Peter Senge

Utilitarianism is a branch of metaethics that focuses on the ideas of consequences, self interest, and unbiasedness. Instead of determining if an action is moral through the immediate effects, Utilitarianism skimps over the short term and instead focuses on the long term effects of actions. Actions are no longer based on intention but, rather the overall effects from those actions determines if the parent event was morally good or bad. Utilitarianism also emphasizes the idea that an individual’s…

In this essay, I am going to write about the utilitarianism theory that defines the morality of actions as the greatest happiness principle that states that moral action is one that maximize happiness for the greatest amount of people and the categorical imperative which also taught us that, the rightness or wrongness of action does not depend on their consequences, but on whether they fulfill their duty. I believe this two theories might be correct in one way or the other, but as we have…

chasing an impossible or unattainable dream. Peter Matthiessen was no different. Matthiessen dreamt of the elusive and beautiful snow leopard, and longed to lay his gaze upon it, a sight that only a lucky few have ever been blessed with. This was Matthiessen’s unattainable dream, which took him through Nepal, across the Himalayas and through the Tibetan Plateau, which Matthiessen detailed the journey in his novel The Snow Leopard. When George Schaller and Peter Matthiessen set out from…

put together. It contained images of Susie and his plans to kill her. This book helps immensely with the case. The boy Susie adored moves on, but finds himself in a magical event. The Lovely Bones, the movie, was directed by Peter Jackson and was produced by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Carolynne Cunningham, and Aimée Peyronnet. The two major characters are Susie and Mr. Harvey. Susie is played by Saoirse Ronan and Mr. Harvey is played by Stanley Tucci. It was released 7 years after the book.…

EDWARD BEAR, known to his friends as Winnie-the-Pooh, or Pooh for short, was walking through the forest one day, humming proudly to himself. He had made up a little hum that very morning, as he was doing his Stoutness Exercises in front of the glass: Tra- la-la, tra-la-la, as he stretched up as high as he could go, and then Tra-la-la, tra-la--oh, help!--la, as he tried to reach his toes. After breakfast he had said it over and over to himself until he had learnt it off by heart, and now he was…

The messiah that Israel is still expecting will have some tall orders to fulfill. It seems it will be next to impossible feat, to beat a peaceful person beyond recognition, while at the same time, knocking all of their bones out of joint and not breaking a single one. What a public relations “nightmare” this would pose in modern day Israel. Who will fulfill the written Messianic Prophesies in Israel? Who is it going to be? It seems no one will be able to accomplish this. It seems to be an…

How does William Golding Present the Descent from civilisation to Savagery in ‘Lord of the Flies’? The book ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding is a novel which explores the descent from civilisation to savagery in a group of young British boys who are stuck on an island during a war. The main cause of the descent to savagery is the fact that two of the strongest characters on the island are in conflict. This affects everyone on the island, as one of the boys is the leader, and the other boy…

In the Lord of the Flies, the boys on the island are young and proper kids from Britain. They are merely school children who have never experienced a tribulation as great as being alone on an isolated island. The boys have only past experiences and knowledge to to figure out a way to survive on the island. Growing up civilized helps the boys to create a structure by which to live and an ordered way of doing things. However, while on the island, the boys experience a loss of innocence while…

Singer talks about his beliefs and theories on abortion and infanticide. There are many opinions and perspectives on these topics but within utilitarianism is a kind of consequentialism, which states that the best action is the one that maximizes utility and its actions are solely judged by its consequences. Knowing the meaning, Singer makes sense in a way that a baby cannot maximize utility and a baby doesn’t even know or make decisions. Although this may be correct, to me, its not morally…

Ryohgo Narita’s tenth book of his award-winning series Peter Pan In Chains combines many complex characters and relationships into a 433 page novel about betrayal, Identity, and humanity. It covers 2 stories that combine for a single ending, one set in Alcatraz and the other in the heart of Chicago in 1934. The author relies heavily on prior knowledge and motifs to develop characters and the plot. The greatest Recurring allusion in the book refers to the Flying Pussyfoot Incident involving all…