Most would find it slightly odd that if you have a friend, and you go to their parties, and you say that you are their friend, that when this friend dies you don't go to their funeral. ... There are so many things that people do out of desire. ... He has a desire for something that he can not have, and he knows it is wrong, yet it is his desire that leads him into an affair. Gatsby also has a desire the desire for Daisy. ... Yet when this "friend" of theirs dies, how many attend his funeral? ...

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Excessive Retribution: Killing convicted murderers satisfies valid retributive needs and desires either in society at large or in the specific victim. ... Whoever has committed murder must die, there is no juridical substitute or surrogate, that can be given or taken for the satisfaction of justice." ... Kant also believed that if a wrongdoer has committed murder, "he must die. ...

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Both humans and animals posses" desire but it's the humans" will: ability to suppress their desires, which makes them rational. Animals have no will only desire, therefore they can not be rational. ... When we are injured or dieing rationality leads us to the conclusion of death. When a pig is dieing does it know it's dieing? ...

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(303) Ginny develops such a desire for revenge that she plots her sister's death. ... Pete shows a similar desire for vengeance to that of Ginny. ... After Pete dies, Rose states to Ginny, "His response to the news that I was going to leave him for Jess Clark was that he was going to kill Daddy, and if Harold got in the way, he would kill him, too... Rose exemplifies one of the strongest desires for revenge. ... They have an innate desire to seek revenge that arises when they feel threatened. ...

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David's sense of right and wrong became diminished by his desire for Bathsheba. It is part of human nature to covet the things of desire. ... David is shocked by the response, especially since he said that man should die. ... David's human desire led him to break the trust that many had in him as the king. ... Human desire and temptation can lead people to do things that are very immoral. ...

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The most important distinction that Callahan draws between killing and letting die is metaphysical "and therefore intensely philosophical "in nature. ... In addition to this complex philosophical issue, Callahan sees both a moral and a medical justification for separating the concepts of "killing- and "letting die."" ... To illustrate the basic difference between killing and letting die, Rachels constructs an analogy of two hypothetical men, Smith and Jones, who both desire the death of their young cousins in order to receive an inheritance. ... In the second case, the man intends to...

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This poor man died in prison of an aneurysm knowing that the world hated him for something that he did not do. An innocent man died guilty and wrongfully accused. ... How does a multi-talented, well loved little boy turn into a freak who has a never-ending desire to stay young? ... Finally, do you agree with Glaucon's claim that we all act strictly out of self-interest and desire (egoism)? ... Jesus Christ practiced altruism, in fact he even died for this cause. ...

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Duty is what is behind our motives, reason and desires. To have an immediate desire to be good and deal honestly in all situations is considered one to have moral worth; this is our duty. ... Letting your desires control you are considered not having a will only once you take independence from the inclination. As an example, I smoke cigarettes and being that I want to quit because I want to live a long healthy life and not die of cancer is my reason yet my desire is to have a cigarette. Desire takes control thus having no will. ...

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His lack of reason had caused his son to die an innocent death. ... Passion takes over rational desire. ... Gulliver's account on human passions and reasons seems to say that human cannot control either one; on the contrary, when human use reasons they"re able to control their desire. For example, if a person knows that liquor is bad for the body and the mind, but knows his limits and is able to control the desire then liquor can just be another form beverage. ...

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For example, letting a patient die because he/she is an organ donor and an organ is needed would be ok as compared to one person killing another for personal reasons between the victim and the killer. ... This is because, contrary to John Mill, Kant believes in why the person must die, be it to make one person happy or ten. ... He claims, "The sole evidence that it is possible to produce that anything is desirable, is that people do actually desire it". ... He then tries to apply the argument to society as a whole, saying that if an individual desires what would cause him the most individua...

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Tom had the audacity to go to church and yet, he had such a desire for money, he would still take money from innocent people. ... Because he was so cheap, his house looked horrible and his horse died. ...

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These two characters help to make the audience understand the plays theme concerning the consequences to giving in to one's desires. ... Even in his death Banquo was a praiseworthy man because he dies to save his son. ...

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The Luna family lifestyle (expressed by Antonio's mother) shows stability, productivity, and family, which are apparent in the Luna's' desire to build and live in towns. ... It could also mean that they are dying because they have changed too much to settle seamlessly into their old lives. ...

