Alcohol is a depressant that slows down the body’s reactions. It also affects the working of the brain and the nervous system. The more a person drinks, the more their ability to make important decisions become impaired. After just one drink a person can lose their ability to perform everyday tasks. There are many causes of people drinking, but the major two are causal drinking and peer pressure. Causal drinking occurs when a person goes to a party or bar and he or she does not intend on drinking
Words: 366 - Pages: 2
Shelou Baigan October 16,2013 Philo 106 1:00-2:30 I. Based on what we have discussed about the First Way of St. Aquinas, I learned that a being whose essence is to exist is called a necessary being. The universe contains only contingent beings. God would be the only necessary being because he exists. Dependent beings cannot cause themselves. They are dependent on their causes. If there is no independent
Words: 1149 - Pages: 5
In our class time with Dr Reichard, he said to us that there are three cosmological causes to the Universe’s existence. (These are all from my notes, so there’s not much to them, but I will do a lot of the explanations to them as needed.) 1: Everything that begins to exist has a cause. (Which means that everything that we have today, cars, computers, chairs, etc. All have reasons for their creation (or existence) and all have a purpose for their existence.) 2: The universe begins to exist. (When
Words: 559 - Pages: 3
Aquinas was one of the many philosophers who tried to prove the existence of God. He created five proofs. One of them is know as the proof of motion, which states two things. First that there is potential for something at rest to move. Second, there is actual motion happening. In this proof Aquinas tries to prove God’s existence by explaining that there is a first mover who was the cause for everything to move, which is God. For example, the first mover of a set of dominos would be my finger. My
Words: 455 - Pages: 2
Sundale Club Case Analysis The company had gained a prestigious reputation and was highly recommended. A waiting list was established in order to accommodate future club members. The company’s reputation really started to suffer in the past few months of hiring a new activity manager. While reading this case study I noted several problems that were caused by an employee’s behavior toward club members and colleagues and the failure of top level management to handle the issues appropriately. Key
Words: 1003 - Pages: 5
philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas explains the existence of God in five different proofs. The first argument he attempts to prove the existence of God through, is the "unmoved mover" argument. He claims that since there is motion in the world, and motion has to be caused by another thing, which has to be caused by another thing, leads to the original mover, God who caused the first motion. The argument can be broken down like this: 1. Nothing can move itself. 2. If every object in motion had a
Words: 1493 - Pages: 6
The design argument, also known as the teleological argument, in its simplest form could be defined as an ideology that argues that all this order and complexity that exists in this world has a creator or a intelligent being with a ‘rational mind’ behind it, without whom none of this would be possible. This creator is thought to be God. As I mentioned earlier, this argument is also known as the teleological argument alluding to the greek word "telos," which translates to “goal” or “purpose. (IEP)”
Words: 671 - Pages: 3
The argument that I feel best explains the existence of God most clearly and simply is Argument number 2 which is the argument of efficient cause. This argument states that nothing exists prior to itself, meaning that everything that is in existence has been caused by something else. So all things that exist are the part of a series of efficient causes that happen back to back which would mean that there must be some first efficient cause that would start off this chain of causes which led us to
Words: 365 - Pages: 2
surrounding the right to life and the right to death? (25) There are many issues surrounding the right to die and the right to live, it is a very personal question which will be debated in the following essay. The right to die as many arguments for including, the compassion argument, this is where people who agree with the right to die, argues that we should “die with dignity” and we shouldn’t force anybody to carry on their lives if they don’t want to. An example of this is Active (This is generally understood
Words: 443 - Pages: 2
Article summary: The article is regarding revenue growth stalls that affect even the most successful companies. The article focuses on four major causes of the crisis. The first cause is the premium-position captivity that is”the inability of a firm to respond effectively to new, low-cost competitive challenge or to a significant shift in customer valuation of product features” The second reason is the innovation management breakdown that is”some chronic problem in managing the internal business
Words: 518 - Pages: 3
