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    Religious Notions of Evil and Moral Notions of Evil are Not Mutually Exclusive Religious notions of evil and moral notions of evil are not mutually exclusive. This paper defines religion‚ morality and evil‚ and explains how religion and morality are compatible and have similar characteristics. Despite the compatibility‚ they also have their differences but this does not make them mutually exclusive in my opinion. This paper also makes use of ‘Love and Law’ by Alison Gopnik to explain the commensurability

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    The title of this essay "Silence and the Notion of the Commons" gives the same idea of people as programmable and unprogrammable similar to the idea seen in the Matrix. Whereas programmable people‚ who are the commons‚ are the people inside the matrix they are also known as the sheep‚ the people that believe in everything they are told. The unprogrammable people‚ who are the silence‚ are the people outside of the matrix. Ursula Franklin uses a variety of techniques in order for the audience to fully

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    Looking through a Black Feminist Critical Lens‚ Toni Morrison’s characters in Sula resemble Mary Helen Washington’s definitions of African American female characters. Specifically‚ Sula‚ Nel‚ and Eva; Sula is a Liberated Woman‚ Nel is a Emergent Woman‚ and Eva as a Suspended woman. Sula is Morrison’s main character and is a perfect example of a Liberated woman. According to Lois Tyson’s definition of a Liberated Woman‚ Sula has “discovered her abilities‚ knows what she needs‚ and goes about getting

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    Feminism: Women’s Rights “Feminist criticism has its roots in a social and political movement‚ the feminist or women’s liberation movement‚ aimed at improving conditions for women” (Foss‚ 2004‚ p.151). The history of Women’s rights goes further back than what is actually recorded. The definition of women’s right is sometimes hard to articulate. “It is the equal opportunity concept: everyone has an equal opportunity to offer a definition of hopes that her or his particular perception of the situation

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    S Y N T A X LECTURE 6 BASIC SYNTACTIC NOTIONS 1. Some approaches to the study of syntactic units. The central role of syntax within theoretical linguistics became clear only in the 20th century‚ which some scholars call the "century of syntactic theory" as far as linguistics is concerned. Nowadays theoretical approaches to the discipline of syntax are numerous and extremely diverse. One school of thought treats syntax as a branch of biology‚ since it conceives of syntax as the

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    The Potential of Emotions in Feminist Epistemology: Developing Jaggar’s Account By Tina Strasbourg University of Calgary Abstract In this paper I analyze the potential of Allison Jaggar’s suggestion that emotions in general‚ and outlaw emotions in particular‚ be incorporated into feminist epistemology. Jaggar advocates a standpoint theory of emotions‚ and suggests that the emotions of the oppressed in particular are helpful rather than inimical to acquiring knowledge

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    Alexandra Bobet HIST 3119 Spring 2013 Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge‚ Consciousness‚ and the Politics of Empowerment (review) Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge‚ Consciousness‚ and the Politics of Empowerment. Ed. By Patricia Hill Collins. (New York: Routledge‚ 2000. ii‚ 336 pp. Cloth‚ $128.28‚ ISBN 0-415-92483-9. Paper‚ $26.21‚ 0-415-92484-7.) Patricia Hill Collins’s work‚ Black Feminist Thought seeks to center Black Women into intersectionalist thought‚ addressing the power struggles that

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    Bourdieu’s notion of habitus is defined as some sort of filter that individual’s use to structure their own perceptions‚ experiences‚ and practices. According to Bourdieu‚ this notion does not only shape one’s mental state of being but also one’s physical being as well. The readings state‚ habitus helps mold one’s "natural propensity" and "sense of one’s place." However‚ this is not the only compass of habitus but instead it is an "internalization of externality." In sum‚ Bourdieu’s idea of habitus

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    My Technologically Challenged Life 1. Monica’s parents play a huge role in limiting her access to technology. They choose to not use technology which I think is the main reason why they wouldn’t buy a computer for their daughters. Their reasoning sounds extremely familiar to me because my parents have done the same kind of thing to me. I begged my parents for a cell phone from seventh grade until my sophomore year when I finally bought my own but they would always tell me I don’t need a cell

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    relations between genders and how both male and female become classified as distinct groups rather than a team united as one. The preceding was what feminists and historians want us believe‚ however‚ this is not always the case and quite possibly‚ it has never been the case. For some reason feminism became an international phenomenon. The feminist theory is fairly comparable to this explanation and determinedly claims that the basic structure of society is patriarchal‚ or male-dominated. The purpose

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