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    The False of Gems

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    False Gems In the short story "False Gems‚" the author Maupassant utilizes the concept of irony to contribute to social criticism. In the story Madame Latin states: This cannot be true because she was "good and virtuous" when they first met. Her desire for money corrupted her‚ so she has changed. The author is mainly implying that money corrupts; in most cases‚ a person’s desire for money can cause pain and sorrow. Her second weakness is her desire for money‚ which is a contribution to social criticism

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    Ethical relativism is a view on morality stating that there are no universally accepted moral principles. Morality varies from one culture to another and no society has the right to impose their view of morality on other societies. Ethical relativism can be summed up to mean that morals are derived from what is culturally acceptable in any given society. ER is made up of two theses. The first is the diversity thesis‚ which simply says that moral practices are diverse across cultures. Ruth Benedict

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    False Guilt

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    Therefore if a force is internal and uses some unknown power to generate false convictions or guilt. To give more detail regarding this power I identified its intrusion it’s as if some power or force is in your soul and mind which is connected to your emotions etc. futhermore it produces these false feelings and in this case false guilt. What is more the force controls one entering into areas that are not conventional thus one cannot escape its influence. As I have tediously declared the unconventional

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    Gray should tell Brown that cultural relativism states that different cultures accept different moral principles and make different moral judgments (Barcalow‚ P.58). Our moral beliefs should align with our community’s beliefs. Whatever a community thinks is wrong for it is wrong for it. In other words‚ whatever your community believes is moral right and is moral wrong then you as a member of the community should oblige by those beliefs. Cultural relativism also claims that there is no universal moral

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    depending on the culture and their own beliefs. However‚ there are certain moral ideas that should be universal. Regarding moral relativism‚ it is difficult for me to say that no moral ideas should exist and individuals should have a right to create their own. This relates to the idea that‚ “moral truth or justification is relative to a culture or society” (Moral Relativism‚ 2015). We have laws for everyone to follow so that everyone is not making their own decision as these decisions might infringe

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    False Confessions

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    False Confessions Aminah Yambo Introductions to Interviews and Interrogations Professor Scott Joubert June 8th‚ 2013 In 1988‚ Ted White was clubbed in the head and face at his mattress business between 12:45 and 1:55 p.m. White died of his injuries three days later and was never able to tell the police officers of the incident. There were no witnesses found and the police never discovered any fingerprints or DNA to help identify the actual perpetrator. Regardless‚ police originally suspected

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    False Gems

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    Cholesterol Myths that May Surprise You By Lisa Collier Cool Nov 26‚ 2012 Health Experts Main Life insurance companies know a surprising secret about cholesterol that most doctors never tell patients: When it comes to rating your risk for a fatal heart attack‚ the least important cholesterol number is your level of LDL (bad) cholesterol. In fact‚ life insurance actuaries don’t even look at LDL levels‚ because large studies show it’s the worst predictor of heart attack risk. Instead‚ life insurance

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    Almost everybody would admit‚ for example‚ that 1 + 1 = 2 is true‚ no matter who might be ignorant or deluded enough to deny it. What relativists usually claim‚ therefore‚ is not that all truth is relative‚ but that truth is relative in some important domain(s). By far the most common form of relativism is moral relativism. Like relativism generally‚ moral relativism comes in two major forms: moral subjectivism and cultural moral relativism. Moral subjectivism is the view that what is morally right

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    Culture and Society ANTHRO 9 Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-10:45 A.M. Room: Haines 39 (in basement-A level) Final Exam date: March 18 (Tuesday): 3-6P.M. Instructor Prof. Mariko Tamanoi Email: mtamanoi@anthro.ucla.edu Office: Haines 325 Phone: 310-206-8399 Office hours: Tuesdays 11:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M. FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT: READ THIS SYLLABUS CAREFULLY TO THE END! Section Leaders Bradley Cardozo: bcardozo@ucla.edu Camille Frazier: c.frazier@ucla.edu Emily

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    False Memory

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    False Memory Cognitive Psychology In false memory experiments‚ special distractors are variables that are included in a list of the experiment intending to distract the participant. In the false memory experiments there is usually a related distractor and an unrelated distractor (Arnold 2002). The subject is presented with a list of words ‚ directly after the list disappears the subject is shown another list containing original words‚ related distractor words‚ and unrelated distractor words;

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