Wednesday, November 28, 2012

What makes humans moral

What makes humans moral?
I've read in the December 2007 issue of TIME magazine the following: "Morality and empathy are writ deep in our genes. Alas, so are savagery and bloodlust... ... We're a species that is capable of almost dumbfounding kindness. We nurse one another, romance one another, weep for one another... And at the same time, we slaughter one another... we've visited untold horrors on ourselves --- in Mogadishu, Rwanda, Chechnya, Darfur, Beslan, Baghdad, Pakistan, London, Madrid, Lebanon, Israel, New York City, Abu Ghraib, Oklahoma City, an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania --- all of the crimes committed by the highest, wisest, most principled species this planet has produced. That we're also the lowest, cruelest, most blood-drenched species is our shame --- and paradox." What do you think? Why are there people like Mohandas Gandhi and, at the same time, like Osama Bin Laden? What shapes our moral judgment? Erudite thoughts are very much appreciated. FOLLOW-UP QUESTION: This is a classic moral dilemma: A runaway trolley is heading down the tracks toward five workmen who can't be warned in time (you're just too far away). You are standing near a switch that would divert the trolley onto a siding, but there is a single unsuspecting workman there. Would you throw the switch, killing one to save five? FOLLOW-UP QUESTION: This is a classic moral dilemma: You are adrift in a life raft after your cruise ship has sunk. There are too many survivors for the life rafts, and yours is dangerously overloaded. The raft is certain to sink, and even with life vests on, all the passengers are sure to die because of the frigid temperature of the water. One person on the boat is awake and alert but gravely ill and will not survive the journey no matter what. Throwing that person overboard would prevent the raft from sinking. Time is running out. Could you be the one who tosses the person out?
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Our perceptions of religion shape our morality, in my opinion.
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Free will. Each man chooses his own road.
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Hmmm... good question. I will keep an eye on this question.
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i think it is the culture our beliefs and prejudice that shapes who we are as a person. it is also the environment that we live in and our experiences (past and present) that makes us behave in a certain way.
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My morals came from my parents and church. lol
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I WANTED to answer this question, but I'm afraid I'm not erudite enough. Sigh...
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I think it might be genetic. I've seen whole families that have a quiet disposition and kind hearts. Then again, I've seen families...All they do is fight with each other and also with others. It might be a learned behavior though. If there's no love in your house, how would you learn how to love? Sort of like Monkey see, Monkey do!
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Morals are individual. We have a brain and when it is in good working order and we are raised in a good enviornment then we develop empathy, sympathy, the ability to love, trust and care for others. If the brain is damaged in some way then even the best parents can not make us develop these characteristics. If our brains are healthy but the enviornment is not then we don't develop these characteristics..... I'm sure you have heard that poem about " A child who is loved learns to love. A child who is shown hate learns to hate ....." A stray cat will defend her young at all costs yet there are human mothers who beat or kill their own children. We are more evolved than the rest of the animal kingdom because of our brains and for that reason we are also more complex and confusing.
