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    Materialism In America

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    class or circumstances of birth” (King‚ 610). For a lot of people‚ the “American Dream” is connected to becoming wealthy and the ability to achieve everything if one only works hard enough from it (Rag to Riches). For others‚ it is much more than materialism; it is simply the dream of living a simple‚ happy and fulfilling life that include faith and equality. The American Dream is also about liberty and America being the country of unlimited opportunities. With the economic powerhouse

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    Idealism has long been debated throughout time in all cultures. To some cultures‚ there may be an ideal form of love or even an ideal form of a human being with correct morals and values for said culture. In ancient literature‚ the concept of idealism has long been used when it comes to the development of their characters. In Ancient India‚ the Ramayana is the perfect example to describe the ideal Indian man and woman and‚ in a sense‚ the ideal love between a man and a woman. Rama‚ one of the main

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    model of an ideal teacher in today’s educational system. The realist teacher should command a variety of methods that may include lecture‚ discussions or experiments and should always use appropriate methods suitable to the learner’s background. IDEALISM IN EDUCATION: Under the idealist approach one must be clear on the purpose of learning. An idealist teacher is not concerned primarily with turning out students with specific technical or occupational skills‚ but they try to give the students an

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    time when morals were corrupted‚ religion was absent‚ facades were mistaken for character‚ and hope was a double-edged sword; people call it “The Jazz Age”. Fitzgerald‚ one of the best-known writers of “The Jazz Age”‚ aims to clarify the fallacy of idealism in America as he opposes the idealist views of the time with a realistic perception of society. At the time‚ people viewed America as a symbol of opportunity‚ and hope for a better life; however‚ Fitzgerald filters this notion by proposing the tragic

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    he has created. idealism recognizes ideas‚ feelings and ideals more important than material objects and at the same time emphasizes that the human development should be according to moral‚ ethical and spiritual values so that he acquires the knowledge DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES A philosophical belief and outlook that material things do not exist independently in the physical world but only in mind. PLATONIC IDEALISM (427-347 B. C.) A father of Idealism A Greek philosopher

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    An approach‚ in simple terms‚ may be defined as a way of looking at and then explaining a particular phenomenon. The perspective may be broad enough to cover a vast area like world as a whole in the study of politics‚ or it may be very small embracing just an aspect of local‚ regional‚ national or international politics. In brief‚ an approach ‘consists of criteria of selection-criteria employed in selecting the problems or question to consider and in selecting the data to bring to bear; it consists

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    Packer's Idealism Model

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    for the procedure to balance the rights of the people accused with that of the States’ investigations. In 1964‚ Packer introduced his idealism models that aimed to provide two completely different systems to take the “struggle” that he refers to as the criminal procedure. With the introduction of theses models it is believed that they create a spectrum of the idealism balances within the system. Packer’s two models have completely different aspects. Crime control focuses on the power of the state‚

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    Causal Realism & Idealism

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    Chapter 5 – Cogito‚ Realisms‚ and Idealisms We next part of the chapter the book discusses is Cogito‚ “I think‚ therefor I am” means that the act of thinking presupposes the existence of the subject - the thinker. This is important because it requires no other predicates. The mere act of questioning means that there is a questioner. The reading material then moves to the criticisms of cogito. The most universally accepted opinion is that the conclusion is extremely limited. Descartes was incapable

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    has been through two World Wars‚ and many more regional conflicts and has seen how truly wrong things can go in the hunt for power. This in addition to the formation of the United Nations‚ NATO‚ and many other international organizations has made Idealism a more tenable candidate than Realism in providing a framework to explain International Relations. Realists believe that states are power-hungry and self-interested‚ and that these characteristics are derived from human nature. There is no room

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    The author of The Quiet American book; Graham Greene‚ explores the theme of idealism vs. realism strongly but delicately; because it is present as the background of the novel. In this paper‚ I will try to give my feelings and arguments of how I think the author managed to deliver a complete story with more than just one theme. The one that caught my attention this time is the most relevant one; the analogy between idealism and realism. One of the most easy-to-recognize fact is that the main characters

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