“The general lesson is that true independence is our ability to find the truth for ourselves and has nothing to do with our tendency to distance ourselves from others.” ( Antonia Macaro & Julian Baggini‚ 2011) Independence is the state or quality of being independent‚ also freedom from control‚ influence‚ support‚ aid or the like of others. (Dictionary.com‚ 2012) There are few virtues more important than independence. Independence is a requirement for leading your own life‚ having your own rules
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always tell the truth? Have you already told a lie to somebody? Everybody has already lied to someone. After that‚ most of the time people might have felt guilty. But sometimes people don’t tell the truth to avoid hurting others because they act like that for the good of the others. However‚ always telling the truth is necessary for us in everyday life in order to feel good about ourselves‚ to be trusted by everybody and to be able to support our own opinions. Telling the truth is the most important
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Descartes and Hobbes: Indubitable Truth In the early 17th century‚ a period known as the Scientific Revolution‚ French philosopher Rene Descartes developed an alternative approach to expanding knowledge and understanding of the world from the traditional Scholastic Aristotelianism. In 1640‚ English philosopher Thomas moved to France to escape the English Civil War. This around the time when Descartes wrote his famous works Discourse on the Method in 1637 and Meditations in 1641. Hobbes began writing
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Should we always tell the truth? Have you already told a lie to somebody? Everybody has already lied to someone. After that‚ most of the time people have felt guilty or bad if they expressed their own opinion. But sometimes‚ people don’t tell the truth just to avoid hurting others because they act like that for the good of others. However‚ always telling the truth is necessary for us in everyday life in order to feel good about ourselves‚ to be trusted by everybody and to be able to support our
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“I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman?” -Sojourner Truth (. Feminism has been around for longer than most of us would think it has been (some historians believe feminism has existed since ancient Greece (Martha Rampton) ) ; we often forget that the women who fought for civil rights‚ were indeed‚ feminists. Many of the modern feminist ideas come from the women of the era when women had little‚ to few‚ rights of their own
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aspects of today’s society. Although‚ in theory‚ mankind knows better than to act in a particular fashion‚ we fail to develop healthier habits‚ even though it could cost us the annihilation of life on our planet. In the documentary‚ “An Inconvenient Truth‚” Al Gore offers a rallying cry to his audience in an attempt to gather support to help fight the Earth’s climate crisis. In order to do this‚ he presents his audience with a variety of facts on the issue of global warming and provides stories on his
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#1 (permalink) Sat Oct 23‚ 2010 20:44 pm topic: should we always tell the truth? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship. essay: Truth be told‚ a good relationship always bases on belief and tolerant‚ and in order to make others believe in us‚ we always have to become honest in our lives. However
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AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH is a documentary‚ an instrument of public education and talks about the problem of global warming in the earth and inspires people to take action to save the earth. This documentary centers on Al Gore‚ and his campaign to make global warming a recognized problem worldwide. Gore combines objective scientific evidence‚ humor and personal insights to create a powerful exploration of what he clearly believes is the most critical issue of this or any other time in human history.
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Evaluating Truth and Validity Exercise You’re Name PHL458 Instructor Evaluating Truth and Validity Exercise The argument “a mature person is self-directing‚ so parents who make all their children’s for them are doing their offspring a disservice” has allot of validity to it‚ and in more ways than one is true. A child whose parents or guardians make all of his or her decisions for them‚ are in a way hindering the child because the child does not have the opportunity to think for himself. When that
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Sojourner Truth was an african american woman‚ who was an abolitionist. Who helped get a lot of woman back their rights‚ speaker for many speeches and famous for many quotes‚ and formally known as an abolitionist. Isabella Baumfree was born in 1797 in Rifton‚ NY. She did many great things in her lifetime mainly involving fixing slavery and getting women back their rights. Isabella Baumfree known better as Sojourner Truth was born around 1797 but was never officially recorded so that’s what scientists
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