Matrix Essay The main message of the film, The Matrix, is that Artificial Intelligence has taken over the entire human life and without Artificial Intelligence , humans will not be able to survive. ... The food they eat is like gruel , unlike in the Matrix where they can eat what they want but it comes out straight away . ... Morpheus uses technology to make Neo understand what the Matrix really is . ... Morpheus with the help of technology makes Neo understand that he is the one who can destroy Artificial Intelligence. ... Technology is important but not as important as we make it out to ...

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But what exactly is happiness and how does one achieve this fate? ... Whatever this result may be, it always is some form of human good, although some desires are not universally accepted as being positively good. These actions consist of all conscious action and choices humans make in their lifetime. ... Aristotle then objectively defines what he agrees to be virtuous behavior. ... Moderation between two extremes of self-necessity and desire is what Aristotle defines as moral behavior. ...

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Although persuasive, their essay contains numerous fallacies that will be addressed in this essay. ... The following paragraphs will provide a critique of the essay, whether or not the evidence examined is indeed supportive and valid of their claim. ... Firstly, the claim that foetuses and the mothers of said foetuses should be held to the same level is a disputable claim "And because the foetus is of the same species as the mother, we are we are inevitable turned back onto the fundamental question of principle: what is it about the mother (or any human being) that makes it proper that ...

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This essay is exploring human behaviour both from an individual point of view, as well as considering society as a whole. ... The next step of the essay is to reflect on what course of action is considered to be ethical and how the judgements can be attained. ... The problem of trying to understand human behaviour has been discussed for a long time, but the outcome does speak for the matter due to the fact that there are many factors that make every individual act in a unique way. ... In contrast to what has been said about possibility to classify human behaviour, Dilthey proposed that "what m...

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Since the definitions contained in their respective literature are distinct from one another, this essay will explore Rousseau and Locke's respective theories in Social Contract and Second Treatise, on the State of Nature and realizing freedom. ... Under this theory, Rousseau would argue that even a murderer feels pity when seeing another human die, and this is what makes this base feeling so important. ... Unlike Hobbes, who believed that humans were naturally evil, Rousseau claimed that it was impossible for humans to be evil in the State of Nature because they didn't know what "g...

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In this essay, rhetoric and education will each be explained in details. What is rhetoric and what does it mean to be a rhetorician? ... He adds, however, that rhetoric is used to persuade good and what is just, mostly, for it is in human nature to favor good and just; and that good and just have a tendency to eventually prevail. ... What is education and knowledge, and its importance? ... For Fredrick Douglass, education meant freedom, what freedom is, and what the true bitter taste of slavery is. ...

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However the characteristic of his work that makes his work Neo-Dadaism the most is the fact that his work is trying to redefine the relationship between the audience and the artist. ... In 1984, he devised a television satellite show called Good Morning Mr. ... Nam June Paik's experiments represent the idea of what we, today, call it Globalization. ... He knew what we, human beings, need and what actually makes us alive. ... To be honest, I didn't really know who Nam June Paik was and what he has done for the history of art other than just the fact that he was a proud Korean Artist w...

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In his essay, "In Praise of Idleness," Bertrand Russell identifies the crucial socio-economic problem as half the population being overworked and the other half having little, or no, work. ... He relates through anecdotal experience, as he recalled a Duchess once said 'What do the poor want to do with holidays? ... To contemplate what direction one's life is taking, and in what form. ... We have created a society where what does not make a living is readily considered 'useless' – what knowledge does not result in economic gain is 'useless knowledge' &nda...

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In his essay, "In Praise of Idleness," Bertrand Russell identifies the crucial socio-economic problem as half the population being overworked and the other half having little, or no, work. ... He relates through anecdotal experience, as he recalled a Duchess once said 'What do the poor want to do with holidays? ... To contemplate what direction one's life is taking, and in what form. ... We have created a society where what does not make a living is readily considered 'useless' – what knowledge does not result in economic gain is 'useless knowledge' &nda...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

John Stuart Mill essay Thesis: The argument in favor of the legislation is that the Anti-Semetic, neo- Nazi, white supremacist literature is invalid in beliefs, morally reprehensible in brainwashing children, bigoted in nature, and present great danger to society and must be stopped. ... This theory rules out such things as legal paternalism, that the state should never interfere with an individual's freedom, such as the liberty of thought and expression, simply for his or her own good. ... The best way to make a judgment about something is to hear both sides of an argument fully...

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John Stuart Mill essay Thesis: The argument in favor of the legislation is that the Anti-Semetic, neo- Nazi, white supremacist literature is invalid in beliefs, morally reprehensible in brainwashing children, bigoted in nature, and present great danger to society and must be stopped. ... This theory rules out such things as legal paternalism, that the state should never interfere with an individual's freedom, such as the liberty of thought and expression, simply for his or her own good. ... The best way to make a judgment about something is to hear both sides of an argument fully...

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In Frans de Waal's essay, The Ape and the Sushi Master, we learn how all acts of kindness root from some knowledge of selfish gain. ... Both statements exhibit selfishness by de Waal's definition of having the "knowledge of what one stands to gain" (de Waal 650): you only act altruistically because you know it is to your benefit. ... De Waal describes the universality of morals when he says, "Moral emotions...are disconnected from one's immediate situation: they deal with good and bad at a more abstract, disinterested level" (de Waal 664). ... Even though they are based on pr...

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In what ways do foreign lands threaten or affirm the traveller's sense of identity? An identity is something that determines an individual character, often representing "who" and "what" that individual stands for. It is often the case that many aspects of life make up your identity, those including; religion, cultural beliefs and the society in which we live in, all of which contribute towards are own individual perception of life. In this essay my main prerogative is to establish how those foreign lands within the chosen texts, affect the views and attitudes of the travellers person...

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The two approaches I will be looking at in this essay are "behavourism" and "humanism". ... We see and realise who we are due to what is important to us and makes us "complete". ... Although this makes sense, it is still a theory, and behaviourists, feel that its not a good enough hypothesis, as it cannot be proved through "general science" methods. ... This would be a non-directive, where as a directive would be where the councillor tells the patient what to do and how to solve their problems; Humanist theory helps to listen to the patient's full problem which helps to "open them up" a...

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It is important to incorporate all of the views because together they make a strong and compelling argument for the rights of non-human animals. The service learning portion of the class is what makes it unique and most important. ... In the essay In the Service of What?... If someone such as him has declared animals soulless, what were the uneducated masses of his era going to believe? ... Peter Singer's book, Animal Liberation, contains a very good description of speciesism, "Speciesism is a prejudice or attitude of bias in favor of the interests of one's own species and against...

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The topic abortion covers a wide range of aspects, in this essay, two groups will be presented. ... To further support this statement, a Saint called Thomas Aquinas believes that "love" is morally right and is a reason why human beings were made therefore he would suggest that the act of abortion would be the wrong thing to do because it doesn't fit in his belief of what's morally right. ... He believes that humans should fulfil their duty to achieve the 'supreme' good. ... For example, A utilitarian's view on abortion could be that it is a good thing or a b...

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