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    9.1 Feminist Practice: Karen has demonstrated her depth of understanding Social Work theory and her talent for applying its practice. Karen was able to recognize the situation and view it with a socialist perspective. The initial information of two small children wandering around at night alone‚ pulls at our heart strings and exposes our bias. These biases make us susceptible to formulating rash knee jerk reactions of condemnation. Karen is aware of her biases and has demonstrated the ability to

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    people should live their lives in accordance of distinguishing the right actions from wrong actions (Boatright‚ 2007‚ p. 7). In ethics normative theory propose different principles on how society can deal with this dilemma and that is through the introduction of deontological and theological ethical system. Deontological ethics or non-consequentialist theory requires people to do the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do regardless of its consequences (Barry‚ Sansburry‚ & Shaw

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    * Feminist criticism defines a literary theory showing how women were portrayed as less valuable than men in literature throughout history. Usually called feminist literary criticism‚ it studies how early writings condoned the oppression of women because men dominated society. Feminist criticism also explores how women writers were taken less seriously than male authors from a historical A criticism advocating equal rights for women in a political‚ economic‚ social‚ psychological‚ personal

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    and Scholarship 3/11/2012 Legally Blonde: Feminist Film Theory Feminism is a movement that has had a great impact in the world of film‚ and how we interpret it. During the second wave of feminism that occurred throughout the United States‚ feminist scholars began developing and applying more theories‚ that arose during this movement‚ to the way they analyzed film. The various tactics and topics that are contained under the umbrella of feminist film theory are‚ but not limited to‚ sexism‚ female stereotypes

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    A CRITIQUE OF THE BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES OF LEARNING One of the most debated issues in psychology pertains to the nature and meaning of learning. The systematic study of learning is relatively new as it was in the late nineteenth century that studies in this realm began in a scientific manner. Psychologists borrowed techniques from the physical sciences‚ and conducted experiments to understand how people and animals learn. Psychologists have tried in the past to define and explain how learning

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    I am not a proponent of the feminist theory so my initial answer to whether the theory should be applied to Stan is no. However‚ I do think one of the techniques used could be beneficial to Stan. The technique of gender role analysis (Corey‚ 2015) may help Stan (Corey‚ 2015) to understand how his perception of male expectations are might be affecting his depression and addictions. Stan was open in sharing that his father and his mother continually tried to conform him to how they believed a real

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    1. "Great Man" Theories: Great man theories assume that the capacity for leadership is inherent – that great leaders are born‚ not made. These theories often portray great leaders as heroic‚ mythic and destined to rise to leadership when needed. The term "Great Man" was used because‚ at the time‚ leadership was thought of primarily as a male quality‚ especially in terms of military leadership. Critique : Sociologist Herbert Spencer suggested that the leaders were products of the society in which

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    Methods Assessment 1: Critical Writing (15%) Granitz‚ N. and D. Loewy (2007)‚ Applying Ethical Theories: Interpreting and Responding to Student Plagiarism‚ Journal of Business Ethics‚ vol. 72‚ pp 293-306. Summary Plagiarism in today’s “copy and paste generation” is an unremitting‚ complex issue that is not yet fully understood. The paper responds to this proposition with a thesis that understanding the ethical reasoning provided by students in defending plagiarism is crucial in preventing it in

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    For example‚ the privatisation of foster care in the United Kingdom‚ which is becoming increasingly popular (Steen and Smith‚ 2012) can be argued as a deontological approach from the government’s point of view. The deontological ethics theory focuses on the morality of the action and not the consequences of that action (Encyclopædia Britannica‚ 2015). Caring for vulnerable members in society is a duty‚ privatisation meets the increasing demands of re-homing children‚ therefore the English

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    first formula‚ namely the Formulas of Universal Law (FUL) and the Formula of Law of Nature (FLN) to four famous examples of maxims contrary to duty‚ in his major works (the Groundwork‚ Metaphysical of Moral and Critique of Practical Reason)‚ supports the thought that Kant’s ethical theory might be understood as a constructivist under the standard model. Wood puts this connection as follows:

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