Freakonomics By Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner is based on these fundamental ideas: Incentives‚ conventional wisdom‚ “Experts”-use their informational advantage Incentives are the cornerstone of modern life. And understanding them or‚ often‚ ferreting them out—is the key to solving just about any riddle‚ from violent crime to sports cheating to online dating.There are three basic incentives economic‚ moral and social. How do we profit and what incentives drive us to act unethical? The
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Cover design by Mehak Zarak Bari COVER STORY: “Naya Pakistan = NeoLiberal Pakistan” by Sania Sufi…………………………..3 OPINION: “Honesty is the First Chapter in the Book of Wisdom” by Bilal Mohsin.………….6 POET’S CORNER: “MY Mind Says” by Abu Bakar Attique……………………………………………..6 HUMANITY: “Memoirs of a Palestinian Kid Under Israeli Occupation” by Mehrunisa Ijaz…7 MOVIE REVIEW: “V for Vendetta” by Taimoor Vakil……………………………………………………8 ART WORK: “Reading Each Day Keeps Illiteracy Away” by Adiba Ashraf ………………………8
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“How are Native traditions and Taoism similar and how are they different? What common wisdom do these traditions bring to daily contemporary life that is relevant in our practice with clients?” Taoism is similar to native tradition through it’s’ emphasis on man-nature harmony. The concept of human kind co existing with nature‚ hence with the divine‚ is shaped by both Native American traditions and Taoism. Both philosophies have the same message: the binding unity of humankind with the earth; the
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"Good people...are good because they come to wisdom through failure." According to William Saroyan‚ this means that a person can learn from mistakes and become a better person. This statement is confirmed in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies. J.D. Salinger’s Holden is constantly trying to preserve the innocence in children throughout the novel. In addition Holden also attempts to keep his brother Allie‚ alive in his thoughts and actions. William Golding’s
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"Moral wisdom seems to be as little connected to knowledge of ethical theory as playing good tennis is to knowledge of physics" (Emrys Westacott). To what extent should our actions be guided by our theories in ethics and elsewhere? The question is with regards to whether moral reasoning is more accurate compared to the -theory-based knowledge of science. I think that ethical theory should be used for our moral conduct while the sciences should be used in other areas of knowledge instead. Thus
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Nietzsche also believed that people should not be a Christian. He believed that in being Christian‚ we were negating ourselves of the real elements needed as humans to attain fulfillment‚ such as sex‚ intellect‚ and creativity. He likened Christians to timid slaves who lacked the strength to get hold of what they sought after and instead adhered to the ideals that made a virtue of their spinelessness. Nietzsche believed that faith was the will to avoid knowing what is true. He believed that the
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—Jonathan Swift “Gulliver’s Travels”(213) Like Jonathan Swift in “Gulliver’s Travels”‚ Friedrich Nietzsche tirades against the backwardness of conventional morality in his essay Morality as Anti-Nature. Nietzsche alludes to a fate not fit for the weak-minded. Nietzsche urges all those partial to his views to reassess the motivation behind their behaviors and habits‚ and unchain their latent and catechized souls. Nietzsche accuses man’s organizations and institutions of fabricating wills to be instilled
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structure begins near the end in which an autopsy is taken place of James dyer‚ who died in 1772. The climax of the story is not of his death‚ but rather the metamorphosis of his human suffering. This change connects with Friedrich Nietzsche theory of pain. "In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of a species". His theories of suffering‚ hardships‚ and pain allow us to understand the goodness of pain. The metamorphosis of Andrew Miller
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books. Religion was taking a back seat to in the industrial revolution theologians like Friedrich David Strauss “The Life of Jesus Critically” were teaching Christianity as historical context. Evolution theory of Charles Darwin‚ he battled creationism armed evolution. The birth of new thought processes and the quest for answers about human existence became extremely popular. In Germany Friedrich Nietzsche began to write and teach of creative arts‚ literature‚ and politics. He virtually originated
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"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him... What was holiest and most powerful of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us?" Friedrich Nietzsche (In Die Fröhliche Wissenschaft‚ 1882) “I am what I am” God “In Him we live and move and have our being” Apostle Paul It has happened since the birth of time. It happened when the Da Vinci code and the God delusion was published. It happened with Charles Darwin’s evolution
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