...is a part of the decision making process in utilitarianism, it is a guide with 7 measures, which help the utilitarian make a moral decision. This essay will look at the ethical issue of death penalty and how a utilitarian will use the hedonic calculus in making a moral decision. 1st paragraph Death penalty * What is it? * Controversial debate * Talk about how modern society compensation, people want pay back for the loss * Many are in favour some aren’t believe life is valuable 2nd paragraph * A terrorist * Death penalty favourable great happiness * Looking at the hedonic calculus 7 measures how they fit in category? Benefit society how? * Summarise back to the question yes utilitarian then see its good moral decision say it’s good considering all views 3rd paragraph Counter argument * However, doesn’t look at the minority? * How can utilitarian use the hedonic calculus to make a decision? It doesn’t look what else can happen from the action u do. More death threats for the country etc. * Subjective * Summarise back to question 4th paragraph * How can u use the calculator? * Immeasurable * Summarise Conclusion In conclusion, a Unitarian will go through the criteria in the hedonic caucus to see if the death penalty is compatible to the criteria and if it will bring a majority of happiness in society. It can be easily applied to many moral issues but some issues can arise from using the...
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...The Black Plague swept across Western Europe in 1348-1349, killing and sickening more than any other fatal disease ever before. This plague was caused by a bad bacteria known as Yersinia Pestis, which is usually found living on rats or in the stomachs of fleas. The only way to catch the disease was by touching the infected person’s open wound, or by blood. The relationship between the Black Plague and the changes in society were exposing the people to the disease, how panic spread quicker than the disease, and how the demand for labor rose. Commonly, the disease was spread very quickly. Exposing people to the disease was a large way that it affected society. The world trade increased, and according to the article it states that this increase...
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...than the desolation of loneliness after she learns of her husband's death. Later, when Mrs. Mallard learns that her husband, Brently, still lives, she know that all hope of freedom is gone. The crushing disappointment kills Mrs. Mallard. Published in the late eighteen hundreds, the oppressive nature of marriage in "The Story of an Hour" may well be a reflection of, though not exclusive to, that era. Though Chopin relates Mrs. Mallard's story, she does not do so in first person. Chopin reveals the story through a narrator's voice. The narrator is not simply an observer, however. The narrator knows, for example, that Mrs. Mallard, for the most part, did not love her husband (paragraph 15). It is obvious that the narrator knows more than can be physically observed. Chopin, however, never tells the reader what Mrs. Mallard is feeling. Instead, the reader must look into Mrs. Mallard's actions and words in order to understand what Mrs. Mallard feels. Mrs. Mallard is held back in her marriage. The lines of her face "bespoke repression" (paragraph 8). When Mrs. Mallard learns of her husband's death, she knows that there will "be no powerful will bending her" (paragraph 14). There will be no husband who believes he has the "right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature" (paragraph 14). Mrs. Mallard acknowledges that her husband loved her. Brently had only ever looked at Mrs. Mallard with love (paragraph 13). This information implies to the reader that Brently is not a...
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...head. Choy uses tone, imagery and the narrative first person to convey the context and feelings of the narrative voice. A sense of distance and detachment from surrounding is established in the first paragraph with the sound of ‘footsteps’ and ‘voices.’ Nevertheless loud auditory imagery such as ‘a chair fell,’ ‘the curtains whipping,’ and ‘snapping’ illustrates the sense of an echo in the boy’s head. It conveys that everything affects him more, and that his senses are more vulnerable. This, therefore establishing that he has gone through some sort of trauma. The actions in first paragraph like ‘kept calling, rush, whip, shuddered and hesitated for a second’ are extremely quick. This is contrasting to the slow movements like ‘pull and clung’ in the second paragraph therefore illustrating the way time felt slower to the boy and the way the world spun around him. The shock he feels, is therefore highlighted. The quick movements in the first paragraph could also portray the urgency of the situation. ‘Rigid arms’ and ‘mommy’s head move’ are the first time that the reader is given some clue about the mother’s death. The rigid arms indicate lifelessness, while ‘mommy’s head move’ portrays lack of control, for the mother and the child. The realization of her death only dawns on the boy with ‘would never say again…’ The boy being ‘carried’ manifests his despair and shock. ‘Carried’ is repeated twice in one sentence emphasizing on the strong feelings of sadness of...
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...Mr. Zimmerman’s ENC 1102 English II course. Poetry Essay Death. Death is the ultimate end of a living creature or a process. With death, once what was can never be again, just a mirror or similar shadow. Death is the final scene and emotional goodbye. Even though depressing, death is both necessary, and sometimes rewarding in a sense of cleanse and beginning of a new state. PARAGRAPH Mid-Term Break is a poem relating to my theme by the death of a young boy. This poem happens to capture the normal reaction to death, although shown differently by random people. The father taking it the worse, “In the porch I met my father crying – He had always taken funerals in his stride.” The boy was seemingly confused by death, and what it actually was to behold until the end of the poem. “He lay in the four foot box as in his cot. No gaudy scars, the bumper knocked him clear. A four foot box, a foot for every year.” A hard line to read as we learn in the end that he was a young boy, while his brother realizes that death is definitely not forgiving. He also notices that death is not always violent or shocking in appearance, but cold and unchangeable due to the pale and empty look of his brother. A very sad poem and challenging time for family and friends. PARAGRAPH Let Evening Come is a less depressing poem relating to death. It is more of a poem in acceptance of death, and reaffirmation that it is normal and ok. Death in this poem refers more to the dying of day, the end of routines...