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Wow, this is more of philosophical question. When we studied it, humans weren't considered innately good...and morals are difficult to define. What may be considered moral in one place, might not be in another. So, perhaps Osama feels he's moral when he does what he does. Just keep in mind that there is a general rule behind almost every moral. A moral, in its most basic form, is what keeps a society together...instead of in a natural state. A natural state is considered to be barbaric...where people don't have groups that they work with, but work only for themselves. They don't have communication or cooperation. It would be terrible, in other words. Morals prevent this and insure our survival. For example, murdering is innately bad. Why? Because if everyone went around killing people, eventually there would be no trust and without trust there would be no communication. This is because we must trust what someone is saying in order to say something back. Say I asked you what time it is and you respond by saying "3:30 pm". If I didn't trust you, then I wouldn't believe that it's actually 3:30 pm. Eventually, communication becomes pointless. And, without communication, there is no society. That's why murder is wrong. The same goes for stealing and raping. It leads to mistrust. But, say that Osama believes that killing people is wrong, but that in order to prevent murder, he must kill certain people. A good example of this type of logic is the death penalty for murderers. Murder is wrong in our eyes, but to prevent more death, we kill that murderer. This is a very simple form of Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is a belief that is widely followed by westerners (whether they know it or not). It's much like hedonism in the way that it wants everyone to be as happy as possible and that in order to achieve this we can do basically anything as long as our happiness does not cause harm to others. It also uses quantity to balance the scales. Say for example, that one person is very happy when they kill a bunch of people. Unfortunately, it causes MUCH more harm to a lot more people than it does joy to that single person. And, again, lets go back to the example of the death penalty. While one person may suffer, a lot more people are going to stay alive because of it. Of course, all of our logic can be a little skewed and sometimes blatantly wrong, but this is mostly how utilitarianism works. What I'm saying, simply, is that people have universal morals, but that our cultures/religion/philosophical views/upbringing can change how we judge what is moral and what is not. That's where we get such extreme cases such as the two examples you used above. And, honestly, there are just weird human beings that don't follow the code...because they don't really care about the consequences, or don't think that the rules apply to them. Or, they can be psychologically damaged as well. It's a case by case thing.
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I think that our moral judgments are shaped by many a factors. There is the "genetic" disposition of a person, tempered by the society in which they grow up and live in. Immoral acts are usually "morally justified" depending what culture you come from. Osama Bin Laden would feel morally justified about killing American civilians in retaliation for what he sees as American immoral behavior. George Bush feels morally justified for going to war for what he See's as Arab immoral behavior. When somebody commits an immoral act they rarely believe that they are committing an immoral act. Who is Moral and who is immoral is defined by what side of the fence you are sitting on.
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There are always nut cases out there but just as an example, a general collapse of morality can be seen in most every high school in the US. For most of us, our morality is founded on feelings. Call it conscience or common sense, it is a set of unfocused feelings. All of us need acceptance and society has used that need from our infancy to get us to behave. We do something in accordance with society standards and we get praise and acceptance and if not, they with hold praise and acceptance. It is quite similar to training an animal except an animal responds better to food than to praise. When we're adults, we don't need real praise, imagined praise is usually sufficient. You mentioned empathy but what is empathy or sympathy other than a feeling? But a set of feelings is a poor foundation for morality for what obligation do we really have to obey a feeling? None that I know of. So when it's easy and convenient and to our own best interest to behave in some way, we will. If we consider that there is a higher moral authority behind our feelings, then we have an obligation. That higher moral authority has to be God. If I think God has put our capacity for empathy and sympathy into our human nature, then I immediately also have to think that I have an obligation to respect what my Creator has done. The feelings suddenly gain an importance because they point to an authority.


