John Locke was born on August 29‚ 1632‚ in Warington‚ a village in Somerset‚ England. In 1646 he went to Westminster school‚ and in 1652 to Christ Church in Oxford. In 1659 he was elected to a senior studentship‚ and tutored at the college for a number of years. Still‚ contrary to the curriculum‚ he complained that he would rather be studying Descartes than Aristotle. In 1666 he declined an offer of preferment‚ although he thought at one time of taking up clerical work. In 1668 he was elected a fellow
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First‚ I explore John Locke’s conception of substance. After‚ I argue that Locke’s theory of substance is necessary for his theory of identity‚ and therefore philosophically vital for Locke’s ethical and political theories. I consider objections to Locke‚ but ultimately defend Locke’s theory of substance and its primacy in Locke’s overall philosophy through a different interpretive approach. Locke’s Substrata: John Locke’s doctrine of substratum—a metaphysical theory that posits that an imperceptible
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the species as its own essential being‚ or that treats itself as a species being” (76) “It is just in the working-up of the objective world‚ therefore‚ that man first really proves himself to be a species being. This production is his active species life. Through and because of this production‚ nature appears as his work and his reality. The object of labor is‚ therefore‚ the objectification of man’s species life: for he duplicates himself not only‚ as in consciousness‚ intellectually‚ but also
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capitalistic and democratic world we live in today. Among those enlightened thinkers where John locke‚ Voltaire‚ Adam Smith and Mary Wollstonecraft. John Locke laid much of the ground work for the enlightenment and made central contributions to the development of liberalism. Locke suggested that government should respect freedom of religion except when the dissenting belief was a threat to natural rights . Locke argued that human nature was mutable and that knowledge was gained through accumulated experience
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Lecture 2: Information and decision making -change is inevitable and business is different from 20 years ago * Information tech in /new workplace * Knowledge workers provide a competitive (decisive) factor * Knowledge/intell capital are irreplaceable resources * Productivity of knowledge worker depends on computer/info compentency -stages of development in e-comm * Secure an online identity * Establish a web presence * Enable ecommerce * Utilize a service app model
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Ford & General Motors in Russia In July 2002‚ Ford Motor Company officially opened its first Russian car factory near St. Petersburg. The factory‚ which cost some S150 million to build‚ is 100% owned by Ford and represents the first wholly owned investment by a foreign carmaker in Russia. The factory is tiny by international standards; it will employ 800 people and initially will produce 10‚000 Ford Focus cars a year. By comparison‚ a typical auto plant in the developed world produces 200‚000
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Karl Marx is best known‚ not as a philosopher‚ but as a revolutionary communist whose works inspired the foundation of many communist regimes in the twentieth century. It is hard to think of many who have had as much influence in the creation of the modern world. Trained as a philosopher‚ Marx turned away from philosophy in his mid-twenties‚ towards economics and politics. his later writings have many points of contact with contemporary philosophical debates‚ especially in the philosophy of history
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AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Overview and Forecast 2003 heralded the coming-to-life of the Chinese automobile industry. Passenger car sales and production both eclipsed 75 percent growth rates‚ while automakers posted banner profits.6 Not unexpectedly‚ this market explosion prompted a bevy of new entrants‚ whose subsequent competition for market share reduced prices and drained the once limitless demand. Nevertheless‚ even with the fall from rosy profit margins and breakneck sales growth‚ China still
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John Locke Western Civilization encompasses many new innovations‚ theories‚ and discoveries. However only the greatest people‚ events‚ and concepts of Western Civilization are still known and used today. In my opinion one of the most influential people of this time period is John Locke. Locke discovered multiple breakthroughs on natural law that still have a great impact on our modern society. John Locke was born August 29‚ 1632‚ in Wrington‚ a small village
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cause much of humanity to suffer. In‚ the most interesting work from this past half-semester‚ The Communist Manifesto‚ Karl Marx is reacting to this fact by describing his vision of a perfectly balanced society‚ a communist society. Simply put‚ a communist society is one where all property is held in common. No one person has more than the other‚ but rather everyone shares in the fruits of their labors. Marx is writing of this society because‚ he believes it to be the best form of society possible
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