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    20th Century Philosophy Paper HUM/300 August 15‚ 2011 20th Century Philosophy Paper Philosophy is an activity undertaken by people seeking to understand the fundamental truth about them. It also helps people to understand the world they live in‚ their relationships with the environment and world around them‚ and their relationships with other people. The people who study philosophy take life’s most basic questions and become engaged in asking‚ answering‚ and arguing for their answers

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    Jean-Paul Sartre writes‚ in his essay‚ "Existentialism"‚ that an individual’s responsibility extends not only to him or herself‚ but also to all of humanity. He believes that we must take this into account for every decision we make. This extra accountability can cause distress for an individual because of the pressure that it brings. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ Les Blancs‚ Tshembe is faced with an important decision that will not only affect his own life‚ but the lives of his whole nation.

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    which is about love‚ reputation and respect‚ stood with his cast during a sustained standing ovation at the Asian premiere‚ Golden Horse Awards‚ in September‚ 2011. It was two years after her narrative film “The way we are” was produced. Now‚ Ann Hui returns to her own filming style‚ focusing on the details of drama‚ rather the expression of scenario‚ in telling a simple and ordinary‚ but touched family love story. Only this time‚ Ann changed the relationship to a servant and a master. A Simple

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    Sartre's Existentialism

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    Racheal Dolezal and Freedom of Identity Sartre believes that in order for anything to have a function‚ its existence must come prior. For example‚ the function of a knife‚ which is to stab and cut‚ did not come before the existence of the knife. The saying “existence precedes essence” is Sartre’s answer for the objection saying that Existentialism is pessimism. Sartre says no‚ existence is not pessimistic but instead it is optimistic. An individual does have action and choice to how they want to

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    into the atmosphere‚ migrate to the stratosphere and decompose to release chlorine atoms in the ozone layer. CCL2F2 CCLF2 + Cl---------- (i) Then the chlorine atom attacks the ozone moleculs Cl + O3 ClO + O2-------------(ii) This reaction is followed by: ClO Cl + O-------------(iii) So chlorine atoms are generated in reaction (i)‚ consumed in reaction (ii) and again regenerated in reaction (iii). As a result of this chain reaction‚ one chlorine atom can destroy 100

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    the solution‚ it will be used as an indicator in the titration experiment. In part 2 of the experiment‚ Na2S2O3 is used to determine the mass percent of NaClO in bleach. The reaction related to this part is as follows: ClO- (aq) +

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    Words Are Loaded Pistols

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    Ways of Knowing: Language “Words are Loaded Pistols” – Jean-Paul Sartre This essay is written‚ to show the power of words‚ and to explain the quote above by Jean-Paul Sartre. I will relate this topic to ways and areas of knowing. Some examples might be given throughout the explanation of the quote and how it can be seen. Words are loaded pistols means to me‚ that thoughts are pistols‚ and words are loaded pistols‚ when you speak‚ you shoot the words out. The difference between thoughts and

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    The moral guide that American society should use for making moral decisions is moral absolutism. This means that I agree that certain moral ideas should be universally accepted. There are many different cultures and customs and each has their own ideas regarding their own truths and what is moral. There can be so many different views of what is right and wrong depending on the culture and their own beliefs. However‚ there are certain moral ideas that should be universal. Regarding moral relativism

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    When Sartre writes that "man is condemned to be free‚" he is elaborating on the statement "[man] is responsible for everything he does." Provided that God does not exist‚ man must live his condemned life of freedom without "any values or commands that could legitimize [his] behavior." Furthermore‚ man has no means of "justification or cause;" man has no excuse for his actions‚ because he has chosen them on his own‚ out of his own freedom. Although freedom is traditionally characteristic of "good

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    20th century author and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once said‚ “We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are—that is the fact” (Nastasi). This quote represents various aspects of the existentialist beliefs that made Sartre well-known amongst the public. Sartre’s basic concept of existentialism centers around the idea that humans are self-constructing‚ self-creating beings whose lives are given purpose by the choices they make and that they are solely responsible for those

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