class discussion of Socrates from the Euthyphro‚ Apology‚ and Crito to explain what Socrates means by “the examined life‚” and why he thinks that it is the only life worth living‚ and why he thinks that it can be lived only with others‚ in Athens. In doing so‚ I have found that the truth sought by Socrates is much more about the journey that one takes while seeking answers to the questions that revolve around an “examined” life. Whether right or wrong‚ Socrates himself seemed entirely convinced that
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(Lecture‚ 9/8/2005). As a society‚ we often wonder if the idea behind serial killers is just a myth‚ or if in fact reality. The purpose of this argument is to analyze the "serial killer" myth in America and explain it through four imperative criminological theories. Through our class lectures‚ we have learned that‚ "serial killers have set a particular image that is a myth." And also‚ "serial killers are outside strangers and we need to do everything within our power to stay away from them" (Lecture
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CRM 1301: History of Criminological Thought Thomas hobbes Thomas Hobbes: The State of nature and the Basis of Society * Thomas Hobbes ‘‘Leviathan’’ or The Matter‚ Form and Power of a Common-Wealth‚ Ecclesiastical and civil (1651) Context of Hobbes study: * Conflict between monarch and parliament * Catholicism/Protestantism * War Hobbes believed that the civil peace was a very fragile thing‚ and that chaos could and did break through the veneer of civilization. Hobbes wanted
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revolution" (p. 165). Sandwiched between those apocalyptic pronouncements is a set of assertionswhich‚ taken together‚ provide something which might‚ with a minimum of charity‚ be called a contemporary marxist theory of crime. Paraphrased-to save the reader ’s patience and mine-this theory goes approximately as follows. In capitalist societies‚ the state arose‚ and exists‚ in order to protect 14As Steinert (1978) has pointed out‚ several of Quinney ’s figures do not add up; they are moreover uncorrected
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2. Identify the role of theory in nursing research. At the beginning of this class‚ I had very little understanding of the way theory and nursing research are related. I knew nursing research was useful for practice‚ and I had had much experience with finding and analyzing nursing research. However‚ I was having a hard time making the connection between theory and its usefulness in practice. The presentation by Lori Loan really helped me to make some of those crucial connections between theory and
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2013SU_HUMNT-1102-NET02_11253 Unit 4 Essay I watched the short film on the “Examined Life”. It was a documentary film done in 2008 directed by Astra Taylor. The documentary features eight significant modern philosophers walking around different cities. They discuss the everyday claim of their ideas in today’s culture. The documentary offers isolated moments with great philosophers from areas extending from moral philosophy to cultural theory. “Examined Life‚” exposes philosophy’s influence to change the way we look
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The purpose of this assignment is to identify the theories‚ values and philosophies of care pertaining to own area of practice‚ describe how the personalisation agenda supports individual choice within service provision‚ demonstrate understanding of codes of practice and methods of service monitoring‚ describe the process of marginalisation/stigma and societal responses to de-valued individuals and groups including user involvement and advocacy and finally describe and discuss the principles and
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and others...” Plato describes Socrates living a philosophical or examined life which overall implies the concept of human excellence. For him‚ human excellence is examining one’s life and beliefs and determining how we can live well and overall live to ones ultimate potential. His notion of human excellence and the examination of one’s life ultimately lead to truth and doing the right thing. However‚ his ideal of living the examined life is the equivalent of living a perfect and rational life. An
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TQuestion a. What kinds of theories are addressed in the article? Answer: The article discusses mainly two types of research theory.one is quantitative (Positivistic) and the other is qualitative (Phenomenological). These theories provide necessary guideline to the researcher regarding how to design their research questions‚ select relevant data‚ interpret the data‚ and propose explanations of causes or influences. The quantitative approach follows systematic empirical investigation of social phenomena
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linked with a ‘consensus’ approach to social problems and a conservative approach to their solution. Downes and Rock‚ 1995 Being a peripheral and ad hoc modern day‚ functionalist criminology may be represented as a somewhat piecemeal accumulation of arguments. It is not integrated‚ organised or coherent‚ and it has not been the subject of long debate. Others may have criticised what it has done‚ but those who have been attacked have not usually turned round to
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