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Ethnocentrism
Number of Words: 1041 / Number of Pages: 4
... and views
that the crew took with them on their voyage [ which were few].
A big part of appreciating anything is knowing what it is you are
trying to appreciate. John Blackthorne went into this expedition searching
to find land that he new was there. A place he studied and learned about.
John new what he was looking for which made the land easier for him to
appreciate once it was found. For the crew, on the other hand, their
purpose for finding the new land was not for educational reasons or for
appreciating anything but for starting trade and a money flow right away,
they didn't even believe their ...
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Intimacy
Number of Words: 1028 / Number of Pages: 4
... and
intimacy has some very definitive steps. The first step is initiating which is
making contact with the other person and showing that you are the kind of person
worth talking to. Our relationship was initiated as soon as I was brought into
this world and facilitated by the fact that we were brother and sister. The
next step is experimenting which is deciding whether we want to pursue a
relationship further by using small talk and the like. Since I was unable to
talk at the time, my sister and I dismissed this step. Next comes the step of
intensifying when the expression of feelings become more ...
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Controversy In Calvin Klein Advertisements
Number of Words: 629 / Number of Pages: 3
... the end a voice says, “It’s organic!” meaning orgasmic. However, there has always been the controversy about Calvin Klein ads in magazines and on television. In the past, there was a big controversy that centered around the ages of the unprofessional models and the suggestions that the ads appeared to be portraying. Some of the models that were used were minors, and raised the issue of “kiddie pornography.”
When I looked at this advertisement by Calvin Klein with the man and woman in it, I thought this was worse than those ads that were shot of the younger models. Atleast the younger models were ...
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Psychological Egoism: Every Person Is Oriented Towards His (or Her) Own Welfare, And The Object Of Every One Of His Voluntary Actions Is Some Good To Himself
Number of Words: 2022 / Number of Pages: 8
... to himself, or for some other good he hopes for from
the outcome. This presents us with the old saying: "Do unto others as you would
want them to do unto you."
Social organization originates out of self interest. All society is for
gain, or for glory. It is not like we think it is—for love of our fellows.
Instead it is for self preservation. It is a sort of social contract. In a state
of nature we are at war with each other and life is solitary, poor, nasty,
brutish, and short. In a natural state individuals are in equal powers.
Voluntary collective organization is the most effective way for indiv ...
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Society's Influence On Morals
Number of Words: 1825 / Number of Pages: 7
... men
shared the same beliefs as everyone else, but they had to perform the dirty work
of killing approximately 83,000 Jews. Christopher Browning states in his book,
Ordinary Men, that, “...the men of Reserve Police Battalion 101, like most of
the German society, was immersed in a deluge of racist and anti-Semitic
propaganda” (Browning 184). Unless placed in the Battalion men's situation, one
can not fathom how a population of people can so evilly turn against another.
People in every culture are susceptible to the ideas and beliefs brought
upon them by propaganda. Whenever an idea is accepte ...
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Justice
Number of Words: 916 / Number of Pages: 4
... said that "it is unjust to treat unequal things equally". All people
are different, that is exactly what makes us human, so when we treat people
entirely the same, we deny their identity. For example that does not mean that
I should not treat all people with respect, but I feel that even that may differ
depending on who you are and how I am related to you. For instance, I will not
give a stranger the same amount of respect that I might give my mother or father.
I feel that would be unfair, and ignorant. The stranger should have to earn my
respect, just like my parents or friends. The te ...
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Woman's Struggle For Independence
Number of Words: 1120 / Number of Pages: 5
... The art of the Renaissance
gave women some freedom to voice there opinion about the arts and social issues
as long as there opinions weren't very radical. However women were only the
objects in the arts. They were the models and not the creators. They were not
allowed to express themselves but only to be expressed by others. This lead into
the period of the Reformation, women were still viewed as property and the
homemakers. They did not really get there place in society.
The 17th century was the first real growth of the women's movement. Up
until this time women had been in the same categ ...
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Morality; The Pre-existing And Universal Code
Number of Words: 1387 / Number of Pages: 6
... years from now. Only with universal principles can we as collective society discover what is right, what is wrong, and what is best, therefore there exists not modern morality but simply morality.
An empirical philosopher, W.T. Stace, argues that if we believe all morals are culturally relative, it is impossible for us to judge what is best. Although admitting he does not know what is best, he concludes that it is the responsibility of man to discover what is. He does not dispute that moral customs and moral ideas differ from country to country and from age to age, but that the fact that one culture t ...
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Ethical Values And The Classroom
Number of Words: 1242 / Number of Pages: 5
... student will not correct the matter. The issue must be evaluated holistically. All students leaving high school should be proficient at a college entry level; able to read, express themselves eloquently in written and oral form, think critically, compute mathematics, have some first hand appreciation of the arts and a strong sense of values. The inadequate education California's students are presently receiving can be amended by personalized teaching, the teaching of ethical values, and a hands-on, inquiry based teaching of the basics.
To realize these educational goals for every student may seem li ...
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Personal Values In Today's Society
Number of Words: 1256 / Number of Pages: 5
... be the
intention?
If I want to enjoy work I had better listen to the lite fm 93.9.,
and for lunch I can run out to Arby's for 99 cent roast beef sandwiches,
but only for a limited time. And if those roast beef sandwiches get me
sick I can go to Osco and get some medicine twenty-four hours a day. All
of these ads just came rapid fire. Is this playing upon my need for
instant gratification? Are the advertisers trying to get me to hurry?
I have to go see a Jeep dealer so I can outrun a bull in heat, but
I better be careful if I get it to dirty the pigs will fall in love with it.
Wow is that a nice ...
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