...Happiness To You And Me Leanna Hernandez Kaplan University Art and Humanity week 4 Unit 4 assignment instructions This week, our writing assignment focuses on individual definitions of happiness. For this writing assignment, you will prepare and conduct interviews with two people about their definition of happiness, how they gained this view, and whether they feel happiness is achievable. Choose two people who vary in age and experience. Only one of the subjects can be someone you know well. This is an opportunity to learn about acquaintances and strangers as well. These should be face-to-face interviews. Introduce this assignment by introducing each subject one at a time. Who are they? What is the nature of your relationship? Next, ask a variety of questions to get them to consider not just their definition of happiness, but its origins and development. You can use these sample questions to get you started, but should add more questions or change the interview as it develops: Has your definition of happiness changed over time? What experiences have influenced your definition? Do you expect the definition to change again? Follow the Unit 4 template for this assignment in DocSharing. It includes submitting a transcript of your interviews, including your questions, so take notes or record the discussion. Finally, you should draw conclusions about the process and the answers that were given. Compare and contrast the results of the interviews. Discuss what...
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...What is success? Is it the process of doing a task and receiving a positive result acceptable amongst the community, or is it simply achieving ones own personal goals? Success to me can mean many things. Although I am successful in school, that does not necessarily mean I will lead a successful life. Success to me is setting personal goals, and following through with them. Whether you achieve your desired result or not, you have succeeded just by trying. Everyone’s vision of success differs. Success takes many different definitions. People have different interpretations of what success really means. For me is as simple as: living well and laughing often. The idea of living well is a very broad statement. Living well, in my opinion is getting success in personal, social and professional life. If I can achieve all of these three levels of success, I believe that I have lived well. Personal success for me is being able enjoy little things that life has to offer. For instance; understanding and appreciating diversity. To have someone to love and treasure, to meet the right person, fall in love, and get marry. To feel that I’m able to love my child and pass on wisdom to him .Feeling that someone loves me, is something that makes me completely happy and successful. Because I believe that without love, life is not thoroughly complete, thus never truly achieve success. I believe that, by being mentally and physically healthy, I have achieved personal success. When I get...
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... What Does Happiness Mean? The first person I choose to interview is Ms. J.Roker. She is between the ages of 30- 40 years-old and is a volunteer at the Exuma Land and Sea Park here in the Bahamas. She loves working for non-profit organizations especially those which gives back to the community and protects the environment. She has been a foreign volunteer for two years. Being enlisted in the military I am required to be deploy to various sub bases within and without the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Thus, my interview took place on Walderick Wells, a Cay located in the Exuma Land and Sea Park. I had known Ms. Roker, little under two weeks and was intrigue as to why she choose the Bahamas to work instead of America. Every morning she would open the park office and we would start a casual conservation. Her views on life were astounding and to see how her dog Grace interacts with her is just amazing. She always seemed very happy whenever I saw her and always was giving. When I think of what happiness looks like I always think of her. My second choice is Mr. D Bonaby. He is between the ages of 40-50 years and is an active member in the military. He has been deployed to the same sub base as me and he has been my superior for the past 10 years. He is a welder in the military and hopes to open his welding business when he retires from the military. This is the first time we are working hand in hand and he seems content with what he has accomplish in life...
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...Brandin Harvell English 111 Definition Paper Have you ever wondered why so many famous and rich people are stressed and unsure of the meaning of their life? The media has basically brainwashed us to believe that being successful involves having a lot of money, living in a huge house, have new sports cars. Even dictionary.com says success is “the attainment of wealth, position, honor, or the like” but this really isn’t the case. (Dictionary.com) Success is really based on ones aspirations which aren’t always about money. In this essay I’m going to talk about the deeper meaning of success. So what is success? For me success involves respect, appreciation and happiness. These traits are considered hard to attain. But in today’s world success is deceived in our thoughts to become rich. The media wants us to believe that being successful involves living in a self-centered life, in which involves nothing but the pursuit of riches. They say this will bring you happiness but this is not true. Money is simply like a new toy that eventually gets boring. Don’t get me wrong money can buy you luxuries, and might make your life easier but will it really make it better? No. For existence money can’t make somebody educated in a field; that can only come with hard work and dedication. Also money can’t help you solidify a long –term relationship with your boyfriend or girlfriend only thing that can do that is love and commitment. (Sasson) The terms respect, appreciation, integrity...
