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Jane Addams
An American pragmatist and feminist, Hull-House founder Jane Addams (1860-1935) came of age in time of increasing tensions and division between segments of the American society, a division that was reflected in debates about educational reform. In the midst of this diversity, Addams saw the profoundly interdependent nature of all
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Jaws
Utilitarianism has been around in some form or another or nearly 2500 years when the ancient Greeks first came up with the ethical principle Ð''primum non nocere' translated into Ð''First, Do No Harm' and is what seems to be one of the first traces of utility. However Chinese philosopher Mozi
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Jean - Jacques Rousseau
Jean- Jacques Rousseau's work, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality expressed his strong concerns with personal freedom and the limitations society imposes on one's ability to live in a true state of nature. Rousseau acknowledged the limited freedoms of a "civil society" as dependent on the personal freedoms of others.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau Critique
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophy of education known as "negative education" (Entwistle in Bayley, 89) describes many valid concepts which are still applied in today's educational system. Although his philosophy is reasonable in terms of its ideas, his contradictions make it such that it would be difficult to apply realistically as pedagogy.
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Jean Paul Sartre
Jean Paul Sartre is an existential philosopher from France. Sartre as an existentialist has strong beliefs in free will/responsibility for choices you make, and individualism. Sartre does not believe in a transcendent force or a god, he believes that people make choices in their lives and those choices are 100%
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre was a Parisian who existed from 1905-1980. His early studies of phenomenology led him to develop an existential view known as forlornness. He also held steadfast in his conviction that with freedom man has tremendous responsibility. The term Sartre famously coined, forlornness, means that man is alone in
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Jesus
>Twas the night before Jesus came and all through the house Not a creature was praying, not one in the house. Their Bibles were lain on the shelf without care In hopes that Jesus would not come there. The children were dressing to crawl into bed, Not once ever kneeling
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Jewish Philosophy
Jewish philosophy Jewish philosophy refers to the conjunction between serious study of philosophy and Jewish theology. Accepting the results of a given Jewish philosophy will lead to accepting a particular Jewish principle of faith. As with any fusion of religion and philosophy, the attempt is difficult because classical philosophers start
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Jewish Places of Worship
Jewish Places of Worship Over time the location and ways in which people of Jewish descent ritualize their religion has changed. If one reviews the history of the Jewish faith it is seen that these changes parallel many of the bigger events that occurred in the past. The most significant
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Jihad Vs. McWorld
Just beyond the horizon of current events lie two possible political futures--both bleak, neither democratic. The first is a retribalization of large swaths of humankind by war and bloodshed: a threatened Lebanonization of national states in which culture is pitted against culture, people against people, tribe against tribe--a Jihad in
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Jobs
Premises to prove that Affirmative Action is Wrong: 1. It is wrong to hire anyone other than the person who will do the best job. 2. Whenever one takes race or sex into account in hiring, one will hire someone other than the person who will do the best job.
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John Austin Case
The basic concepts of law according to Murphy (2007), is "law is a social phenomenon, law is authorative, and law is for the common good" (pg. 4). The five philosophers that I have chosen for this assignment are John Austin, H.L.A. Hart, Lon Fuller, Joseph Raz, and Thomas Aquiras. For
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John B. Cobb & David Ray Griffin "process Theology, an Introductory Exposition"
Christians strive to emulate the Ð''perfect' life of Jesus, though they know that they will never truly achieve their goals. The idea of God is almost always boiled down to the "aspiration to participate in or be in harmony with perfection.1" But how does this perfection shape our conception of
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John L. Austin
UniversitÐ"¤t LÐ"јneburg Wintersemester 2005/2006 Veranstaltung: EinfÐ"јhrung in die Sprachphilosophie: PerformativitÐ"¤t und Resignifikation (Seminar- Nr. 63510) Dozentin: Dr. Steffi HobuÐ"ÑŸ Abgabetermin: 20.12.2005 John L. Austin - Zu performativen und konstatierenden Ð"„uÐ"ÑŸerungen und der Theorie der Sprechakte Verfasser: Julia Warnecke Svenja LÐ"јcke Matrikelnummer: 174476 174430 Studiengang: Angewandte Kulturwissenschaften Angewandte Kulturwissenschaften Semesterzahl: 3.
