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    Apple Inc. – Rational System Apple Inc. was formerly known as Apple Computer Inc for about 3 decades‚ but removed the word "Computer" in 2007‚ to show the company ’s ongoing progression into the consumer electronics market‚ in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers. Apple Inc is a corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics such as the iPod‚ iPhone‚ iPad‚ computer software such as the Mac OS X operating system‚ and personal computers such as the Mac Book and Mac Book

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    Comparing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Becoming a Helper‚ they both discuss the theory of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. They discuss the most important details of the theoretical approach. Rational emotive behavior therapy rests on the premise that thinking‚ evaluating‚ analyzing‚ questioning‚ doing‚ practicing and redefining the basics of behavior change (Corey‚ Corey‚ 2011‚ p. 170). This theory assumes that individuals are born with the potential for rational thinking but that they

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    Compare and Contrast the Christian view of Man with the Islam’s Concept of Man We cannot deny to the fact that we have come to different perspective view of man‚ what would be the origin‚ nature‚ purpose‚ structure etc. through this concern religion have a different view. The great examples of this are the Christian and Muslim view of man. Both of them have their own sources; in Islam they have the Qur’an whereas the Christian they have their Bible. Both sources speak out the origin of man but

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    Ofelia Tamayo ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER Critical Thinking – PHIL 110 Kant-No Duties to Animals Animals have been around for just as long as humans have and some believe that neither one is above the other. In Kant’s essay “No Duties to Animals” he argues that humans have first and foremost a duty to anyone from their same “membership”. All humans belong to the human race membership and in no way may abdicate the position. And so a human must enforce direct duties towards other humans

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    Phil 4 Midterm Study Guide Introduction: - Ontology is the study of being‚ kinds of things that exists‚ the different kinds of being. What is ultimately real? - Material: spatial/public/mechanical - Immaterial: nonspatial/private/teleological - Materialism: Matter is truly real and immaterial things are not - Idealism: Ideas are ultimately real - Dualism: Reality is both material and immaterial - Monism: There’s one single reality Lau Tzu (Laozi): - Taos analogy to water: water

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    Aaron Jagdeosingh Man CAN live by bread alone In this article I demonstrate that I do not agree with the position of Islamic cleric Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahhari. He states: as man is able to have a higher awareness of himself and his environment by extrapolation‚ man has the ability to have aspirations and‚ as a result‚ he has faith. Faith is the major difference between the animal man and other animals. He then proceeds to show that faith is necessary for man to live a sane life and be useful

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    Reading: pages 3-21 Key Terms (definitions on page 7): ethics morality descriptive ethics normative ethics metaethics applied ethics instrumentality intrinsically valuable Key ideas: principle of universalizabitlity principle of impartiality Be familiar with The Euthyphro by Plato (pages 16-19) - know Euthyphro’s definition of piety - understand that this is a debate regarding whether or not ethics is an objective or subjective discipline Be familiar with Common-Sense Religion

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    Beauvoir’s discussion of woman as an absolute Other leads her to consider the diverse ways women have been represented (or mythologized) by men. How did her chapter on Myths increase your awareness of your own experiences as mythologizer and mythologized. Introduction Beauvoir is famous for her philosophical and existentialist classification of women. In her works‚ womanhood and femininity are seen from different lenses – as being an agent in the society (an absolute Other) and as a subject of

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    Republic‚ Socrates argues that the rational part of the soul can be distinguished from the appetitive part. Before writing on the portions of the soul‚ Socrates begins to discuss how the soul is constituted. Socrates divides the soul into three separate parts – the appetitive‚ the spirit‚ and the rational. Each part of the soul has its own distinct role which it must perform. The idea of different parts of the soul (for the purposes of this paper‚ the appetitive and rational) differing from one another

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    Sheet of Philosophy PI121 Walter J. Ong ­­­ Peter Ramus (1515­1572) Anthony Giddesn → Idea of Time­space Compression Philosopher Origin 1. Wilhelm Von Humboldt (GER): describes the development of liberalism and the role of liberty in individual development and in the pursuit of excellence. Humboldt insisted on a minimal state dedicated strictly to the preservation of security. 2. Robert K. Merton: developed notable concepts such as unintended consequences‚ reference group and role strain. A central element of modern sociological

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