Living A Worthwhile Life Is Important To Me

Living for a worthwhile end. At the end of our lives, we all want to be able to feel as though the life that we lived on earth was a good and happy one. This seems like the ultimate goal that we strive for every day. However, the question arises as to how we can meet this goal by the way that we live our daily lives. If you were to ask random people on the street how they live a good and happy life, each person would give you a different answer. This is because everyone has a different perspective

are worth living ( pg. 84). Therefore, just as Dr. Kolondy is the expert on teeth a Philosopher is an Expert of what makes for a good life. Plato believes that because the knowledge that differentiates good and bad actions requires “extensive expertise” than only those who have spent years mastering this complicated subject should be able to advise ( pg 85). He believe that to accurately determine a life worth living it takes someone who is set apart from that life and can assess that life from a vantage

favorite memories of childhood was when I would rush home to play with my friend, who happened to live right next to me. Luckily, we lived close to the park and would go on monkey bars and ride our bikes around all day. Those were the simple days, till I discovered technology. Technology exposed my addictive personality and instilled the value of quality relationships. Furthermore, it taught me to use digital media in moderation. In sixth grade I became more aware of myself, and focused on how I dressed

1) What is the aim of moral (ethical) theory that you learned from the reading? Elaborate on this by explaining how you think that having a clearer understanding of ethics can affect your life. The purpose and aim for moral theory has to do with the desire to have some method to follow when we reason about what is morally right and wrong. In other words, the main aim of moral theory is to discover a decision procedure that can be used to guide correct moral reasoning about matters of moral concern

If Socrates were to cross-examine me, he would find several instances where I placed great value on something that was trivial, while ignoring something that was of importance. I believe that this would be the case for anyone, including Socrates, because no one is perfect. Although we can try and minimize the occurrences, I believe that there will always be times when I place value on trivial things instead of on things that are important. For example, I tend to be a perfectionist when it comes to

world. I also got my black belt, which was really hard because it took a long time and I had to memorize a lot of stuff. I also love to read deep books because they intrigue me to think about things. What’s important to you? To live a high quality of life not length of life where I would like to have a very meaningful life. Where

to be very important to have a role model, a hero whom one looks up to. Tim McIlrath, lead singer of hardcore punk band Rise Against, is mine. Listening to the politically and socially engaged lyrics he writes and the words he speaks, has been inspiring me greatly. The quote above, summarizes neatly what I can proudly announce to be what I stand for. In addition to this belief, rooted in my personality, is a certain urge to always start acting on what I see as interesting or worthwhile, as soon as

1957, was largely about the struggles of an ethnic minority and the stagnation they feel, but moreso how two brothers come to understand each other due to their struggles and from years of living their own, very different lives.      Baldwin’s constant, detailed, reflections helped me immensely in understanding this story. I feel that they served as a constant reminder of the social context in which this story takes place. It helped to have those incessant reminders because

differed as well. Things such as the meeting between Nick Carraway and Tom Buchanan after the funeral, In the book it states “ one afternoon late October I saw Tom Buchanan, He was walking ahead of me along Fifth Avenue… Suddenly he saw me and walked back, holding out his hand.” This part is very important because Tom in telling Wilson about Gatsby is the reason for Gatsby's death even though many others can argue it may have been Daisie's fault for not taking the fall herself

are Malay, Chinese and Indians living side by side peacefully. Being a Malaysian Chinese, which by mean I am a multilingual person. I could speak Malay, English, Mandarin and Cantonese. To live in a country with diversity of people and languages for my whole life, I am positive that my level of cultural adaptation is much higher and more ready to embrace the culture differences. Moreover, I believe that experiencing new culture can result in the most positive and life-altering experience I have while