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    to the article entitled Pleasure and Happiness by Aristotle, there are several points of arguments that view by author about the main things in pleasure and happiness. Pleasure and happiness have an own definition and it distinguish by how people measure on itself. Aristotle was among the very greatest thinkers ever and for the term of pleasure and happiness he started come out with the question like what is the good life and how it related with happy life. Every human action aims at some good and

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    on eradicating the push for uncalled for reassurances (Ferguson, 1972). As a basis for the existence in perfect integrity, Confucius persisted mainly on the four qualities of naturalness, filial piousness, and decorum. Honesty was a fundamental virtue. It really impacted more than a sheer societal relation. Sincerity also intended to be frank and simple in rhetoric, sincere to one’s undertakings and to be very assiduous in the offering of one’s responsibilities to other people (Benjamin,

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    life and culture. That’s what being a Global Citizen is about. Through Global Ethics we have learned so far, that we can all relate to three important moral theories. These theories are known as Consequentialist (Utilitarian), Deontological, and Virtue. Through this paper I will also be discussing a case study found in chapter two, based on the Selling of Human Body Parts, and how it’s seen through the lenses of Cosmopolitanism and its four criterions, as

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    policies provoked America into war through unreasonable violations of sovereignty. Reginald Horsman and Drew R. McCoy present such opposing viewpoints explaining the initiation of the War of 1812. McCoy suggests that attitudes regarding American virtue as inextricably linked to domestic industry and free markets permeated public policy and provoked war, while Horsman asserts that external European factors caused Britain to instigate conflict in order to stifle France at the expense of the American

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    In the history of philosophy Utilitarianism has been viewed as one of the best of the moral theories. It has become one the most powerful, influential, and most persuasive approach to normative ethics. The utilitarianism theory also has had a major impacts on approaches to economic, political, and social policy. The utilitarianism theory had originally had been created by Jeremy Bentham. His version of was that aggregate pleasure after deducting suffering of all involved in any action. However,

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    Relying on the needs of the society of that time, Machiavelli comes to the conclusion that the most important task is the formation of a single Italian state (Machiavelli 15). Developing his thoughts, the author comes to the following inference: only a prince can become a leader capable of leading people and building a unified state. It is not a concrete historical personality but someone abstract, symbolic, possessing such qualities that in the aggregate are inaccessible to any living ruler. That

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    Machiavelli was truly a one of a kind man in his time period. His rough outlook on life due to his harsh experiences with the government was entirely different than those in and before his time. Machiavelli believed in living in the present and was a straight forward realist. Socrates on the other hand had essentially devoted his life to finding a universal truth. He considered that to be his contribution to society. When it came to government and the structure of society Machiavelli and Socrates

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    President Abraham Lincoln of the Union on January 1st signed into law the Emancipation Proclamation to the citizens of both the Union and the Secession states. Said proclamation has ordered the immediate release of all slaves in states. In the following sections of this article we will discuss the reactions of both the Union and the Secession states in the days following the release of the proclamation. The Proclamation reads: “Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was

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    National Security Introduction Since the terrorist attack of 9/11, America has been in a high level conflict with terrorist around the world, particularly the group known as Al Qaeda. There has been many discussions within the U.S. Congress about the measures of how to effectively combat this organization and their members, here and abroad. Consequently, the issue of individual privacy vs. national security has generated discussions within the civilian and government sectors. To date, the discussions

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    Political factionalism in the United States in the midst of the nineteenth century was empowered by the advancement of an unprecedented American culture and the move from an agrarian economy to the business economy. This is substantial for a few reasons. Thomas Jefferson was the President when this example began to happen. According to Brennan, President Thomas Jefferson's goal was to pivot the example of enthusiastically supporting the amassing piece of America. He truly expected to reinforce America

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