When Socrates meets Confucius Emotionales versus Rationales: A Comparison between Confucius and Socrates ABSTRACT Socrates regards rational knowledge as the decisive factor of human life and even ascribes all virtues and moral actions to it‚ thereby stressing the ‘rationales’ of ethics. In contrast‚ Confucius regards kinship love as the decisive factor of human life and even grounds all virtues and moral actions on it‚ thereby stressing the ‘emotionales’ of ethics. Therefore‚ we should not
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Helena Li-Ti Tseng Ms. Watt Basic Writing 3 23 October 2012 “When Volunteerism Isn’t Noble” What is volunteering? In my beliefs‚ volunteering is an activity that involves spending time and benefits someone else. In the passage‚ “When Volunteerism Isn’t Noble‚” by Steirer‚ believes that volunteer is something people should do on their own will. The author is against the policy of high school students having to reach a certain amount of community services hours to receive a diploma in order
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A day when everything went wrong Life has its ups and downs‚ highs and lows. Sometimes you feel as if you are on top of the world‚ other times you feel as if everyone or everything has turned against you. I intensely recall a day when nothing went as I expected. Everything seemed out to get me‚ to trick me. It was the hardest test of my patience and perseverance. My parents were away for one week holiday‚ and I was home alone without any restrain. Meanwhile I can watch my lovely movie
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more effectively than the fixed mindset? Dweck argues that the growth mindset will allow a person to live a less stressful and more successful life. When‚ in a fixed mindset students believe their basic abilities‚ their intelligence‚ their talents‚ are just fixed traits. Dweck mentions how effectively the growth mindset can be‚ than a fixed mindset. When using the growth mindset‚ a person can be more successful in education because the growth mindset can help people fulfill their potential more effectively
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle Summary The Caucasian Chalk Circle begins with a Prologue that deals with a dispute over a valley. Two groups of peasants want to claim a valley that was abandoned during WW II when the Germans invaded. One group used to live in the valley and herded goats there. The other group is from a neighboring valley and hopes to plant fruit trees. A Delegate has been sent to arbitrate the dispute. The fruit growers explain that they have elaborate plans to irrigate the valley and
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best serve the improved processes. There are always choices to be made when upgrading information systems and the costs and benefits of the solutions most commonly found in the manufacturing industry will be considered. In addition to determining which solution best fits this organization there are several other issues which should be considered before moving forward‚ including developing communication and sales over the World Wide Web‚ how to best manage change with the organization’s current employee
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Mrs. Martini English II 19 January 2013 Bang Bang Ban All guns and handguns should be banned because of all the violence and danger that it had put into many people. Guns cause too many deaths and injuries to innocent people. The government needs to make them less accessible and the law enforcement really needs to enforce the law that they make. This could save the lives of many people‚ and maybe turn our society upside down. Guns have taking the lives of too many people. This is a very
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When will we see Change? A Critical look at Barack Obama and the democratic party. Charles Kerber POLS 202 9AM American Government Livingston This paper will take a critical look at the history of the democratic party‚ its most recent 2012 election‚ its current presidential candidate Barack Obama‚ and the latest platform. While the paper may read as being highly critical of President Obama‚ it should be caveated by the fact that this is an extremely trying time in the history of the United States
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While there have been various new children added to the cast of “When Calls the Heart” this season‚ there are those few children who have been a thriving part of the cast since season one. It is remarkable to realize that one such actress is Gracyn Shinyei. At the age of nine‚ she has already won multiple awards (including young artist’s awards‚ award for excellence‚ etc.)‚ and it seems as though her star is definitely on the rapid ascent. I was honored to speak with her recently‚ and we discussed
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When I Grow Up I have always had a difficult time with the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" There are too many things that grab and hold my interest‚ for a little while at least. I have always known that I wanted to go to college‚ why I didn’t do so immediately after high school is a mystery to me but‚ I’m finally here and I intend to get every possible thing out of it that I can. I know it’s not necessary to decide on a specific degree tract freshman year but let’s face facts;
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