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    Ofelia Tamayo ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER Critical Thinking – PHIL 110 Kant-No Duties to Animals Animals have been around for just as long as humans have and some believe that neither one is above the other. In Kant’s essay “No Duties to Animals” he argues that humans have first and foremost a duty to anyone from their same “membership”. All humans belong to the human race membership and in no way may abdicate the position. And so a human must enforce direct duties towards other humans

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    Phil 4 Midterm Study Guide Introduction: - Ontology is the study of being‚ kinds of things that exists‚ the different kinds of being. What is ultimately real? - Material: spatial/public/mechanical - Immaterial: nonspatial/private/teleological - Materialism: Matter is truly real and immaterial things are not - Idealism: Ideas are ultimately real - Dualism: Reality is both material and immaterial - Monism: There’s one single reality Lau Tzu (Laozi): - Taos analogy to water: water

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    (1)[All change is either change for the better or change for the worse.] (But) (2)[God is necessarily a greatest possible being.] (So) (3)[he cannot change for the better‚] (since) (4)[if he did‚ he would not have been the greatest possible being prior to the change.] (And) (5)[he cannot change for the worse‚] (since) (6)[if he did‚ he would not be the greatest possible being subsequent to the change.] (Therefore‚) (7)[God cannot change.] (G) is which statement? 7 (1)[All humans have equal positive

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    Reading: pages 3-21 Key Terms (definitions on page 7): ethics morality descriptive ethics normative ethics metaethics applied ethics instrumentality intrinsically valuable Key ideas: principle of universalizabitlity principle of impartiality Be familiar with The Euthyphro by Plato (pages 16-19) - know Euthyphro’s definition of piety - understand that this is a debate regarding whether or not ethics is an objective or subjective discipline Be familiar with Common-Sense Religion

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    Functions of the Family

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    losing its functions. For many years‚ the family has had a set of functions that every family has had to follow in order to fit in with society. Some of these functions include social control and the gender-role socialisation. Some Sociologists that have explored these functions are Murdock and Parsons. Murdock looks at reproductive‚ sexual and economic functions. Whereas‚ Parsons looks at the primary socialisation of children and the warm bath theory. I will be looking at these functions and assessing

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    Functions of advertising Advertising It is non personal presentation and promotion of ideas‚ products or services in paid farm by identified sponsor through any media is termed as advertising. Main functions of advertisement The first and important function is to increase in volume of sales of product and services. It can be achieve by adopting following steps. 1. Information The first function of advertisement is to generate awareness about what is offering by the company. All the information

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    functions of guidance

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    The followings functions of counseling may be effective for any particular employee of an organization:1. Advice 2. Reassurance (confidence and courage) 3. Communication (upward) 4. Release of emotional tension 5. Clarified thinking 6. Reorientation DEFINITIONS‚ PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS OF GUIDANCE COUNSELING CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background  The progress of human thought and consciousness of self and his world‚ has led to globalization. Global situation makes life more competitive and

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    Functions of Friends

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    Functions of Friendship “Friends are a subset of peers who engage in mutual companionship‚ support‚ and intimacy‚” according to John W. Santrock in the book Adolescence. This implies that there are certain characteristics that are involved. Gottman and Parker organized these characteristics into six main categories‚ which serve as the functions of friendship. They include: Companionship‚ stimulation‚ physical support‚ ego support‚ social comparison‚ and intimacy/affection. Harry Sullivan is

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    Philosophy of Science

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    The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions‚ foundations‚ methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth. In addition to these central problems of science as a whole‚ many philosophers of science also consider problems that apply to particular sciences (e.g.philosophy of biology or philosophy of physics). Some philosophers

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    Items A‚ B and C and elsewhere‚ assess the view that the nuclear family functions to benefit all its members and society as a whole – 24 marks Functionalists see the nuclear family as playing a major role in achieving different social goals. Some of these goals include transmitting values and norms to the next generation and reproduce the shared values of the culture of society. They see the family as the most important social institution‚ meeting the needs of individuals as well as society as a

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