Gonzalez, Jessika Dr. Jeffries Essay #1 09/28/12 What is happiness? There are many different definitions of happiness and happiness is determined by each individual. “The Aim of Man” by Aristotle and “The Declaration of Independence” by Thomas Jefferson both discuss the meaning of happiness means to them. By discussing their attitudes towards material and spiritual happiness as well as their attitudes toward political freedom and the need for possessions, Jefferson and Aristotle, wrote what they feel about happiness. Aristotle defines happiness as the final good which means, to live a good life, by doing good deeds and happiness depends upon us.
His first form of the argument runs as follows: (P1) God is that than which nothing greater can be conceived (P2) If God exists in the mind alone (in intellect) then a greater being can be conceived (in re) (P3) God to be the greatest being, has to existing the mind and in reality, otherwise another being would be greater than God. (C) Therefore God must exist both in the mind and in reality. This method of reasoning aims to demonstrate the truth of something by reducing to absurdity the very opposite of what you are trying to prove. In Anselm’s case this would be that God does not exist, which he claims is absurd by means of an argument which he claims is logically necessary. For Anselm, God cannot not exist.
The argument from religious experience seems to state that we can experience God and therefore God must exist, for surely what we experience must be real. William James, American psychologist and philosopher, worked to expand on and validate this topic. James defined religious experience as ‘The feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatsoever they may consider divine.’ He then identified the four types of mystical experiences: ineffable, noetic, transient, passive. An ineffable experience is one that cannot easily be articulated. It is too big a thing for words and therefore not necessarily understood by those who have not experienced it.
The actual existence of this being is a greater thing than merely a concept or understanding. Therefore, that than which nothing greater can be thought must exist both in the mind and in reality. Descartes' ontological argument is an a priori argument, which means that it is based upon reason, rather than empirical evidence or experience. Descartes stated that God is a being with all perfections. He goes on to say that existence is a perfection.
In this analysis, I’ll use Quinn’s competing values model and eight managerial leadership roles as the framework to evaluate Ralph Langley’s strength and weakness, and his approach to organization effectiveness. Historically, Rational Goal Model, Internal Process Model, Human Relations Model and Open System Model are four key managerial models. Each model has its own ultimate core values and goals to effectiveness. Consequently, there were always tensions and conflicts between opposing values in flexibility vs. control, and internal focus vs. external focus. Dr. Quinn’s competing values model acknowledges that effective management can’t rely on a one-solution mentality.
1. Buddhists are encouraged to order their lives to try to achieve Nirvana. Describe how the sacred impacts human existence in at least two other major religions. Identify the religions and present a descriptive Nirvana is term that generally means to blow out. This concept of Nirvana was first defined by the Lord Buddha (566-486BC).According to the Buddhist, Nirvana is the climax of happiness, a state where no suffering occurs.
2. There is considerable evidence that getting the correct operating conditions is more important than the choice between MRP, kanban, or reorder point methods in the MPC system. How general do you believe this situation to be? Submit your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read these step-by-step instructions or watch this Dropbox Tutorial.
A quest, “defined as an adventurous pursuit of a spiritual goal” (Oxford 681), has four key elements which sets it apart. Every quest has a “quester” or “a person who goes on the quest whether he know is or not” (Foster 3). Next, the quester always has a place to go and initial reason for going. Someone usually tells the quester to go somewhere or to do something. While on the quest, the quester goes through trials and tribulations that challenge everything they have learned from their travels.
One of those usages is “Hardware (or Artifacts), which Kline describes as “non-natural objects, of all kinds, manufactured by humans.” What he is trying to say is that these objects can be anything that is made by a human and was not made natural such as glass, roads or furniture. All of these objects are human built and were not made by nature. However what Kline misses to provide in any of the four usages for the word
With the belief that there are general rules comes the belief in “right” and “wrong” because breaking a rule is “wrong”. There are four more worldviews and they are all based on theism. Because they are theistic views, they all believe in absolutes. These belief systems include Situationism, Hierarchialism, and Ideal and Non-Conflicting Absolutism. Situationism is the belief that there is only “norm” and that is love.