Jina Kim ECD 101 September 24‚ 2012 Philosophy My personal philosophy is: to instill good morals and values in all children; respect all children and their families’ cultures‚ ethnicities‚ race‚ beliefs‚ and structure; and to treat each child fairly to ensure that all children feel equally special. Also to have families‚ communities‚ and educators work as one; remain a lifelong advocator of children; exhaust all resources before deciding to hold a child back a grade; and to maintain a constant
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The issue of knowledge is definitely an essential part in philosophy. It forces us to question whether we are certain of the things we think we know‚ and whether we can justify the things we know are actually true. This theory or study of knowledge can be referred to as epistemology. All these views on knowledge can vary depending on how we view the world itself. We are able to perceive the world through the application of our senses‚ however‚ our senses alone can be very deceiving. We can never
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Coaching Philosophy Coaching sports is a unique profession that allows one to shape and impact individuals for the rest of their lives. It is because of this‚ that as a coach‚ one must clearly define his/her objectives‚ both personal and team based. The coach must be a teacher‚ a mentor and most of all‚ a friend. There will be pressures to overcome‚ from both opposing teams and of the administrative/organizational levels to win‚ not to mention the personal pressure placed on oneself to try
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Significance of Euthanasia ------------------------------------------------- This understanding of euthanasia emphasizes two important features of acts of euthanasia. First‚ that euthanasia involves the deliberate taking of a person’s life; and‚ second‚ that life is taken for the sake of the person whose life it is - typically because she or he is suffering from an incurable or terminal disease. This distinguishes euthanasia from most other forms of taking life. Classification of euthanasia
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3. Describe Nussbaum’s account of the development of children in relationship to primitive shame. How can shame be mishandled/how do children experience underdevelopment in relation to shame? Nussbaum explains firstly how shame is an emotion experienced as a sense of failure in reaching an ideal state. Those who are shameful feel inadequate as a whole person‚ lacking‚ unable to reach a type of wholeness or perfection. She then goes on to explain how shame arises early on in childhood. Infants
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fate‚ as she tells Emilia to wrap her in her wedding sheets if she is to perish. And Emilia continues on a speech about adultery actions to Desdemona. Then in the next scene‚ Iago convinces Roderigo to attacks Cassio‚ but fails to kill him‚ and instead Iago murders Roderigo Quotation: “Tell me‚ Emilia— That there be women do abuse their husbands In such gross kind? Emilia- There be some such‚ no question.” (Act 4 Scene 3) Significance of Quotation: I fully understand Emilia being more of a side
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various aspects of this issue. Your goal here should simply be to explain briefly what the current practices are‚ or what it is that happened that you wish to discuss. 2. Assess the ethicality of the current practice. Use one of the ethical theories we have discussed in class in order to call the ethicality of the current practice into question (i.e. how might we say that the action involved is immoral?). Consider how a defender of the current practice might respond to this critique. Identify
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Aumio Golam October 31‚ 2013 Philosophy 1700 Midterm Exams I. Introduction (Pick 1 out of 3) 1. Explain the difference between Value Theory‚ Normative Ethics‚ and Metaethics. Give an example of a claim from each area‚ and explain why each claim falls into the category it does. Value Theory is a reflection of the word; we analyze what human’s value and why we find it valuable. For instance‚ Schafer Landau states on page 2‚ many philosophers try to figure out whether happiness is the main
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others‚ and a principled individual must avoid such a hateful response to the faults of others(Grunberg‚ 2011). The Traditional Theories of Laughter Three theories of laughter are common to the philosophy of laughter and humor. The superiority theory is unquestionably the oldest. All laughter is a response to the comical ignorance in others. The superiority theory makes a solid case by claiming that laughter is derision towards another’s misfortune‚ and a good laugh commonly follows the painful
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Philosophy 101 Final Paper: Answer to five Questions on Castell and Borchert’s Introduction to Modern Philosophy‚ 4th ed. (Pearson-Macmillan‚ 1983). Question #1: Why does Hume think that the “design” in nature cannot prove God’s existence? Answer: One of the most common reasons why people say they believe in God is that the universe seems to have been intentionally designed. Hume observes that while we may perceive two events that seem to occur in conjunction‚ there is no way for us to
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