Should We Strive To be Moral Saints? In the article‚ “Moral Saint’s” written by Susan Wolfe she states that the moral saint is‚ “One whose every action is as morally good as possible‚ a person‚ that is‚ who is as morally worthy as can be.” I believe that for humans striving to be a moral saint is in a sense admirable‚ but should not be viewed as a realistic goal‚ in the sense that if not attained‚ one is deemed immoral or a failure. In class we had discussed Susan’s essay and talked about her
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A Short Essay on Freedom What exactly is freedom? Can you taste it‚ see it‚ reach out and touch it? The answer to these questions is no. However‚ if reflected upon‚ freedom can certainly be felt‚ not by the hands but by the emotion called feeling. Since all we can do is describe properties of freedom‚ the question remains how freedom is explainable with words. Youth are not burdened by restrictions placed upon adults; therefore‚ a simpler idea of being able to
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Moral education has always been an issue in schools. Although the methodology and the content have changed over the past years‚ ways to implement and bring these theories into the classroom and internalize them within children is still one of the important research topics. Moral education is most successful when it is passive and indirect. We all know that our best and deepest moments of learning were when we actually didn’t know that we are doing so. Somebody told us a story‚ we watched a movie
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the ways people talk‚ it does not necessarily mean they think differently. The way you speak says a lot about you. Language can help mould the way we think‚ but just in its own ways. Therefore‚ even we spoke the same language‚ we might not think in the same way. Language is an important tool of communication. People have changed thoughts day by day base on most crucial is language. Language is used to communicate in life‚ work and education. For example‚ when adults say something‚ child can do follow
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While we deal with the challenges of our lives‚ our identities change continuously. Our identity is how we view the world‚ our lives and ourselves. This is shaped by the results of our challenges; either success or failure‚ as well as the groups of people we belong to. Yet there are some aspects of identity that have been naturally given to us such as family‚ religion‚ culture and appearance. Everybody will always have different personalities due to our different experiences. Our identities are
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Our identity is constructed by‚ for example‚ the clothes we wear. Discuss the idea of a construction of identity within postmodernism using recommended texts. During the postmodernist era there was great emphasis on the movement of philosophy and social science as well as new influential styles of architecture‚ design and fashion. It was the development of the modernist era‚ which in the late 1950’s received criticism for being standardized and no longer suiting peoples lifestyles. The Machine
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Do languages help mould the way we think? If we all spoke the same language‚ would we think in the same way? Discuss the issue using examples‚ details‚ and your personal experie-nces of English and your native language. Answer: A Language is a special “tool” which helps humans communicate with each other and also‚ being unique in comparison with the other animals and species. Due to its specific properties‚ a language is the way humans can share their thoughts to each other. In other words‚ language
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considering that we have no natural resources‚ and we are but a little red dot on the world map. Is the usage of Singlish what we want to be remembered by? Singaporeans’ usage of Singlish has created such a bad impression of our conversational skills to foreigners when they visit us‚ that we are no longer remembered by our incredible evolution from a fishing village to a leading financial hub of the world‚ but by the slang that we speak. Thus‚ I agree strongly‚ that Singlish should be banned altogether
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Why do we observe children? There are many reasons why we observe children. Mainly children are observed because we want to find out what stage of development they are at and whether it matches the average stage of development for their age‚ it could also be that there has been a change in there behaviour. By observing them we will find out what causes them to react and become stressed. Another reason why we observe children is assess and support their individual special needs so we can plan
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Title: "Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think" Evaluate the extent to which the characteristics Sartre claims for words affect - negatively or positively - different Areas of Knowledge. The limits of knowledge that the topic implies are the limits of language and how well it approaches truth. There are a number of definitions of language. Everybody has there own term of what language stands for. For example‚ Chomsky says that language is a system of sounds put together to form
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