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John Locke
Locke considers the biggest mistake parents make is that they do not make their children's minds obedient to discipline or compliant to reason. If their child makes a mistake, or does something wrong, the parent often just makes an excuse for them. The parents see that "he's just a little
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John Locke
In John Locke’s “An Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent and End of Civil Government” many interesting ideas regarding the relationship between the individual and society are developed. The assumption that Locke starts with as the first step into developing his argument, is that all men are born in “a
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John Locke and Commercial Capitalism
Political philosopher John Locke ideas and theories serve as a foundation in our democratic world. In the Second Treatise of Government sovereignty is placed in the hands of the people. Locke argues that everyone is born equal and has natural rights in the state of nature. He also argues that
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John Locke and Thomas Hobbes
John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were two important philosophers from the seventeenth century. The two were born nearly 50 years apart вЂ" Hobbes in 1588 and Locke in 1632 вЂ" and yet, they each managed to have a major impact on their time and our own. The philosophical viewpoints of
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John Locke on Identiey
Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' I think that Locke's arguments for his ideas are sound, and I agree with what he is saying. Ð' Locke was a micro based ideologist.Ð' He believed that humans were autonomous individuals who, although lived in a social setting, could not be articulated
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John Locke on Property
In the Second Treatise of Government by John Locke, he writes about the right to private property. In the chapter which is titled "Of Property" he tells how the right to private property originated, the role it plays in the state of nature, the limitations that are set on the
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John Locke V Thomas Hobbes
Locke and Hobbes both had detailed accounts as to what the state of nature is. I will start with Hobbes and what he felt the state of nature is made up of. Hobbes believed in defining the state of nature as what it is instead of what it ought to
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John Locked
This week's reading was interesting regarding Locke's themes and ideas that were developed in the first couple of chapters. He begins with a depiction of the state of nature, claiming that individuals are under no obligation to obey one another but are each themselves judge of what the law of
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John Perry’s Problem with Person Identity
Personal Identity: Sam vs Gretchen In John Perry’s Problem With Person Identity, we find several attempts to solve, dissolve, or shed light on some aspects of personal identity and the soul. In particular, we study a dialogue between two characters named Sam and Gretchen and their attempt to elaborate on
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John Rawls
Introduction Selecting Principles of Justice. Different principles of distributive justice are proposed by different philosophers. Does that mean that we may choose any one of them with equal justification? A "yes" answer to this question would make disputes about fairness impossible to settle. To avoid this, we must find some
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John Rawls Justice and Fairness
Originally published in Philosophical Review Vol. LXVII. 1958. - Steve Bayne ( Hist-Analytic.org JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS* By JOHN RAWLS (1958) 1. It might seem at first sight that the concepts of justice and fairness are the same, and that there is no reason to distinguish them, or to say that
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John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill 1806-1873 John had a teleological view of ethics. He is also known as the 1st advocate for women. Lived during the time of the Industrial Revolution. Born to a rich man, he was the youngest, Mr. Mill retired after having John and deticated his life to making
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John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was born in London in 1806 and died in 1873. Mill was put through a very rigorous education by his father. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, Mill read a book by Bentham. This was when Mill started to come up with his idea of utility.
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John Stuart Mill - "on Liberty"
John Stuart Mill - "On Liberty" John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), British philosopher, economist, moral and political theorist, and administrator, was the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century His views are of continuing significance, and are generally recognized to be among the deepest and certainly the most effective defenses
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John Stuart Mill Case
Everyone has a right to his or her own opinion. However, when someone tries to suppress opinions, it takes freedoms away. It is not right to hinder others from having opinions as long as they are not hurting anyone else. When one tries to silence others just because they do
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Judith Butler
Judith butler is an American philosopher and gender theorist who was born on February 24, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio. She was raised in a Jewish family, which a rabbi from the local synagogue at the age of fourteen introduced her to philosophical thinking. Butler’s father was a dentist and her
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