are all shaped by the modes of production. Your place in a social organization‚ and the overall conditions of the historical period will consequently shape your ideology. So‚ there is not a predisposed rationality within man. Rather‚ human rationality is a social product where different rationalities are produced in different periods.
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contains a principle of order and rationality‚ this gives every single person the ability to reason. We call this intelligence “The logos.” The Logos is a term for a principle of order and knowledge. The purpose in life is to be happy. To be able to find true happiness you have to live in harmony with divine will. Living according to nature is one way to achieve this‚ since nature is simply a manifestation of the gods. Again‚ since The Logos is the rationality behind the universe‚ it is present
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approaching religious belief were the introduction of rationality and logic as significant metrics of value and the separation of metaphysical issues from mythological claims. Pre-classical study of scripture in the west such as Judaism lacked the outsider rational mindset of the early Greek philosophers and instead was more of an internal exercise where the revealed words were compared in esoteric theological debates without regard for rationality and truth. I feel the ability
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The Justification of Absolutism Rationality does not necessarily justify the theories behind absolutism; it was more the results of absolutism that made it justifiable at all. In the time of Louis XIV absolutism was justified by divine right and that‚ especially in the very Catholic French empire‚ made it acceptable to most people. There were many positive outcomes for absolutist France‚ such as the creation of a strong standing army and the unity and stability provided by a strong monarch . The
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the belief that Church leaders should maintain the “image” of Christ. The “image of God” that R.R. discusses is the result of many factors‚ beginning with the Greek concept of “logos”‚ attributed to men as being the characteristic of rationality. Because rationality was only a trait granted to men at the time‚ it was assumed that God was a male figure‚ seeing as Jesus was a man. R.R. claims that this is derived from Aristotelian biology‚ which demeans women to a level less than human. Although
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Rational-legal authority (also known as rational authority‚ legal authority‚ rational domination‚ legal domination‚ or bureaucratic authority) is a form of leadership in which the authority of an organization or a ruling regime is largely tied to legal rationality‚ legal legitimacy and bureaucracy. The majority of the modern states of the twentieth century are rational-legal authorities‚ according to those who use this form of classification Authority Types Traditional authority is legitimated by the sanctity
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British Journal of Management‚ Vol. 13‚ 83–95 (2002) RESEARCH NOTE How Much do CEOs and Top Managers Matter in Strategic Decision-Making? V. M. Papadakis and P. Barwise* Athens University of Economics and Business‚ 76 Patission Street‚ 10434 Athens‚ Greece and *London Business School‚ Regent’s Park‚ London NW1 4SA‚ UK email: vpap@aueb.gr [Papadakis]; pbarwise@london.edu [Barwise] This research note explores the influence of both CEO and top-management team (TMT) characteristics on the process
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1. Distastefulness By far and and away the most common criticism of utilitarianism can be reduced simply to: "I don’t like it" or "It doesn’t suit my way of thinking". For an example of this‚ here’s something from someone who might prefer to remain nameless. "Producing the greatest good for the greatest number is fine as long as you are not hurting someone you really love in the process. For instance‚ with the trolley situation‚ I would rather kill 5 people on the main track than m mother
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CHAPTER 5 PERCEPTION AND INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING "Making decisions is a critical element of organizational life. In this chapter‚ we’ll describe how decisions in organizations are made. But first‚ we discuss perceptual processes and show how they are linked to individual decision making" (p. 121). 1 Perception: A process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment. "Why is perception important in the study of
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touched. Joseph Turner’s The Slave Ship provides a breathtaking example of the shift from line to color in creation of forms. A painting that is clearly anything but a depiction of the triumphs of humanity‚ this piece has little of geometry or rationality about it. There are few clear lines or shapes; rather‚ as with the grotesque human bodies that writhe in the sea
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