The Egoist

Phenomenon of vampires is highly incorporated in today’s popular culture with a large number of books, films, and TV-series about them emerging every year. Still, many people cannot deny that Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is an exceptional literary creation that stood at the origins of the cult of vampires. Not only did this Victorian novel, written in 1897, become a landmark piece of gothic literature, but also it defined the contemporary form and image of vampires and paved the way for multiple…

Of the lines of inquiry within Indian Philosophy, two popular yet often opposed viewpoints are Cārvāka and Buddhism. Thus, this paper will begin with an analysis of the two schools, outlining their differing methods of thought. Next, I will show that Cārvāka could respond to the beliefs of Buddhism by arguing that a self, in at least a limited sense, obviously exists, especially if one accepts perception as a reliable means to knowledge. Finally, Buddhism could rationally respond by arguing…

Jay Gatsby is a literary figure who has transcended beyond the pages of the novel. His character has been deeply criticized by critics for nearly a century. In many minds, Gatsby is simply a tormented man who fell short of his ambitions, while others may believe that he is a pitiful and overrated “hero.” Although some critics view Gatsby a delusional man, Gatsby proves to be a remarkable hero who fortifies the illusion of the American dream in order to win the heart of his long time love, Daisy…

Bernard Mandeville states every person is selfish. What motivates each person’s selfish behavior, in Mandeville 's ' view is self-love. Mandeville states, each person 's loves themselves and each person is only after their own self-interest. For this reason, Mandeville states and explains each persons’ contents of self-interest include as, A) in acquiring wealth and status, B) in enjoying life and not suffering, C) in upholding themselves to higher standard and 4) in seeking praise. As a result,…

The movie I decided to analyze for this assignment is Blood In Blood Out. This movie is about two Latino brothers, Cruz and Paco, and their cousin, Miclo, who is half white and half Latino, and how their lives are affected by the pact they have to always stick together and fight for each other. Later on in the movie the guys are separated after many conflicts they encountered between each other and with others. Cruz turns to drugs, Paco becomes a detective, and Miclo goes to prison. There are…

Standiford, Les. Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005. Les Standiford’s book Meet You in Hell focuses on the relationship between Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick and how their partnership affected the steel industry and American unions and politics. Les Standiford is an author and historian who has written many fiction and non-fiction books, including a mystery series and a book on Henry…

Edmund burke Adam Smith, John Locke, John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx helped with the creation and improvement of the political system in the today’s world. Their revolutionary ideas gave birth to the most common political systems. Conservatism, Democracy, Socialism, and Liberalism are the most common political system in the world, and Burke, Adam Smith, John Locke, john Stuart and Karl Marx were some of the political thinkers that made those political theories arise. Edmund Burke was a British…

Nobody thinks that it will happen to them, yet many people will find themselves as the victim of some type of criminal deception within the next year. According to the American Psychological Association, an estimate of 30 million Americans become the victims of fraud each year, whether that be by losing their retirement savings to a deceitful financial advisor or falling for an internet scam (Miller). Not all the world’s crooked people use their clever trickery with the intent for financial gain…

Confucianism is the moral and spiritual doctrine taught by the Chinese philosopher and mentor Kung Fu-tzu, or Confucius. The book The World’s Religions narrates that Confucius was no child of the Enlightenment, instead, he was closer to philosophers and psychologists who recognize that altruism is not much engendered by exhortation(Smith,168). Confucius did not consider himself and his teachings as a perfect or original method, he believed to the wisdom of the past. Confucius was obsessed with…

RALW’S Theory of Justice vs. Habermas’s Discourse Ethics Discourse Ethics Habermas is considered one of the originators of modern discourse ethics. What is Discourse Ethics by the way? Discourse Ethics often referred to, as argumentation ethics is a normative framework that is suitable for employment when deliberating on the moral troubles that emerge in a pluralistic environment. This theory recognizes that within any environment populated with individuals conflicting moral values will exist,…