What would you do if many appreciated you? Better yet‚ what would a virtuous gentleman do? According to Kongzi‚ the gentleman wouldn’t ask that question or concern himself with what he would do. As shown in this passage of the Analects‚ the affection of the people and the decisions one makes when they have that adoration comes with knowing the Way. In this excerpt from the Confucian text‚ Kongzi asks his four followers‚ Zilu‚ Zengxi‚ Ran Qui‚ and Zihua if someone were to appreciate them what they
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Chapter 14: You Tube: Howard Zinn on Democracy and Civil Disobedience and Matt Damon from Howard Zinn’s speech: The Problem is Civil Obedience 1. Using structural functionalism explain how civil disobedience is functional. Give examples and explain how they illustrate the functionalist approach. Civil disobedience from a functionalist perspective allows individuals to protest in a peaceful way to demand changes in social norms‚ government structures and national policy. It serves to allow
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10.1 Public Opinion Public opinion: a mechanism that quantifies the various opinions held by the population or by subgroups of the population at a particular point in time The Relationship between Public Opinion and Public Policy Public opinion should either= a great amount of involvement or a very little Elitism: the idea that a select few – better educated‚ more informed‚ more interested – should have more influence on government Historical Views: Founders diminished the connection between
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Howard Zinn (August 24‚ 1922 – January 27‚ 2010) was an American historian‚ academic‚ author‚ playwright‚ and social activist. Before and during his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University from 1964-88 he wrote more than 20 books‚ which included his best-selling and influential A People’s History of the United States.[2] He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements‚ as well as of the labor history of the United States. His memoir‚ You Can’t Be Neutral on
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Howard E Wasdin The Life as a Seal Team Six Warrior If you go to a certain chiropractor in Texas you could have your back adjusted by one of the men who took out Osama Bin Laden. Howard E Wasdin a former Navy Seal Team Six. He was in the Navy for thirty years‚ he is a decorated Navy Seal‚ and is now a chiropractor and an author. Howard was born November 8‚ 1961 in Boynton Beach‚ Florida. His family was very poor. They moved to Georgia when he was little. He had an abusive father. He ran away because
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Thomas Jefferson- became the victim of one of America’s first "whispering campaigns." The Federalists accused him of having an affair with one of his slaves. Beat John Adams to win the election of 1800 by a majority of 73 to 65 electoral votes. Jefferson preferred to make the military smaller. Jefferson was forced to bend his thoughts of not using military force when the leader of Tripoli informally declared war on the United States. Jefferson sent the new navy to Tripoli and after 4 years of fighting
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John Howard The 25th Prime Minister of Australia John Howard was elected on the 11th of March 1996 to 3rd of December 2007. He had great influences on the Australian people and Australian policies. He influenced the constitution- federal and state law. Contributed to social influences and to regional agreements like the United Nations. John Howard has been a controversial figure during Australia’s post world war 2 period. His policies included gun control‚ the workplace relations act and the waterfront
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In what ways are the realist tendencies of Howards End undermined by the presence of the uncanny? Realism is both reliant on and thoroughly undermined by the uncanny. Realism was prominent during the 19th and 20th centuries. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms realism is a ‘general attitude’ of literature that ‘rejects idealization‚ escapism and other extravagant qualities of romance.’ It must be noted that realism is not simply a realistic “slice of life” but a ‘system of conventions
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Analysis: Compare chapter 11: How to Read Literature Like a Professor-“…More Than It’s Gonna Hurt You: Concerning Violence” to chapter 2 (part 2) of The Fountainhead. At the beginning or chapter two of The Fountainhead‚ Dominique is thinking about Roark again. She is thinking about his body in ways no one can imagine. Then Dominique destroys her fireplace on purpose just to have Roark come over to her house. But when he does come over‚ Roark completely ignores Dominique. He leaves and then he comes
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Hell for Hughes Howard Hughes created a name for himself by becoming a businessman‚ a movie producer‚ an engineer and a great aviator. Through these jobs‚ he created some of the greatest movies of all time such as “Scarface”‚ “Hell’s Angels” and “The Outlaw”. He was also one of the most prominent aviators in history. As an aviator he set multiple world air speed records and created and built the famous Hughes H-1 Racer and the H-4 Hercules aircraft. He also acquired and expanded Trans
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