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...The next dramatic shift that Dillard includes is in paragraph thirty-six, and mentions Rahm’s death. She simply writes, “Rahm smashed up in front of King Hussein, in Jordan, during a performance.” This shift is used in order to emphasize how sudden and instantaneous death is. Dillard had no warning about Rahm’s death, and neither did her audience. The shift also works to create a contrast between reality and the abstract. It creates this contrast because the audience was captivated and put into a daze by Dillard’s imagery, and they were ripped back into reality by her sudden shift. Also in the thirty-sixth paragraph, Dillard mentions how she was isolated from the rest of the world. On the “remote island…” that she and her husband were living on, they were “cut off from...
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...present the theme of conflict in Romeo and Juliet. A guide to writing your essay: This is simply a suggested structure. Remember to use the PEE structure in each paragraph. Use the title to focus your essay. Introduction • How important a theme is conflict to the play? • Where else in the play have we seen conflict? • Link these ideas to how conflict is presented in Act 3 Scene 1. Paragraph one • Irony- before this scene R&j marry. The Friar hopes this will reunite the two families! • Pathetic fallacy- repetition of words to do with heat- something is going to happen, tempers will be lost! • Warnings about the Capulets. • Mercutio tells of all the fights Benvolio has been in- words to do with conflict- foreshadows (predicts) the future fight. • Structure of a tragedy- this is the mid-way point. Paragraph Two • Tybalt’s entrance- highly dramatic. Think about what we know of Tybalt’s character. • Tybalt uses false politeness- looking for Romeo- tension, fight will ensue. • Tybalt and Mercutio fight with their words. • Does Mercutio draw his sword? How would the audience react? • How does Benvolio take control of conflict? (lines 49-52) - Are there any issues raised regarding a public/private conflict? (Lines 49-54). Paragraph three • Romeo’s entrance- dramatic tension, effect on audience. • How does Tybalt’s aggressive language imply that he seeks conflict with Romeo...
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...the ethical basis for advance directives, or “Living Wills”; the value of these advance directives to the patients, their families; and the authorities that these advance directives give the above mentioned interested parties. | Contents Application Paper on Advance Directives 3 Abstract of Application Paper 3 Advance Health Care Directives 3 The Natural Death Acts 3 Legal Precedents for Advance Directives 3 Advance Health Care Directives: 4 California’s Advance Directive Law 4 The Natural Death Acts 5 Inception and Legal Basis 5 Current situation of N.D.A.s 5 Value of Advance Directives to Patient, Family, and Caregiver 6 Value to Author or Patient 6 Health Care Facility 6 Are Advance Directives Really Effective? 7 Living Will Example 8 References 13 Application Paper on Advance Directives Abstract of Application Paper This paper will examine the short history of Advance Directives in California, the other states that have added A.D.s, and what the legal basis and historical basis for these acts are. Previous to the Advance Directives, very similar laws are Natural Death Acts. In this report I will review some of the similarities, and differences between the A.D.s and the N.D.A.s. In the 1970s, with the modernization of health care facilities, some patients, especially sick or elderly, would disagree with standards of care of hospitals they receive when they are afflicted by Alzheimer’s, or Trauma, or Comas. In those cases and others...
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...The idea of death is a subject that always is in the back of all humans’ minds, it follows us wherever we go and prevents us from dong extreme things that could end our lives. Steve Jobs in his 2005 Commencement Address at Stanford University talks about his view on death after a near death experience he says “Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make for the new,” (Paragraph 6). I would certainly agree with this statement, people will all die it is a part of the human experience and why life should be so greatly valued. Death is something that follows us wherever we go; it cautions us to the dangers of the world until each of our times on earth come to an end. People either fear death or embrace it, which effects how people value life. Life is a gift that I believe no person should take for granted. People die every second of the day without a choice or say in the matter. When a person dies it effects the people who loved them the most, for example from the article “What Is a Life Worth?” by Amanda...
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...Name ________________________________ Class Period: _______ My stay at Valley Forge Introduction Paragraph Helpless is the perfect word to describe the revolution in 1777. When I left...
