While reading the book‚ “A guide to the Good life” by William B. Irvine‚ I noticed the importance of Core 280 and why King’s College requires students to take at least two of these classes. Many of us will probably not be the next Socrates of our time‚ but we will understand a deeper meaning to our lives and how we can reach goals and conquer road blocks along the way. In his book‚ Irvine starts out with a small introduction of the role that philosophy plays in our lives every day‚ and we don’t even
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The Good Wife Guide The “Good Wife Guide” is an advisory text from the 1950’s telling typical 1950’s women on how to accomplish their role as a “good wife”. The mood set throughout the entire text is completely imperative based (e.g. “Clear away clutter” and “Be happy to see him”). This creates a rather stern and overpowering tone‚ connoting that women in the 1950’s were being ‘told’ what to do. Other parts of the text seem to suggest that women had no right to make any individual decisions and
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decisions‚ and actions between those that are "good" (or right) and those that are "bad" (or wrong). The philosophy of morality is ethics. A moral code is a system of morality (according to a particular philosophy‚ religion‚ culture‚ etc.) and a moral is any one practice or teaching within a moral code. Morality may also be specifically synonymous with "goodness" or "rightness." Immorality is the active opposition to morality (i.e. opposition to that which is good or right)‚ while amorality is variously
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Parenting Does Amy Chua’s Tiger-mothering create little robots? Since I have been working with parenting at school‚ I have seen a lot discussions and interviews with Amy Chua. I have also read “The anti tiger mothers” approach to parenting‚ and seeing at least a dusin of videos had made me more interesting‚ regarding parenting primary among other stuff. I have set a series of questions and discussions that I would like to illuminate.
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the qualities of a nurturing parent? Qualities of a nurturing parent include discipline‚ education‚ and preparedness. Also love and living in a safe environment. Critical thinking- 1. What qualities make a person a good parent? A bad parent? Qualities that make up a good parent include being there for your child and making the best out of everything. A bad parent would so no love or protection to their child. 2. Which parental responsibilities do you think would be the most challenging? Why
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Parenting to means to be able to take care of a child by giving them love‚ care and guidance. Parents should always be responsible and it’s their duty to protect their children from anything which may harm them. It is difficult to be a good parent sometimes especially when your kids aren’t listening to you‚ however even when your anger is justified there are many things which are still not acceptable. Parents should never compare their children to each other or to another person’s kids. Children
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Chapter 1 Dimensions of Parenthood Focus Questions 1. Why is it important to learn about parenting? - Because it will help you to better understand why some strategies work and how to make your relationship with your children better. Not many people know what makes someone a good parent. That is why it is good to learn different ways of parenting. 2. What attributes describe the nature of parenthood? - reproduction‚ parent’s responsibility for nurturing‚ teaching‚ and acting
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Amy Chua Stereotypes Parenting What makes a child excel? Amy Chua‚ in her work “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”‚ writes to inform her readers that Chinese parents raise successful children because they are stricter than typical Western parents. She states that Asian parents hold higher standards‚ that Asian parents are more direct and even caustic in their reprimanding of their offspring‚ and that the Chinese believe children owe their parents everything is the cause of these
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right and wrong? This kind of parenting is adopted in most families worldwide‚ kids describe there parents‚ mostly mothers as “tiger mothers”. However‚ there is also the idea that allowing a child space‚ and letting them make there own choices is the best way to parents. By allowing them space‚ you are allowing them to shape who they are and teaching them to be independent. So the real question I want to uncover in this paper is what style is considered the best parenting style. The popular article
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Explain the author’s viewpoint/main idea/purpose In the article Parenting: The Lost Art‚ Kay Hymowitz discusses the recent trend in this youth idolizing culture‚ where the lines between parent and friend are blurred. Without those clear distinctions‚ “entertainment companies” and peers‚ rather than parents‚ are setting the standards for one another without a framework of what is normal or acceptable behavior. The media and so called "entertainment companies" continually abuse power by routinely
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