Shiraev and Levy (2017) defined culture as “a set of attitudes‚ behaviors‚ and symbols shared by a group of people and usually passed down from one generation to the next (p.4)‚ which extended my own understanding of culture beyond that of a familial background. I simply thought that‚ culturally wise‚ I was just a German/American; my mom was a first generation from German and my father was a many generation from who knows where. I have fondness for both the German flag‚ as well as the American flag
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NOTRE DAME UNIVESITY SHOUF CAMPUS Research about: EGOISM NATURALISM UTILITARIANISM Presented to: Dr. Charbel Orfali Done by: Firas hamadeh Semester: Spring 2012 Egoism Egoism can be a descriptive or a normative position. Psychological egoism‚ the most famous descriptive position‚ claims that each person has but one ultimate aim: her own welfare. Normative forms of egoism make claims about what one ought to do‚ rather than describe what one does do. Ethical egoism claims that
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Egoism is broken down into four main groups: Psychological egoism‚ Normative egoism‚ Ethical egoism‚ and Rational egoism. Egoism in general values the desires of the individual the most‚ and this is most important to the individual only if the desires match what is in one’s own best interest. Psychological egoism is more centered upon the individual’s unconscious impulse to always behave in one’s own self-interest‚ and is more of a law than a theory because it must always hold true‚ and if it does
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A major strength of the ‘scattered individual view’ is that it is a blatant combination of both the brain and the body views of personal identity. In other words‚ its strength is inherent in the fact that it is a combination of two seemingly polar physical continuity theories of personal identity. This marriage hence allows it to provide a more progressive answer to the persistence question in the case where both the brain and body views individually fail to construct a coherent appeal to personal
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lib·er·al adjective open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values. "they have more liberal views toward marriage and divorce than some people" (of education) concerned mainly with broadening a person’s general knowledge and experience‚ rather than with technical or professional training. It is no surprise that I lean to the left. I knew that I had views that favored disadvantaged people because I am a disadvantaged person. I grew up with the belief that laws should balance
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While humans may have progressed remarkably in science‚ technology‚ engineering‚ medicine‚ and other fields‚ our ego and our selfish motives have held us back from achieving our most important goals. By accepting ego into our lives‚ we are essentially giving permission for our pride to allow itself to come between us and our goals. Our ego is basically a self-image of who we are. With most it being deeply subconscious‚ our ego creates the inner “I” in our self and controls certain aspects of our
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tragedy. The play indicates how once a chain of events has been set in motion‚ it’s impossible to undo the past. It reflects Shakespeare and the situation he was in at the time. Macbeth showed us the essence of anti-humanity caused by extreme individualism. This play’s storyline was not like Shakespeare’s original plays‚ it’s exactly based on facts. William Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in 1606. He wrote Macbeth to entertain and win the approval of King James I. King James I “had previously been James
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Nora’s Individualism Women in the 19th century live in the shadows of men. They don’t have occupations. Their gender role was to cook‚ clean‚ shop for the household‚ and to care for the children. They were expected to find a suitor; this man would take care of the family financially. Women were submissive to their husbands back then. They didn’t stand up for their rights or voice their opinions. Women catered to their husbands. Nora is submissive to Torvalds’s needs. The play is about Nora’s behavior
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1. Compare and contrast individualism and collectivism as discussed in Estep: ch. 9. Humans are designed to cultivate both individualism and collectivism – let me explain. Both are good if used appropriately. The problem is when either is used exclusively‚ to the abandonment of the other. As individuals‚ humans are expected to grow and mature; a person accepts Christ individually. On the Day of Judgment‚ humans will be held to account for their actions and behaviors individually. It is this
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A Loss of Individualism? Many schools in America today are depriving children and young adults of individual growth because they have restricted the literature discussed to topics based on the surrounding or minority cultures‚ and have also begun teaching expected behavior based on the ideas of a certain culture. Students need role models and variety‚ when learning‚ to enhance their knowledge and grow their imaginations. If students are encouraged to only read accepted books or act a specific way
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