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    Positivism is a philosophy that stated that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge‚ and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method. The main thrust of the positivist research tends to follow certain scientific and measurable methods to conduct a research. A positivist approach is one that is considered objective‚ detached and if I may put that way‚ structured by the researcher’s views who test a hypothesis. It is usually

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    Thesis: Pearl contributes to the theme of civil law vs natural law because she is an unruly‚ true child of the forest‚ and her character uses childish whims in order to portray the ideals of natural law‚ which in The Scarlet letter‚ the author Hawthorne depicts as a forgiving and unruly force. In the exposition of the novel‚ Pearl is characterized as a stereotypical lawless child‚ which mimics the laws of nature as a wild and honest being. In many cases‚ her behaviors caused her to be seen as

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    Marxian vs. Positivism Perspectives Crime and deviance are issues that dominate the public’s imagination; the study of which involves a number of contributing disciplines‚ criminology‚ statistics‚ psychology‚ biology to name a few but the largest contributor is sociology. There have been major changes in the way Sociologists perceive and study deviance over the years. In this essay the author will briefly compare and contrast the perspectives of Marxian and Positivism as they relate to the issues

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    Moral Law Vs. Natural Law "At the dramatic center of The Scarlet Letter is the idea of the awesomeness and inescapability of the Moral Law‚ to which all else is finally submitted‚"� (Levy 384). Assuming that Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter exploring the relationship between Moral law and Natural law‚ he chooses the moral laws to be absolute. Using definitions of nature and character provided by Seymour Katz applied to the terms natural law and moral law allow an extension of Leo Levy’s claim

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    Exploring Research Methodologies: Positivism and Interpretivism Before a researcher can initiate a research project‚ they face the confusion and the range of theoretical perspectives‚ methodologies‚ methods‚ and the philosophical basis that encompasses them all. This seemingly meticulous structure for the research process is in fact aimed toward providing the researcher with a ‘scaffolding’‚ or a direction which they can go on to develop themselves to coincide with their particular research purposes

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    regulate the indoor artificial tanning industry‚ but instead the parents of the minor. Deeper economic issues‚ a progressing invasive government‚ and even an interference with one of our inalienable rights are all reasons to oppose this potential new law. Not only is the Federal government banning indoor tanning for minors‚ but applying a 10% tax as well. Businesses will lose revenue due to a loss of income from a large percentage of customers being under 18. Ultimately‚ tanning salons across the

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    Auguste Comte was born in 1798 and had a significant part in the formation of sociology. Comte was the founder of French positivism. Comte can also be given credit for inventing or coining the term sociology. Comte was born a Catholic‚ but somewhere around the age of fourteen‚ he apparently stopped believing in God. At the same time‚ he left the ideals of his royalist family behind and became a republican. Comte attended the Ecole Polytechnique which was a leading scientific institution in France

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    According to the textbook‚ the definition of natural law is the expression of what a person knows in his or her own soul to be right or wrong. The Ten Commandments are a perfect way to apply natural law. A great Commandment to focus on when speaking of natural law is the 7th Commandment‚ “Thou shall not steal.” In the world that we live in today‚ I believe that this Commandment is often broken the most. About 75% of the people that rob or steal something feel an immediate guilt‚ whether they

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    still relevant today in the United States simply because the natural and human laws are apart of the US Constitution which applies to everyone in the American society. Aquinas simply states a right or wrong solution to his models using works from Aristotle and the bible to justify the three laws he applies. Theft and robbery were acts that went against the natural law. Bernie Madoff was guilty of violating his human rights of the natural law by committing Theft‚ and Fraud. Bernie Madoff was a well-known

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    over Political and Natural Law In Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone there are many major political conflicts present. Some of these include the role of women in politics‚ claims of justice versus claims of the family‚ individualism versus patriotism‚ the state versus religion‚ and obligation to the versus the obligation to ones conscience among others. But the conflict I have chosen to examine is that of the law of the gods or natural law versus the law of humans or the political law. In order to do this

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