6. “Robust knowledge requires both consensus and disagreement.” Discuss the claim with reference to two areas of knowledge. Robust Knowledge is the knowledge that is relevant and accepted by actors in the context of its application. This is achieved when the knowledge is credible‚ noticeable‚ and produced in a legitimate way. Knowledge is credible when it is accepted globally by a majority and is passed down from person to person. Knowledge is noticeable in everyone’s everyday experience and encounters
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Goran Therborn) argue that the typical nuclear family has disintegrated due to many different reasons‚ for example‚ the rise in feminism and women gaining more independence; higher diversity of relationships for example higher divorce rates‚ higher number of families co-habiting. his is because families aren’t like what they used to be. In the nuclear families today‚ the roles of the mother and father are no longer segregated conjugal roles. In the nuclear family today roles are changing and developing
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of a Family Family is defined as a group of people related by blood‚ marriage‚ or adoption living together. Remember: We are not defining families by how many‚ and what kind of people they have. We define them by what they do. Definitions Spouse - someone who is married: a husband or wife Common-law partner - used to describe a relationship between a man and woman that is considered to be a marriage because the man and woman have lived together for a long period of time Functions of the Family What
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Love and courtship in Shakespeare’s day compared to modern views on love and courtship. During the renaissance the Europeans saw love and courtship as two different yet important parts of life. It concerned expectations of families and communities‚ not just the longings of the couple. Shakespeare’s ‘Midsummer Night Dream’ gives us a clear view of a typical situation when couples fall in love and defy the rules. In the play there are four characters (Hermia‚ Helena‚ Lysander
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Technology can be defined as science applied to practical purposes. It is easy to think about the advantages of modern technology‚ but what about its disadvantages? Technology today has made life easier and quicker but also dangerous. Modern technology makes life easier for people. For example‚ microwave ovens cook food easily. Dishwashers wash all dirty dishes and dry them. Moreover TVs‚ personal computers‚ cell phones and the internet have enhanced the welfare and wellbeing of people worldwide
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Are Nuclear Weapons Strategically Obsolete? Why or Why not? The ongoing debate of whether or not nuclear weapons are obsolete or not is a very complex one. Numerous studies have purported that nuclear weapons no longer serve an important strategic purpose for countries such as the United States of America and Great Britain. Clausewitz stated that war and politics were inextricably linked. So the distinction between “political” and “military” viability of nuclear weapons is one without meaning. Essentially
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"The Color of Family Ties" by Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarksian‚ the authors assert that traditional nuclear families are not the only ones capable of supportive relationships and strong family connections. In the other hand‚ minority families also discover that their families illustrate the most supportive relationships and strongest family ties. According to Gerstel and Sarksian‚ they states "Black and Latino/a‚ especially Puerto Rican families are more disorganized than White families‚ and that their
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Nuclear Chemistry webquest by Margaret Moore semester 1 Chemistry Part One 1) The term Half-life for a radio-active substance means the time it takes for the substance to decay while decreasing by ½. 2) Spontaneous fission is a type of radioactive decay in heavy elements with unstable nuclei being split into more stable smaller fragments 3) Two important application of neutron radiation are neutron therapy for tumors/cancer and neutron bombs for defense. 4) Ionization radiation is radiation
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Assess the view that the nuclear family is the most ideal for society and its individuals (24 marks) There are a variety of sociological perspectives on whether the nuclear family is the most ideal for society and its individuals. By nuclear family‚ we mean a couple and their children (usually between two and three) who live in the same household. Sociologists can refer to Parson’s functional fit idea‚ Marx’s theory of the family serving capitalism and a range of feminist perspectives on the matter
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It is hard to define what a family is because it is an issue on which people hold different views. Their views can be influenced by many motives like their religion‚ the society they are living in‚ media and many other things. However‚ according to dictionary a family is‚ a group consisting of parents and their children living together; also a group of people related by blood or marriages. All the descendants of a common ancestor including aunts and uncles‚ grandparents and cousins. Nowadays people
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