writer delivers a message to the audience‚ educating them about the current contextual concerns and the possibility of the dystopias that are developed as a result. This is demonstrated in the novel Fahrenheit 451‚ written by Ray Bradbury and the film Gattaca‚ directed by Andrew Niccol. Both of these composers illustrate their fears for the fate of their society through the structural and language features of their texts. Ray Bradbury explores the value of using knowledge and independent thinking rather
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Ideology from a philosophical standpoint and a Personal Reflection TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Ideology from a philosophical standpoint and a Personal Reflection 3 Introduction 3 What is Political Ideology? 3 Philosophy of Ideology 3 A Personal Reflection on Ideologies 4 My Liberal Ideological Thought 6 Conclusion 8 References 9 Introduction All people are political thinkers. Whether they know it or not‚ people use political ideas and concepts whenever they express their
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The philosophical system of deontology is a rule-based system that judges the morality of an action itself instead of the consequences of the action. The term deontology is derived from the Greek words deon‚ meaning duty and logos‚ meaning science. The focus is on the rightness or wrongness of the actions themselves as opposed to the right or wrong of the consequences of the actions. This system places special emphasis on the relationship between duty and the morality of human actions. Some descriptive
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I. In this paper‚ I will be arguing for the following claim…….. As stated by Neil DeGrasse Tyson‚ an astrophysicist‚ “Once upon a time‚ people identified the god Neptune as the source of storms at sea. Today we call these storms hurricanes… The only people who still call hurricanes acts of God are the people who write insurance forms.” This quote by Neil DeGrasse Tyson not only applies to storms‚ but also applies to many things we previously did not understand. It basically displays the idea that
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Pre-colonial period During the pre-colonial period‚ education was still decentralized. Children were provided with more vocational training but fewer academics. Philippine schools were headed by parents or by their tribal tutors. They employed a unique writing system known as baybayin. Spanish Period When the Spanish first arrived in Manila‚ they were surprised to find a population with a literacy rate higher than that of Madrid. During the early Spanish period‚ most education was conducted
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Set in the not-to-distant future‚ the film "Gattaca" gives us a chilling yet eye opening glimpse of life bound by DNA. Children are perfected by genetic manipulation before birth and then born into a prejudiced society where DNA determines your social standing. The director‚ Andrew Niccol successfully expresses a bold warning about tampering with nature through his epic cinematography. The film Gattaca offers a warning about ’tampering with nature’; it portrays the prejudices of life ruled by genetics
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texts. Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel "Brave New World"‚ published in 1932‚ explores the issues that can evolve from a totalitarian society where technology is considered more important than human values. Similarly in Andrew Niccol’s 1997 film "Gattaca" people are dehumanised and branded by their genetic makeup. Though these texts were composed 60 years apart they both explore similar issues and share the same theme of technological‚ genetic and scientific advance taking over and replacing human
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demonstrate that Indigenous knowledge can be intertwined with the knowledge set forth by Western philosophy in her article “An Indigenous Philosophical Ecology: Situating the Human.” She reinforces and analyzes Val Plumwood’s argument that anthropology holds a role in re-situating the human ecologically. Specifically‚ Rose seeks to place the human within an Indigenous philosophical ecology. Rose refers to Julie Cruikshank and Ilya Prigogine‚ as their ideas recognize the significance of infiltrating Western
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Critiquing Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision-Making Mary Grein ACC/260 March 14‚ 2010 Dana Catlin Critiquing Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision-Making At times one has to make decisions with no guidance from others or any rules in which to guide them. Sometimes one allows our “gut feelings” or hearts help to make a decision. Other times ones conscience or moral standings will help with the decision. Using the Ethical Decision- Making Framework (EDM) is a philosophical approach
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To address the philosophical justifications behind the use of societal punishment I drew my conclusions from our readings this week. First‚ the main philosophical justification is found in the Greenwalt material‚ this is for retributive punishment. This type of punishment is derived on the concept of whom is deserving of punishment‚ basically if one violates the law then he or she should be punished to help restore the moral order in said society. According to the Greeenwalt article‚ there is another
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