English 101 “The New Liberal Arts” is an article written by Sanford J. Ungar‚ who is a president of Goucher College in Baltimore‚ Maryland. In the beginning of his article‚ Ungar wrote‚ “Hard economic times inevitably bring scrutiny of all accepted ideals and institutions‚ and this time around the liberal arts education has been especially hard hit.” In other words‚ Ungar means that recent economic recessions have made a huge impact on what people think of going for a liberal arts degree. In his
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The problem with liberal democracy The myth of government in liberal democracy is that it is value neutral and functions only to create a space of freedom in which citizens may pursue their own goals whatever they may be‚ as long as they do not encroach on other people pursuit of theirs. In reality‚ liberal democracy is not neutral but imposes a view of the world dominated by the market and by the idea of accumulation. The state has much to gain by asserting the market is natural and that the
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Both Mark Edmundson (“On the Uses of a Liberal Education”) and Gary Saul Morson (“Empathy with us”) see that college students have become lazy and seems to receive “an education worthy of the name.” Although both authors have some similarities in their ideas‚ they also have their own outlooks on what college students’ attitudes and practices show towards the liberal education. Edmonson’s views on college students is that they are lazy and really only want to take the classes that are easy with
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Feminism is a body of social theory and political movement primarily based on and motivated by the experiences of women. While generally providing a critique of social relations‚ many proponents of feminism also focus on analyzing gender inequality and the promotion of women’s rights‚ interests‚ and issues. Feminist theory aims to understand the nature of gender inequality and focuses on gender politics‚ power relations and sexuality. Feminist political activism campaigns on issues such as reproductive
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What are liberals and conservative philosophies? These two philosophies are how our political parties are based on. The Democratic party takes a more liberal ideology. While‚ the Republican party takes a more conservative stand. So which philosophy is the best? Liberal and conservative have a essential ideology which they base their beliefs. Liberal believe that government should act in our daily lives to achieve equal opportunities and equality for all. In the other hand‚ conservative belies in
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Conservative vs. Liberal Dimitri Khago PSY/201 Sunday‚ August 05‚ 2012 Mariah Degruy Conservatives vs. Liberals Not just as Americans but as human beings we all want the same basic things in our daily lives. We all seek freedom and yearn for prosperity. We all seek for what is fair in life and not just our lives separately‚ but the lives of our nation’s people. We want less people to suffer as much as
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Xxxxx xxxx FYS 30 November 2012 The Value of Liberal Arts Education The great physicist Albert Einstein once said‚ “The value of education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts‚ but the training of the mind to think something that cannot be learned from textbooks.” Einstein further conveys that liberal studying helps develop critical thinking and analytical skills with a touch of creativity. Liberal arts education helps set a common base for worldly knowledge; it strengthens
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“Understanding Human Sexuality” – SOC 2003 Personal Journal 1 – 2015W Due by 4:00 pm February 25th ‚ 2015. I do not accept assignments late‚ nor do I accept journals via email. You are to respond honestly and completely to each of the questions in the journal. It is important that I will be able to understand your point of view on each and every question - so short ’Yes’ or ’No’ responses will not suffice. ( Place your response in the ‘Answer’ section indicated.) Give examples and details to
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In The Matrix the protagonist Neo is the liberal humanist. The being free from the structure of society and able to make choices without the bias thrown upon us through media and language. However within the first twenty minutes of the movie the theory of the liberal humanist begins to collapse around Neo. He learns that his life has been pre decided and machines control the reality he believes to be truth. The irony in finding out that his whole life is essentially a lie is that he does obtain the
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make better business people with a liberal arts education rather than an emphasis on a skill-related education. In order to be able to have an opinion‚ researching various articles is necessary to see what is currently being said and what has been said about a liberal arts education. This paper will focus on the history‚ curriculum‚ affects in business‚ and studies conducted on the topic of liberal arts education. An elaboration of what it means to have a liberal arts education in conjunction of
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