Ofelia Tamayo ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER Critical Thinking – PHIL 110 Kant-No Duties to Animals Animals have been around for just as long as humans have and some believe that neither one is above the other. In Kant’s essay “No Duties to Animals” he argues that humans have first and foremost a duty to anyone from their same “membership”. All humans belong to the human race membership and in no way may abdicate the position. And so a human must enforce direct duties towards other humans
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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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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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processes in overlapping parts‚ and at a minimum includes these parts: Using accessible knowledge from outside sources Embedding and storing knowledge in business processes‚ products and services Representing knowledge in databases and documents Promoting knowledge growth through the organization’s culture and incentives Transferring and sharing knowledge throughout the organization Assessing the value of knowledge assets and impact on a regular basis 2 Why is KM important to an organization? Proactive
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Fundamental Principles I (Philosophy of Education) NOTE: ATLEAST 3 PAGES ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT. Student Name: TAGBOR SAMPSON KORDJO ID #: UB24334SHU32673 My Philosophy of Education "Philosophy comes from the Greek word‚ “philosophia” which means the love of wisdom. All individuals have a philosophy in life‚ whether they know it or not." Jessica Carter My philosophy of education is based on the fact that formal education is not the only form of education‚ that fostering
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is the study of the essence of being‚ or in other words‚ an exploration of the nature of reality and existence. In fact‚ you might find it helpful to mentally substitute the word existence or reality whenever you see the word being discussed in philosophy books. In any event‚ Ontology examines what can exist and hat can not exist‚ and it further breaks those distinctions down into categories as it explores whether things can change or are‚ in fact‚ eternal (Kardaras‚ 2011‚ pp.125-126).”-“There are
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Abstract “They don’t care how much we know‚ until they know how much we care.” My educational philosophy starts and ends with that inspirational quote and the following characteristics that I feel are essential for teachers. Teachers must show respect‚ value individuality‚ understand students learning styles and barriers ‚extend themselves to find ways to engage students in learning and go the extra mile to let students know they want to join with them as partners in their own education. Effective
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consensus‚ yet their legacy was the initiation of the quest to identify underlying principles. This sparked a series of investigations into the limit and role of reason and of our sensory faculties‚ how knowledge is acquired and what knowledge consists of. Here we find the Greek creation of philosophy as “the love of wisdom‚” and the birth of metaphysics‚ epistemology‚ and ethics. Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle were the most influential of the ancient Greek philosophers‚ and they focused their attention
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Physical and Social Factors that Influences Growth and Development Development is often divided into specific domains‚ such as gross motor‚ fine motor‚ language‚ cognition‚ and social/emotional growth. These designations are useful‚ but substantial overlap exists. Studies have established average ages at which specific milestones are reached‚ as well as ranges of normality. In a normal child‚ progress within the different domains varies‚ as in the toddler who walks late but speaks in sentences early
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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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