Kantian ethics5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Kant’s second formulation of the categorical imperative is:Īct so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another always as an end and never as a means only. In saying that I ought to be truthful, I am implying that I should do this whenever the same circumstances arise (making an expenses claim in the previous example), and that everyone should do so also. In acknowledging that I should be honest in my business transactions, I am implying that I ought to be consistent, and that others ought to do likewise in similar circumstances. Kant wrote:Īct only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.īy this, Kant is acknowledging the universal nature of morality. Since moral beliefs are universally binding, one key characteristic of holding a moral belief is consistency. ![]() ![]() A maxim recommending a model course of action, on the other hand, might be, “If asked for my expenses, I ought to be truthful.” I may adopt a maxim like, “fiddle your expenses if you are unlikely to be detected,” or “lie if one is in a tight spot”. In doing so he makes use of the concept of a “maxim”, which needs some explanation.Ī maxim is a principle on which one acts, and takes the form, “In such circumstances, do that.” The maxim may or may not be a moral principle. Kant formulates three versions of the categorical imperative, based on the principles of consistency, human dignity, and universality. ![]()
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Author of as i lay dying5/21/2023 ![]() Climax: Because As I Lay Dying breaks from a purely linear presentation of plot, it is difficult to pin-point the exact climax of the action.Faulkner said that Yoknapatawpha is merely a fictionalized version of Lafayette County, Mississippi, from which he hailed. Specifically, Faulkner introduces the fictional Mississippi region of Yoknapatawpha County in As I Lay Dying, which he continues to refer to in later novels. Setting: Mississippi in the early 20th century.Other famous writers who participated most visibly in the modernist aesthetic include James Joyce, Ezra Pound, T.S. Faulkner demonstrates modernism’s appreciation of all kinds of linguistic and formal experimentation, and perpetuation of new and innovative stylistic techniques. Thus there was a movement in the realm of literature to challenge the traditional values of literature – straightforward plot, omniscient narration, linear sense of time, among others. The havoc of World War I caused an impulse in society, demoralized by war, to challenge society’s very foundations and to uproot tradition. ![]()
Babel an arcane history5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Kuang’s first novel following her Poppy War trilogy, and is a huge departure from her epic tale of war and magic. I’m excited to experience a mystery unfolding in the Changdeok Palace in its original language, without having to rely on subtitles and Wikipedia articles.”īabel: Or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. ![]() The Joseon Dynasty is a fascinating era, with Crown Prince Sado’s decline being one of the most notorious stories from that period. So often, historical mysteries and court dramas are reserved for European settings. As the evidence piles up and begins to point to the Crown Prince Sado, Hyeon and Eojin must team up to unravel the palace’s dark secrets at the heart of this massacre.Īs a Korean American, it is rare for me to read English-language novels set in a dynastic Korea. Desperate to prove her mentor’s innocence, Hyeon launches her own secret investigation, crossing paths with the newest police inspector, Seo Eojin. ![]() ![]() One night, four women are murdered at the public medical office, and Hyeon’s mentor becomes the prime suspect. Set in 1758 Joseon, The Red Palace follows 18-year-old palace nurse Hyeon, who is dedicated to her profession despite the stigma she faces as an illegitimate daughter in a staunchly patriarchal society. ![]() Breaking night by liz murray5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() When Liz's mother died of AIDS, she decided to take control of her own destiny and go back to high school, often completing her assignments in the hallways and subway stations where she slept. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to sleep. ![]() At age fifteen, Liz found herself on the streets when her family finally unraveled. ![]() In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. "Breaking Night" is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen was living on the streets, and who eventually made it into Harvard. Breaking night (Urban slang) staying up through the night, until the sun rises ![]() Surrender pamela clare read online5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Thus begins a historical romance that will be scorched upon your memory.Our hero, Iain MacKinnon, is a powerful warrior who possesses a body filled with brute force, muscles flexing, protecting all that is his. When Iain defies orders and saves her from a band of Abenaki Indians, her life begins anew and she becomes a brave frontier woman fighting for survival. He sells Annie into indentureship and sends her far from her beloved Scotland, over the ocean to the Americas. Annie Burns Campbell, once a noble lady, has been betrayed by her ruthlessly vile uncle. They despise the British regime and hold fast to their