O’Neill martin.oneill[@]york.ac.uk Lecture 2: Positive and Negative Liberty 1. William E. Connolly: Liberty as an ‘Essentially-Contested Concept’ • See Connolly‚ The Terms of Political Discourse (1983)‚ and the relevant excerpt in CKS (i.e. Freedom: A Philosophical Anthology‚ ed. Ian Carter‚ Matthew Kramer and Hillel Steiner (Blackwell‚ 2007).) • The idea of an “essentially contested concept” – a concept that cannot be specified in detail in advance of normative debates. • The meanings of terms
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IN MY opinion‚ our teenagers nowadays are enjoying too much freedom compared to those before. Freedom helps teens feel more powerful and self-confident. But too much freedom can easily backfire‚ leaving a teen floundering. Some of them start taking advantage of too much freedom. Although teenagers might be reluctant to admit it‚ they still need the stability that parental authority can offer. Some parents remain so busy with their work that they forget their responsibilities towards their children
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In the opening line of The Metamorphosis‚ Kafka’s treatment of chaos establishes his vision of the world as going on about its business without regard for the doings of humans. Gregor is the object of a manifestly pointless and arbitrary metamorphosis‚ which he handles as if it were as ordinary any run of the mill event. As he lays in bed‚ having transformed into a bug‚ he considers the future as if it were any other day. “"Oh‚ God"‚ he thought‚ "what a strenuous career it is that I’ve chosen!” His
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background to Chaos City’s problems and using the classical scholars’ definition‚ provide workable solutions to their challenges Thesis Statement: a. Organization is vital to the survival of Chaos City‚ it is necessary to find positive workable solutions that solve community problems. b. i. Workable solutions are vital to the survival of any community. ii. A good infrastructure is key in any community notwithstanding there is stability in doctrine. iii. Community problems will cause Chaos City to
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The question of right and wrong has been battled over for centuries. Many conservatives still believe that truth is absolute‚ while others disagree‚ saying that truth is relative. I believe that truth is absolute‚ and therefore‚ it is never right to do wrong. Socrates is questionably the greatest philosopher of all time. He preached out against immorality and many other evils. He spent his whole life teaching other people how to be good and moral. In the "Crito" he is imprisoned and awaiting
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elements of society such as morality‚ law and culture and the “chaotic” elements of humanity’s savage animal instincts e.g. anarchy‚ bloodlust‚ desire for power‚ amorality‚ selfishness‚ violence?} Golding portrays the opposing elements of order and chaos in a strongly allegorical manner. Chapter one begins with much foreshadowing of situations in the future and the battle between the conflicting elements can already be clearly seen. Golding uses the conch‚ the behaviour of the “little ‘uns”‚ the uniform
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There are three potential conclusions that can be drawn regarding relativist and absolute theology. The first is that a relativist viewpoint is adopted‚ whereby it is accepted that everyone is right in their own way‚ and thus religious tolerance and respect draws upon a seemingly neutral stance where everyone is free to believe their own religion (as long as they accept that other people are right too). The difficulty with this argument is‚ as Cooling (2002) and Pike (2013) maintain‚ neutrality
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The Absolute Standards Approach is an appraisal method used to assess the performance of employees by presenting a detailed description of the employees’ actual behavior in comparison to a certain set of standards. In this type of appraisal format‚ the appraisers compare the employees to a certain set of standards‚ which may come in the form of checklists‚ rating scales‚ etc‚ rather than to other employees within the organization. The Absolute Standard Appraisal method has 4 techniques: Checklists
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One of her theorems was the Chaos Theorem. She was one of the first people to work on this complex theorem. She worked with John Littlewood for many years to come. Cartwright worked with John Littlewood on the internal functions of zero. Mary Cartwright and John Littlewood also worked
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The duty of the Fictional Writer is to capture the reality and portray the Absolute Truth in his work. He must be cautious not to detach himself from the vision of what-is‚ for that will decipher whether it is a good or bad piece of art. The famous fictional writer Flannery O’Connor states‚ “For the writer of Fiction‚ everything has its testing point in the eye.” The testing point is in the eye‚ for the true artist has the ability to present the reader with ideas and realities through sensible
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