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week in 170 different countries, Top Gear is a fine example of how mass media is used to persuade and inform large audiences, conveying many ideas both motor related, and non-motor related. The show has been made famous by three iconic presenters, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond, for their obnoxious manner and use of language, speaking their minds without thinking twice about offending any potential viewers. Over the years, their comments have offended multiple racial groups, from American

The Stanley Milgram Obedience experiment is an experiment to replicate Nazis following Hitler’s orders to kill Jews in World War II. Whereas, in this experiment, forty males were recruited to complete this study; they were told it was a memory and learning experiment. In this experiment, every time the subject (learner) answered incorrectly, the recruited male (teacher) would have to shock them. The results were: all forty subjects (teachers) obeyed up to 300 volts, and twenty-five of the so-called

Consequentialism is the philosophy doctrine that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences (Oxforddictionaries.com). In Consequentialism a morally right action is one that gets a good outcome and the consequences of the action outweighs all other considerations. In other words the end justifies the means. Utilitarianism and hedonism are forms of consequentialism. The principle of utility says nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain

“The Hound of the Baskervilles” is the most famous Sherlock Holmes book there is. The author of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There are also some important characters in “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. Then I will summarize “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. The author of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s full name is Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle. He lived from May 22, 1859 through July 7, 1930. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was

Utilitarianism is more focus on the consequence than the process of action or the nature of the action. That means if the all consequence is same or similar, the different motivation of actions is acceptable although, at sometimes, the motivation of the action is immoral. Also, it is difficult to measure what action can contribute to a good consequence since in the different situation the same actions will contribute some total different results. Thus, under the utilitarianism, when people do alternative

Any decision and action a person makes are based on moral principles that govern their behaviour, known as ethics. Many different fundamentals of ethics rationalize and justify peoples decisions. One specific theory is called utilitarianism. This research paper will summarize this theory and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses relating utilitarianism to Christian Ethics and the Bible. Also, an application of utilitarianism to the moral issue or killing another human being will be discussed. Utilitarianism

Sherlock Holmes was one of the best detectives ever. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote stories about Holmes and his apprentice, Watson. One of these stories was “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”, in it Holmes is tasked with solving the murder mystery of Julia Stoner, Helen Stoner’s sister, who was murdered two years prior. Stoke Moran, the place of the murder, was home to Dr. Roylott, Helen’s stepfather. Dr. Roylott was a psychotic criminal who took interest in exotic, foreign pets. Dr. Roylott made

The Best Known 19th Century Philosopher By: Nelza Martins John Stuart Mill, born in London in the year 1806, had no escape from becoming anything less than brilliant. His father, James Mill, made sure he received the best education at a very young age. Nonetheless, the subject of interest was economics, which his father was very knowledgeable of and expected him to succeed in it as well. James Mill wrote a book based on the summaries written by a teenage John Stuart Mill at the end of each economics

Should Elite Athletes Be Role Models For Children? The idea that when growing up as a child, we lose some illusion in order to obtain new ones tie in with the understanding that children’s minds are not matured enough to adequately understand the meaning of a true role model. Children do not understand that athletes are performers and are paid to be performers because that is their job. Professional athletes are not paid to be a role model hence, they are not obligated to live up to the expectations

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” The world changes and new cases appear every day like in the novel series of the The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Many readers have been very much interested in Doyle's stories and how he has fabricated Sherlock’s form of reasoning or understanding in cases. These people have created many films depicting Doyle’s stories. In some films such as The Great Mouse Detective and Sherlock Holmes, the story line is the same