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    David Draper Kelsey Rogers Gordon’s Theory Majorie Gordon theory was established with 11 functional health patterns. Gordon proposed 11 functional health patterns as a guide to organize data while assessing a patient. These 11 health patterns help signify a sequence of recurring behavior. Gordon’s Typology of 11 Functional Health Patterns 1. Health-perception-health –management pattern a. Describes the client’s perceived pattern of health and well-being and how health is managed. 2. Nutritional-metabolic

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    Questioning and doubt became a key focus of writing and was even encouraged as something that moral individuals should do. And following the exploration of doubt‚ the human mind became the arbiter of truth. One of these key thinkers was John Locke‚ who presented his own ideas about morality and individualism. Locke has both a philosophical and political point of view. He takes an optimistic approach toward human nature. In “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding”‚ Locke detailed his view that all knowledge

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    land” (Historical Background p. 34). The Church might have been one that majority of the French people attend‚ but the wealth and perceived abuses displays the people lack trust in the system. We need to come together and demonstrate Rousseau’s‚ Social Contract. Rousseau believes we need to stop making decisions based on our own needs and think about

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    Locke: What is the purpose of politics - we could live in the state of nature‚ we don’t need contract or soverign - life‚ liberty and property State of nature: men live according to reason and governed by reason - man exists in the state of nature in perfect freedom to do as they want‚ a state of perfect freedom - not necessarily good or bad‚ bit is calm and peaceful - men give up some of their freedom to secure the advantages of civilized socity

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    is unethical and immoral based on deontology or Kant’s theory on the principle of humanity. Sir Martin John Evans is

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    Sonksen 1 Connor Sonksen Connorsonksen1@gmail.com Topic #2 Dr. Graff HON171 11/02/2012 Social Contracts and Responsibility The best and brightest of history’s philosophers have dedicated great amounts of time to describing the best forms of social and political organization with the hope of discovering the best way of life for humanity. Aristotle and Plato are certainly no exception. The teacher and the student‚ defined by each other’s works‚ have taken historical and groundbreaking positions

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    During the 17th century‚ Europe was the center of two competing types of government; Absolutism and constitutionalism. Would a single ruler or shared power be best for the people? John Locke and Jean Domat both have their own opinions on how a government should administer. Jean Domat is a political theorist who favors the idea of absolutism. He argues that individuals are given a certain rank in society‚ in other words‚ a type of predestiny. It was believed God assigned these ranks and picked

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    The social pact comes down to this; "Each one of us puts into the community his person and all his powers under the supreme direction of the general will; and as a body‚ we incorporate every member as an indivisible part of the whole (Rousseau: 61)". The general will can itself direct the forces of the state with the intention of the whole’s primary goal - which is the common good. The general will does not allow private opinions to prevail. The union of the people‚ in its passive role is known

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    John Locke’s theories of a just society was one where all men deserved equal treatment under the law and the state‚ preserving a person’s right to “life‚ liberty and property” (APUS‚ 1). This is accomplished through a social contract‚ where the people would consent to limited control under a state. This control was limited in its scope‚ with the people being the true source of power within the state. Locke believed that this was possible because he viewed man as being morally good and that through

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    not the origin. There has been many debates over the issue. I choose to use simple logic and reasoning close to the same as John Locke would of thought and try to make a reasonable agreement. John Locke was known as an empiricists epistemologists whose essay has puzzled many minds and made many observations into the human knowledge. Even though many consider John Locke a failure there are a ton more who consider him a brilliant mind. “Though the qualities that affect our senses are‚ in the things

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