Phil 4 Midterm Study Guide Introduction: - Ontology is the study of being‚ kinds of things that exists‚ the different kinds of being. What is ultimately real? - Material: spatial/public/mechanical - Immaterial: nonspatial/private/teleological - Materialism: Matter is truly real and immaterial things are not - Idealism: Ideas are ultimately real - Dualism: Reality is both material and immaterial - Monism: There’s one single reality Lau Tzu (Laozi): - Taos analogy to water: water
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Aaron Jagdeosingh Man CAN live by bread alone In this article I demonstrate that I do not agree with the position of Islamic cleric Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahhari. He states: as man is able to have a higher awareness of himself and his environment by extrapolation‚ man has the ability to have aspirations and‚ as a result‚ he has faith. Faith is the major difference between the animal man and other animals. He then proceeds to show that faith is necessary for man to live a sane life and be useful
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Reading: pages 3-21 Key Terms (definitions on page 7): ethics morality descriptive ethics normative ethics metaethics applied ethics instrumentality intrinsically valuable Key ideas: principle of universalizabitlity principle of impartiality Be familiar with The Euthyphro by Plato (pages 16-19) - know Euthyphro’s definition of piety - understand that this is a debate regarding whether or not ethics is an objective or subjective discipline Be familiar with Common-Sense Religion
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Beauvoir’s discussion of woman as an absolute Other leads her to consider the diverse ways women have been represented (or mythologized) by men. How did her chapter on Myths increase your awareness of your own experiences as mythologizer and mythologized. Introduction Beauvoir is famous for her philosophical and existentialist classification of women. In her works‚ womanhood and femininity are seen from different lenses – as being an agent in the society (an absolute Other) and as a subject of
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(The Social Contract Theory) Social contract theory dictates the fact that there must be agreements within a group of people who decide to live together‚ based on moral notions and judgments. In most cases‚ the social contract has a ruler or some form of ruling organization‚ to which people agree to obey in all matters in return for a guarantee of peace and securities. These are lacking in the "state of nature”. The “state of nature”‚ is a state of human interaction which exists before any social
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engage the locals in the business as much as possible to create friendly ties which will help the company establish itself. Furthermore with the acceptance of Western culture‚ multinationals aspiring to enter the Chinese market find it much easier to penetrate the market. Over the years‚ China has transformed into a growing country and a superpower‚ and comparatively boasts of a stable political and legal system. Although it may not be ranked highest on the ‘ease of doing business’ scale‚ China has nevertheless
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negative publicity? Surely they’ve heard the horror stories behind the McNugget. Conventional wisdom suggests that low prices and tasty food keep people coming back. I believe‚ however‚ that communication is key to much of McDonald’s success. McDonalds uses different rhetorical elements inside its restaurants to effectively commutate with customers. To determine what those elements are‚ I paid a visit to a McDonald’s myself‚ aiming to uncover the secret to their success. The most prominent element
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Shatae McDonald English 101 Professor Daniel Burrello 27 May 2014 Drug Addiction is defined as a dependence on an illegal drug or medication. The abuse and misuse of drugs has become such a problem on our society. People have many different reasons for becoming addicted to drugs. Peer pressure; stress at home‚ or at work‚ overdue bills‚ and some people just do it out of pure boredom. Also‚ in a lot of cases‚ people are prescribed narcotics by their doctors that can be detrimental to any person
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world’s population increases and we become a Global society due to the increase in technology‚ more and more companies are doing business on a global scale. As business increases individuals involved in cross border business alliances have had to have a greater understanding of other cultures to aid in the sustainability of business relationships. From the way business is conducted in other cultures to the way organisations are structured‚ an understanding of these cultures will inevitably help
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line 1 2 3 4 5 |Customer Satisfaction: Form Utility: [McDonald’s restaurant can satisfy the teenagers and elderly wants‚ because of teenagers like eating the fries and drinking coke for their meal and elderly like free for the re-filling tea or coffee in the morning. Also‚ there are many different sets of meal can be selected by the buyers and there are happy meals for the child which buy the meal and get the toy1. In today society‚ he is following the trend and selling the balance diet such
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