There has been much debate over whether Albert Speer was a ‘good Nazi’. He was seen as "the Nazi who said sorry" as he accepted responsibility at the Nuremburg trials. However‚ many people also view him as the ‘disingenuous liar’ who lied to evade a death sentence in Nuremberg and his extent of involvement and knowledge of the treatment of Jews are still debated. Speer himself endeavoured to create an image of himself as a ‘good Nazi’ and that he was merely an ambitious architect who had been misguided
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whether it is nature or nurture that plays a greater role in human development and behaviors. The pro-nature perspective is the more scientific theory meaning that our genetics we inherit make us who we are. On the other hand‚ the pro-nurture perspective contends that social factors and the surrounding environment play the deciding role. This controversial subject is one of the oldest arguments in psychology due to the abundant information that supports both sides. However‚ nature can only go so
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Human nature has been contemplated‚ both implicitly and explicitly‚ by many philosophers. Plato begins his study by discussing the nature of justice‚ which then gets applied to human nature. His discussion of human nature can be considered the foundation of his discussion of justice in the soul. Since we only learn about human nature through the study of politics‚ it can be argued that both topics are of importance to Plato‚ albeit in differing degrees. If he did not care about politics‚ it does
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Mencius and Xunzi on Human Nature Mencius and Xunzi both follow Confucian philosophy yet have a dramatically different understanding of human nature. Additionally‚ the two philosophers make their arguments in strikingly different literary methods. Mencius believes that the “goodness of human nature is like the downward course of water” (147) in that people are naturally inclined to be good‚ and he makes this argument through conversations among friends and public figures. In contrast‚ Xunzi staunchly
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different views on how much nature and nurture influences the human behaviour and identity. Sociologists tend to favour nurture over nature‚ while psychologists tend favour nature over nurture. The fact that both of these scholars tend to favoured one over the other through the ages has resulted in the constant recur of the nature verse nurture debate. This is a debate that explores the importance of biological (heredity) and cultural (Social environment) factors in the process of the human beings development
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Life experiences can help humans grow‚ but at the same time‚ it can aid in the loss of our innocence. In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the characters are used to illustrate the different stages of human nature‚ which can be seen through Juliet’s transition from childhood to adulthood. When a person becomes a parent‚ their ultimate goal in life is to protect and provide for their child. Juliet had the ideal childhood environment; her parents sheltered her from the negative of
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Albert DeSalvo ’s Confession: True or False? The "Boston Strangler" caused chaos to the city of Boston from June 14th‚ 1962 until January 4th‚ 1964 by claiming the lives of thirteen women in grotesque‚ sexual‚ murders (History Channel). The feeling of relief and closure for the families of these thirteen victims has not been relinquished due to the lack of evidence to justly convict Albert DeSalvo as the "Boston Strangler." However‚ the verbal confessions‚ past convictions‚ psychological diagnosis
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Albert Einstein Einstein was not comfortable with statistical reality‚ a shortcoming which cost him much happiness‚ and may have deprived the world of many discoveries. His youthful breakthrough is well known. It consisted not only in giving the equation linking mass and energy (the famous e = mc²)‚ but in showing the statistical nature of quantum mechanics. Few meteors have more memorably decorated the mathematical sky. He began working in the Swiss Patent Office in 1902. In 1905‚ his "annus
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language? According to scientists we are able to recognize these emotions thanks to human nature. Human nature is known as the way we distinguish or refer to characteristics. It can range from the way we think‚ to they way we feel or even the way we behave. According to Spark Notes online‚ “Machiavelli asserts that a number of traits are inherent in human nature” (Spark Notes). Overall Machiavelli presents human nature in a negative connotation. In the book‚ “The Qualities of the Prince‚” Machiavelli
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left unknown. Nobody really discovered many new things until March 14th‚ when a genius‚ Albert Einstein‚ entered the world in Ulm‚ Württemberg‚ Germany. He developed the general yet important theories of relativity and made his well known equation of E = MC2. Einstein was born into a Jewish family within the working middle class. Albert’s mother was Pauline Einstein who did housework and stayed with Albert and his sister. His father‚ Hermann Einstein was an engineer and entrepreneur. With his
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