SUMMARY OF LAWRENCE KOHLBERG’S STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT Lawrence Kohlberg was‚ for many years‚ a professor at Harvard University. He became famous for his work there beginning in the early 1970s. He started as a developmental psychologist and then moved to the field of moral education. He was particularly well-known for his theory of moral development which he popularized through research studies conducted at Harvard’s Center for Moral Education. His theory of moral development was dependent
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In “The Professor’s big stage”‚ published in New York Times‚ the author Thomas L. Friedman noted the essentialness of traditional universities to further fructify their “university experience” at lower costs; he also unraveled the reason this is urgently needed: The advancements in globalized educational technologies are making higher education more accessible and less unique. Friedman initiates his essay with the example of a Harvard professor‚ Michael Sandel‚ obtaining celebrity status worldwide
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Anthony Appiah‚ Marshall Poe‚ and Thomas L. Friedman further elaborate on a few important aspects of globalization. Technology‚ a major part of globalization‚ has allowed humans to create the Internet‚ bringing along many benefits and drawbacks to our society on a social and global level. Humans have always interacted with each other for thousands of years. An example of such interaction is
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I never gave much thought to how I would die. Maybe it would happen of old age‚ silently in my sleep‚ or maybe I’m that one in a million that gets struck by lightning and is mentioned all over the news. For my grandpa‚ Lawrence Dickerson‚ it was also something he didn’t give much thought about until he was sent to fight in the Korean War. He explained the agony of being on constant alert because one wrong move could kill you or compromise the safety of your unit‚ that while in combat you can physically
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time has an interesting history. Many great scholars have written about the history of the Bible as to find the answer to the mysterious question: Who is the author of the Bible? In his fascinating and convincing book “Who Wrote The Bible?” Richard Friedman has concisely walked us through the history of Old Testament while arguing his own theories on who wrote specific portions‚ when‚ what their motivations were‚ and how and by whom the book was compiled. The book deserves its place on the bookshelf
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convicted of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The racially motivated murder of this young black student and the subsequent bungling of the police investigation outraged the public and press alike. The Daily Mail campaigned vigorously for Stephen Lawrence. They even formally accused five men of murder and invited them to sue them if this was wrong. No complaint was ever made. Stephen Lawrence was killed in a race attack 11 years ago Black teenager Stephen Lawrence was murdered in 1993. His killers
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Julian Friedman in the TED talk‚ “The Mystery of Story Telling”‚ asserts that a writer must make his or her audience his or her number one priority. Friedman supports his claim by explaining the short falls of writers through his own eyes‚ citing his own experience as an agent‚ as well as the eyes of George Orwell‚ speaking on the motivation of writers according to Orwell‚ and even Aristotle‚ talking about how modern writers diverge from the Aristotelian formula for storytelling. The author’s purpose
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The richer you are‚ the more justice you get The idea of the being rich and getting much more justice is an idea which has been around for a long time. Social and criminal justice has always been dependant on how much money an individual‚ or group of individuals have. Two identical cases can go to court‚ and two different outcomes can be reached. The only difference in the ruling is due to the wealth of the defendant. However‚ is it really justice to commit crimes and not face any punishment?
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ASSIGNMENT 2 “Other side of outsourcing” by: Thomas Friedman The impact outsourcing had to United States was for some Americans bad. They claim the jobs they loose and the disadvantages that Americans were facing due to this radical change. While in the United States some people were disgusted‚ in the other side of the world‚ the young people were very thankful. This change made a revolution on their culture; the new Indian generations were entering to a whole new world‚ making a big change between
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analyzes the present-day importance of Friedman’s ideas in the 2011 world of globalization and fiscal disaster. Norberg introduces Freidman as one of the greatest economist in the past several decades‚ saying "that Friedman did more for freedom then anybody else in recent decades." Friedman convinced many nations to embrace economic freedom. For example‚ the small country of Estonia‚ Prime Minister Mart Laar took his inspiration from Milton Friedman’s book "Free to choose." He decided to imitate the
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