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...glish literature How to Write an A* GCSE English Literature Poetry Response Copyright © 2008 www.englishteaching.co.uk + www.english-teaching.co.uk How to Write an A* GCSE English Literature Poetry Response 2 The Poetry Component of the GCSE Literature Paper The poetry task is the second question on the GCSE English Literature exam paper. It is perhaps the more demanding of the tasks on the paper, because unlike the question on the prose, in this section you are being asked to compare four poems simultaneously throughout your answer. In the exam you should spend one hour on this section of the paper. Given the greater demand of the task, your response to the poetry is worth more marks than the response to the prose. In order to perform at the highest level on this paper, it is important that you develop a nuanced and sophisticated comparative written style. However, this is achievable if you adopt a systematic approach to ordering and writing your responses. It does, however, demand considerable practice prior to the final examination. What is the Examiner looking for in a response to the Poetry? The exam is designed to test your ability to do the following things: Can you respond to the poems critically, in detail, and sensitively using textual evidence? Can Can you explore language, structure and form contribute to the meaning of texts? Can Can you compare the ways that ideas, themes and relationships are presented in the poems by...
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...begin to write this paper I will chose Kate Chopin’s, The Story of an hour. I believe there are several basic literary terms such as: symbolism, metaphors, irony, similies and personification. I will focus this paper on the symbolism that I see. The Story of an hour captured my interest because of the way the Mrs. Mallard was handling the news of the death of her husband. She was very saddened by the news, but yet I felt as though she was somewhat relieved. As a divorced mother of two children, I believe I could relate with Mrs. Mallard in the sense of being devastated at the loss of my marriage but also I felt relief that I could be my own person again and I could control what I did and how I lived my life. Mrs. Mallard went through the grieving process but yet felt free. I could point out symbolic symbols in most of the paragraphs. In paragraph 6, “There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.” (Kate Chopin, 1894), I felt that she was enjoying the peace of the blue sky and some sorrow with the clouds. In paragraph 9, “There was something...
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...will be making is the title I’m changing it from the original title of the article The Call for Moratorium Executions to Executions Mistakes. I feel that the new title really represents the article because, of what the objective of the article was and that was to help share the information on how many mistakes are made in the United States death penalty system. The next change that will be made is I will be taking out a lot of the Anthony Porter story in the second paragraph, and just leaving the main facts of the court case .I realize that there was way too much information on the court case of Anthony Porter that the reader did not necessarily need to know. The next change that will be made is I’m going to add two more paragraphs to the essay; the one paragraph that I’m adding is going to explain how the article relates to quoting authorities and narration. The article relates to quoting authorities, because the article really relies on facts of the death penalty from other sources to help strengthen the argument about the death penalty and executions. It relates to narration because of the Anthony Porter story that is told. The second paragraph that I’m adding will explain my work cited information and if I think the articles information was truthful; which I do I think the articles information was very useful in writing this essay. I’m very hopeful that with these changes made in my essay Execution Mistakes that I will be easier to read and...
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...Target Level: This assessment tool is designed for grade 8 advanced level students. Their language and literacy skills are proficient for their grade level and the level of engagement for reading is also excellent. Nature of Assessment: Formative assessment Target Skills: making inferences, drawing conclusions, analyzing, organizing paragraphs, synthesizing Time Frame: 60 minutes Other pertinent information: The assessment tool will be administered individually inside the class. It is a form of formative assessment which gauges the target skills and their level of understanding of the components of a short story. It is also a good instrument to prepare them for the summative test which is writing a fractured short story. PLANNING FRAMEWORK Assessment Objective/s(Guide Question in filling this column: What do you want to assess?) | Assessment 1 | Assessment 2(Multiple-Choice: Total of 15 items)Rationale: Though the course asks you to think of alternative ways to assess your students, you also have to consider that the traditional way of testing is still being used. Develop a 15-item Multiple Choice test that assesses your student’s knowledge of the target skills you’ve identified. For the early grades, please state clearly if you will administer this individually & if you will read them to your students | | Assessment Activity(Guide Question in filling this column: What will you have your students do in order to achieve your assessment objectives?) | Rationale(Guide...
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...David Serrato Professor Teinert August 28/2015 Discussion Guide #1: Death By Work On Several occasions in “The Company Man”, Ellen Goodman highlights vivid characteristics of Phil that can be perceived of many professionals today. One characteristic is workaholic, paragraph 1, for example, she says “He worked himself to death”, and this shows how Phil’s priority was his job and only his job that his job sent him to the grave. Another reference she makes is on paragraph 15 “so he finally worked himself to death, at precisely 3:00 A.M., Sunday morning, no one was really surprised”. The reference shows how everyone around Phil’s life knew his job was the most important thing to him that they suspected it was going to end up killing him. It’s disturbing to know how many professionals in the work place right now are going through it, overworking so much they don’t have a chance to rest, until the only chance to rest is when they are dead. Goodman also characterizes Phil’s physical form as overweight. On paragraph 4, for example, she says “He was of course overweight, by 20 or 25 pounds” and on paragraph 14 “You could have picked him out in a minute from a line up”. Each of these examples shows how Phil’s job brought him harm to his physical health that probably for him it didn’t seem like a big deal, but the ones around him saw the harm. It’s amazing that Phil’s life is no different from working people today which their job is overtaking their life and people have started to let themselves...
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