Happiness can be achieved through the promotion of pleasure and the absence of pain for the greatest number of people according to Mill. ... The point of concern arises when it comes to happiness itself is in the individuals themselves because happiness is the final end they should strive to achieve in accordance with their unique passions, interests, dreams, talents, or goals. ... " Secondly, in my opinion, we all seem to be goal-driven, even though another goal always exists. ... Then, happiness comes and goes as we accomplish our goals. ... Assuming she is opposed to child labor, had...

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The civil rights movements had equality as a mantra and still maintains that equality is an end goal and achievable. ... Reagan has a totally different view in how to achieve the animal rights outcomes for the Animal Liberation Movement. ... The distinct difference between Singer and Reagan is Reagan's hard line attitude towards achieving animal liberalisation. Reagan's view of total abolition of the use of animals in science is a stance that is more radical and on face value harder to achieve. ... As a long term goal, that radical view will not be viewed as too ridiculous in the fut...

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The comparison can be made between the present world and the fictional lottery and modern barbaric acts and rituals as sacrifice as method to achieve individual or societal goals. ... They consider such physical harm towards the people as the best way to achieve a solution to such demonstrations and protests (Bremmer 37). ... Jackson, through this story indicates that human beings can do anything ranging from stoning to death to racism and all other acts considered against human nature to achieve their goals without considering the effects of such acts. ... However, the change of lifestyles ...

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It cannot be said that this technology is solely responsible for the degraded state of humanity in Gattaca, since Vincent, a natural born human, has his own shortcomings such as the selfishness revealed in his determination to achieve is goal. ... People today, for example, are often immersed in desires for perfection, and Gattace demonstrates how corrupted humans can become when this innate desire is given its full potential by a greater ability to achieve perfection. ...

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But what exactly is happiness and how does one achieve this fate? ... Short-sighted or not, all human thought is thoroughly based on achieving this fate. ... An honorable and virtuous death can be achieved while acting courageously, albeit painful and feared. ... Aristotle compares this state as achievable with the human and his connection with the soul, but is not an achievable fate for all. ... There are countless other ways to reach the ultimate goal of happiness but they are ephemeral to the nirvana-like state of philosophical enlightenment Aristotle considers himself to possess that ...

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Culture, as defined in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, is a: the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon man's capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations b: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group c: the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes a company or corporation. ... Nonmaterial culture refers to the "values, beliefs, laws, morals, traditions and customs that define people's goals, aspirations, expectations, like...

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Torture and brainwashing is what Orwell believes are the ideal methods for achieving this perfect society or utopia. ... By forcing Winston to release all of his own emotions and thoughts, the Party, by means of O"Brien, had achieved its goal of further dehumanizing the human. ...

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Frankenstein was just being respected and esteemed by his teacher and classmates due to his highly achieved academic accomplishments, while the ardour to open the secret of life not only fulfills his intense desire for the unknown but also endowed him the power and privilege of creating a species as well as reining them. ... "So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein--more, far more, will I achieve: treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation (Ch.3,pg56).... Victor would ...

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As Socrates defines them, philosophers are "those who come to love the spectacle of truth" (book V 475 e) Therefore the philosopher's goal is to understand the world through knowledge and learning. Future philosophers spend their whole lives in lessons, studying to learn to achieve their ultimate goal of coming to understand the forms. ...

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Religion was a means to achieve something for everyone, while countless were abused and used because of their religious motives; religious figures instead took advantage of their power and acted against others making it more like a monarchy. ... Too many ended up ruining their lives by chasing religious goals that were unattainable or by letting religion and influences decide their lives too much. ...

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To achieve this social threshhold, a person must eliminate his surroundings by using social war tactics. ... Life is a race track with various racers, each one having advantages and disadvantages, and the goal is to arrive first. ...

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For example intelligence is predominantly genetically inherited, but if a child is placed in a home with minimal encouragement to achieve and effectively use this trait, it most likely will not develop and become extinct. ... As a one ages and is educated beliefs and goals often change. ...

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"The experiential and interpersonal components of service learning activities can achieve the first step toward diminishing the sense of "otherness" that often separates students - particularly privileged students - from those in need." ...

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Establish the concept that there is a clear division of responsibility between management and workers, with management doing the goal setting, planning and supervising, and workers executing the required tasks. Establish the discipline whereby management sets the objectives and the workers co-operate in achieving them. ...

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Future of an Illusion Religion today is a topic of many controversial arguments. It being one of the main basis of our development as a civilization, it is hard for it to still keep its place in a world as developed as ours, as the advanced and modern ideas of today start to contradict with the...

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