What does it mean to be German? an essay by Max Zöfeld This is a hard question‚ which may sound a bid jingoistic in the wrong ears. A blonde person with blue eyes‚ well organised and every time punctual is that kind of person‚ which comes to the mind of many people in other countries when they here the word “German”‚ but the question is why? Maybe they are influenced by the Aryan standards which became known in the time of the national socialists. However my own opinion distinguishes from this
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Basil cared for people because of who they are and not for what their looks may be. He felt compassion towards the true meanings in life‚ not the corrupt ones everyone else want’s you to believe. I feel as if the author achieved his goal of the book‚ by showing the readers how corrupt society can be‚ just as Oscar
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students. Teachers have lost their true value. There is a teacher named Mrs. A‚ she does not do any of her work. She is never at school; her grades are never in on time‚ and there is always a substitute in her class room. Her students have not learned anything since school started‚ and it is certainly driving my teacher crazy. My teacher is always covering for her but gets in trouble for no reason. Teachers like Mrs. A have lost the knowledge of what it means to be a teacher. They take it for
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Information Technology and Moral Values Information technology is now ubiquitous in the lives of people across the globe. These technologies take many forms such as personal computers‚ smart phones‚ the internet‚ web and mobile phone applications‚ digital assistants‚ and cloud computing. In fact the list is growing constantly and new forms of these technologies are working their way into every aspect of daily life. In some cases‚ such as can be seen in massive multiplayer online games (see section
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Utopia: The Existence of a Perfect World with Imperfect Human Beings What does it mean to be human? A human being is a complex subject. Much of society believes that trying to understand human life and the meaning of such an existence is a convoluted endeavor. We often feel compelled to deeply understand because of the value it holds. As human beings‚ we wonder what really makes us human. Is it our extraordinary brains that give us the ability to reason and think beyond the capabilities of the
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only way people will hear me.”Then the authors do write a book and they write in the form of a dystopian novel. That’s why this genre of writing is so popular right now‚ it’s because people are trying to share their opinions about what would happen if the everyone did get what they
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When you hear the word "hero"‚ does your mind conjure up an image of an intrepid being with extraordinary powers? Do you visualize a superhuman whose main objective in life is to prevent evil and protect the innocent civilians? If you did‚ you must be envisioning the stereotypical hero (and yes‚ that means your answer is still valid‚ but it’s not the answer that I was looking for). When I was a child‚ I too‚ used to believe that heroes were the ones who wore capes and would constantly fight villains
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What does it mean to be Catholic? To be Catholic means to be whole‚ one with community‚ rich in spiritual tradition. Catholicism is a lens or filter which provides a meaningful pattern to our experiences which otherwise would be lacking in life and interest. It is comprised up of faith‚ theologies‚ and many different doctrines; even ethical and spiritual orientations and behaviors. At the same time though‚ it is a community‚ a group of many strong willed people‚ with a particular history.
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What Heidegger Means by Being-in-the-World Martin Heidegger’s main interest was to raise the issue of Being‚ that is‚ to make sense of our capacity to make sense of things. Additionally he wished to rekindle the notion that although difficult to understand‚ this issue was of utmost importance (Dreyfus 1991). Heidegger’s study‚ however‚ was of a specific type of Being‚ the human being‚ referred to by Heidegger as Dasein’‚ which literally means Being-there’ (Solomon 1972). By using the expression
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How does America define freedom? In Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech‚ “The Four Freedoms”‚ he defines freedom as the “supremacy of human rights everywhere” (Roosevelt 45). A type of freedom that Americans have is expressing their religion. In America‚ there
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