Socrates is a man who deeply believes in his teachings. To search for truth in your beliefs leads to virtuous beliefs. It would not have been virtuous to flee the trial. IF you read his speech you see that he wanted them to learn from this trail. He wanted them to know that these charges were brought by vengeful people and that they were a lie. He believed that the jurors would see the truth in his statement. He did not take money for his time‚ he did not incite the young men (they did that for
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In The Belief Engine‚ James Alcock introduces two interesting components in our internal belief engine‚ the Critical-Thinking Unit‚ and the Memory Unit. These two corresponding items work hand and hand to help logical thinkers to understand the world around them through personally analyzing their own past without bias from the Emotional Response Unit‚ or any other conflicting counter-part. Critical thinking is not an innate ability. As mentioned in the article many of us are born with what Alcock
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The Comparison of Ethics and Will in Belief Socrates is quoted as saying “ I cannot teach anybody anything‚ I can only make them think.” and that is what we are asked to do for this end of the term writing assignment. Philosophy‚ at least in my own case‚ has never been easy to understand‚ especially when talking about the religious implication. When it comes to those aspects I always tend to look in the direction of faith because I was born and raised a Christian. This is why comparing William
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The Aborigines had‚ and still have‚ a complex belief in creation‚ spirits and culture‚ that gives a definite distinctiveness from any other religion in the world. Thousands of years ago‚ Australian Aboriginal people were living in accordance with their dreamtime beliefs- today‚ a majority of the Aboriginal community profess allegiance to Christianity‚ and only 3% still adhere to traditional beliefs. These beliefs have provided the Aboriginal people with guidance and perspective on all aspects of
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THE CHANGING WORLD The world is has never been the same. People living a century ago‚ can never imagine the world we are living in. Over the last one hundred years we have seen extraordinary changes in technology. We had been on the foul smelling four leg carts and now at the foul smelling gas consuming four wheels. We wished to be like birds flying here and there‚ now we are visiting planets and isolated areas. We dreamed to go “Around the world in Eighty Days” and
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it is easier to be in your comfort zone. * Self-Reliance * “Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speaks what tomorrow thinks in hard words again‚ though it contradicts every thing you said today.” I really like this quote because it really talks about the way people shouldn’t act at all. Every time you say something be honest in your words. I don’t matter if you’re against something but be respectful and honest in your response. Once you make your response‚ stand by it
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“The Ethics of Belief” by William K. Clifford Clifford’s main thesis in “The Ethics of belief” is it it always wrong to believe something without sufficient evidence. It means people cannot believe and trust anything with no evidence to prove if it’s wrong or right. And also no matter what evidence is‚ wrong belief is wrong event. Like you can’t believe God because there’s no such evidence to prove the God is really exists. No one actually see the God and talk to s/he‚ to prove that God is
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Family is Changing‚ Not Deteriorating Personally‚ I agree that the family is changing‚ not deteriorating. The traditional definition of family has evolved and is a much more modern approach. No longer does family only include a husband‚ wife‚ and two children. As our text states‚ the issues with families have long existed such as single-parent homes‚ out-of-wedlock births‚ and divorce. Only now they are being recognized as an offense to family life. It is true that these things are much more
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The first‚ and perhaps most crucial‚ elements of culture we will discuss are its values and beliefs. Values are a culture’s standard for discerning what is good and just in society. Values are deeply embedded and critical for transmitting and teaching a culture’s beliefs. Beliefs are the tenets or convictions that people hold to be true. Individuals in a society have specific beliefs‚ but they also share collective values. To illustrate the difference‚ Americans commonly believe in the American Dream—that
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Beliefs of Brands Many universities students and high school students keep pursuing famous brands. From clothes to mobile phones‚ even study articles like electronic dictionaries and pens‚ they are inclined to buy famous as well. This phenomenon has aroused wide attention. One of reasons or the main reason is that brands provide us with beliefs‚ provide people good trust‚ and provide the good feeling. A brand indeed provides us with beliefs‚ usually a good brand gives people a good trust‚ and
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