Scottish roots and Highland beliefs even as Iain, the oldest of the three, enlists a band of Rangers, which include his native adopted brothers. But the brothers are framed for a murder they did not commit and are forced to fight for the British in the French and Indian War. Partly raised by the native Muheconneok Indians, they become great hunters and learn the way of the land. ![]() They begin anew in the American colonies, dreaming of a prosperous life tilling the earth and reaping its bounties. The MacKinnons are a group of brothers whose family fled Scotland after the bitter loss at Culloden. ![]() Spengler decline of the west5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Think of him as a dystopian conservative version of Karl Marx, and you would not be far wrong, though there is a strange poetry to Spengler that one rarely sees in such meaty works (the German title literally translates as The Going Down of the Evening Lands). A uniquely pessimistic framework at that, one inspired by Goethe and Nietzsche, and one best remembered for Spengler’s view that grim determinism will bring an end to Western Civilisation. It is nothing less than a monumental attempt at fitting the sum of human learning and experience into a single historical framework. His interests were spectacularly broad, and he is not afraid to show it – The Decline of the West is not a history book in any conventional sense, nor is it even a philosophical text (though that is a better fit). In recent years The Decline of the West has even become strangely topical, but we’ll get to that.Īs a background, Spengler was a German polymath, moonlighting as a school teacher. But it is unquestionably interesting – arguably a forgotten classic – so I have decided to review a work few now bother with. It’s not light reading, not at all, and the sheer size of the combined volumes makes it a proverbial door-stopper. After a good fortnight’s reading, I have finished the two volume, unabridged, edition of Oswald Spengler’s Decline of the West (1918-1923). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Custer and His Wolverines: The Michigan Cavalry Brigade, 1861-1865 ISBN 9780306813832.Lee's Cavalrymen: A History of the Mounted Forces of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 ISBN 9780811708982.Lincoln's Cavalrymen: A History of the Mounted Forces of the Army of the Potomac ISBN 9780811710497.War in the Ruins: The American Army's Final Battle Against Nazi Germany ISBN 9781594161179.Grant: The Soldier and the Man ISBN 9780306812699 ![]()
Cranford chronicles5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() However, whilst his poverty is immediately obvious on meeting him, his kindness and generosity of spirit are not he begins to win over the townspeople with his absolute niceness that really makes him stand out. His first and most serious faux pas is to admit that he is poor. ![]() ![]() Usually nobody challenges her, but when Captain Brown arrives with his two daughters, he unwittingly flies directly in the face of the traditional mores that she has established. Miss Deborah Jenkyns is the leader of the ladies. One of the younger women in the town, Mary Smith, is the narrator of the book and she manages to keep abreast of all of the town happenings even when she is out of town because her friends write to her and give her all of the up to date information. It is also a place with a set social hierarchy presided over by a group of older women whose word about etiquette is law. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Ĭranford is the type of small town where everyone knows everything about everyone else. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() I had only been to Peckham once before, both to take pictures for an article about the locations of Antonioni’s Blow-Up (1966) and to (eventually fail to) view a flat on Spare Room, advertised by a performance arts specialist from Goldsmiths whose videos consisted of tearing her clothes off in lecture halls. To ingratiate myself into newly living in South London, I was keen to find some boundary markers in the area to walk and explore. ![]() ![]() It will be necessary to discover the spiritual well-spring, the glorious history of the place, before I am able to offer some impetus.” (1960, p.17). “I shall have to do research,” Dougal mused, “into their inner lives. ![]() Goldie Vance Vol. 2 by Hope Larson5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() As in V olume O ne, everything is beautifully designed and drawn by Brittney Williams, making good use of the early 1960s period exotica, while the cast are cheerful and enthusiastic, none more so than Goldie herself, who drags others along with her single-minded personality.Ī nice aspect of Goldie Vance is that Goldie’s natural exuberance sometimes takes over when she’s caught in the moment, and she does or says something without really thinking it through. The clues are all subtly worked in and all necessary information dropped early, giving Goldie the chance to strut her skills. There’s actually a perfectly reasonable explanation in the plot Hope Larson cleverly stitches together. ![]() That certainly sets her detective instincts going. Teenager Goldie Vance has grown up at the hotel her father manages in Florida, so knows the staff and the area, but she can still occasionally be surprised, like the day a teenage astronaut in full costume washes up on the beach. ![]() |