Some Guides to Living Happily

1. ALLOW NO ANGER to rule your spirit.

2. Allow no fear in your life.

3. Always keep an open mind.

4. Always be loyal to your friends. Enjoy them.

5. Always be compassionate to the poor.

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10 THINGS ABOUT EMOTIVISM IN ETHICS


... 5. Emotivism differentiates reporting an attitude (e.g. “I like Hitler”) and expressing the same attitude (“Hurrah for Hitler!”).  The former is either true or false unlike the former which just expresses an attitude, but does not even report that someone has it.

6. According to Emotivism, moral language “is notfact-stating language; it is not typically used to convey information.”

7. “Moral language is used, first, as a means of influencing people’s behavior. “You ought not to do that” is treated like a command “Don’t do that!” ...

8. Second, moral language is used “to express (not report) one’s attitude.” Saying “Gautama was a good man” is not like saying “I approve of Gautama,” but it is like saying “Hurrah for Gautama!” ...
 

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Simple Subjectivism: An Analysis

THE SIMPLEST VERSION of the theory in Ethics named Subjectivism states that when a person says that something is morally good, this means that he approves of that thing, and nothing more. Philosophy professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham James Rachels (1941-2003) simplified the theory this way:

            “X is morally acceptable”   
            “X is right”                                  
            “X is good”                                  
            “X ought to be done”
            These all mean: “I (the speaker)approve of X.” ...
 

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10 CLAIMS OF SUBJECTIVISM IN ETHICS

 
... 6.  “There is no such thing as objective right or wrong.” (It is a fact that some people are homosexual and some are heterosexual; but it is not a fact that one is good and the other bad.)
 
7. “When someone says that a thing (e.g. homosexuality) is immoral, he is not stating a fact about it but merely saying something about his feelings toward it.”
 
8. “In expressing that an action is evil (e.g. Hitler’s extermination of millions of innocent people), we are not stating a fact about that action; rather we are saying that we have negative feelings toward it.” ...
 

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Vacation 101: 5 tips to enjoy it significantly

Loraine Cajucom, the contributor, is also called “Raine” by her classmates. (You, too, can have your articles published here. Send them through e-mail to OurHappySchool@yahoo.com.)

VACATION! THIS IS THE WORD every student loves to hear. The time to relax and do nothing. However, as days pass by during vacation, we usually become bored for not doing anything worthwhile. So how can we spend our vacation in a significant and enjoyable way?
Well, here are some things that you can do—activities in which you can help, learn, and most importantly have fun!...
 

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Facts About Facebook You May Not Know

Vivian D. Vocalan, the contributor, is into designing and painting shirts during free times. (You, too, can have your articles published here. Send them through e-mail to OurHappySchool@yahoo.com)

... * 60+% of people online use Facebook to stalk their ex!
 
* There is a country that doesn’t allow Facebook--Syria.
 
* 30+ million profiles have their status messages updated at least once every day.
 
* 70% of college students on Facebook log in every single day ...

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On being an Accountancy Major: The meaning of success

Shiela Mae Camacho, the contributor, also uses the name Shiela Ocampo. (You, too, can have your articles published here. Send them through e-mail to OurHappySchool@yahoo.com)

TWENTY TWO GASOLINE STATIONS, four malls, four wet markets and almost 1.5 thousand houses. That's the view I regularly see whenever I go to school. Nineteen kilometers, one hour of journey.
           But, why in the world I became this? Studying in a university with a course I never dreamed of?
            ... I took the entrance exam of an engineering university where I planned to take up BS Architecture... However, even though I passed the examination, my parents sent me to my current school. There's no Architecture here that's why I took a business course, BS Accountancy ...

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15 interesting information about Stamp Collection

Dianne de Guzman Perlas, the contributor, likes Sarah Geronimo. (You, too, can have your articles published here. Send them through e-mail to OurHappySchool@yahoo.com)
 
1. Stamp Collecting is widely known as “The king of Hobbies and the Hobby of Kings”, even though Kings and Maharajas have now become a historical object.  The last three kings of England were keen collectors as is the present Queen.
 
2. The world's largest post office is the head post office in Chicago, Illinois.
 
3. The smallest post office in the world is located in Ochopee, Florida ...
 

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On Excision

 
PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR at University of Alabama at Birmingham James Rachels (1941-2003), in his book The Elements of Moral Philosophy (3rd Edition, USA: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999) discusses the case of a 17-year old girl in relation to the practice called “excision” in her native country of Togo in West Africa.
          As reported by the New York Times in a series of articles (mainly by Celia W. Dugger), Fauziya Kassindja arrived at Newark International Airport in 1996 and asked for asylum. She escaped from her country to avoid the permanently disfiguring procedure that is sometimes called “female circumcision.”
          Bearing little resemblance to the Jewish ritual of circumcision, excision is more commonly referred to as “genital mutilation” in Western newspapers. According to the World Health Organization, the practice is widespread in 26 African nations, and two million girls each year are “excised.” In some instances, excision is part of an elaborate tribal ritual, performed in small traditional villages, and girls look forward to it because it signals their acceptance into the adult world. In other instances, the practice is carried out by families living in cities on young women who desperately resist.
            Fauziya Kassindja was the youngest of five daughters in a devout Muslim family. Her father, who owned a successful trucking business, was opposed to excision, and was able to defy the tradition because of his wealth. His first four daughters were married without being mutilated. But when Fauziya was 16, he suddenly died. When Fauziya’s marriage was arranged, preparations to have her excised were also done. Fauziya was terrified, and her mother and oldest sister helped her to escape. Her mother, left without resources, eventually had to formally apologize and submit to the authority of the patriarch she had offended.

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Subscribing to Cultural Relativism: Pros and Cons

Subscribing to Cultural Relativism: Pros and Cons
© 2010 by Jensen DG. Mañebog

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