Subjective Judgment Judgment is not something certain but rather a reflection of one’s own personal beliefs‚ in other words it is subjective opinion of something. Therefore‚ the statement “good judgment” is in fact an oxymoron‚ for in order for someone to claim that it is good he must judge it. Good judgment varies from person to person based on what he/she believes to be “good.” Nonetheless‚ good judgment is generally used to describe an action that is beneficial to oneself and this is why often
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Tyranny of Majority Tyranny of Majority refers to the belief in which the majority of society or a group agrees upon an action which does not incisively mean that‚ that opinion is correct. I believe that this occurs more in a democratic government than anywhere else‚ we as a country elect our representatives to exercise their opinion or rule on what are best benefits for the majority of the country. The great issue about leaving the decision to the majority is that eventually it could fail by
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Beauty Poems‚ like stories and novels‚ often have themes and ideas that are expressed. In the two poems I read‚ de los Santos’ “Perfect Dress” and Hoagland’s “Beauty”‚ it is apparent that great thought was put into themes of beauty and into the ideas and opinions behind it. Through analyzation of these two poems I will collectively share the opinions and uncover perhaps previously unrealized perspectives that perhaps is not originally apparent In “Perfect Dress” the tone is immediately set with
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In “Problems and Promise in Pluralism‚” Annalee R. Ward argues for academic freedom amongst communication scholars‚ and questions the separation of faith and life (1). Ward seeks to determine whether various denominations can have an “engagement of differences in creative ways” that allow for coexistence in scholarship (Eck 9). Does tolerance‚ hold the key to coexistence amongst various denominations? The author questions whether faith serves as a universal guideline for scholars’ lives and communication
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judgment is the formation of an opinion (Encarta Encyclopedia‚ p 156). It is a simple definition‚ clear and direct. Although there is more to judgment than meets the eye. Consider the word opinion. What does opinion mean? An opinion is described as a belief or conclusion that is held without substantial proof (Encarta Encyclopedia‚ p 207). Biased opinions were put out throughout the town of Salem‚ Massachusetts back in the late 1600’s during the witch scare. Opinions and judgments‚ not the truth‚ were
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The historian and the search for truth A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous‚ methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. History‚ in its broadest sense‚ is the totality of all past events‚ although a more realistic definition would limit it to the known past. Of all the fields of serious study and literary effort
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How convincing is the view that sense experience is the source of all knowledge? (30mark) The view that sense experience is the source of all knowledge is an Empiricist one. Rationalism and Empiricism are the two ways in which one can approach questions regarding the obtaining of knowledge. Empiricism would argue that knowledge from reason is trivial‚ as it doesn’t tell us anything substantial about the world‚ and the only way we can do that is through experiencing it. Locke was an empiricist
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and disrespectful. However‚ Maimonides agrees that one positive statement can be made about God‚ and this is that he exists‚ this is because the whole principle of Via Negativa is based on the idea that God exists. Pseudo-Dionysius follows the same belief as Maimonides‚ also stating that God is beyond assertion and beyond denial‚ meaning that
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16th century German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is often credited as being the first philosopher to posit the principle known as the Identity of Indiscernibles (Loemker 1969: 308). This principle states that if x has exactly the same properties as y‚ then x is identical to y. An interesting consequence of this principle arises from the implication that no two objects have all of their properties in common; as such an implication suggests that perfect duplicates cannot exist. Perhaps the
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Belief has been defined by dictionary as “An acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.” or it is a “psychological state in which an individual holds a conjecture or premise to be true”. However‚ this is just the basic definition of belief‚ and if we think beyond the meanings of this word‚ we would probably realized that these do NOT make sense. There is a scale for belief‚ from -10 to 10‚ from impossible to certain. People believed that after they die‚ they will go to hell
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