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    was African because they were losers. Comments like these are very common in class and I am no longer offended when my students make such remarks. Truth is I cannot even defend my continent because many of the statements they make about Africa are true. I sometimes ask my students to explain certain things about their culture that I do not always understand. They always end their explanation with a simple statement‚ “Teacher‚ I am Korean” this they say with pride. I ask myself how children so young

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    Egoism and Altruism

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    moral semantics to moral epistemology[->0]. Two issues‚ though‚ are prominent: (1) metaphysical issues concerning whether morality exists independently of humans‚ and (2) psychological issues concerning the underlying mental basis of our moral judgments and conduct. a. Metaphysical Issues: Objectivism and Relativism Metaphysics is the study of the kinds of things that exist in the universe. Some things in the universe are made of physical stuff‚ such as rocks; and perhaps other things are nonphysical

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    Why Does Diversity Exist

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    What exactly does diversity include? Diversity is not only black and white‚ female and male‚ homosexual and heterosexual‚ Jew and Christian‚ young and old‚ etc.; but the diversity of every individual‚ slow learner and fast learner‚ introvert (shy person) and extrovert (outgoing person)‚ controlling type and people type‚ scholar and sports-person‚ etc. Although it includes gender and racial differences‚ it goes beyond that to touch on the fabric of our everyday lives. The real meaning of diversity

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    Altruism: A Field Experiment Kamille J. Bernabe Master in Psychology Polytechnic University of the Philippines Graduate School Advanced Social Psychology Abstract Everyday life is filled with small acts of altruism. While we may be all too familiar with altruism‚ social psychologists are interested in understanding why it occurs. What inspires these acts of kindness? What motivates people to risk their own lives to save a complete stranger? Altruism as defined as the concern

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    Altruism Definition

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    Distinguish between altruism and prosocial behaviour. • Pro-social behavior: behavior that benefits another person or has positive social consequences Definition is vague because it discusses the outcome but not the motivation e.g. When we offer sympathy to a friend that is upset or refrain from dropping scolding a person for doing something wrong. • Altruism: when one helps another person for no reward and even at some cost to oneself. It is a type of “helping behavior”(intentionally

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    Milan Kundera’s famous essay‚ “The Tragedy of Central Europe” published on April 26‚ 1984 argues that central European nations like Poland‚ Hungary‚ and Czechoslovakia were losing their direction and meaning after World War II. “Boxed in by the Germans on one side and the Russians on the other‚ the nations of Central Europe have used up their strength in the struggle to survive and to preserve their languages” (Stokes‚ 219). Kundera makes a valid argument that the lack of Central European assimilation

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    Egoism and Altruism

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    Egoism and Altruism | Psychological egoism claims that whatever we do‚ we do out of self-interest. Give an example of an act you think is not done out of self-interest‚ and explain how the psychological egoist might try to interpret that act as selfish. Respond in approximately 100 words.   Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings by Day 7.  From my understanding is that nothing is done with out self-interested applied. So my example is harder to come up with now but I will

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    people ask themselves each day is does God exist? What is God? Who is God? Throughout my life I have never questioned the existence of God; God just IS. However‚ there exists beings who need an explanation to how God can possibly exist as an eternal‚ all-powerful and all-knowing being. Through three different arguments‚ this paper examines some rational arguments for the existence of and eternal being‚ God. The first argument states that if something exist‚ then it has existed from eternity

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    Altruism And Empathy

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    well-known of these is that empathy serves to elicit a personal sort of understanding between individuals that promotes prosocial behaviours. It has been theorized that empathy is also necessary for social interactions due to the fact that empathy and altruism can provide information about important details to do with those people interact this. Empathy accomplishes this by allowing people to notice subtleties in presentation(Zahn-Waxler et al‚ 1984).Empathy is thought to be fundamental‚ Zahn-Waxler notes

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    Teaching altruistic behavior in a four-year-old preschool classroom Stephanie Arnold‚ Priscilla Bermudez‚ Laura Robles‚ Michele Terreri Rutgers University Abstract Developmental research has been performed to study pro-social behavior in children in a preschool setting. This has been studied in connection with emotions and reasoning. Previous research has found varying results when analyzing a preschooler’s decision on if and when they will share with peers. A previous study by the same

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