Some of the most meaningful and memorable experiences I have are when I am interacting with another person and we are communicating in such a way that we mutually discover something unique about the other person that can lead to realizations of aspects of ourselves. I will argue that interactions like this‚ what I call “dialogue‚” are necessary for a more genuine democracy. I will use a course called the Intergroup Dialogue Program to illustrate how this can happen and suggest what habits individuals
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even though one is "middling" and the other is already great. Menkiti rejects the Western minimalist definition of a person‚ "whoever has a soul‚ or rationality‚ or will‚ or memory; the African view is ’maximal’." Menkiti uses the word maximal to indicate that the African view of personhood includes other criteria and is not limited to soul‚ rationality‚ or will. Since personhood is achieved‚ not endowed‚ in Africa‚ one could fail at achieving it. There are rules governing social rituals of incorporation
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What Are The Main Strengths and Weaknesses of The Rational Choice Approach To Religions Behavior? One of the pioneers of the rational choice theory has been Gary Becker. He states that this approach can be applied to all human behaviour‚ including religion. This approach has three assumptions. It assumes that people engage in maximising behaviour. When applying this approach to religion we are not concerned with money. We are concerned with the maximisation of personal benefits. When we make
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role of the imagination in the work of one or more Romantic poets. The 19th century witnessed a shift in the perception of literary art‚ particularly poetry. The 18th century conception of art and literature was founded upon reason‚ logic and rationality. Tradition had valued art and literature for its ability to imitate human life. This however arguably took a step back and paved the way for the 19th century view that art and literature was to established on the grounds of pure emotion‚ imagination
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Modernisation is processes that lead to modernity. It is the key characteristics of modernity there are ten dimensions of modernity‚ five associated with structures and five that reflect changing relationships. Characteristic 1: the rise of rationality Characteristic 2: a belief in science Characteristic 3: the nation-state Characteristic 4: the emergence of class structures Characteristic 5: the belief in progress. Characteristic 6: the rise of the indivdual and choice. Characteristic
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The core values suggested for myself from the Baird Decision Model are: Autonomy‚ Equality‚ Rationality and Sensibility (Ethics Game‚ 2012). In my opinion these set of values stem primarily from my family. It is the old saying of “treating others how you want to be treated” that was ingrained into me by my family and shows my equality and sensibility. The other two core values autonomy and rationality show that I have a leaning towards the deontological believe‚ which was developed from Kant.
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to clean it. The landowner‚ Major de Spain‚ fines Abner with a hundred dollar replacement fee for the rug along with charging twenty additional bushels of corn. The judge ends up reducing the fine to ten bushels of corn. Because the judge uses rationality for decreasing the punishment based upon how the damages to the rug were made‚ and
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cognitive biases such as obedience to authority‚ fundamental attribution error‚ and self-serving bias collectively hinder our modern society’s perception. The human race inherently conforms to authority‚ whether it conflicts with his or her rationality; hence‚ obedience to authority. For example‚ states such as Arizona‚ Georgia‚ and Idaho‚
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Weber on Legitimate Norms and Authority Author(s): Martin E. Spencer Source: The British Journal of Sociology‚ Vol. 21‚ No. 2 (Jun.‚ 1970)‚ pp. 123-134 Published by: Wiley on behalf of The London School of Economics and Political Science Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/588403 . Accessed: 21/11/2014 14:18 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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The theological assumption of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries assumed God as the ultimate source of intervention in day-to-day affairs – a reflection of the authoritative power of the Church of the era. Because there was no alternate existing explanation for the seemingly random occurrence of phenomena‚ people believed that God was the sole cause of natural events. Deism‚ the belief in a supreme being that created the universe but does not interact with humankind‚ distinctly contrasted with
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