...What is human nature for Confucius? What evidence does he give to show that his views about human nature are correct? Student’s name Instructor’s name Unit name Date Confucius is known for stressing that human nature is intrinsically good. He stresses that humans being are born with the ability for differentiating between wrong and right and wrong. A person may not be aware from infancy which acts are tolerable and which acts are not, but all offspring feel shame, and once the children learn which deeds are bad or good, they have a normal tendency to consent of the former and criticize of the latter (Van and Bryan 27). At times Confucius has been nicknamed the Socrates of the east because there are countless comparisons in their lessons. Both stressed the value of education and the function which it plays in the shaping the character of an individual. This shaping of personality may be viewed as the development of good feature upon the environment of human nature (Legge, James and Trans 47). This description essay will discuss the evidence that Confucius gives to ascertain that human nature are correct. Confucius said that by personality, near together; by perform far apart. Human beings are born with comparatively the same faculties and needs. Apparently there are exemptions at either tremendous and of the continuum, but in common human beings are all very comparable at birth. Based upon the actions of human beings, the feedback that humans...
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...His work was primarily conducted on the city’s Lower East Side slum district. Here thousands of immigrants, of all ethnic backgrounds, lived in squalor in these highly unsanitary conditions. Oftentimes rooms intended to sleep four were found to be housing as many as three times that. Riis would enter these tenements in the dead of night while those staying in them would usually be asleep and he would attempt to photograph them without warning so as to capture the scene as it had truly been. In doing so he sought to reveal how immigrant and urban life had truly been throughout the turn of the twentieth...
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...Student’s Name Professor Course Name Date Walt Whitman, Man of Influence Introduction Walt Whitman’s literary works have occupied the highest place in the world of American literature. He has been recognized as the focal center of creativity having truly American experience in the literary expression. Although a late bloomer in the literature world, Whitman embodies the elements of indigenous realism and the New England philosophy which makes him a truly national spiritual synthesis. His works touched on the trying times in the American history during the civil war and a story that influenced the society in many ways. Though a very individualistic poet, his works have influenced many other modern poets, who take after his style and themes. The most exceptional characteristic feature of his work is that he endeavored to always produce a mystical vision where everything was a part of something bigger and was equal in every aspect. Walt Whitman, indeed, embodies many qualities that highlight the real American character like viciousness, diversity, love for adventure and the ever pioneering fortitude of the American people. He is a symbol of variety, largeness and the tendency toward innovation. Brief History Walt Whitman was born on May 31st, 1819 in West Hills, a village near Hempstead in Long Island, New York. His mother, Louisa Van Velsor was a farmer, while his father, Walter Whitman was a carpenter. The family moved to Brooklyn where Walt attended school. He left...
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...Psychological Testing Paper Brandy N. Dean University of Phoenix Introduction: Testing in the World of Psychology Within the boundaries of modern psychology the term test has many different meanings to all the different disciplines. Across the many subspecialties, testing methods vary due to the circumstances or said patient’s mental health records. To truly explore the depth and meaning of psychological testing there is a veritable plethora of items in need of exploring. The following study will focus on the definition of testing with context pertaining specifically to the science of studying the inner workings of the human mind. Defining Test: Psychological Focus At its root the definition of the word test has a simple explanation. As defined by Merriam-Webster, within the context required, a test is a series of questions or exercises for measuring the skill, knowledge, intelligence, capacities, or aptitudes of an individual or group (Merriam-Webster, 2014). Within the bounds of psychology though, the definition becomes exponentially more complex. Psychology uses a plethora of different tests designed to elicit a variety of results. Defining testing in the aforementioned field is a bit more difficult than the traditional meaning of the word. Psychological tests are used to diagnose some of the most elusive disorders in the medical field. To make understanding these psychological tests easier, they have been broken down into separate categories for the sake of simplification...
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...Carlisle, United States of America: Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College.]. But in order to better comprehend its nature, it should be described in the lens of seeing its two variables separately; that of ‘international’ and ‘political system’. According to Russet, Starr and Kinsella (2010), the term international is used to relate the nature of relationship between sovereign states[ Kinsella, D; Russett, B & Starr, H.(2010). World Politics:The Menu for Choice. United States of America:Wadsworth Publishing.]. Therefore one can be regarded as international when it involves a relation between two different and separated states in an interaction with one another. A political system is the arrangement of elements both formal and informal visible in a state’s sovereignty and territorial integrity[ Rummel, R.J.(1976).Understanding Conflict and War: VOL 2: The Conflict Helix.Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.]. Such can be regarded as the aspect of statehood and the...
