Explain the Platonic concept of Forms. Plato believed that reality is more than what we sense around the world (e.g. taste‚ smell‚ hear‚ see and touch)‚ he believed that behind these physical realities lies a perfect version of them in which he called Forms and that the greatest thing we can learn is to have knowledge and understanding of them. Plato’s theory means that what we can sense around us (for example a chair) is just a mere shadow of the perfect version which exists in the world of Forms
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Aristotle posses the moral theory that human activity is directed towards happiness. Humans strive towards the end by yearning for the highest good. He defines happiness as regular contemplation of truth‚ both universal and eternal. An individual can obtain pure happiness by living a virtuous life. One must develop reason and wisdom‚ and have opportunity to have actions with virtuous meaning. These acts depend upon making a conscious decision that contain both moral motivation and moral purpose. Pleasure
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Theories & Concepts of Motivation Motivation is defined as communicating to an internal force that actuates a behavioral pattern‚ thought process‚ action or reaction. Negative forces can act as actuators. Many theories of motivation focus on inborn biological processes that control behavior. Among these biologically oriented theories are instinct‚ drive‚ and arousal theories. You were born with instincts that are there to help you survive. Instincts are behavioral patterns that are unlearned
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Egypt’s Culture and Political System Michael Humphrey SOC 315: Cross- Cultural Perspectives John Theodore June 3‚ 2013 Egypt’s Culture and Political System The Egyptian culture is considered one of the oldest cultures in human history. Surprisingly‚ it almost has some of gender equality except that it needs more to consider‚ in order achieving the third Millennium Development Goal‚ which talks of achieving gender equity/equality and women empowerment
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Kohlberg’s theory of moral development. In this essay‚ following a brief outline of the theory‚ I will be discussing the strengths and weaknesses of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development. Morality comes from the Latin word for custom. It is a behaviour that one has been accustomed to due to the laws and customs in a particular society. By the time a person reaches adulthood‚ they should have a good idea about personal and social behaviour (Carlson‚ 2004) Kohlberg’s theory of moral development
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influential impact to people and the society they live in. Overall‚ the article summarizes three important concepts that may affect one’s decision and have great impact to the society; that is the selfishness and selflessness within a person and his compassion to others around him. Selfishness is probably the most common characteristics in human and it reveals when there is time to make a decision between people themselves and others. In “Bread”‚ the author tells the readers a well known German
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Personal experience Speech We had just gotten back from a very disappointing game. I don’t remember what the score was but we got buts kicked pretty good. So there are a number of us hanging around talking afterwards and we all decided that we needed to get some beer and go hangout somewhere and try and forget about the beating we had just gotten in the game earlier that night. We all chipped in and one of the guys made a beer run. When he got back we decided that it wasn’t a good idea to stick
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Three Sociological Theories For my discussion the issue I have chosen is inequality in education. Inequality in education has been an issue that our country has been dealing with from the earliest of times‚ it continues today‚ and will continue to be an issue in the future. In this paper I will explain education through the three major paradigms in sociology. Education through the view of a functionalist tells us that our children are being prepared for the roles they will have in society. A
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Index 1. Introduction to Moral Activity 3 2. The Moral Value of Human Activity 6 3. The Supernatural Value of Human Activity 11 4. Bibliography 12 1 Introduction to Moral Activity Man must strive for his end through his own acts. It is in this strenuous use of all the talents received from God that life is affirmed and developed. It is clear then how important and fundamental is the concept of human activity‚ considered in its moral content and supernatural aspect that proportions
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importance of Logos‚ or rationality‚ that governs the world and sees human nature as one natural order. They considered natural law as a law of ’right reason’. In his letter to the Romans‚ St Paul wrote about a law that is ’written in the hearts’ of Gentiles. It is therefore clear that throughout the ancient world‚ although there is differing terminology‚ there seems to have been a consensus over the existence of a natural moral law‚ which dictated the rightness or wrongness of an action that was not dependent
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