Introduction: Purpose of the Film This documentary is written‚ directed and produced by Michael Moore and is about the social repercussions of capitalism as well as corporate and government issues that conflict with the basic needs of people and their families. Moore takes a liberal humanistic look at the consequences of General Motors closing down several auto plants in Flint‚ Michigan in the late 1980’s and what can happen when a city is almost completely reliant on a single industry that shuts
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APPLIED ETHICS A. What is applied ethics? 1. So far we have been focused either on normative ethics‚ which studies what features make something good/bad‚ an act right/wrong or a trait virtuous or vicious - or metaethics‚ which studies philosophical questions about the meaning of ethical words‚ or the nature of ethical facts 2. Applied ethics is a distinct category of ethical philosophy A. What is applied ethics? 3. Deals with difficult moral questions and controversial moral issues that people actually
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Faculty of Health‚ Arts & Design Unit Outline SOC10004 Sociological Foundations Study Period 1 2015 Please read this Unit Outline carefully. It includes: PART A Unit summary PART B Your Unit in more detail PART C Further information PART A: Unit Summary Unit Code(s) SOC10004 Unit Title Sociological Foundations Duration 13 weeks Total Contact Hours You should expect to spend c. 12 hours a week (including formal contact) in a 12.5 credit point unit Requisites: Pre-requisites Nil
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“Her (2013)‚” a film about a professional letter writer‚ Theodore Twombly‚ who falls in love with his operating system‚ Samantha. In the film‚ Theodore’s relationship with Samantha is questioned‚ a couple of times‚ to be real or not. From the outside‚ it seems impossible for an artificial intelligence with no physical body to be conscious and capable of having mental states. Though‚ before one can decide if Samantha is truly conscious‚ they should first consider all of the theories of consciousness
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In sociology there are four major theoretical traditions that sociologists and students study. The four theories are Functionalism‚ Conflict Theory‚ Symbolic Interactionism‚ and Feminism. This essay will discuss what those theories really mean and the scientists who study them. The first theory is Functionalism. Functionalism is the theory that human behaviour is influenced by social structure and is based on shared values. It is in the macro-level of society. The theorists who are involved with
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Applied Econometrics Applied Econometrics Introduction Outline FEM11090-12 Applied Econometrics Nalan Basturk Erasmus University Rotterdam Econometric Institute basturk@ese.eur.nl http://people.few.eur.nl/basturk/ Introduction Course Introduction Course Organization Motivation Introduction Today Regression Linear Regression Ordinary Least Squares Linear regression model Gauss-Markov conditions and the properties of OLS estimators Example: individual wages Goodness-of-fit 1 / 42 2 / 42
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the family institution‚ the three sociological theories of functionalism‚ conflict‚ and interactionism are experienced. The purpose of this paper is to explore how each theory applies to the family‚ the similarities and the differences. How each theory affects the views of the individuals that are part of the family. How each theory affects the approach the effects of social change within the family and how each theory affects the views of society. These theories can be thoroughly explored within
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Apply the theory of social justice proposed by John Rawls to analyze the social and economic system of Hong Kong and assess whether the system in Hong Kong meets the basic principles proposed by John Rawls. Introduction In this world of high income and social disparity between countries‚ cities‚ or even within the domestic territory‚ social justice seems remote and unachievable. To John Rawls‚ however‚ social justice is in fact realistically utopian and it is achievable. The most influential
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Phonetics Sociolinguistics | Applied and experimental linguistics | Computational linguistics Forensic linguistics Internet linguistics Language acquisition Language assessment Language development Language education Linguistic anthropology Neurolinguistics Psycholinguistics Second language acquisition | Related articles | History of linguistics Linguistic prescription List of linguistsList of unsolved problems in linguistics | Portal | v · d · e | Stylistics is the study
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Diana Orr May 21‚ 2010 COM126 Ron McCullough Uses and Gratifications Theory Applied to Religious Programming The reaction I had to the article “Why do people watch religious TV” was that I was surprised that so many people are now watching religious programming. The reason for this reaction is because you never hear anyone talking about this type of programming. Most of the time people are talking about shows they watch such as reality shows‚ crime shows‚ or movies. It is shocking
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