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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Spanish help plz 10 points

Spanish help plz 10 points?
Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. Como a una manzana. correct 2 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Me gusta _______ ropa. comprar 3 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. Juan no está aquí. Puedes llamarlo luego. incorrect 4 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? Hay doce huevos en una docena. 12 5 Choose the best answer. Which of the following would you most often do at night? acostarse 6 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. Me gusta lavarme las manos. incorrect 7 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. Voy a pie cuidadosomente. correct 8 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? El enfermero trata de cuidar a los niños bien. nurse 9 Choose the word that best completes the phrase. Yo _____ (go to bed) tarde. me acuesta 10 Imagine that you are speaking on the telephone. Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. No te puedo ________ a la fiesta. invitar 11 Select which phrase will be replaced with a indirect object pronoun & which pronoun will be used. Nosotros traemos la comida a nuestros abuelos. a nuestros abuelos; les 12 Choose the best answer. Which of the following would you probably not find in the bathroom? el lavaplatos 13 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? No hay ninguna fruta tropical aquí. tropical 14 Choose the best Spanish equivalent to the phrase. Paco gives it to me. Paco me lo da. 15 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Pablo Picasso is considered a fabulous _________. artista 16 Choose the best answer. Which of the following does NOT involve water? dormirse 17 Choose the best response. ¿Sabes dónde está la tienda nueva? No, yo no sé. 18 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Las personas tienen dos_________. piernas 19 Choose the best Spanish equivalent to the phrase. Ramón never washes his face. Ramón nunca se lava la cara. 20 Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Antes = before; Después = after El quinto es después del octavo. False 21 Choose the best answer. Which number is in the hundreds? doscientos 22 Choose the best answer. Which is one way you would NOT answer the telephone in Spanish? Molesta 23 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? Me duele el estómago. stomach 24 Change the following from an adjective to an adverb. bondadoso bondadosomente 25 Choose the best word to complete the phrase. _____ (They ask) cuánto cuesta. Piden 26 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Madrid es una gran ________. ciudad 27 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. ________ está en la boca. la lengua 28 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. ¿Tienes una falda nueva? correct 29 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Tomo mi cafecito en el ________. sistema 30 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Michael Jordan lleva una talla _________. grande 31 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Ella no ________ aquí. (She is not here.) es 32 Choose the best word to complete the phrase. _____ (We ask for) ropa nueva. Pedimos 33 Choose the best answer. What do you see if you cut yourself? la sangre 34 Choose the best Spanish equivalent. 500 quinientos 35 Choose the best Spanish equivalent to the phrase. María is the second doctor here. María es la segunda doctora aquí. 36 Choose which rule is used in the given context. To convey inferiority. menos + adjective, adverb, noun + que 37 Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Antes = before; Después = after El séptimo es antes del sexto. False 38 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? La primera cantante en el programa es Shakira. singer 39 Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence. Ella pide _____. ayuda 40 Choose the word that best completes the phrase. ¿_____ (Do they try on) mucha ropa? Te pruebas 41 Choose the word that best completes the phrase. Nosotros _____ (take showers). nos duchamos 42 Choose the best answer. What do I need to travel to a foreign country? el pasaporte 43 Fill i
Languages - 7 Answers
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get a mexy to help you
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Dude,i'm not going to do your homework for you. Study your notes and LEARN it but don't expect me or anyone else to do all this for you
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Dude! By the time you typed this out, you actually could have done this by yourself
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you already put all the answers there
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im thinking that you should do this yourself.. i could help you but it is wayyyy too long!
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The first one is wrong. There's no need for the "a" before manzana. What's wrong with this sentence? "Juan no está aquí. Puedes llamarlo luego." And this one? "Me gusta lavarme las manos." This one has an error (you said it did not): "Voy a pie cuidadosomente." Adverbs use the feminine form + -mente. So, it'd be cuidadosamente. In number nine, you've conjugated incorrectly. "I go to bed" is reflexive. You've said "I he puts me to bed late." Me acuesto. Nosotros traemos la comida a nuestros abuelos. You can replace "nuestros abuelos" with les, but you can also replace "la comida" with la. That, however, changes the "les" to "se." For 24, see above about adverbs. Bondadosamente. Is "Preguntan" an option for 25? That would work better. 29: "Tomo mi cafecito en el sistema." I take my coffee in the system? I'm pretty sure that's not the right answer. "Ella no ________ aquí. (She is not here.)" For how you feel and where you are, always use the verb estar. Ella no está aquí. "¿_____ (Do they try on) mucha ropa?" You said: "Te pruebas" Are you "they"? Nope. So, they are third person, plural. Se prueban.
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1. no Come una manzana 2. yes 3.yes 4.yes 5.yes 6.yes 7.yes 8.yes 9.no me acuesto 10.yes 11.yes 12.yes 13.yes 14.yes 15.yes 16.yes 17.yes 18.yes 19.yes 20.yes 21.yes 22.yes 23.yes 24.bondadosamente 25.Preguntan 26.yes 27.yes 28.yes 29.no 30.yes 31.está 32.yes 33.yes 34.yes 35.yes 36.yes 37.yes 38.yes 39.yes 40.Ellos se prueban 41.yes 42.yes 43.?



