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- 2941: Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: Raskolnikov's Mathematical Evaluation of Moral Dilemma Presented To Him Exemplifies The Empirical View of Utilitarianism
- Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: Raskolnikov's Mathematical Evaluation of Moral Dilemma Presented To Him Exemplifies The Empirical View of Utilitarianism "One death, and a thousand lives in exchange--it's simple arithmetic." -Raskolnikov Raskolnikov's mathematical evaluation of the moral dilemma presented to him in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment exemplifies the empirical view of utilitarianism. Utilitarianism ... money to benefit society or letting her live and watching the money waste away in a monastery when she dies of natural causes. Apparently, Raskolnikov has formulated an equation in which the old woman's death has a greater positive differential between the pleasure and pain than not murdering her. He states that the pleasure the old woman's money would bring to the poor would outweigh the pain inflicted upon ... reflect to some extent, and non-utilitarian arguments, is that non-utilitarian moral theories do not cancel out an individual's pain as easily. Even if Raskolnikov could prove to the old woman that her death is the morally right decision according to utilitarianism, I doubt that she would go along with the plan. She would not be so hasty to overlook her personal pain, although it is outweighed by ...
- 2942: Cao Daiism
- ... aside from close family) or engage in any eating or activities outside of what they are allowed (Dao, "Practicing..."). Cao Daiists have another interesting practice. They record a person's birth date, but not their death. Cao Dai teaches, as other religions do, but apparently with more success than these others, that death is just a continuation of life. What is notable, though, is that there is a prescribed course of action for funerals and mourning periods for families, allowing for sadness and a feeling of loss. While this might seem hypocritical, one only has to remember that Christianity teaches the same idea, of "going to a better place," but death is perhaps the most feared experience among Christians and having to face it universally brings about sadness and mourning. For Cao Daiists, though, the most frightening thought is that of losing one's soul ( ...
- 2943: Macbeth 5
- ... Husband A. Initially close to wife 1. Confides in her via letter 2. Has pet name B. Later becomes distant/cold 1. Tells doctor to cure Lady Macbeth 2. Feels resignation, not anguish at her death III. King A. At first is powerful 1. Malcolm and Donaldbain free Scotland 2. He succeeds in killing Banquo B. At end is powerless 1. Fleance escapes 2. Malcolm conquers Scotland The story of Macbeth ... brave Macbeth (he deserves that name)" (1.2. 17-18) Duncan later confers his title as king of Scotland, claiming, "No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive our bosom interest. Go, pronounce his present death, and with his former title, greet Macbeth". (1.3.73-76) These people trust in his strength and depend on him. However, as the play continues, Macbeth becomes ineffective as a general. He becomes fearful ... help cure her. (5.3.49-55) When Lady Macbeth dies, Macbeth states, " She should have died hereafter. There would have been time for such a word." He hears the news of his wife's death, and reacts nonchalant and unemotional. Finally, Macbeth's changing character is revealed not merely in his roles as a general and a husband, but as a king as well. Macbeth is such a strong ...
- 2944: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... kill one another also show war s futile aspect in All Quiet on the Western Front. Paul reflects, I am young, I am twenty years of age; but I know nothing of life except despair, death, fear and the combination of completely mindless superficiality with an abyss of suffering. I see people being driven against one another, and silently, uncomprehendingly, foolishly, obediently and innocently killing one another (p186). The deaths of the narrator s mates are a terrible tragedy for him. The first death of one of Paul s mates in the novel is the hardest for Paul to cope with. It is the death of Franz Kemmerich. Paul watches him dying in a hospital bed. The tears are running down his [Franz s] cheeks I sit there, tense and watching his every movement, now he is alone with ...
- 2945: Mercutio In Romeo And Juliet
- ... Mercutio would add a little comedy to an otherwise tragic play. Between his infamous Queen Mab speech, to his dramatic fight scene, he was there providing one humorous moment after another. Even up to his death he was telling jokes. Because he was characterized by his antics, no one believed that he was really dying. The characters finally stopped joking around when Mercutio fell down dead and a fatal hole was ... continuously threw insults back and fourth at one another. While Romeo tried to break up the fight, Mercutio was stabbed under his arm. Even during his last moments he made jokes, even about his own death. "No, tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but tis enough, twill serve. Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man." In this scene ... Your houses!" This statement proved to be true in the end with the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Due to Romeo s great friendship with Mercutio he sought out Tybalt in vengeance for Mercutios death. Romeo described Mercutio as, "A gentleman, that loves to here himself talk and will speak more in a minute than he will stand in a month." This was very true, but in the end ...
