POLI 1: Introduction to American Government and Politics Course Syllabus (a.k.a. your most valuable tool in the course) Spring 2014 Sara Callow Office Hours: M from 2-4pm 5021 Email (during the week‚ I commit to a “next day” turnaround time). Messages sent over the weekend or school breaks may not receive a reply until sometime on the first regular school day. callowsara@fhda.edu COURSE OBJECTIVE: As described in the course catalogue‚ this course focuses on a “contemporary analysis
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Phil 4 Midterm Study Guide Introduction: - Ontology is the study of being‚ kinds of things that exists‚ the different kinds of being. What is ultimately real? - Material: spatial/public/mechanical - Immaterial: nonspatial/private/teleological - Materialism: Matter is truly real and immaterial things are not - Idealism: Ideas are ultimately real - Dualism: Reality is both material and immaterial - Monism: There’s one single reality Lau Tzu (Laozi): - Taos analogy to water: water
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Five Guys Abstract The paper will determine how Five Guy’s philosophy sets them apart from other fast-food chains. Also will analyze the original values for the startup company and how it remains strong today. Thirdly‚ enumerate three factors that contributed to Five Guy’s success in such a short time and what effect‚ if any‚ external markets had on these factors. Finally‚ assess how ethical and social practices are part of the Five Guy’s culture and provide examples
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The Five Guys mission statement‚ as simple as its menu‚ is aligned with the philosophy that if you ’re going to sell hamburgers and fries in a restaurant industry that has a lot of hamburger-french-fries business‚ you ’d better do hamburgers and fries well than the competitors. Five Guy’s focus is not to add more items to the menu‚ but to serve top quality burgers and fries to keep their business booming. According to Boonze and Kutrz (2012) Murrell states “We figure our best salesman is our customer”
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Conceiving a Child for the Wrong Purposes It is wrong to conceive a child for the purposes of saving another. There are cases in which parents only conceive a child to save the life of another. It is unfair to the child conceived because it was not made out of love. The child was conceived for instrumental reasons. In a case presentation called “A Birth to Save a Life” there are several focal points that discussed the arguments of conceiving a child for the wrong purposes. The movie My
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Hume and Locke’s conflicting views on the existence of personal identity stem from a fundamental disagreement in regard to memory. According to Hume we have an impermanent personal identity as a result of our constantly changing stream of perceptions. These mental experiences are usually triggered by impressions‚ or perceptions that involve a sense experience. These constantly changing streams of perception form the false identity. On the other hand John Locke proposes this concept that says X
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Danh Pham Professor Redfield research paper Art 106 December 16‚ 2012 The Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art is one of the most important museums‚ which connects the old fashion museum to modern museum through many photographs‚ paintings‚ films‚ sculptures‚ and architectures. It is located at New York City‚ United State‚ and now it contains library and famous restaurant there. Entering the museum‚ I first realized that the lightness of the room because of the
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Natalie PHI 112 Reflection Paper “The human dignity of all individuals must be respected at all times. Everything possible must be done‚ without any kind of discrimination‚ to reduce the suffering of people who have been put out of action by sickness‚ wounds or captivity whether or not they have taken direct part in the conflict.” (Geneva Convention) War has impacted many societies as long as societies have been formed and many civilians have died in time of war. The Geneva conventions were
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In this paper I will explain Kant’s Principle of Universalizability and whether or not is captures the difference between right and wrong conduct. I will then take a look at objections to the Principle of Universalizability and consider the Kantian response. Kant’s Principle of Universalizability helps determine whether an act is morally permissible. Kant asserts that to fully determine if an act is morally permissible‚ the maxim of the act must be universalizable (Nefsky‚ lec 7‚ slide 15). To
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Sergio barrai 4/15/13 Brain theory vs Body theory Ever since the human mind evolved enough to have a cognitive function above all other animals‚ we gained the gift (or burden) of self-awareness. With this blessing of self-awareness comes many advantages‚ but with one catch which is the question burning in all our minds‚ which is‚ who am I and how do I define my personal identity? There are two theories’ that attempt to answer this question the first of which is the Body theory‚ this theory states
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