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    As the creator of the creature, Dr. Frankenstein chooses to turn it away and destroys the female monster that is the last happiness the creature can have which lead the creature kills other people and his family. Before Dr. Frankenstein created the creature, he called himself father of it. Surprisingly, Dr. Frankenstein decides to abandon his “child” at the first sight of its ugly appearance. He appears to be relentless because he abandons a creature who has no ability to live alone. The…

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    dependence on God for our eternal destiny. Jesus calls christians to a radical, sacrificial life in Mark 10:21. The second gospel, the Gospel of Mark, was written by the apostle Mark. He wrote this book primarily based off the teachings of Simon Peter about Jesus. Many believe that Mark is the same John Mark mentioned in the book of Acts many times. He was mentioned in Acts 12:12 because of his mother’s prominence in the church. He also accompanied Paul and Barnabus on this first missionary…

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    ease the pain in the traumatized kids and lighten it. The audience is shaken but assured that the children will get well and resume normal lives. I do not agree with the review of the movie by Peter Bradshaw in Metacritic.com since it gave it a low rating of 40 percent (Larson and Turan: The Guardian: Peter Bradshaw). The film can be classified, as a drama that pulls the viewers into understanding the perspectives of the young children who have been neglected, yet Bradshaw feels that it is…

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    course, the very best part of this trip was seeing Buzz Lightyear, my hero. He never could talk to me which puzzled me often and he was always nodding his head and smiling. “Didn’t that hurt his cheeks?” I wondered. I had wandered off because I saw Peter…

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    In the essay I am writing today I will be comparing utilitarianism; also called consequentialism, and Kantian ethical theories. The attitude towards what is right or wrong is what constitutes the basic difference between the two theories. Utilitarianism says an act is justified if the end result is happiness for all. The Kantian theory states that end does not justify means, and whatever we do inside our obligations is morally good. The dilemma I used for this essay was under the Paradigm #4…

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    Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is based on the idea that our moral worth of our actions is only determined by its involvement to overall utility in maximizing happiness or pleasure in society. It is, then, the total utility of individuals which is important here, the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. “Utility, after which the doctrine is named, is a measure in economics of the relative satisfaction from, or desirability of, the consumption of goods.” (mustin, 2008) It seems…

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    Utilitarianism, on the other hand, states that actions are morally right or wrong depending on their consequences (Matti, 1994). Mill said: “Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness”. Ideally, if gene editing follows the rules of utilitarianism, it should be a technique that leads to the greatest happiness for the greatest amount of people (Matti 1994). The happiness such as: couples will no longer have to anxious about the possible genetic diseases. This positive motive…

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    John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism provides the reader with a meaning behind the value of utilitarianism as a moral theory. Mill defines the utilitarianism theory as one that state's “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” (p. 90). Many utilitarians look at utility as pleasure, with the absence of pain. He presents utilitarianism as a view that utilitarians perceive to be the morally right action is the action…

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    When one is asked to think of their idea of a monster, they usually come up with something along the lines of no emotions, no remorse, and pure disgust. On the contrary, two prominent novels in literature, Grendel by John Gardner and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, claim that monsters can indeed show emotions and the ability to reason as a normal human being. Both novels introduce a physically hideous monster on the outside, isolated from the rest of the world. These two creatures are shown to…

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    Ethical egoism states that one should do things that benefit in their own interest. Some key features of ethical egoism are ethical subjectivism, Naïve Ethical egoism, and enlightened ethical egoism. This theory claims that we should act from self-love. However, Egoists have different views about what is good for the individual depending on the situation. In “Don’t Help Me” Kevin is confused about what steps he should take to help his friend, so I am going to advise him based on ethical egoism…

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