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...Shiyun, Liang Essay #1 Word Precision 2/12/2014 The Definition of Rich I used to envy someone who was wearing luxury clothes with an expensive purse on the street. I used to think that being rich means having a lot of money to buy everything I want, so my definition of rich was only about money. Even though I asked some of my friends, “what you think about the definition of rich,” their thoughts were just like mine. Being rich means not worrying about finances and doing what they really want to do. However, my mother gave me a different definition of rich. She let me know what rich really is. She told me, “Being rich is not too much about the income. It’s about what we have owned in our lives.” In other words, it has more to do with quality of life. My mind woke suddenly with a start when I heard what my mother said. I used to comprehend only the superficial meaning of rich. I realized that I was wrong. The underlying meaning is our lives. Therefore, the definition of rich that my mother told me has helped me realize I shouldn’t only pursue money if my goal is to be rich. I should cherish and care about what I have owned today. It’s like my family, my friends, and my campus life. These are all my wealth. Also, I have been learning something new to enrich my mind. If we can stay with someone that is important to us and enrich the inside of our mind, we can say we are rich no matter how much money we have owned. I don’t think many people can accept my mother’s definition of rich. My...
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...relationship with others mostly described by Sartre’s literary work No Exit and analysis from Being and Nothingness. Components of Existential Philosophy This paper will firstly discuss the major existential principle of existence preceding essence. This notion is discussed by Sartre’s (1946) lecture “Existentialism is Humanism”. This central theme existence preceding essence is the backbone for most existential thought and that is why it is discussed and understood thoroughly from the beginning of this paper. This leads to the existential thought, absurdity of life. Life being absurd is a component of the existential human condition and this is discussed using The Myth of Sisyphus as a beacon of how absurdity applies to life and happiness. This was written and discussed by Camus in his work The Myth of Sisyphus. Lastly this paper will discuss how others impact the individual or human relationships, discussed by Sartre. His thesis regarding others interactions are that it is Hell. This is the central theme in his play No Exit, and unpacking this existential thought this paper will use his work Being and Nothingness. Human Condition Existence comes before essence; this is a main theme found in existential philosophy. Sartre (1946) states in his lecture “Existentialism is Humanism”, the theme existence precedes essence, is an ideal that all existential philosophers hold true. To understand the existential claim that existence precedes essence it is beneficial to define...
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...Essay 2, Page 258 question 1, and 3 In this essay I will discuss the concepts or moral right and wrong as defined by the principals of utility. I will also discuss if I approve of that definition. In addition I will debate if I think Bentham is right in stating that pain and pleasure oven us in everything we do. I will also give some examples that I think will help to illustrate my thoughts and feelings on Bentham’s ideas on right and wrong and pain and pleasure. To understand Jeremy Bentham view on right and wrong we first have to understand his principal of utility. Utilitarianism is a theory proposed by Jeremy Bentham that means that all actions should be directed towards achieving the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. It is a teleological argument as it is looks at the consequences and outcomes of an action determining the rightness or wrongness of an action rather than the action itself. According to Bentham, actions which are morally right tend to produce the greatest possible amount of pleasure and the least possible amount of pain, while actions which are morally wrong tend to produce either a lesser amount of pleasure or a greater amount of pain than other actions which could be done. The total amount of pleasure or pain which is produced by an action may depend on the total amount of pleasure or pain which is experienced by all individuals whose interest is affected by the action. Bentham said “right actions are those that directly produce the...