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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Deep Vein Thrombosis risk

Deep Vein Thrombosis risk?
I am in Urubumba in Peru and 1 hour away from a hospital. I flew from Madrid last Friday and it was a 14 hour flight I think, I was very very ill on the plane (chest infection kicked in) so could not move and could not get myself water and the staff did not help me at all on the plane. I have a dull pain in my right calf that is a sharp pain if I squeeze it. I´ve had a nurse who I´m staying with check the pulse and it is fine, it is slightly warm but not obioucly hot and the colour is healthy. Could this be deep vein thrombosis and how long should I wait until I get it checked out? I am nearly 20 years old on the marvelon contraceptive pill and a light smoker (However I have not smoked since last Thursday and using this opportunity to quit) I am a healthy weight and height for my age as well.
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There is no way to telling whether this is a DVT or just calf pain. Taking some motrin regularly may make this go away. If it is a DVT, the symptoms will continue to get worse, despite the use of motrin. And, by taking a birth control pill and smoking, you have dramatically increased your risk of a stroke at a young age. These two things together are deadly. You can also go to WebMd.com and type in "deep vein thrombosis" and read up on this condition for additional warning signs.


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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Spanish PLZ help!!!Now 10 points

Spanish PLZ help!!!Now 10 points?
Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. Como a una manzana. correct 2 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Me gusta _______ ropa. comprar 3 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. Juan no está aquí. Puedes llamarlo luego. incorrect 4 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? Hay doce huevos en una docena. 12 5 Choose the best answer. Which of the following would you most often do at night? acostarse 6 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. Me gusta lavarme las manos. incorrect 7 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. Voy a pie cuidadosomente. correct 8 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? El enfermero trata de cuidar a los niños bien. nurse 9 Choose the word that best completes the phrase. Yo _____ (go to bed) tarde. me acuesta 10 Imagine that you are speaking on the telephone. Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. No te puedo ________ a la fiesta. invitar 11 Select which phrase will be replaced with a indirect object pronoun & which pronoun will be used. Nosotros traemos la comida a nuestros abuelos. a nuestros abuelos; les 12 Choose the best answer. Which of the following would you probably not find in the bathroom? el lavaplatos 13 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? No hay ninguna fruta tropical aquí. tropical 14 Choose the best Spanish equivalent to the phrase. Paco gives it to me. Paco me lo da. 15 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Pablo Picasso is considered a fabulous _________. artista 16 Choose the best answer. Which of the following does NOT involve water? dormirse 17 Choose the best response. ¿Sabes dónde está la tienda nueva? No, yo no sé. 18 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Las personas tienen dos_________. piernas 19 Choose the best Spanish equivalent to the phrase. Ramón never washes his face. Ramón nunca se lava la cara. 20 Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Antes = before; Después = after El quinto es después del octavo. False 21 Choose the best answer. Which number is in the hundreds? doscientos 22 Choose the best answer. Which is one way you would NOT answer the telephone in Spanish? Molesta 23 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? Me duele el estómago. stomach 24 Change the following from an adjective to an adverb. bondadoso bondadosomente 25 Choose the best word to complete the phrase. _____ (They ask) cuánto cuesta. Piden 26 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Madrid es una gran ________. ciudad 27 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. ________ está en la boca. la lengua 28 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. ¿Tienes una falda nueva? correct 29 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Tomo mi cafecito en el ________. sistema 30 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Michael Jordan lleva una talla _________. grande 31 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Ella no ________ aquí. (She is not here.) es 32 Choose the best word to complete the phrase. _____ (We ask for) ropa nueva. Pedimos 33 Choose the best answer. What do you see if you cut yourself? la sangre 34 Choose the best Spanish equivalent. 500 quinientos 35 Choose the best Spanish equivalent to the phrase. María is the second doctor here. María es la segunda doctora aquí. 36 Choose which rule is used in the given context. To convey inferiority. menos + adjective, adverb, noun + que 37 Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Antes = before; Después = after El séptimo es antes del sexto. False 38 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? La primera cantante en el programa es Shakira. singer 39 Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence. Ella pide _____. ayuda 40 Choose the word that best completes the phrase. ¿_____ (Do they try on) mucha ropa? Te pruebas 41 Choose the word that best completes the phrase. Nosotros _____ (take showers). nos duchamos 42 Choose the best answer. What do I need to travel to a foreign country? el pasaporte 43 Fill in t
