The Egoist

The Summary of The Great Gatsby The book “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is all about the romance between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan all the while being narrated by Nick Carraway. Gatsby is the main character along with Daisy. Nick moved to New York to become a sales person after World War one to take a job as a bond salesman. Nick was convinced to move into a house At West Egg, Long Island, where he would soon meet Jay Gatsby. Last minute Nick was bailed on and moved in by himself,…

The recent events below have led to a series of protests over the past year but recently in the media the public has been advocating for the rights of African Americans in America based off of the neglect of the justice system for these young black men. These situations were all against young black males that had absolutely no reason to be murdered as a means to a solution. As these three situations only stand as representations of the many black male to be victimized by the police system in…

Greene seems to consider himself a utilitarian by default, but what is utilitarianism? Utilitarianism is the belief that given the option of a bad outcome and a good outcome, rational people will choose the good outcome. Further they will try to weigh costs and benefits to get the best outcome the perceive as possible. It is a theory that believes that humans ought to act to produce the most good. A utilitarian is more likely to say that the one individual should be sacrificed to save the five.…

Should one say illegal, unauthorized or undocumented, and how about immigrant or alien? And which combination of these words should be used? Is it an immigration problem, per se, or a problem of unauthorized immigration? The words and their used-order depict a different meaning, with many drawing an array of solutions. Jose Jorge Medoze, from the University of Oregon, took a look at some of this in his article ‘The Political Philosophy of Unauthorized Immigration’ published in the American…

Pojman, who is a severe critic of Rand, in his reconstruction of the latter's arguments, puts forward a theory that the argument provided by Rand is a very destructive one for the society as it encourages an individual to put their own happiness and their own selfish motives ahead of other's good. According to Pojman, Rand believes that selfishness is a virtue and altruism is a vice. Pojman further criticizes the theory where Rand clearly mentions that altruism requires self-sacrifice. As the…

Mauna is sacred Silence. It is meditation. Accordingly, because of Mauna being sacred silence, a Muni is said to be ecstatic. (Tapa done by a Muni is Mauna). He is said to transcend the human condition. He stands (stasis) outside (ex) his ordinary egoist personality. This self-transcendence takes one to the state of ecstasy, with the psychic conditioning temporarily suspended in utter bliss. Sacred Silence leads to stillness. And that stillness opens the dimension of spiritual existence - that…

Jasneet Grewal Ms. Jariwala Myth/Folklore 6 March 2017 Dracula Woman play a huge role in our society today. Unfortunately women were looked down upon until very recently. Women have been very limited to what they can do, and they have tried to raise their voice against these issues. In the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, he shows the views of the victorian women in society and as well with the role the new women played in the era. Though the new women didn’t follow the victorian ideals…

their family or general social group. I will use examples such as kin selection, animal altruism, and arguments against psychological egoism to assist in proving my thesis to be true. I will also address a counter argument made by some psychological egoists who believe that due to most people feeling pleasure while doing good things for others, that there are no people only act selfishly. I will reference James Rachel’s essay “Psychological Egoism” to help enhance my theory that not all acts…

1. What evidence does Hobbes offer in his favor of his claim that nature ‘render men apt to invade and destroy one another’? Hobbes, Thomas. "Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts.” Leviathan Hobbes, Thomas. "Of the Natural Condidtion of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery." Leviathan Hobbes, Thomas. "Of Other Laws of Nature.” Leviathan “Men are apt to invade and destroy one another”(Hobbes 2). Hobbes is making the claim that individuals believe that other…

Nora a 19th Century Heroine In 1879 the year A Doll’s House was published by playwright Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian women had few rights in the societal schematics of the era. The question of whether Nora, the main character in A Doll’s House, is a Norwegian feminist heroine or not, is a widely debated subject. “For over a hundred years, Nora has been under direct siege as exhibiting the most perfidious characteristics of her sex; the original outcry of the 1880s is swollen now to a mighty chorus…