I could hear my heart pounding in my chest as I walked into the silent room. As I looked around, I saw classmates chattering, studying, or even sleeping. DING! The bell echoed through the empty hallways as my classmates sat down in their assigned seats. When I sat down my hands shook and I started studying as quickly as I could. Suddenly, a hand shut my binder and I looked up to see my American friend. She had a goofy grin on her face as she said, "Stephanie, please... you're Asian. You're probably
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fear and anxiousness that came over me before my speech. My face was like a furnace , but the cool, salty tears were cooling it down, almost evaporating. The lingering heat and sweat from on my palms was still there, but at least it was over. The bell rang, announcing the end of fourth period. I dashed out of the classroom as prompt as I could, stopping for no one. My next class, youth leadership, was not much farther away. I could now feel the anxiousness start to kick in. My heart started to race
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The Soul of the Great Bell by Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) The water-clock marks the hour in the Tachung sz’, in the Tower of the Great Bell: now the mallet is lifted to smite the lips of the metal monster—the vast lips inscribed with Buddhist texts from the sacred Fa-hwa-King, from the chapters of the holy Ling-yen-King! Hear the great bell responding!—how mighty her voice, though tongueless! KO-NGAI! All the little dragons on the high-tilted eaves of the green roofs shiver to the tips of their
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Jenn Santilli 12/19/2014 SEE 3060 Quiz #1 After watching “Rock the Bells” there are many things that the promotion team could have done differently that would have mad a difficult show run smoother. To begin, the venue where the show was being held at was only able to seat about 5,000 people. This was the first problem because they expected to see a lot more tickets. They sold about 8,000 pre-sale, 2,000 at the door, and 1,000 VIPs. They kept selling tickets until they were over sold. The venue
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in productivity. He also paid no attention to im- proving the safety of his mills where workers toiled in dangerous conditions. Thousands of workers were injured each year because of spills of molten steel. Any attempts by workers to improve their work conditions were uniformly rejected, and Carnegie routinely crushed any of the workers’ attempts to unionize. When Carnegie decided to get out of the steel business he sold his company “lock, stock, and barrel” to a consortium of New York investors
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What is the value of liberty according to J.S.Mill? Do you agree? Stefan Stefanov NBU John Stuart Mill was known as an economist, philosopher and influential contributor to social and political theory. He was famous for his writing on individual liberty and utilitarianism. He believed individual liberty is essential in evolving society as well as unleashing the truth. Mill’s ideas stretched to governing every aspect of human liberty promoting change, innovation, and the development of societies
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The Harm Principle allows for moral or legal interference only under one condition, to prevent harm to others. Actions and beliefs that are purely self-regarding and represent no threat of harm to others should be free from interference. “The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others”. Since harm is the main criteria for establishing the limits of state regulation and the extent of personal freedom
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Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Theory of Utilitarianism and the Cannabis Dilemma Task 1. What group is the minority group here? How might John Stuart Mill define harm in this scenario? The minority group in this scenario is the terminally ill cancer patients who need marijuana to ease their pain. Mill defines harm in the ‘Harm Principle’. He says that the only reasoning for social coercion is when a person prevents another person from harming the society. He says that the society
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John Stuart Mill On Liberty Chapter IV: Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual 1. OBJECTIVE PART J.S. Mill, in his extended essay On Liberty, more specifically in Chapter 4, discusses the appropriate level of authority that society should have over the individual. He starts by rejecting the idea of social contract previously founded by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, yet acknowledges “the rights and duties” concept by stating that “Though society
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John Stuart Mill: On Liberty Name: Sedig Elhassan Student Number: 210916914 Professor: Marc Weinstein Teacher’s Assistant: Paul amazzoc Course Code: HREQ 1720 John Stuart Mill was known as a political economist, British philosopher and influential contributor to social and political theory. J.S. Mill was famous for his writing on individual liberty and utilitarianism (). He believed individual liberty is essential in evolving society as well as unleashing the truth (). Mills ideas stretched
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