Youth in Extreme Poverty: dimensions and policy implications with particular focus on South East Asia Richard Curtain Professional Associate National Institute for Governance Curtain Consulting‚ Melbourne www.curtain-consulting.net.au 2 November 2004 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to present estimates of young people in poverty in the world‚ with particular reference to South East Asia. The paper also describes the efforts by countries in the latter region to overcome poverty
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German philosopher Immanuel Kant‚ father of the categorical imperative‚ seems to have found me in the right season of life. German philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant‚ is considered by many to be a central figure in modern philosophy due to his contributions made to ethics‚ epistemology‚ metaphysics and aesthetics. Arguably‚ his most notable contribution is fathering the categorical imperative‚ a command of reason not based upon the desires of any one person. Kant also comments on various topics including
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relations. Principles of Justice and Gender Among the many substantial contributions to the field of modern philosophy made by John Rawls‚ there is one particular aspect of his most memorable work that has been a subject of notable controversy among feminists and other critics of gender-based injustices. Rawls is widely regarded as having revolutionized the modern field of political philosophy by “breaking the intuitionism-utilitarianism deadlock” (Kymlicka‚ 2002‚ p.55). However‚ according to critics
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An Essay on The Philosophy of Composition by Edgar Allan Poe "The Philosophy of Composition" is an essay written by Edgar Allan Poe that describes a theory in which he discusses what process of writing leads to a successful poem or a narratative. E. A. Poe wrote this essay shortly after he had completed his masterpiece "The Raven" and it is indeed this very poem that he chose as an example to describe how to craft a poem according to his methods. "The Raven" as he says was an attempt to compose
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through their face and each strand of hair‚ the images of nature they fly by‚ and the pleasure of personal achievement. Despite having this example of an extreme sport‚ most people will still view extreme sports‚ like wingsuit diving‚ as reckless and an action that only brings adrenaline‚ injuries‚ and death. Contrary to what most people believe‚ extreme sports carry more to its meaning and purpose than just the typical remarks and stereotypes people make of them. In fact‚ they provide much more‚ such
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Kant Touch This – A Look into Moral Significance of Action Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is not an easy read. Kant’s writing is very dense and he uses a unique vocabulary. I am going to try to explain Kant’s three Propositions‚ and then show how the third Proposition follows from the first two. It’s hard at a glance to see how they are connected‚ but I am going to try to clarify the text so we can see it more clearly. We will also look at examples that can help give
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Adaptations of Living Organisms to the Antarctic’s Extreme Conditions. The Antarctic‚ also called the south pole‚ is one of the world’s seven continents and lies at around 60° south of the equator (Singh et al..‚ 2010). The Antarctic is an example of an extreme environment. An extreme environment is a habitat that most life-forms find intolerable‚ or even‚ sometimes‚ lethal (Rampelotto‚ 2013). It is the Antarctic’s average temperature of minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit‚ average ice depth of 6‚500
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Philosophy Plato Essay a) Explain Plato’s analogy of the cave (15 marks) Plato was a Greek philosopher‚ he had a mentor named Socrates‚ Plato explains in his analogy of the cave the relation between the physical‚ material world and the higher world of forms. He wants us to challenge the ignorance of humanity when people don’t engage in philosophy‚ the injustice of the death of Socrates‚ the view of another world with forms‚ not appearances‚ and the potential for true knowledge that philosophy
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aesthetic judgements or what he likes to call judgements of taste are rooted in a person’s subjective feelings‚ but also contain universality. Kant believes our feelings of beauty are immensely different from our feelings of pleasure and moral goodness because they are disinterested. If we find pleasure in something we want it for ourselves and if we find moral goodness in something we want to promote it. However‚ when we see something as beautiful we want nothing
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Kant in “Hotel Rwanda” The Ethical theory of Emmanuel Kant is based on the idea that morality is based on good will‚ not happiness. Kant believed that as long as a person had good intent‚ then the action was also good no matter what the outcome was. If a person chose to do something good‚ but for unmoral reasons rather than out of respect for the law‚ then they did not have good intent and therefore the action is bad‚ even if it has good consequences. To determine whether or not a persons intent
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