Thomas DiBlasi Professor Fendrich HUHC 14-Section 10 4/28/10 Final Paper Mankind consists of many selves that are always changing. Renee Descartes‚ a philosopher‚ would argue against this‚ but Friedrich Nietzsche‚ a philosopher‚ and William James‚ a psychologist‚ would agree with this. Although James and Nietzsche come from different professions‚ they both wrote texts concerning man’s sense of self. William James believes man’s thoughts are constantly changing. He states‚ “…the
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by Christine Weigel showed that imagining the situation happening in the future made people employ a different type of cognitive process which is more abstract… imagining the situation at a closer time gave the participants a more solid intuition. Their intuitions were changed by the manipulation of adding a time area. This concluded that people say that a person can be morally responsible in a deterministic universe if they were asked to imagine the situation happening in a more recent date than
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Personal Ethical Statement The reflective ethical lens inventory defines personal ethical viewpoint much with my character. The results states my lens are‚ Results Lens and Reputation Lens – that says listening my intuition (sensibility) will determine good in each individual (autonomy) and have virtues best serving a community (equality). When balancing myself with others my core values parallel autonomy and equality. The goal for interdependence and harmonizing individuals rights with the community
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would be a greater accuracy in understanding a present behavior‚ predicting future behavior‚ and altering behavior through scientific intervention. The scientific method is characterized by a reliance on empirical procedures‚ rather than relying on intuition and by an attempt to control the investigation of these factors believed responsible for a phenomenon (Shaughnessy‚ Zechmeister & Zechmeister‚ 2009). The scientific method works well in observing and recording physical data and in researching
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create a fairer society which leads to a better outcome eventually. This really matches my mindset. My feeling is also a crucial factor as I have to be true to myself. This is not he or she‚ but I to make the ethical decision. I must follow my intuition. And like the mom test and sleep test‚ I should feel proud and pleased for any decisions made and using my own conscience and value system to judge and determine. But sometimes‚ I would still make wrong decisions. Recently‚ I met an elderly in
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Why did William win the battle of Hastings? Luck and timing were central to William’s success at Hastings. Firstly‚ in advance of the campaign‚ two of William’s rivals had died; Henry‚ king of France and Count Fulk of Anjou. This was very significant to the campaign because it enabled William to leave Normandy feeling safe because his two main adversaries were dead‚ and permitted him to get to Hastings without agonizing over an invasion and to dedicate his full thought to the campaign which lay
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ENTJ The Myers-Briggs type indicator was developed by mother and daughter Isabel Myers and Katherine Briggs in order to help people understand the differences in human personalities. It is based on four preferences – Introversion vs. Extraversion‚ Intuition vs. Sensing‚ Thinking vs. Feeling and Judging vs. Perception. These preferences have a great impact on the decisions we make every day. The Myer-Briggs indicator is widely used to help individuals gain insight into their personality type and communication
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The goal of the scientific management system is" to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer‚ coupled with the maximum prosperity for each employee‚" making this approach one that is oriented toward profitability as well as efficiency ("The Principles of Scientific Management"). Fredrick Taylor’s scientific management emphasizes developing routines for carrying out tasks‚ training workers for these routines‚ and matching workers with the appropriate job assignments based on skills and abilities
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in his book‚ Principia Ethica. You just know what is good by intuition; you can speak about something being good without knowing how to define it. A weakness of the view that ethical terms have a meaning that we can intuit‚ but not define‚ is how can we be sure that our intuitions are correct? Also‚ why‚ if my moral obligations are self-evident‚ do I have dilemmas over conflicting duties? The issue of verification is also raised; intuition may be considered to be a meaningless concept itself‚ since
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he aftermath of Globalization leaves the anthropological-cultural world not merely in pieces‚ as one of the most accepted anthropological analysts of the time‚ Clifford Geertz‚ postulates‚ but in dust: A seemingly atomized‚ incoherent mesh of individuals‚ who can’t be attributed to a specific ethnic background anymore‚ and who are barely representative members of the nation-states which issue their passports. By all traditional measurements‚ this conglomeration of individualized humans should not
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