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    The Importance of Humanities The study of humanities can best be described as the manner in which people from different parts of the world as well as different segments in time‚ interpret and document the human experience. Humanity courses can cover anything from philosophy and literature to art and music‚ basically any aspect that helps paint a vivid picture of a culture. These courses are definitely needed in education to help students understand the world better‚ give insight on where their

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    Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit‚ world-wide Christian housing ministry. Habitat for Humanity International seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world‚ and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. “Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with God and people everywhere‚ from all walks of life‚ to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities

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    importance and benefits of funding the humanities in school. Many people are of the view that the study of the humanities is a waste of time and that more money and effort should be expended on teaching the STEM disciplines (science‚ technology‚ engineering and mathematics). On the other hand there is the school of thought which express the importance of maintaining the humanities. Others like Christina Paxson in the article “The Economic Case for Saving the Humanities” have posited the view that there

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    Confucius and Humanity

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    The basic conception of Confucius’ philosophy is ren‚ i.e.‚ humanity‚ while humanity is at the same time the leitmotiv of our epoch. This accounts for why the Confucian idea is so close to contemporary readers and why his teaching principles and methods have maintained vitality throughout history. Confucius explained humanity as ’to love the people‚’ or ’to love the masses extensively.’ This led him to provide equal opportunities in education and to carry out teaching activities in dialogue with

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    Defining the Humanities Paper University of Phoenix Introduction to Humanities - The Ancient World to Medieval Times HUM/100 Isabelle Rucks November 15‚ 2010 Defining the Humanities Paper Introduction The purpose of this paper is to define the humanities and explain how the humanities differ from other forms of human expression and inquiry. The author of the paper will describe a cultural event that she has experienced or encountered and explain how this cultural event expressed

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    The Humanities‚ Vocationalism and the Public Good: Exploring ‘the Hamlet Factor’ Laurence Wright The humanities‚ like most academic disciplines‚ face questions of popular and public perception. The sciences‚ for instance‚ increasingly attract challenges‚ sometimes of dubious validity‚ from passionate advocates of so-called ‘deep ecology’ outside the academy‚ and from postmodern science studies within it. Educationists worldwide face growing discontent with the quality and character of public education

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    more important than Humanities‚ since Science has a world of different fields of study in which appear some famous names like Einstein‚ among others. Also‚ it has better paid jobs than Humanities fields and‚ in most cases; this is quite a situation for some people when they have to choose a career. For this reasons‚ Humanities have been underestimated. This is a very important matter as people don’t pay attention to it; a debate arises‚ requiring an analysis: Science and Humanities go hand in hand.

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    Recognizing Humanity The capability for dehumanization is within all of us. This statement echoes through history up to the present time as true. Everyday humanity hears of incidents where the compassion and respect for human life is disregarded and demeaned. Everyday somewhere in the world someone is found wielding a gun or strapped with an explosive vest ready and willing to destroy innocent lives whose only crime was being at the right place at the wrong time. When sociologists try to understand

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    Breaking Down "The Metamorphosis" Franz Kafka’s beginning of his novel‚ "The Metamorphosis‚" begins with what would seem a climactic moment: "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect." From this point on‚ the reader is determined to make sense of this transformation. However‚ the reader later comes to realize that Gregor is actually not an insect‚ but this metamorphosis into a vermin was purely symbolic. It symbolizes

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    Eman Sinaki Professor Kaufman WR 201 18 December 2013 Oneness in Humanity The culture of contest is rooted in the belief that human beings are habitually selfish and aggressive. Dr. Michael Karlberg in his TED Talk‚ “Beyond the Culture of Contest”‚ expresses the myths about human nature that lead to injustice in the world. He also goes on to make clear how to move past the culture of contest towards a culture of cooperation. The assumptions that human beings are typically aggressive and selfish

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