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    When i think of cultural identity I think of people that belong to a certain group or something that makes them. Some aspects that are important to me are my social groups and the holidays when my family get’s together. My social group and the holidays impact me by showing what it’s like for a variety of different people getting together. The social groups that I belong to vary from family to friends. When i’m with my family i feel loved with people I care about and when i’m with my friends I feel

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    like to read because sometimes I cannot get all of the information from just a picture. For this project‚ I showed in pictures and in words what I was trying to express in my paper. I did my remix project on my second paper‚ which was the cultural artifact. My cultural artifact was the evil eye. I was looking through a magazine‚ while I was thinking about this project and I saw an evil eye in the magazine. It clicked I was like I have to write about the evil eye. So I thought about it as to how I should

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    Determinism Vs Fatalism

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    1. Determinism and Fatalism are beliefs or‚ in general‚ outlooks towards life‚ between which several variances can be acknowledged. Both of these philosophies hold the view that there is no such thing as a free will and that it is merely a deception. If we think that we are powerless and what is destined - or is our fate - will happen‚ regardless of we may do we hold an attitude that is referred to as fatalism. On the other hand‚ those who believe that there is a source of every result and that tomorrow

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    circumstances that define the character of your consciousness in that moment. I would lean more towards the compatibilist view stating‚ unless I am the cause of my actions I am not responsible for them. As compatibilist holds that free will and determinism are compatible‚ we can properly understand what it means for our actions to be free so we see that a free action is doing what one wants. Believing in compatibilism doesn’t mean the determinist view is false‚ but if it is true‚ we can still have

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    with the laws of nature to bring about all future events. Determinism can be associated with cause and effect because the events within that pattern are bound by a connection in such a way that any event is completely determined by prior states. Philosopher Daniel Bennet explains that the question is not whether free will exists but whether we can be morally competent. Bennet goes into detail by discussing the Determinism theory. If determinism is true‚ then the future is inevitable and all choices

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    Soft Determinism Analysis

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    there are two branches‚ hard and soft. Hard determinism‚ sees technology as developing independent from social concepts (politics‚ culture‚ economy) (Wyatt‚ 2008). Technology creates a set of powerful forces acting to regulate our social activity that we organize ourselves to meet the needs of technology and the outcome of this organization is beyond our control or we do not have the freedom to make a choice regarding the outcome (Smith‚ 1994). Soft determinism‚ is more passive in that it believes technology

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    Cultural Perspective‚ how you see and view the world‚ and how it affects you in return. Culture affects you in ways you couldn’t or couldn’t even imagine. I don’t see myself as having a set culture‚ or a set of cultural traditions that I always do. But‚ one thing that has been repetitive for a good couple of years‚ is Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving I and my family go to my grandparents’ house. All off my close cousins are there‚ as well as distant cousins. So they day would start off with me getting

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    Freedom vs Determinism

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    Philosophy Freedom vs. Determinism Jean Paul Sarte‚ who is a libertarian‚ says that “Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself”. He is fully responsible for his existence. Sarte is saying that man is shaped and made up of what he has done and what he will do. Sarte’s stance is there is no determinism‚ man is free‚ man is freedom. For example‚ a coward is responsible for being a coward. It’s not because he’s made up physiologically to be a coward but he’s like that because he made

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    “moral compass” comes right from the Bible. Right and wrong are not subjective‚ they are not grey areas‚ and they are not up for debate. What God says is right is right‚ and what God says is wrong is wrong. This is why I absolutely detest the idea of Cultural Relativism. Under that philosophy‚ all forms of wickedness are not only justified‚ but are viewed as right. Murder‚ rape‚ theft‚ slavery‚ abuse‚ adultery‚ fornication and so forth‚ all of these could actually be considered moral if society says

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    The concept of Biological Determinism is used as an argument against the rights and validity of the LGBT* community to hold a legitimate role in society. An article online summarised the ideas behind this argument perfectly‚ stating: “To explain biological determinism very simply‚ this theory states that who you are and what you become is determined by your biology. To provide an example‚ imagine that a female is born. The female has a uterus and the capacity to reproduce. Because she can reproduce

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