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...have given great thought to what they mean by the term. In an essay written to your classmates in this course, offer your personal definition of success. Post at least 3 times to this forum based on the following: 1. Respond to the focus Questions. Also explain whether you agree with the ideas about success and choices from chapter 1 of On Course. 2. How will you know that you have been successful in this course? In your personal life? At your job? How will these successes affect you? 3. Respond to other students critiquing their definition of success, with the goal of coming up with a definition useful to you and others. Why is self-esteem important to success and what can you do to raise your self-esteem? I think self-esteem is important to success, because if you don’t think highly of yourself, you will not succeed in anything you do. Success comes with doing things that motivate you. A person with low self-esteem has no personal goals; some don’t even see themselves moving forward. Self-Acceptance My personal definition to success is being satisfied where you are. I believe when a person is successful; they have accomplished what they wanted to do and are comfortable in life with no worries. I also believe when you are success you have completed your goals that you have set forth for yourself. You don’t have to be happy to be successful, because some people are miserable but have one of the best jobs. But in my opinion I think happiness should be considered in...
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...While many ethicists critically contend for the question relating to whether or not the psychological egoism is correct principle for describing how the people perform their actions today, it is important to understand what is psychological egoism and find out some ethical evidences to prove the fact no matter it is right or wrong. In this essay, I will firstly present the definition of psychological egoism with illustration and then present three main arguments against its being true from the Feinberg’s points of view by giving the strong evidences supporting them. Firstly, according to the theory, “the psychological egoism is the name given to a theory widely held by ordinary people implying that all human actions when properly understood can be seen to be motivated by selfish desire.” (Feinberg, 489). In the other words, the basic idea in the psychological egoism is that the human nature is totally selfish...
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...written about darkness. I wrote an essay about it once but restricting my words to 500 was torturous. It is a topic I have thought about on many occassions and which means a lot to me, I cannot limit my art and expression to 500 words. The darkness is never ending. It is constant and thus its absence is comfortingly permanent. It will always be there, in its complete and utter lack of presence. The darkness is addicting. It is empty and devoid of all life. It is also by definition devoid of all pain. There is no pain in the darkness. There is no happiness in the darkness. There is no anger in the darkness. There is no love in the darkness. There is nothing in the darkness. The darkness can become a home to you. It can hold you in its black tendrils and swear to keep you safe for all eternity. All you have to do is give up your emotions. Just give them up and everything will be gone. Well, everything except boredom that is. The darkness is empty. Nothing happens in the darkness. It is merely an absent, silent guard that surrounds you and keeps you in its grasp. Don't get me wrong...I don't hate the darkness. It saved me when I was so angry i felt I could explode, when i was so sad I thought I would shatter into a billion pieces. But it...
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...PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY I recently took a look at my life and claimed it as my own. I put myself here, in my present situation. I claim all that life has given me thus far. I created this world that is full of progress. I proudly claim personal responsibility for my life. Taking this step required a skill that needs to be learned by many individuals. The acceptance of inner acknowledgment that we are solely responsible for all our own choices in life - even when life deals us a challenging hand – our acceptance will give us an upper hand. Taking control of that challenge frees us to seek out and accept help for ourselves. In taking on this task we should ask ourselves a simple question, how responsible are we in dealing with the part we played in being who we are today? And if we don't feel like we, ourselves, are responsible for our present situation, then who is the responsible party? Why are we so programmed to blame someone other than ourselves? One of my favorite quotes is by Alexander Graham Bell (1827), and he said, “A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with. A man is what he makes of himself.” In entering adulthood, we consciously (or unconsciously) choose how our self-esteem develops, but most of us seem to always have the thought that, “if it was not for her,” or “if I could only go back and do things different.” We must learn to work out our disappointments, anger, hostility and depression over those regrets and focus on our NOW. Who we are...
