virtue Plato -the analogy of the divided line (sensory info‚ ignorance‚ opinion)‚ true forms‚ Academy‚ reminiscence theory of knowledge -tripartite mind (appetitive‚ affective‚ rational) Aristotle -student of Plato‚ Lyceum‚ rationalist‚ teleology (purpose) -scala naturae‚ unmoved mover‚ active reason‚ passive reason‚ common sense‚ five senses (sensation) -memory vs. recollection‚ laws of association (contiguity‚ similarity‚ contrast‚ frequency) - pleasure and pain in motivation‚ advocated
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THEORIES OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT (2 Credits/Compulsory) Course Code: CED 403 Course Title: Theories of Personality Development and Adjustment. Number of Credits: 2 Credits Course Duration: Two hours per week for 15 weeks (30 hours). As taught in 2010/2011 session Lecturer’s name: ONIYE‚ Abdulrazaq Olayinka Qualifications: B.A.Ed (Islamic Studies Education: Usmanu Dan Fodiyo University Sokoto); M.Ed; PhD (Guidance and Counselling: University of Ilorin); Cert. (Data Processing: University
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which primarily focuses on acts and habits leading to happiness; pragmatic ethics; as well as with ethical egoism and other varieties of consequentialism. The Teleological theory also known as the design argument is based on the interpretation of teleology wherein purpose and design appear to exist in nature beyond the scope of any
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THE DEATH PENALTY…ETHICAL? OR NOT? Outline 1608 Captain George Kendall becomes the first recorded execution in the new colonies 1632 Jane Champion is the first woman executed 1767 Cesare Beccaria’s essay On Crime and Punishment‚ theorizes that there is no justification for the state to take a life Late 1700’s United States abolitionist movement begins Early 1800’s many states reduce their number of capital punishment crimes & build state penitentiaries 1834 Pennsylvania becomes the first
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formal cause how it is made (into which)‚ the efficient cause who made it (by which)‚ and the final cause why it is made (for which purpose). For Aristotle the final cause or purpose of anything analyzes the metaphysical cause which is studied in teleology. Aristotle also perceived God in the beginning as well as the end as the prime mover and in the present as completely actual in contrast to the concept of potential. Aristotle also gave many lectures on the sciences of astronomy‚ meteorology‚ and
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DOCUMENTO DE TRABAJO N° 19 Deliberative Democracy and the Politics of Reason Maria Esperanza Casullo Agosto de 2007 1 Documento de Trabajo N° 19 María Esperanza Casullo 2007 SERIE “DOCUMENTOS DE TRABAJO” ESCUELA DE POLITICA Y GOBIERNO Universidad Nacional de San Martín www.unsam.edu.ar SERIE “DOCUMENTO DE TRABAJO” DE LA ESCUELA POLITICA Y GOBIERNO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTIN La serie de Documentos de Trabajo refleja parte de las actividades de investigación la
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Islam and Science The debate over Islam and science covers a wide range of issues and extends from political leaders and experts to the public at large. Revealing the ever-present tensions between theory and practice‚ this debate takes place at two levels: practical and intellectual. At the practical level‚ the challenge is keeping up with the technologicalcivilization of our age and bridging the gap between the advanced societies of the West and Muslim countries. From Mustafa Kemal Ataturk‚ the
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1. Can he refuse to assist in this procedure? The dental assistant cannot refuse to assist in this procedure. Besides it being unethical to refuse helping this patient solely because he has AIDS it is also illegal (Anderson‚ 2009). Dental assistants are bound by a code of professional conduct‚ adopted in August 2007 by the Dental Assistants National Board. Justice and fairness is one of the codes of conduct. This states the dental assistant has a duty to treat people fairly‚ behaving in a manner
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that share common goals and ideals. Possible factors that define ideals of the group include ethnic background‚ social or economic status‚ religious and cultural beliefs. Constant social interaction is important with this ideal. It is communitarian teleology that humankind is social by nature and that this idea grows naturally to this end. Aristotle was a proponent of communitarianism and – according to class lectures on the subject – believed that being part of a community eased the burden of everyday
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Virtue ethics is understood on how someone might choose a certain action for his or her own particular morals. It permits people to act in agreement with reason‚ and not considerably depending on their culture‚ or the law. The term virtues are defined as someone that has good habits‚ and are a morally good person. The term vices means when someone has bad habits‚ and is a morally bad person. Virtual ethics are standards found by reason‚ and are obtained by practicing in a certain community. Moral
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