A. Identify and briefly explain three functions of religion (9 marks) Marxism believes it acts as the ‘opium for the exploited working class people’. Religion would cushion the pain of oppression and exploitation in unequal societies such as in a capitalist society. It legitimized and maintained the power of the ruling class – helps to maintain the status quo by preventing the less powerful from changing things. Feminists see religion as a conservative force because it acts as an ideology that legitimates
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Role of Common Sense in “Three dialogues between Hylas and Philonous.” Berkeley‚ adhering to the venerable philosophical tradition inaugurated by Plato‚ decided to structure one of his works as a dialogue. This would be the Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonus in opposition to Sceptics and Atheists. The purpose of the present essay is to discuss and evaluate the role that common sense plays within this work by Berkeley. The first part of the essay will discuss the basic role of the concept
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Identify and briefly explain three reasons why the New Christian Right might have failed to achieve its aims (9marks) The New Christian Right is a politically and morally conservative‚ protestant fundamentalist movement. The aims are extremely ambitious as they wish to make abortion‚ homosexuality and divorce illegal. They want to turn back to a time before liberalisation of American culture and society began. The New Christian Right may have failed to achieve its aims because the group lacked wide
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DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLÉS -NIVEL AVANZADO 2 PRUEBA DE INTERACCIÓN ORAL - MOCK TEST DIALOGUE 1 - STUDENT A - Neighbors at odds role cards | Resident of APT 202:It’s 7:00 AM. You were up until 4:00 AM preparing for an important business meeting. You have to give your presentation at 9:30‚ and you really need another hour or two to sleep. You can’t sleep because the person who lives downstairs is playing the drums - it’s not the first time this has happened. | *********************************
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The society that we live in has developed because of the human nature of having a family. A family is a important figure in a persons life‚ but the said family can also be a detrimental to a persons health. One example of this is in the book A Place Where the Sea Remembers. Family figures are very important to a developing child and to the parents. César Burgos is a single father who is raising Beto‚ his son‚ after his wife and other sons have passed in a bus accident. Because of this tragedy on
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A dialogue between a teacher and a student about home work Teacher: Good morning‚ dear students. Student: Good morning‚ sir. T: Ali‚ bring your home work note-book to me. S: Sorry sir. I forgot my note-book at home. T: Did you do your home work? S: Yes‚ sir. But I left my note-book at home. T: How is it possible? I think you have not completed your home work and it is just an excuse. S: Sorry sir. Infact‚ I had to go to my uncle’s yesterday. T: Do you prefer other things to your studies
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Sandra Benitez book" A PLACE WHERE THE SEA REMEMBERS" introduces us to the struggles of the residents of a small village in Santiago‚ Mexico. This book is filled of love and anger‚ tragedy and hope. Each character faces a conflict that affects the course of his or her life. The characters in this conflict are Remedios‚ the healer‚ of the small town who listens to people’s stories and gives them advice. Than‚ Marta a 16 year old teenage girl who was raped and became pregnant. Chayo is Marta’s big
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Personality Theories NAME PSY210 DATE INSTRUCTOR Personality Theories The three personality theories that I have chosen are the Psychodynamic Theory‚ the Humanistic Theory‚ and the Sociocultural Theory. The three theories all deal with a form of love as being a part of a healthy personality. The Humanistic Theory and Sociocultural Theory are comparable in that both deal with an understanding of the self‚ the concepts we have of self‚ and developing part of that concept from how
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extent does HSBC manage its merger banks overseas successfully? Abstract This paper looks at international management which plays a critical factor in international enterprises in the business field. The aim of this study is to show a case of an international group‚ HSBC‚ and to what extent it runs its merger banks overseas successfully while other global bank groups are struggling in the recession. This paper uses secondary research only. The findings show that HSBC manages its merger banks
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In what sense is this a ‘winner-takes-all’ industry? A “winner-takes-all” market refers to a market that is dominated by a single supplier and is subject to significant network externalities. Network externality in simplest terms is the value of a product to an individual customer that is affected and dependant on the number of other users of that product. Thoroughly assessing the case study we came up with the conclusion that the notion behind the market being considered a “winner-takes-all” market
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