The central flaw is that Singer uses a bad analogy of how the global economy actually is, it assumes that the child has somehow appeared there of his own devices and that a simple act will save him. Many of Singer’s key principals, such as the importance of impartiality and the irrelevance of distance are very strong and I find it hard to disagree with them. Whilst I do not agree that to adopt Singer’s solution will cause actual harm to me it is not convincing as the most effective way to solve the problems of poverty. To follow Singer’s principal will amount to everyone else jumping in the water and drowning to some small degree. I believe that while Singer develops his argument by claiming that while people in rich states can survive without luxuries; those in poorer ones where most are manufactured could not survive, as their economic base would fall apart.
Answer Key 1. In the opening paragraph, Bertrand Russell says, “The happy life is to an extraordinary extent the same as the good life.” What does he mean? Is this statement paradoxical? He means that by being a good person, doing good for other people and trying to make other people happy, you will also be happy. This statement is not paradoxical because we do not have to sacrifice ourselves to help others.
He means that if the venture needs you to be anyone else but yourself, it will lead to no good. This reveals to me that Thoreau believes strongly in the individual, being yourself, and seeking your own path. This quote is also applicable to modern life because many ventures nowadays require you to conform for some purpose. The second aphorism I remembered is “Our life is frittered away by detail...Simplicity, simplicity.” Thoreau means that our focus and attention to detail now in society and culture do nothing but to waste our lives away needlessly. He believes simplicity is the better choice.
When assessing why gun-decking happens, I immediately thought of utilitarianism. A utilitarian believes that the right thing to do is always the choice that yields the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Utility focuses on only the outcomes of an action and not any intentions. I believe that gun-decking can happen in the fleet because it is easy to look at the outcomes of intentionally cutting corners and justify why you would do that. For example, in the case above the chief is trying to create the most pleasure for the most people by signing off the uncompleted maintenance jobs.
D. Preview Statement: I will be covering two main points today. First, the equipment (tack) needed to do this and second, the simple steps to get ready for our ride.. TRANSITION: So now, let’s begin with my first point, preparing your horse and equipment (tack). II. BODY A. Horse/Equipment (tack): To begin, please make sure you have the following materials: 1.
In the short run, Kudler was able to maximize its profits and minimized losses. They were making profits because they were producing quantity where marginal revenue was equal to marginal cost and charged prices based on their demand curve. The demand for their goods was very high at first because they had little competition. Another positive effect of a monopolistic competition is that it promotes product variety and improvement. When Kudler makes business improvements, it causes their competitors to either imitate them or get out of the business.
The most difficult part of evaluating employee performance is creating a fair, unbiased appraisal. This is why it is easy to use the evaluation appraisal form to keep evaluations as fair as possible. The needs for this appraisal system are self-explanatory, not only will company expectations be reached, but employee’s motivation to reach these goal will be higher as
I thought his answers were extremely thoughtful and had depth to them. I was fascinated by the importance of money as regulating what we can get and what we cannot. Things are valued based on money and we can get some things and not others. He knows that being healthy is better for you body but also knows that it is a personal choice, gives you confidence and can help you with the opposite sex. After he asked me to elaborate on the most important feeling question, these answers were fairly simple but went somewhere.
According to the “Greatest Happiness Principle,” an action can only be right if it promotes happiness and an action is wrong if it provides the opposite of happiness. Mill’s utilitarian theory believes “all desirable things…are desirable for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.” Applying this theory to life would be an easy task, and one that many would be more than happy to live by. Enjoying a life in which there is nothing better or more attainable than pleasure, to achieve anything that would keep one away from pain and enjoy a simple life of pleasure just like as a common animal would be ideal. So using this piece of a theory, it appears that the highest good would produce the highest pleasure. Now comes the decision of what is the highest pleasure.
“Is the glass half full or half empty?” This is a famous idiom, used rhetorically to determine whether someone is an optimist or a pessimist. In my point of view, even though seeing the glass half-full or having great expectations in life is a good thing, there is one fact we cannot deny: the fact that the glass is also half empty. To be able to deal with life with as few disappointments as possible, it is best to be a realistic person with a healthy proportion of both positive and negative expectations, as they are equally integral to the outcome of a situation. There is nothing wrong with having a positive outlook on a plan or a goal, and believing we can achieve it. However, there is a danger in thinking that we can always overcome problems that come up.