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...Shakespeare’s sonnets read in class. Does the passing of time make love weaker or stronger? In Shakespeare´s sonnets Love does not have a single definition, but rather an intangible collection of characteristics. Together they create a powerful force, which seems to defeat all obstacles. The aim of this essay is to identify how Shakespeare uses nature, human physical appearance and irony throughout sonnet 116, in order to define love as an overwhelming force, that triumphs over time. In sonnet 116 Shakespeare uses imagery and metaphors from nature to represent both, what love is and what it is not. He presents a metaphor saying that love “looks on tempests and is never shaken”. The speaker tries to represent in our minds that real love is present in spite of harsh situations. When we really do love someone, it is possible to get through hard times. These bad situations, can work as experiences which make our love become stronger and thus help us maintain a steady relationship. Moreover, the speaker says that love “… is the star to every wandering bark”. The star makes reference to the “pole star” which was used to help navigators find their right way home. We can interpret these words by saying that when we are going through a bad situation love leads us to the right path. On the other hand, the speaker explains what love is not by saying “Let me not the marriage of true minds admit impediments”. Our mind helps us think, feel, and acknowledge social impediments. The minds’ love however...
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...Peinado Ethics Many cultures have different perspectives of ethics and morals. Not one opinion or perspective is correct. Religious groups think their perspective and knowledge of ethics and morals pertain to God or gods. Theists think their perspective does no pertain to a God. Which group is correct? In this essay the information obtained will describe what each groups knowledge is pertaining to ethics and morals. The person obtaining the knowledge will be the one to determine which is correct and has the best definition. Similarities between virtue theory, utilitarianism, and deontological ethics are they all to making the right and wrong decisions. Determining which will be most effective with the way one was raised, or learned while growing up. Everyone should have been taught right from wrong at a young age. Not everyone is taught the same beliefs, but knowing right from wrong is the key issue. Differences between virtue theory, utilitarianism, and deontological ethics are the group, or range of people the ethics or morals is taught to. Also the group of people or person decides which form is best needed in the situation at hand. Virtue theory is described as what is means to be good; the Greek philosopher Aristotle described the virtual theory as a median between excesses, and habits of the character. Thomas Aquinas philosopher and theologian priest adds the religious component to the virtue theory. Father Thomas also separates the different types of virtues and moral...
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...Meaning and Existentialism in My Life - Existentialism is a phiosophy which revolves around the central belief that we create ourselves. External factors are not important. It is the way that we let external factors affect us that determines who we are. As individuals we all have the freedom to choose our own path and that is what life is all about. Along with the freedom of choice comes the responsibilty of one's actions which can make some people anxious but give others meaning to their lives. To overcome this anxiousness and accept responsibilty is to meet the challenges of life and to truly live it.... [tags: Existentialism, ] 675 words (1.9 pages) $14.95 [preview] Understanding Existentialism - Do we matter. Do we seek personal happiness in life. These are questions from existentialism. The dictionary defines existentialism as an individual’s experience filled with isolation in a hostile universe where a human being attempts to find true self and the meaning of life through free will, choice, and personal responsibility. Hamlet is an existentialist character who believes that he is forced to avenge his father’s death and the hatred builds in his heart because of the many betrayals which direct him towards a senseless life and constant thoughts about suicide; this ultimately leads to his demise and he is left with naught.... [tags: Existentialism] 872 words (2.5 pages) $14.95 [preview] Life Value vs. Existentialism in Grendel - A main theme in John Gardner’s Grendel...
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... Gay Rights Research Essay Many people are brought up to believe that marriage is the union of man and woman in love and that's it. But to me there is much more to that I believe that marriage is a symbol of your commitment to your soul mate Beyond the boundaries of a regular relationship. So what's your definition of marriage? For many years people have argued that marriage is and always has been about uniting the two sexes and linking mother and father to child. That allowing gay couple to marry will only destroy and redefine the definition of marriage and for anyone to say different is wrong. When really the best definition of marriage is the one that most marriages people sign up for the second they say those magic words "I do".Extending the boundaries to include gay couples doesn't weaken it but in fact reinforces that definition, and for anyone to say that the Supreme Court should leave the question of marriage equality to the political process of the states is like saying states should remain free to discriminate. To impose such pain and humiliation on gay families is unconstitutional, it did not tolerate it with respect to bans on interracial marriage.So why is it different now?...
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