Motive

right or wrong based on the motives and intention of the action, despite the outcome. If a Kantian were to be designing a self-driving car and it came to a scenario where they would have to hit five people walking across the street in front of them, or swerve into oncoming traffic and most likely kill the passenger and owner of the car only one person. The Kantian would most likely hit those five, and keep going. It sounds wrong to say but the Kantians would have no motives behind if they had an…

The most obvious reason is the fact that both of these women have a common love interest: John Proctor. Elizabeth’s motives are resulted from her love for her husband. It takes time from turning from being cold and harsh, to understanding and forgiving. However towards the end, she would do anything for Proctor. She even went as far as giving up her honesty and lying for…

to craft amazing stories, which includes the thrilling story The Tell-Tale Heart. throughout the story, he uses his writing abilities to describe the narrator’s feelings, the setting, and the motive. Here is how he used his writing abilities to describe the character’s feelings, the setting, and the motive. The author Edgar Allan Poe did an amazing job of painting a mental image of the setting during the story The Tell-Tale Heart. He creates an amazing mental image by using in-depth details…

in the levels of the need for power and affiliation might be caused by the changes in the strength of Macomber’s motives. At the start of the story, Wilson was seemed to be more dominant than Macomber in their hunting trip because he was the one who taught Macomber how to hunt lions and other animals. Meanwhile, Macomber’s high need for affiliation at the beginning made his primary motive to be accepted by Wilson and his wife as a good hunter and to maintain their good relationship. As…

The purpose of Kenney’s (2014) article was to examine how alcohol use and sleeping patterns effected college students. Previous research examined how sleep patterns and alcohol use coincide with each other in affecting. Participates were 2,689 undergraduate students and of these participants 2,044 (76.0%) reported drinking at least 1 day in the past month. The sample was 62.8% female and reported a mean age of 20.09 years and was ethnically diverse, African American being 2.4%, Asian being 15.5%…

picture.” (Why I Write, 9.) This relates to the prominent phrase she repeats a few times throughout her “Why I Write” essay, “nota bene”, meaning “it tells you, you don’t tell it.” This shows you a glimpse into Didion’s motives as to why she writes. Orwell would claim these motives as aesthetic enthusiasm “the desire to share an experience which one feels is valuable and ought not to be missed”(Why I Write,4) and sheer egoism because the coming up of the word “I” in her…

or rather a war for motives of gain, has been a debate long fought by historians. Most historians however agree that World War One was caused by the tensions between the European powers and crisis of the balance-of-power system which divided Europe into two armed and completely opposed groups. Furthermore, based on historical evidence and the events leading up to World War One, it can be said that it was a war not only fought due to fear, but also a war fought for the motives of gain. In the…

The Plant Closure of Electro-Motive Canada The General Motors Diesel Division/Electro-Motive Canada Plant in London, Ontario was born in 1950 after the Second World War. This was a huge success for the City of London. The Plant manufactured and built diesel and electric Locomotives, buses, light armoured vehicles, and had a sister plant in La Grange, Illinois, U.S.A., which we’re all destined for the North American railway freight marketplace. General Motors Corp also ran its automotive plants…

rationalize their actions to absolve themselves of their guilt. The author portrays this theme through the main characters efforts to disconnect himself from his motives, to rationalize his actions, and the self pride in his conduct of events. The concept that when someone feels guilty they may attempt to disconnect themselves from their motives becomes clear at the beginning of the story through the narrators attempt to convince the reader and supposedly himself of his sanity. He also attempted…

sister, trying to convince my sister to go over and help her pack. It is the extent of me helping because although I would have helped her pack and ship her things she is on a different Island. Thinking about this and seeing my motives, I really don't think there was any motive. That's my mom, who gave me life and she asked for help, so I helped.…