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    Freedom vs Determinism

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    Philosophy Freedom vs. Determinism Jean Paul Sarte‚ who is a libertarian‚ says that “Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself”. He is fully responsible for his existence. Sarte is saying that man is shaped and made up of what he has done and what he will do. Sarte’s stance is there is no determinism‚ man is free‚ man is freedom. For example‚ a coward is responsible for being a coward. It’s not because he’s made up physiologically to be a coward but he’s like that because he made

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    The Two Nation Theory

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    Ideology --- Two Nation Theory Sir Syed --- Quaid --- Iqbal Introduction: i) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: The man who spoke first the Muslims as a “nation” in the modern times was none other than Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. In 1867‚ he said: “I am convinced that both these nations will not join whole heartedly in anything. At present there is no open hostility between the two nations. But on accounts of so called educated people it will increase in the future.” Analyzing on the demand of Indian National Congress

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    The Conflict of Reciprocal Altruism and Cooperation Reciprocal altruism is where an organism behaves in a way or manner that decreases its own fitness‚ survival and reproductive success‚ and increases the fitness of another organism with the expectation that the individual acted upon with altruistic behaviors will return the favor in a later situation that calls for such actions. Reciprocal altruism increases the altruism due to its continuous reciprocation and return‚ just like a “never-ending”

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    Empathy In Zebra

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    only empathy to succeed in life? Or does a great artist need both knowledge and empathy in their life? In the book excerpt “Zebra” by Chaim Potok explains how an artist can become successful. An artist can achieve their goal‚ the artist must have knowledge and empathy to be able to achieve as an artist Empathy is important for great art because people can support a person if they experienced the same painful for less painful event as an artist. What is the true meaning of empathy? Empathy means

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    Altruism: The Selfless Act

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    often described as Altruism or an Altruistic act. This statement is not entirely true. It is possible for someone to intentionally act to benefit others‚ but this is something that does not happen very often. There are multiple theories as to why people do and do not perform altruistic acts. If someone is a member of your family you are more likely to help a person in need‚ if you feel sympathetic towards someone you are likely to help a person in need or if it is a social norm you are likely to help

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    experience a different form of empathy than their normal counterparts? In fact‚ the innate ability to understand another’s feelings by imagining himself in that person’s same situation is what sets empathy apart from sympathy (Kim and Kim‚ “Empathy”). However‚ empathy is further divided into two subsections: affective and cognitive empathy. Affective empathy refers when someone can actually feel the same emotional response as that person (Kim and Kim‚ “Empathy”). Cognitive empathy‚ on the other hand‚ refers

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    hypothesis testing

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    Release date: 27 April 2014 Submission date: 9 May 2014 TUTORIAL ON HYPOTHESIS TESTING (1) Basic Concept 1. State the null and alternative hypothesis for each conjecture : a. A researcher thinks that if expectant mothers use vitamin pills‚ the birth weight of the babies will increase. The average birth weight of the population is 3.0kg. b. An engineer hypothesizes that the mean number of defects can be decreased in a manufacturing process of compact disks by using robots instead of humans

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    Deindividuation is a process whereby people lose their sense of socialised individual identity and engage in unsocialised and often antisocial behaviour. Generally‚ people refrain from acting in an aggressive and antisocial manner because they are easily identifiable. When a person is deindividualised‚ they lose their sense of self awareness and their sense of personal responsibility. For example‚ in a crowd‚ where a person is less likely to be identified and held responsible for their aggressive

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    Two Nation Theory

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    considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on the political and intellectual history of modern India and Pakistan and author of the epic biography Jinnah of Pakistan states: “Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Mohammed Ali Jinnah did all three.” Wolpert has also penned the biographies of Gandhi and Nehru‚ but his eulogy for the Quaid surpasses any other leader of the freedom

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    Two Factor Theory

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    The two-factor theory (also known as Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory) states that there are certain factors in the workplace that cause job satisfaction‚ while a separate set of factors cause dissatisfaction. It was developed by Frederick Herzberg‚ a psychologist‚ who theorized that job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction act independently of each other. Two-factor theory distinguishes between: Motivators (e.g.‚ challenging work‚ recognition‚ responsibility) that give positive satisfaction

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