Philosophical Foundations of Counseling There are several key philosophical ideals and historical events that have informed the foundations of counseling. Erford (2014) discusses various perspectives that comprise the philosophical foundations of mental health counseling. These perspectives include wellness‚ developmental‚ empowerment. These perspectives came about due to the shift from an agricultural to an industrial based economy (Erford‚ 2014). The wellness perspective evolved into a counseling
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PHILISOPHICAL INQUIRY: What is philosophy? “The love of wisdom.” Metaphysics: the theory of reality. What is real? Epistemology: the theory of knowledge. What does it mean to “know?” Value-theory: the study of value. What gives something value...over something else? Logic: The principles of right reasoning. What principles do we use? All of these do not stand independent from each other...they all mix. September 25: Abstractions: CH9 Is Fido an abstraction? Dog is a category
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Gattaca is a very interesting film that sheds light on the possible future of humanity‚ when it comes to genetic manipulation. The entire plot of the film revolves around a society that is primarily centered on the need for superior genes. Every child in the film‚ apart from the protagonist‚ Vincent Freeman‚ is born in the eugenics program. This program is purposely structured to manipulate the genetic composition of children to guarantee that they only inherit a specific set of desirable traits
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Gattaca” Questions 1. When it comes to the depiction of genetic engineering in Gattaca‚ there are multiple outcomes of the scientific procedure that are positive. The first positive outcome of genetic engineering in the movie was that it allows the parents of children to choose how they want their children to be. When having a child‚ in the first few months‚ parents do not know the gender or any of the traits‚ unless they are genetically tested to determine the phenotype of their offspring
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Philosophical Foundation of Education (EDUC 201) PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS Submitted by: Lucila F. Ambon M. A Student I Background of School History of the School National College of Science & Technology (NCST) was born in the historic and progressive Municipality of Dasmariñas‚ Cavite‚ Philippines in 1998. As a brainchild of a 23-year-old visionary entrepreneur in the person
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Gattaca has released in 1997 in the United States. The film was written and also directed by Andrew Niccol. It is a science fiction movie. Science fiction genre is about science and fiction developments may be at ‘‘not too distant’’ future that may come true. In this genre‚ it is not about incredible events‚ it is representing partially similar things from now. We can understand that Gattaca is a science fiction movie from lots of details like; babies born with genetic manipulation‚ they go Saturn
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Summary The movie I chose‚ takes place in the‚ “not too distant future”‚ where parents choose their children in a lab based on how healthy they will be. This is a report on the moral dilemmas that this film proposes to the audience. The main character struggles with his identity and uses another to gain access to a job of his dreams. This society in the future uses geneticists to choose embryos that have the best characteristics of their parents. The story follows the young life of Vincent‚ who
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Gattaca is a science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. It is about a man’s struggle to follow his dream despite being pre-determined by the society in which he lives to not be able to achieve it. Gattaca shows that people can in fact exceed the potential that society and their genes place on them. This is seen in the characters of Vincent and Director Joseph who both exceed their expected potential. Director Joseph’s claim that humans cannot exceed their potential when referring
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Gattaca Essay “For someone who was never meant for this world‚ I must confess I’m suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course‚ they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I’m not leaving... maybe I’m going home.” I am Vincent Freeman. I was born with a natural heart defect that made everyone expect me to live a short 30.2 years‚ and I am against human genetics. I was one of the last old-fashion born babies‚ natural born. Here in this sterile world‚ everyone seems to lack
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Gattaca The movie Gattaca is a look into a disturbing view of the future and what science might be able to do. The disturbing part about Gattaca is that science can know too much about a person‚ the segregation is very extreme and that there is no push to change the way things are. First‚ the scientist during the time period Gattaca was set in knows too much about a person. Before the person is born they can rule out any diseases or learning disabilities. A person can make their baby into
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