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This is displayed throughout the entire novel by Q_P_'s desire to hide the fact that he is homosexual. ... He wants to create this "zombie" so that he can have someone "to be his forever to obey his every command someone who does not have terror someone who begs him to fuck them in the ass someone who always be there someone to cuddle with and someone to fall asleep with." (169-170) Q_P_'s homosexual desire is one that is not generally accepted by society so instead of going to a gay bar or something in order to find this person he is driven, out of fear of being discovered by someon...

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Whether our acceptance is because of our desire to see eradicators pay for their immoral crime or that the assent has been drilled into our minds is unknown. ... By portraying Perry Smith as a helpless soul, we notice ourselves hoping he will not die. ... We see our morals come into action with our desire for the court to excuse him on account of his mental ailments. ...

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Ibsen's writing not only reveals his keen awareness of their mistreatment but also his desire to focus society's attention on these issues. ... With Nora's own father ill and dying, she cannot ask him for the money; and even if convention would allow her to obtain gainful employment, the lack of necessary job skills, not to mention her advanced stage of pregnancy, prevents her from doing so. She must choose to either do nothing and watch Torvald die or defy his rule and secretly borrow the money. ... Nora naively believes that she is doing nothing wrong; necessity motivate...

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As I examine the philosophers' our class has studied this semester, I feel many of them at some moment made valid points, including Peter Singer. However, I must disagree with Peter Singer's point that it is unacceptable to allow people to suffer from starvation, lack of necessities, or insufficient...

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The implicit meanings of the show are made clear through the slogan defining the desired human attributes needed to succeed in the game outwit v/s referring to intelligence, outplay which refers to physical strength and outlast v/s the struggle to become the sole survivor, hence winning the million $ and international fame. ... "Social Darwinism", which holds that social policy should allow the weak and unfit to fail and die, and that this is not only good policy but morally right. ...

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For example if a large and powerful country that was in need badly of food and millions of people were to starve, then it would be considered ok to take over a country which had only about a thousand people and take their food, which leaves them starving and dying. ... For an ethical system to work, it has to produce desired results with a reasonable amount of consistency. ...

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Tartuffe appeals to Orgon's desire to be a good, upstanding, and pious man. ... Furthermore, Orgon himself even admits openly to Tartuffe that he would not care of feel pain if his wife were to die. "My mother, children, brother, and wife could die, and I'd not fee la single moment's pain" (p.25). ...

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Although the drama's prologue suggests Doctor Faustus was condemned to Hell because of his desire to know and excel, he was instead damned because he had turned away from true knowledge and wisdom to false knowledge and foolishness. ... He gains 'logic' from Aristotle's Analytics, "and live and die in Aristotle's works, Sweet Analytics, is thou hast ravish'd me! ...

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Golding died in 1993, one of the most acclaimed writers of the second half of the twentieth century. ... Others approached Lord of the Flies through the theories of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, who taught that the human mind was the site of a constant battle among different impulses-the id (instinctual needs and desires), the ego (the conscious, rational mind), and the superego (the sense of conscience and morality). ...

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He doesn't seem to really believe in Jesus and doesn't have any desire to: "If you would pray, Jesus would help you. " "I don't want no help; I'm doing all right by myself. " His doubt of Jesus results in him feeling like there is no such thing as right or wrong or any real meaning to life itself. ... She did end up dying, but it wasn't on the highway and her body was dumped elsewhere so no one probably found her. ...

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People are dying of starvation, and nothing is being done to prevent it. ... While I sit in a heated dorm furnished with the latest technological gadgets and a mini-refrigerator with an abundance of food, people around the world are dying of starvation. ... I genuinely feel sorry for those who suffer daily, only desiring basic needs such as food and shelter. ...

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And if two men desire the same want and one man feels susceptible to not being able attain his wants, he recognizes that the other man is his enemy and will seek to subdue and/or destroy the other. ... The reason man desires peace is for fear of death, things that are necessary for living, and obtaining those things. ... (page 7)" In the essay, Mill argues that happiness is the sole basis of morality, and that people never desire anything but happiness. ... He believes that evolution should take place and all those who are weak will die off, thus creating a "good " society. ...

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