Homework Help - 1 Answers
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IT SEEMS YOU HAVE SOME ANSWERS ALREADY SO I'LL JUST CORRECT THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED. Como a una manzana. correct 2 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Me gusta _______ ropa. comprar 3 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. Juan no está aquí. Puedes llamarlo luego. incorrect - LOOKS FINE TO ME 4 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? Hay doce huevos en una docena. 12 5 Choose the best answer. Which of the following would you most often do at night? acostarse 6 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. Me gusta lavarme las manos. incorrect - LOOKS CORRECT TO ME 7 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. Voy a pie cuidadosomente. correct 8 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? El enfermero trata de cuidar a los niños bien. nurse 9 Choose the word that best completes the phrase. Yo _____ (go to bed) tarde. me acuesta - ME ACUESTO 10 Imagine that you are speaking on the telephone. Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. No te puedo ________ a la fiesta. invitar 11 Select which phrase will be replaced with a indirect object pronoun & which pronoun will be used. Nosotros traemos la comida a nuestros abuelos. a nuestros abuelos; les 12 Choose the best answer. Which of the following would you probably not find in the bathroom? el lavaplatos 13 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? No hay ninguna fruta tropical aquí. tropical 14 Choose the best Spanish equivalent to the phrase. Paco gives it to me. Paco me lo da. 15 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Pablo Picasso is considered a fabulous _________. artista 16 Choose the best answer. Which of the following does NOT involve water? dormirse 17 Choose the best response. ¿Sabes dónde está la tienda nueva? No, yo no sé. 18 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Las personas tienen dos_________. piernas 19 Choose the best Spanish equivalent to the phrase. Ramón never washes his face. Ramón nunca se lava la cara. 20 Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Antes = before; Después = after El quinto es después del octavo. False 21 Choose the best answer. Which number is in the hundreds? doscientos 22 Choose the best answer. Which is one way you would NOT answer the telephone in Spanish? Molesta 23 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? Me duele el estómago. stomach 24 Change the following from an adjective to an adverb. bondadoso bondadosomente - BONDADOSAMENTE 25 Choose the best word to complete the phrase. _____ (They ask) cuánto cuesta. Piden- PREGUNTAN 26 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Madrid es una gran ________. ciudad 27 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. ________ está en la boca. la lengua 28 Decide whether the sentence is grammatically CORRECT or INCORRECT as written. ¿Tienes una falda nueva? correct 29 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Tomo mi cafecito en el ________. sistema 30 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Michael Jordan lleva una talla _________. grande 31 Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sentence. Ella no ________ aquí. (She is not here.) es- ESTA 32 Choose the best word to complete the phrase. _____ (We ask for) ropa nueva. Pedimos 33 Choose the best answer. What do you see if you cut yourself? la sangre 34 Choose the best Spanish equivalent. 500 quinientos 35 Choose the best Spanish equivalent to the phrase. María is the second doctor here. María es la segunda doctora aquí. 36 Choose which rule is used in the given context. To convey inferiority. menos + adjective, adverb, noun + que 37 Decide whether the sentence is true or false. Antes = before; Después = after El séptimo es antes del sexto. False 38 What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? La primera cantante en el programa es Shakira. singer 39 Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence. Ella pide _____. ayuda 40 Choose the word that best completes the phrase. ¿_____ (Do they try on) mucha ropa? Te pruebas - SE PRUEBAN 41 Choose the word that best completes the phrase. Nosotros _____ (take showers). nos duchamos 42 Choose the best answer. What do I ne


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