1 HUMAN NATURE: A CONTESTED CONCEPT Are we inherently good or bad? Are we driven by reason or emotions? Are we selfish or altruistic? Is the human mind malleable or predisposed? These questions are highly contested and the answers to them far from clear. This is due not only to the array of different perspectives on human nature‚ but also to seemingly contradictory evidence. We need only scratch the surface of history to find confirmation that humankind is capable of incredible cruelty and
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Thesis Do you believe that one’s words can reflect on a certain person’s action? Today‚ Rap has become the most popular type of music in the US. The Rap industry is dominated by artists’ who mostly dedicate their lyrics to either violence‚ drugs‚ or sex. Through 1998 and 1999 the survey taken by the National Music Bureau‚ stated that 46% of the listeners of Rap are under the age of 19. While 65% of the listeners‚ live in run-down homes‚ or impoverished areas‚ usually being inner cities.
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Existentialists such as Sartre and Kierkegaard advocated for individual meaning and morality in a meaningless world‚ particularly through one’s actions and responses to consequences. In his essay‚ “Suicide and Atheism: Camus and The Myth of Sisyphus‚” Richard Barnett describes the existential value of choice: “It is in making choices‚ in asserting our ultimate freedom in the face of an uncaring world‚ that human life can be lived in its fullest and richest sense” (2). This principle can be applied
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Truth is relative. Focus: Experiences Existentialism: Reality is subjective‚ within the individual. Individual rather than external standards. Focus: Freedoms Originator(s) Plato‚ Socrates Aristotle Charles Pierce‚ John Dewey Sartre‚ Kierkegaard Curricular Emphasis Subject matter of mind: literature‚ history‚ philosophy‚ religion Subject matter of physical world: science and math Subject matter of social experience. Creation of new social order Subject matter of personal choice Teaching
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MAJOR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES "In modern times there are opposing views about the practice of education. There is no general agreement about what the young should learn either in relation to virtue or in relation to the best life; nor is it clear whether their education ought to be directed more towards the intellect than towards the character of the soul.... And it is not certain whether training should be directed at things useful in life‚ or at those conducive to virtue‚ or at non-essentials
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Explore the role of digital media‚ particularly the World Wide Web‚ in the formation of online communities and the new forms of social/cultural identities in virtual space. What implications do new forms of interactions online have on our understanding of ‘community’ and ‘democracy’? Digital media is responsible for the formation of online communities and creating a society and culture that merges societies and divisions‚ and thus this form of medium has become more real to humans than reality
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Web. 5 Apr. 2010. Funk‚ Jeanne B.‚ et al. "An evidence-based approach to examining the impact of playing violent video and computer games." Simile 2.4 (2002): N.PAG. Library‚ Information Science & Technology Abstracts. EBSCO. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. Kierkegaard‚ Patrick. "Video Games and Aggression." International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry. 1.4 (2008): 411-17. Print. Mitrofan‚ O.‚ M. Paul‚ and N. Spencer. "Is aggression in children with behavioural and emotional difficulties associated
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Human beings are born everyday and when brought into this world‚ the only wish many parents have for them is to pursue their dreams and be themselves. This life can be absurd at times‚ but containing the absurdity and making life realistic is the ultimate goal. The world thrives off human existence as well as individuality. Human beings are taught to behave a certain way and are encouraged to stick to the status quo. By sticking to the status quo‚ they are to take on responsibility and accept what
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nostrils‚ making me almost retch. Chase sounded very excited when she asked me‚ “Where should we sit?” As any normal little girl would do‚ we both raced each other to the top of the blue high school bleachers and sat down in sync. My mom‚ little brother‚ Soren‚ and older sister‚ Lexi‚ followed behind the two of us while Nate ran out to the court to join his Chelsea Hornet basketball buddies. The game went on with the Hornets losing by seven points. Moms among the crowd were yelling about unjust fouls made
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depend on fossil fuels‚ but now‚ after embracing the power of clean wind energy‚ Samso now produces more energy than it uses. At the rate gas‚ oil‚ coal‚ and natural gas is being used around the world‚ the CO2 released will destroy the ocean ecosystem. Soren Hermansen is an avid believer in clean energy‚ so he constantly pitched the idea of clean energy all over Samso until everybody was bitten with the clean energy “bug.” A research group travels to Samso to discover the effects of the wind turbines.
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