- 2946: The Holy Bible and Its History
- ... as the four Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Also Acts and Paul's epistles, 1 Peter, and 1 John. During the second century there was much debate on which were divinely inspired. Before the death of the apostles the Old Testament was considered as Scripture. Once the issues were resolved about the middle of the fourth century, all the books were accepted by the church as being divinely inspired and ... the Old and New Testament. An English churchman named Bede is thought to have translated much of the Bible into English and was still working on the Gospel of John at the time of his death in 735. Alfred the Great (871 - 899) translated parts of the Ten Commandments which he included in his laws. He also translated Psalms. Prior to Tyndale, all English Bibles were translated from the Latin text ... teaching contrary to the It was directly because of Wycliff's efforts that the English Speaking people were finally able to read the Word of God in their own language. John Purvey After Wycliff's death, his close associate John Purvey, continued Wycliff's work by writing a revision of his translation in 1388. Within a century, Purvey's translation had replaced Wycliff's Bible. It should be pointed out ...
- 2947: Macbeth Essay
- ... another in an effort to protect himself from inevitable disaster. Fear and hatred provoke him to plot the murder of Banquo and his son, for Banquo cannot help suspecting Macbeth's complicity in Duncan's death, and Banquo's offspring instead of Macbeth's are destined to rule. Enraged at Macduff's failure to support him, he sends assassins to wipe out his family and by this act of cruelty makes ... comes from identification with the protagonist of a tragedy. The corrosive effect of Evil upon Macbeth is cumulative until the great scene near the end of the play he receives news of Lady Macbeth's death. Numb with accumulated horrors, he no longer feels any great emotion, even at the death of his wife who had been his strength, he merely thinks bitterly that she could have chosen some more convenient time, "She should have died hereafter" 177. For Macbeth the world has turned to ...
- 2948: Study Guide For European Histo
- ... Italian writer, poet, and humanist. He is most famous for the Decameron (134858), a collection of a hundred tales told by ten young people who have moved to the country to escape the Black Death. 8. Patronage.- Support given by members of Rennaisance Society. Founding and recognizing the arts. 9. Jesuits.- A member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St Ignatius Loyola, St ... wit and also for his devotion to his religion. More was executed as a traitor for his refusal to acknowledge King Henry VIII's supremacy over the church. The story of More's life and death became familiar to many through Robert Bolt's play, 'A Man for All Seasons', first performed in 1960. Utopia-greek word meaning,"no place"Plato wrote this constitution tackling the ultimate problem of politics,"How ... II. He set up a Protestant Commonwealth, which the people of England objected to. His reign did not last long, and soon the people forced the government to change back to the Absolute Monarchy. Black Death- time between 1347 and 1352 when 1/2 to 1/3 of Europe's population died from a combination of bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic plague--the disease was carried by fleas who bit into ...
- 2949: Moses, A Chosen Leader
- ... either the Hebrews of the Egyptians. This is why he can be harsh and use force to make the people understand what God wants. He has the guts to order his own people to their death for freedom. Moses was willing to risk his life for his people and one day Moses saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew in the work-yard, and hastily killed the Egyptian with his bare hands ... frustrated. He gives up everything he knows to perform this task and he keeps getting rejected. The last plague was what made the Pharaoh change his mind about the Hebrews freedom. The Angel of Death took the first born of every living thing in Egypt, including the son of Pharaoh. Moses suffered great frustration because of his continual confrontations with Pharaoh, but finally Gods bidding was reality. Moses gained ... trust in God, helped him to be a leader for the people. However, Moses was not the perfect, sin-free prophet, in the sense he murdered a man directly and was the cause of the death of thousands of Egyptians. To top it off, he ordered all the people who built the golden calf to worship on the bottom of Mount Sinai to be killed. As Machiavelli once said, "The ...
- 2950: Constantine The Great
- ... A.D., Constantius had sent his son to the Emperor Galerius as hostage for his own good behavior; Constantine, however, returned to his father in Britain on July 25th, 306. Soon after his father's death, Constantine was raised to the purple by the army. The period between 306 and 324, during Constantine s rule, was a period of constant civil war. Two sets of campaigns not only guaranteed Constantine a ... however, he gradually adopted the Christian God as his protector and on several occasions granted special privileges to individual churches and bishops. His alliance with Christianity was strengthened by the political quarrel with Licinius. The death of Galerius in 311--and that of his successor in the East, Maximinus Daia, in 313--left Constantine and Licinius in control of both halves of the empire. The two rulers were soon at odds ... between the Arian and Orthodox factions at the imperial court, the three sons of the late emperor were raised to the purple by the army on September 9th, 337. The civil war following Constantine's death on May 22nd, 337, did not destroy the new order he had created. The victor in the struggle, his son Constantinus II, was an Arian, but he was no less committed to the Christianization ...
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