Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for Philosophy and ethics

U11: Count on

to be confident that you can depend on someone. Fall out: to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them. Finish with: to end a romantic relationship with someone. go off: to stop linking or being interested in someone or something. Hit it off: people hit it off, they like each other and become friendly immediately. let down: to disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do. look down on: to think that you are better than someone. look up to: to admire and respect someone. stick together: people stick together, they support and help each other. take after: to be similar to an older member of you family in appearance or character. Compound adjectives: Badly behaved: behaving in a way that... Continue reading "English Phrasal Verbs and Compound Adjectives" »

Saint Thomas Aquinas (Aristotelian Standpoint)

• The soul is the form of the body.
• The soul does not pre-exist the body; it is created by God at the same time it informs the body.
• There is no transmigration.
• The soul is immortal.

Descartes (Plato's Standpoint)

Descartes aligns with Plato's standpoint of efficient causality because:

• He rejects the concept of substantial forms.
• He considers the soul to be a thinking and self-sufficient substance.
• The body is an extended, mechanical substance.

The 18th Century: Julien Offroy de La Mettrie

• If the complexity of a plant, animal, or human body can be totally explained through mechanical terms, the whole world can be explained through those terms.
• There is no thinking self; there is only the extended thing.
• This

Essential One-Word Substitutions

• Culture: All the arts, beliefs, and social institutions characteristic of a race.
• Transparent: Allowing the passage of rays of light.
• Reservoir: An artificial lake for storing water.
• Hives: Artificial centers for honey bees.
• Sculpture: The art of carving figures in wood or stone.
• Horticulture: The art of growing vegetables, fruit, and flowers.
• Aeronautics: The science of flying aircraft.
• Aerobatics: The art of performing acrobatic acts.
• Abroad: Away from one's country.
• Import: To bring goods from a foreign country.
• Agenda: Business to be discussed by a committee.
• Dogma: A belief accepted without question.
• Superstition: A belief not based on reason.
• Cosmopolitan: Belonging to all parts of the world.
• Succession: The coming of

What is an Insurance Policy

It's a contract of agreement between the insurer and the policy holder. It contains the terms and conditions.

The insurer agrees to cover the losses, if they occur, in return for premium payments.

Principles

• Principle of Insurable Interest: You can't insure anything that is not in your name. You can only insure something that, if something bad happens to it, you incur losses.
• Principle of Indemnity: The insurer will only return you the current value of the loss, they will pay you the current value of the object right before the incident, not the original price.
• Principle of Subrogation: Your insurance company pays the money and then they ask for the money from the company that has to pay.
• Principle of Contribution: When

Characteristics of the Modern Novel

The modern novel is defined by realism, the transformation of society, the influence of psychology, the reflection of the omniscient narrator, the stream of consciousness technique, and the interior monologue. Key novelists include:

• James Joyce
• D.H. Lawrence
• E.M. Forster

Joseph Conrad: The Complexity of the Human Condition

Joseph Conrad believed the writer's task was to record the complicated patterns of life as he saw them. Features of his works include:

• Human Condition: Characters are often solitary figures with no past and an uncertain future, reflecting pessimism, moral instability, and the hope found in fidelity.
• Setting: He utilized the sea as a microcosm and exotic places to make the inner problems of isolated

What Is Bioethics?

The term "bioethics" has been used over the last twenty years to describe the investigation and study of how decisions in medicine and science impact our health, lives, society, and the environment.

Bioethics addresses fundamental questions regarding human values, such as the rights to life and health, and the morality of developments in healthcare institutions, life technology, medicine, and the health professions. It also examines society's responsibility for the life and health of its members.

Bioethics involves issues relating to the beginning and end of human life, ranging from in-vitro fertilisation and abortion to euthanasia and palliative care.

Bioethics impacts every level of the human community, from local nursing homes... Continue reading "Understanding Bioethics: Principles and Core Concepts" »

1. common law: interpretation throught past decisions of higher courts wich interpert the same statues, applies customary law principles to similar facts, not all inclusive, ownership is by use
2. codelaw: legal system is commercial, civil and criminal, ownership by registration
3. islamic law: the interpretation of koran, complete sytem for propert rights, economics decision, type of economic freedom, prohibition for payment of interest,emphasis on ethical, moral,social
4. conciliation: formal or informal, private adn confidential, statements may not be disclosed, signature is recorded
5. arbitration: disinterested parties as referees, formally conducted, enfoceable under the law
6. litigation: fear o creating a poor image, unfair treatment in a freign court, difficulty

English Adjective Suffixes

This table illustrates how to form adjectives from nouns using common suffixes.

Suffix: -ful

Suffix: -less

Suffix: -al

Suffix: -y

1. Brotherhood Identity Alteration

   The Brotherhood alters its members' identities by surgically changing their appearances beyond recognition.

2. Brotherhood's Resilience Explained

   O'Brien states the Brotherhood can never be wiped out because its individual members possess very little knowledge of its overall workings, size, or activities.

3. Winston's Toast with O'Brien and Julia

   Winston suggests he, Julia, and O’Brien drink the last of the wine to toast the past.

4. O'Brien's Promised Delivery to Winston

   O’Brien tells Winston he will arrange for a man with a briefcase to deliver a copy of the book written by Goldstein, which explains the Brotherhood’s principles.

5. Winston's Question About the Rhyme

   Before leaving, Winston asks O’Brien if he knows the rhyme

Comprehensive Vocabulary Glossary

• Wheedle: To coax by using sly persuasion or insincere praise.
• Detract: To take away, especially from the value, beauty, or importance of.
• Emancipate: To set free from slavery; to liberate.
• Insuperable: Incapable of being overcome or defeated.
• Intermittent: Not continuous; happening at intervals.
• Obligatory: Required or demanded.
• Vagabond: A person who wanders from place to place.
• Bewail: To express deep regret or sorrow over.
• Destitute: Without resources or possessions, especially the necessities of life; lacking; devoid of.
• Extol: To praise highly.
• Flamboyant: Excessively showy; unrestrained.
• Impetus: A driving force; anything that causes an action.
• Maxim: A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying.
• Plumb: To measure