JOHN SMITH PHIL 181: Ethics - Section 6 October 31‚ 2011 Nietzsche Response Paper In Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra‚ we learn that every one of our actions is influenced by a higher interest or objective‚ ultimately seeking personal fulfillment. Everything we do has a determined purpose that directs our life into a desired path. Aristotle portrays our actions as ends‚ and he believes that each end leads to a higher end until reaching a final end‚ eudaimonia. He believes that the only way
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Firstname Lastname Instructor’s Name Course Number 27 May 2013 Attending a Muslim Friday Prayer as an Atheist Introduction Growing up in the place where almost everybody was atheist‚ I have become increasingly curious about Islam‚ as a religion and the culture that comes along with it. As someone who has traveled and studied abroad‚ I always feel excited with meeting people from different backgrounds. But sometimes I sense that my lack of knowledge in some religion-related culture makes
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Danny Nazzaro Reading Response Paper 3/2/2014 Micah Mintz The Idea of civil forfeiture would seem outdated unless you were part of its sweeping experience. After reading such a story‚ I think it is unfair‚ obscured‚ and a way of America that people do not see. Although it seems ridiculous it does seem to have both negative and positive impacts. Civil forfeiture seems to keep law enforcement agencies running and fund their wants more than needs. The ability to seize money and use it for your
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Reading Response Epistemology is a philosophy that specifically focuses on the scope of knowledge. In a sense the questions is asked “what we know” or “What we can be sure of”. These are the basic fundamentals that surround how we think. In this paper‚ I will discuss views presented by philosophers that relate to me and my profession. In addition‚ I will explore the similarities and differences in epistemology. Perception as it relates to epistemology focuses on our perpetual knowledge
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the flu (sick) is an unconditioned stimulus (UCS): a stimulus that elicits a reflexive response in an organism. feeling sick was the unconditioned response (UCR): a natural (unlearned) reaction to a given stimulus. Every time that Antonio goes near or has to visit the hospital where he was treated‚ it becomes a conditioned stimulus (CS)‚ and feeling sick to his stomach becomes the conditioned response (CR). Antonio learned to associated the hospital with illness‚ and once near or inside hospital
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In this article response paper‚ I decided to review the article “7 Ways To Calm a Young Brain in Trauma.” This article focuses on how to relax a child’s mind who have experience trauma. The author thesis is to provide guidance to a teacher who has a student that has trauma and make them feel a part of the class. The author then discusses the seven ways that teachers can calm the students to get them through a day of learning. Dr. Desautels starts the article with a story of a young boy about how
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Intelligent Responses Abstract Emotional situations result in emotional responses. Often these responses are instinctual‚ but they can be taught through the teaching of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is a measure of how well a person understands and manages emotions‚ and it can be increased through experiences and teaching. The teaching of emotional intelligence‚ known as social emotional learning or SEL‚ should be taught in school systems so children learn
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Response Paper: Hamlet Contrary to popular belief‚ ignorance is not‚ in any shape or form‚ ‘bliss’‚ however it is not restricting either. No one can truly live in a constant state of ignorance‚ because just as time heals all wounds‚ time also inflicts them. Sometimes not knowing is antagonizing than knowing. However‚ knowledge can place a person in a situation where they feel that they have no other option but to perform an act of some kind. In the Shakespearean play “Hamlet”‚ the main character’s
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Jilan Delk Professor Falahi Cultural Anthropology 03 November 2014 Response/Analysis Paper In many cultures‚ a person existing outside the two accepted genders seems confronting; even threatening. Gender is defined by culture‚ but to the Bugis‚ the addition to men‚ women‚ and Bissu‚ there are two more. The case study discussed in Challenging Gender Norms: Five Gender among Bugis in Indonesia explores the Bugis ethnic group‚ native to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi‚ and they recognize five gender
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Gary Huang CFI Professor Masri 9/26/12 The Odyssey Paragraph Responses Paragraph 1 This passage can be found in the beginning of The Odyssey in Book One‚ Lines 1-12. It’s significant not only because it’s how the epic begins‚ but also because it gives quick insight to Odysseus’ character and what happens on his way home. Odysseus is revealed to be a man “of twists and turns”(1) which gives the double meaning in the literal sense of his journey home and his cunning nature. In this case
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