Knowing and Knowledge 1 ACX1001 Semester 1 2009 Longer Essay: Why is kindness or altruism important for society? Roselyn Weereratne Student: 3801157 Tutor: Joyce Tute: 17:30 Monday Why is kindness or altruism important for society? Altruism may be defined as a basic selfless attitude that may attribute to those providing initial intervention (Ronel‚ 2006). For a society or community to thrive‚ prosper and grow minimum expectations must exist for the individuals of that
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Jones. Caroline Chisholm died in long illness on the 25th March 1877 in London. 3. Caroline Chisholm was known as ‘the Immigrants friend’ People described her as a Christian humanist. Caroline was inspired by the quote in the bible “Love Thy Neighbour”. She contributed to the church because she has followed one of many scriptures‚ “The alien who resides among you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself‚ for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord
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“Good Fences Make Good Neighbours”- Robert Frost This phrase was first used in 1914 in a poem called The Mending Wall by Robert Frost. This paradox has become a proverb which essentially means that “People live more harmoniously when there are clear boundaries between their properties and lives”. There are‚ however‚ many different opinions on the truth of this proverb. Does separation and the creation of boundaries really keep the peace and make people better neighbours or do the boundaries we place
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traditions‚ such as Buddhism‚ is an example of a teaching that emphasizes compassion as the fundamental part of our humanity. But so few common religions of today reiterate the importance of acceptance of the different. Christianity says to “love thy neighbour‚” but pointedly discriminates against women‚ other religions‚ sexualities‚ and practices. And this is not an uncommon characteristic of religion. Most preach assimilation. Therefore it is in the power of the individual to break down barriers and
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7.1 a. How would this customer be classified? A. This customer would be classified as not accepting the personal loan offer. According to the KNN_Output there appears to be overfitting due to the discrepancies in the classification matrix for training (Class 0 = 0% error‚ Class 1 = 0% error‚ Overall = 0% error)‚ and validation error (Class 0 = 4.2% error‚ Class 1 = 55.85% error‚ and Overall = 9.1% error). b. What is a choice of k that balances between overfitting and ignoring the predictor
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The Great Gatsby In the book the great gatsby by F. scott Fitzgerald it tells a story about a man named jay gatsby who throws these enormous parties and invites all these rich people to them. Nick whose jay gatsby neighbor hears about the stories of his neighbor and decides he would go to one gatsby’s parties and meet the mysterious neighbor he has. As soon he arrived he took a good look at gatsby’s enormous garden and many guest coming and going from his party. Nick also had a good look of gatsby’s
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values‚ attitudes and emotions that are shaped by experiences of individuals or social groups to express or react to their perceptions of worlds they belong to. In the satirical film ‘Strictly Ballroom’ directed by Baz Luhrmann and short-story ‘Neighbours’ by Tim Winton‚ similar ideas are conveyed through the ways they perceive the Australian society. Both men identify Australia as a progressively changing country‚ full of opportunities and equipped with unique features‚ along with dynamic cultures
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in Mathew 1. Matthew 22:37-40‚ "Jesus said unto him‚ Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart‚ and with all thy soul‚ and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it‚ Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." If we take these as the backbone of our faith life‚ and of our moral conscience we can come to know harm. Through loving God‚ we engage with him and create our partnership
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coming here looking for jobs so the people who live there get annoyed because they think they are taking all the jobs. One reason to back this up is ’Love Thy Neighbour’ it was a comedy series in the 1970s about the racial tensions between a White Worker who called his black West Indian neighbour a ’sambo’‚ and the black called his white neighbour a ’honky’. This comedy was about two different races living in the same neighbourhood. Looking at comedy this shows that Britain is not as racist as it used
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Particularly in federal states‚ such as India‚ it needs to be clarified in how far local and provincial levels could play a role in shaping migration policies. In her book Fences and Neighbours: The Geography of Immigration Control‚ Money (1999) points to the fact that forced migrants are often concentrated within one particular state‚ for instance Bengali refugees in East Bengal or Tibetan refugees in Himachal Pradesh. The impact is felt
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