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...Review of Literature Michelle Banker Saint Leo University Many corporations have traditionally focused on being “customer first” and maintaining customer satisfaction in order to help drive profit. Recently, companies have shifted their focus on employee satisfaction. According to Argenti (2013), managers and senior level executives recognize that employees have more to do with the success of a business more then any other constituency. Prior to the 21st Century, internal communication primarily consisted of memos, publications, and internal broadcasts (Argenti, 2013). Today, internal communication is much more encompassing; including providing employees with company values and belief statements, more accessible management teams, and a more diverse and engaging Human Resources department (Argenti, 2013). In an effort to truly discover if internal communication is a driving force behind increased profits, and employee retention & effectiveness, this Review of Literature will be reviewing several articles that investigate effective internal communication and how the engage employees. This review includes articles that were selected and evaluated extensively. Each article was required to be peer-reviewed, written within the last 20 years, and complimentary to the topic at hand. These articles also included research to support claims, inspect organizations who previously struggled with internal communications, and if those companies’ efforts to improve helped with employee...
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...Situational Analysis & Positioning for By Nature Handmade Soaps Client: Darlene Del Mundo Brand: By Nature Handmade Soaps Date: January 23, 2012 The contents of this publication are intended exclusively for the personal information of the client to the exclusion of every other interpretation. Copyright © Thrive Tactics, 2013 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Philippines License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ph/ Situational Analysis & Positioning for By Nature Handmade Soaps by Thrive Tactics Situational Analysis & Positioning for By Nature Handmade Soaps by Thrive Tactics 4 The Global Cultural Wave: Eco-awareness Eco-friendly goods are going mainstream in the Philippine market nowadays because of the growing concerns over global environmental problems. The effects of actual, first-hand experiences such as Ondoy & Habagat, among other recent calamities caused by environmental negligence, has compelled Filipinos to embrace environmental consciousness. This is a mindset born out of the realization that human life and the preservation of the environment/the planet are very closely interconnected realities. One cannot flourish without the other. Therefore, there is a strongly emerging mindset of integrating environment-friendly measures into everyday life. As consumers, people are beginning to integrate environmental impact into buying decisions –...
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...charitable works, that all the money that got from her publications was used for the well being of poor and helpless children and women. Most of her rhymes are popularly known among Christians. She was strong believer in God and believed all beauties in the world and all happening are truly set before, by God. The rhyme All Things Bright and Beautiful is a rhyme that is wonderfully written about the creations of God and the destinies it hold. This poem is widely accepted in schools and sung at prayers for thanking God for each day that is blessed. The initial stanza makes it very clear that all creatures, whether they are bright, beautiful, small or great, wonderful or wise, were all made by the Lord God. Every single creature has a reason to be on this earth all these were made by God for a reason to be here. She then explains about the features of each living things on earth. The colors of the flowers and the chirping of birds, the beginning of every new life is designed by God and hence we should thank him. Next she explains about men and their being on earth. Some are rich and have castles and some are poor and homeless. Whatever you may be now, is all God’s making and he has a specific planning when he created each one of us and the reason of being here. Again, she portrays, no matter what, you should thank God for what you are. In the next few stanza’s, it is beautifully explained about the different landscape of nature. The mountains and...
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...A Call to Ethics Jon Renegar Montreat College A Call to Ethics As our Western society continues down the path of moral turpitude due to an absence of spirituality, followers of Christ are called upon to become leaders to invoke a change in our fallen society. Review and Analysis of Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn’s address in 1978 was not only to a group of graduating students but, more so, to the politicians, intellectuals, media personnel, and others who play a role in the framework of our society. His address was dynamic, however it presented as a warning of our society’s gradual erosion primarily because of our spiritual decadence. A few of his main arguments included that the United States has became a hyper legalistic society, American’s ideology for our “pursuit of happiness and freedom," along with our fundamentals of journalism. One of the main contributors to our society’s erosion is due to the Enlightenment philosophy that man is the center of existence and there is no higher power to which he is resigned. Basically, man is ultimately accountable only to himself. “When the modern Western states were created, the following principle was proclaimed: governments are meant to serve man, and man lives to be free and to pursue happiness” (Solzhenitsyn, 1978). In combining the Enlightenment philosophy with the freedom to pursue happiness, it has given us a false sense of security. Because of this philosophy, Americans have put aside...
