Pleasure

The documentary titled “Pleasure Unwoven: A Personal Journey About Addiction” was an interesting look at the theories behind addiction that classify addiction as a disease and the previous theories that discredited addiction as a disease. One part of the documentary that I learned the most from was the part that discussed the “choice argument” for addiction. Another part of the documentary that I learned a lot from was their discussion of the biological aspect of addiction and addictions effect…

and technology and feel as though we are losing ourselves, our identities. In order to stay connected to our identities, we have defined when the past became the past and how we can connect the past to our present. In Paul Bloom’s “The Origins of Pleasure”, he discusses that it is through human belief that causes us to place value on things based on origin thus creating historical continuity. On the other hand, Zerubavel discusses that the creation of historical connectivity comes from…

the grocery stores to buy their food. People have to many options to choose what they like to eat; however, people do not know anywhere else without choosing the markets or grocery stores to buy their food. Another factor is people do not have any pleasure of eating anymore because people are focusing on their works too much. People do not have time to make choices to eat for themselves. They also do not know there are still many options available for them to choose what they like to eat.…

mentally, physically, and emotionally. According to Lauren Slater, “Rat Park: The Radical Addiction, scientists, Old and Milner were stating that an addiction is a “physiological inevitability”(6) which causes them to conduct experiments in finding the pleasure center. Another scientist who was very fond of finding the cause of addictions was Bruce Alexander. In order to find out, he and other colleagues constructed two environments for the lab rats to live in: an isolated cage and a co-ed…

Aristotle’s Account of Pleasure Introduction Aristotle emphasizes the importance of pleasure to human beings and demonstrates how we should live. The two accounts of pleasure in the Eudemian Ethics and the Nicomachean Ethics are broadly similar and agree with the supporting and opposing theories as well as on the nature of pleasure. The purpose of this paper is to best bring out the Aristotelian ethics in both the happiness and pleasure. The paper looks into the details the Nicomachean Ethics…

When the id is in control, one’s demeanour can be more outgoing and expressive as evident through Holden Caulfield’s actions, but it may not always be in a positive form. In The Catcher in the Rye, the id, an element of personality that strives for pleasure and fulfillment of desires is constantly taking control of Holden. As a result, Holden tends to do things that he likely would not publicize to society. In the novel, Holden narrates, “In my mind, I’m probably the biggest sex maniac you ever…

when it comes to a view of topic shared and discovered by many. Specifically, there are three philosophers that have differing ideas on the role of pleasure in morality, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill. They share and clarify their positions through a plethora of titles and information that will help a reader gain a better understanding of the role of pleasure in morality. Though each philosopher has their own share of ideas of what the highest good represents, they all believe in morality being the…

Origins of Architectural Pleasure by Grant Hildebrand Is it possible that our emotions are influenced by certain architectural spaces? How do we find contentment in them? In this book, Origins of Architectural Pleasure, Grant Hildebrand suggested that the current artificial environment fabricated by human is largely related to the archetypal qualities in natural settings and the human’s needs since the origin of our species. The book is separated into four chapters and each chapter proposed new…

Caribbean Pleasure Industry: Tourism, Sexuality, and AIDs in the Dominican Republic, by Mark Padilla, explores the social and economic effects of the Dominican Republic’s dependency on the tourism industry, particularly as they relate to male sex workers. The abundance of opportunity in the tourism industry—as opposed to the lack thereof in, per se, agriculture—all but forces migration of the middle class and the poor to urban areas, where they can easily access popular tourist destinations,…

His soft touch rubbing against my body was slowly fading away. The sparkle in his eye was gone. Our conversations that lasted for hours now only lasted for seconds. The way he looked at me, touched me, and talked to me was not the same. We both started to feel an unfilled, unloved, uninterested emotion in our relationship. Having these feelings, we both put ourselves in situations that we knew were morally wrong. We not only hear it, but we also see incidents of disloyalty in relationships more…