should attempt to be feared but not hated. Machiavelli’s support for his maxim lies in what belongs to the prince and what belongs to the people. For the people of the prince love at their own convenience and fear at the convenience of the prince (Machiavelli 68). With this knowledge, the ruler should take what at his…