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...the leading man of Transcendentalism, Thoreau was truly a genius of his time. His contributions to the world were extremely momentous, such as his role in Abolitionism or his famous work of literature Walden. But it is perhaps his insignificant work that draws us the most, the private everyday musings of his journal. Through descriptive writing, Thoreau manages to convey what he was seeing to us readers. His gift with words and imagery stand well on their own, but what if there could be a literal representation as well? That is where one can draw from Peyruis. Peyruis illustrates the beauty of nature using the setting of this small French village, and by utilizing these images one could put a whole new perspective on the writings of Thoreau, if done properly. In “Cezanne’s Mountain” (Bartrug, Hood Peyruis, pages 28-29), a vast meadow stretching into a majestic forest then into magnificent mountains is depicted. Clouds blot the sky, and snow is draped over the peaks of the mountains, and a large forest meeting the edge of the meadow is the perfect portrait of freedom and nature. Henry Thoreau describes a similar scene: “Nature does not cast pearls before swine. There is just as much beauty visible to us in the landscape as we are prepared to appreciate, not a grain more. The actual objects which one person will see from a particular hill top are just as different from those which another will see as the persons are different” (Henry David Thoreau Selections from the Journals...
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...Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila SECOND DIVISION G.R. No. 166676 September 12, 2008 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner -‐ versus -‐ JENNIFER B. CAGANDAHAN, Respondent. DECISION QUISUMBING, J.: This is a petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court raising purely questions of law and seeking a reversal of the Decision[1] dated January 12, 2005 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 33 of Siniloan, Laguna, which granted the Petition for Correction of Entries in Birth Certificate filed by Jennifer B. Cagandahan and ordered the following changes of entries in Cagandahan’s birth certificate: (1) the name "Jennifer Cagandahan" changed to "Jeff Cagandahan" and (2) gender from "female" to "male." The facts are as follows. On December 11, 2003, respondent Jennifer Cagandahan filed a Petition for Correction of Entries in Birth...
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...period of alchemy to the era of modern chemistry that we know today. In support of such claim, Lavoisier’s discrediting of the phlogiston theory in 1778 and subsequent publication of “Elements of Chemistry” in 1787 will be discussed, with mention being made to Lavoisier’s implementation of algebra into his chemical equations. The question that will be asked is why did alchemy have to be replaced? What made the public and scientific community shy away from alchemy, and what were Lavoisier’s effect in that? When chemistry emerged, it became a concise practice that aided in bridging the gap between the natural sciences....
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...support for Copernicanism, for which affected mainly the church. For most think of him as a great man to this day, but at the time he was considered a man of heresy by the church of his ideas. So to ask the question if Galileo was truly a great person or a product of his age you have to look back to how he affected history. For he is now known for many things and for that they can...
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...What to believe and what not to believe. What is religion and word of God and what is just a manmade tradition. I believe that our connection to God is very personal and should not be regulated by other person, ever, period. I’m very excited about learning more about this side of hour human nature. I do believe that monotheistic religions are closest to true religion is and choosing this church or that church is matter of personal feeling where do you belong. We should go to church because our family goes there or its nice popular church or pastor makes me feel good by saying thing I want to hear. We should go to place that put us in peace within ourselves and makes us feel connected to concept of eternity. Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich (2002). "3. I. a. Feudal Socialism". In Jones, Gareth Stedman. The Communist Manifesto (paperback) (New ed.). London: Penguin Group. pp. 246–247. ISBN 978-0-140-44757-6. Retrieved 10 March 2015 Biblia. (n.d.). Place of publication not identified: Publisher not...
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...Steven Miller April 9, 2013 Professor Thiele Intro to Fiction Sexuality in The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray alludes to homosexuality throughout the entirety of the novel. While homosexual relations between the characters are not directly discussed, the context and conversations between the characters points to homosexual relations between all of the male characters. Oscar Wilde, himself, was part of the Decadents movement at the end of the Victorian period. Decadents are known for undermining the mainstream Victorian ideals. There has been a significant change in society’s morals since the publication of the novel in 1891. A person reading The Picture of Dorian Gray in today’s culture may see nothing wrong about the context of the novel or the relationships between the characters within it but, at the time of publication, it was seen by society as an immoral book and even used in the trial against Oscar Wilde that resulted in two years imprisonment and hard labor. I will argue that using the characters of Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton, and Basil Hallward, Oscar Wilde supports the common Decadents belief that open sexuality in mainstream Victorian culture would make for a better, happier society. From the very beginning of the novel, homosexual relations are apparent through the conversation about Dorian Gray between Basil Hallward and Lord Henry. As Lord Henry questions Basil about the mysterious person in his painting, Basil’s odd obsession...
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