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- 1031: Mill's Utilitarianism: Sacrifice the Innocent For The Common Good?
- ... as a whole and therefore instrumentally good as a means to promoting happiness. Utilitarianism considers precedent to be important, but does not offer any method of determining exceptions. It is impossible to determine how much effect on precedent any given isolated action will have. In the case of determining whether or not to torture the terrorist, one must consider whether it is good for society to allow torture to be used ... caused by the action. Utilitarianism offers no method for comparison. The problem is that a person faced with making the decision cannot get the information. Even through experience, it is hard to judge how much effect each action has on precedent. More specifically, it is hard to determine whether an action is worthy of being an exception to a rule. Utilitarianism offers no resolution to this problem. Utilitarianism also considers the ...
- 1032: The Crucible By Arthur Miller
- ... in horror and began to repeat everything they heard. Finally, the girls' hysterics caused Mary Warren to accuse John Proctor of witchcraft. Once the scam started, it was too late to stop, and the snowballing effect of wild accusations soon resulted in the hanging of many innocents. After the wave of accusations began, grudges began to surface in the community. Small slights were made out to be witchcraft, and bad business ... in horror and began to repeat everything they heard. Finally, the girls' hysterics caused Mary Warren to accuse John Proctor of witchcraft. Once the scam started, it was too late to stop, and the snowballing effect of wild accusations soon resulted in the hanging of many innocents. After the wave of accusations began, grudges began to surface in the community. Small slights were made out to be witchcraft, and bad business ...
- 1033: Human Life and Fire
- Human Life and Fire The world is full of powerful forces. There are forces that effect the entire society and there are forces that only effect a select part of it. One of the most powerful forces of nature is fire. Fire is constantly present in today's society. Whether it be by staying warm or the destruction of private memories ...
- 1034: "Paul's Case": Willa Cathers
- ... features were semi- gloomy, but the carnation really stood out, symbolizing his uniqueness from that of his fellow proletariats. It also could of symbolized how he felt out of place in his drab surroundings. In effect Paul is the flower. There are no flowers in his life because he feels that Pittsburgh is not worthy of such beauty. However in New York, in luxurious room, he had felt that his room ... paint that had begun to chip. This could symbolize a "cosmetic flakiness" that had covered up Paul's true beauty underneath. In the end of the story Paul buries the flowers, in which he in effect buries himself. He also eats a handful of snow, which could mean he was "eating" away his life, which is symbolized by the winter, and commits suicide. Since he would have to go back to ...
- 1035: Pudd'nhead Wilson: Slavery
- ... effort to make the slaveholding practice appear ridiculous. He shows throughout his novel that slaveholders did not believe they were in the wrong or committing any moral atrocities. Arlin Turner wrote a statement to this effect in an essay entitled, "Mark Twain and the South". He states, "In addition, the effect of slavery on the master class becomes clear, as Mark Twain exposes the essential dishonesty entailed by the owning of slaves. Percy Driscoll feels so righteous for selling his three household slaves, not down the ...
- 1036: Human Perception: An Intimate Look Into The Most Intriguing Aspect of Modern Psychology
- ... of a flower, but to the bee and an ultraviolet light, that "run-way" is certainly real. People's physical use of their own perception is very limited, as such noticeable in the "tunnel-vision" effect. A good example of the Tunnel Vision effect is a perception or thought such as "if I cannot see it, it simply does not exist". We as humans are limited not only to what we can sense, but how we perceive what we ...
- 1037: The Harrowing Of Hell - Dialec
- ... narrative. The history of the Corpus Christi pageant in general and the Harrowing of Hell in particular provide a ground for the authority of the text and performance. Some scholars have debated, often with little effect, the doctrinal and historical connection between the Feast of Corpus Christi and the cyclic drama that literary historians have attached to it. Indeed, Harden Craig zealously argues that the necessary historical connection between the two ... parable played briefly before the Harrowing? Is hell harrowed for him/her? Moreover, the result of the question interrogates mass culture itself, for the operations of the church-state apparatus are not distinctly separate in effect from the culture industry and the mechanization of the factory that Adorno and Horkheimer evaluate: Culture as a common denominator already contains in embryo the schematization and process of cataloging and classification which bring culture ...
- 1038: The Formation of An Individual: Cases, Terms, & Tools
- ... with our beliefs oppresses. There is no other way to rid the world of oppression, but there is a way around it. Before we can understand oppression we must first understand ourselves. Through the Aonion effect@ we gain an awareness of our world around us. As we perceive this world we are constantly changing, always in a perpetual flux. A perpetual flux is most likely the most significant of all of ... will be fixed / replaced. After the engine is replaced by this newly found false generosity the gears will turn and the machine of oppression will stalk again. Welcome to the hatemachine? We must dodge this effect and stand tall for what we believe in. Yet mutual respect must exist. Through peaceful cooperation, liberation into freedom has already happened.
- 1039: Satire and Jane Austen: A Winning Combination
- ... only to see through the mask worn by most of the characters within the novel, but to also understand Austen’s frustration with people similar to them who allow their ranks in the community to effect the way in which they treat others. A prime example of this would be her characterization of the Bingley sisters because while wasting little time going into detail about them, she made it clear to ... others in mostly negative manners. For the most part, Lady de Bough’s countenance was not only frowned upon by Austen but by other influential characters within the novel, “Elizabeth was determined to make no effect for conversation with a women who was now more than insolent and disagreeable” (Austen 256).
- 1040: Renior - The Apple Seeder
- ... her children are enjoying a pleasant spring afternoon. The blurred background of the piece brings the figures to the front of the painting creating a more personal situation for each viewer. Incidentally, this creates the effect of a personal link between the viewer and the figures in the painting. The peasant woman is depicted in plain clothing by using very dull colors; on the other hand the wealthier woman is painted ... use of black and white. The color being very bold contradicts the serenity of the composition itself. Renoir s brushwork is very painterly, because he uses a sweeping motion to create a blurred or fuzzed effect. This method works very well with the landscape portion of the painting, however the figures were handled in the same way, which is a major downfall to the composition because it lacks realism of the ...
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