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    In this essay I will argue that liberal neutrality is necessary to maintain optimal utility in a multicultural society. Benjamin L. Berger argues that liberal neutrality and legal tolerance cater to the dominant culture‚ I agree with this‚ however I will argue that the dominant culture should be prioritized in order to achieve the maximal amount of happiness for the aggregate of society. Berger states in his piece The Cultural Limits of Legal Tolerance that multicultural societies exhibit tolerance

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    Many people see liberal feminism as inadequate due to the fact the processes and eventual changes through rules and regulations are too slow and does not seem to be enough. World-changing breakthroughs don’t happen overnight. Since the 1960s feminism has centralised on law reform in areas of domestic violence‚ for instance‚ domestic violence used to something which was regarded “household business” and “not the business of the police” feminism has helped change this view. Respectively‚ feminists

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    School af Liberal Arts and Human Services The School of Liberal Arts and Human Services produces a diverse range of graduates with varying skills and competencies including artists‚ musicians‚ mathematicians‚ psychologists‚ social workers‚ sociologists‚ journalists‚ poets‚ dramatists‚ and in general‚ graduates who can make great contributions towards enhancing the social and cultural development of the nation. The School of Liberal Arts and Human Services consists of four departments:

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    April 2014 Technology in Liberal Arts Education Are the liberal arts becoming less pertinent and less respected in society today due to technology? Technology is taking over every college student’s life for writing research papers‚ doing the research‚ and many other non college related activities such as social media. Technology could produce a loss of liberal arts education because of its rapid growth. Technology could also motivate more students to take part in liberal arts because it is so

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    Remember when you were a child‚ in the typical playground scenario‚ were you the bully‚ the victim‚ or the bystander? Sounds like an innocuous question. Perhaps overly simplistic. But it reveals the very essence of the point. How you feel politically and philosophically now is a reaction to what happened to you on that playground then. So you’re an adult now‚ eh? Yeah‚ well so what. How much has really changed? Things may be much more evolved‚ likely much more sophisticated‚ elaborate‚ and convoluted

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    A Catholic liberal arts education is an education in the liberal arts‚ philosophy‚ and theology that takes wisdom/contemplation to be the end and so regards the liberal arts as a preparation for philosophy and theology. Moreover‚ it sees the wisdom/contemplation attained by theology as being higher than that of philosophy and‚ therefore‚ takes philosophy itself to be ordered to theology. The study of theology improves on our knowledge of God and illuminates the path to perfect happiness

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    gradually becoming less interested in Liberal Arts. People have chosen Science subjects over

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    Abstract The essay to follow will discuss what is meant by liberal democracy. The term will be defined and further discussed. In addition‚ it will be contrasted with that of a socialist democracy. This democratic system will be defined in political terms with reference to valid examples as too will liberal democracy.   The following essay is based on a contrast between liberal and socialist democracy from a political perspective. An analysis of the terms‚ concepts and the question will then

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    The liberal/conservative divide in the 19th century was the cause of various differences among diverse aspects of Latin American countries of the era. These disputes can be easily viewed when observing the histories of Latin American countries such as Chile and Guatemala. Throughout the 19th century these Latin American countries experienced a constant power struggle between the two political ideologies. As one rises‚ another falls‚ and the latter seeks to regain the lost power. Liberals were characterized

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    Is it fair to call Hegel an ‘authoritarian liberal’? Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is one of the most influential and most difficult political theorists in the history of western thought. This is one of the first points that is realised when researching his works and readings. His name is invoked by many philosophers that followed him yet not often truly understood. This can often be put down to the different way his political theory was perceived by the reader. Even the supporters of Hegels thought

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