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    John Locke and Immanuel Kant: Comparative analysis of epistemological doctrines We are here concerned with the relationship between the human mind‚ somatic-sensory perceptions‚ objects of perception‚ and claims of knowledge arising from their interaction‚ through the philosophies of John Locke and Immanuel Kant. Confounding the ability to find solid epistemological ground‚ philosophers have‚ generally speaking‚ debated whether ‘what’ we know is prima facie determined by the objective‚ as-they-are

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    with the statement that the violent and terror filled French revolution was in fact based on the ideas of the Enlightenment. John Locke is one of the most well known philosophers during the Enlightenment. John Locke states that "…if a long train of abuses‚ prevarications‚ and artifices‚ all tending the same way‚ make the design visible to the people…" Basically‚ John Locke is saying that under major circumstances a community has to unite to start a revolution that would better the nation. Another

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    CONTRACTS Stages in the life of a contract: 1. Preparation/Generation 2. Perfection/Birth 3. Consummation/Death Characteristics of Contracts: (ROMA) 1. Relativity (Art. 1311) 2. Obligatoriness & Consensuality (Art. 1315) 3. Mutuality (Art. 1308) 4. Autonomy (Art. 1306) Stipulation pour Autrui - stipulation in favor of a 3rd party. Requisites: 1. The stipulation must be part‚ not whole of the contract; 2. the contracting parties must have clearly and deliberately conferred

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    Describing morality is rather simple‚ but what’s left to question is what determines the rightness or goodness of a thing or action. Using two ethical theoriesSocial Construct Theory and Kantian Theory I propose the answer to this question; the morality of an action is determined by agreements and the “categorical imperative”. Social Contract Theory is based on the idea that actions are morally right if they are made under an agreement. This agreement doesn’t necessarily have to be communicated‚

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    contract law agreement: objective test of intention to agree offer must be matched by other’s acceptance requirement of certainty of agreement parties have intention to create legal relations enforce promise: consideration promise is contained in a deed promissory estoppel (claimant has relied on defendant’s promise) reliance theory: consistent with the harm principle (prevent harm on others) restitution interest

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    Communication and Health in Social Care Student No. and name: Lecturer: Group: Information fromWorking to standard: a code of conduct for support workers in health care ’Principles’ can be described as ’moral rule - guiding behavior’‚ ’consistent regulation of behavior according to moral law’‚ ’to impress with a doctrine’‚’a constituent part’‚ [ ’a fundamental’. Support is necessary as this is part of what makes health and social care settings successful. Good support

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    SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY” Written by Andrew Lien & Henry Nunnery J201 Section: 23607 Theoretical Foundations of Criminal Justice Policies Tuesdays‚ 06:00P-08:40P Instructor: Mark T. Berg‚ Ph.D. The main assumption of Social Disorganization Theory is the ability to explain why crime committed by lower class communities is more prominent than neighborhoods from communities in better economic areas. This theory is the relationship of the destabilization of urban communities and

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    Education and Social Justice Education is an ever-enlarging arena with multiple new perspective pouring into its domain every new day. If change is the only constant‚ we perceive‚ in today’s world‚ education undoubtedly functions as a catalyst of that change. Education is a tool of empowerment. Empowering each individual is a steping stone towards giving justice. Justice is a very systematically built socio-political reality in today’s world & in multicultural pluralist context of

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    Social Learning Theory Social learning theory suggests that personality is determined by the environment and also the experiences a person has as they grow up and mature. People behave or respond to situations how they have learnt to behave or observed others doing so. And it can constantly change due to the people we are around and socialize with. Our personality also changes due to the changes id social situations. It is unlikely that an individual will behave in the same way in different situations

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    Herbert Spencer had the theory that persons‚ social events‚ and races are obligated to the same laws of basic decision as Charles Darwin had found in plants and animals in nature. By the theory‚ which was acclaimed in the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth hundreds of years‚ the fragile were reduced and their social orders delimited‚ while the strong created in power and in social effect over the feeble. Social Darwinist’s held that the life of individuals in the general population eye was a fight

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