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    Besides ‘filter mechanisms’‚ there are procedural restrictions that consist of three heads of grounds including illegality‚ procedural impropriety and irrationality. It protects individuals by providing grounds allowing them to seek judicial review and protects the public bodies from interference with their work because individuals must obtain one of the grounds before seeking judicial review. According to Lord Diplock‚ ‘the decision-maker must understand correctly the law that regulates his decision-making

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    relax‚ release our emotions‚ and have ‘fun’ which is a “very peculiar sort of fun” considering what we find as amusing‚ are seeing other people being killed. For some‚ horror movies give the audience a sense of relief because the levels of irrationality are being “extended so rarely.” Which brings King’s

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    600 BC‚ include what may be the first ’use’ of irrational numbers. The concept of irrationality was implicitly accepted by early Indian mathematicians since Manava (c. 750–690 BC)‚ who were aware that the square roots of certain numbers such as 2 and 61 could not be exactly determined. Around 500 BC‚ the Greek mathematicians led by Pythagoras realized the need for irrational numbers‚ in particular the irrationality of the square root of 2. The Middle Ages saw the acceptance of zero‚ negative‚ integral and fractional numbers

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    an authoritative system of ethics‚ government‚ and logic swept through Europe and the Americas. The intellectual leaders regarded themselves as a courageous elite who would lead the world into progress from a long period of doubtful tradition‚ irrationality‚ superstition‚ and tyranny. The movement helped create the intellectual framework for the American and French Revolutions and led to the rise of classical liberalism and modern capitalism. While this was an insightful event for the Europe‚ for

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    Shakespeare’s ’Othello’ is the study of how a seemingly successful Venetian general‚ is skilfully manipulated by the cunning Iago‚ who by exploiting Othello’s insecurities transforms his identity into a jealous murderer. At the beginning of the play‚ Othello’s identity is that of an assiduous black general who fought exceptionally hard to gain respect in a white dominated society. In marrying Desdemona‚ Othello adds to his identity by being a lover and husband and his identity is portrayed to be

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    Abnormal Psychology: Assignment 1- Defining abnormality Defining abnormal behaviour is one of the most difficult and provocative subjects within the field of abnormal psychology as there are a range of methodologies you can use to define abnormalities. Abnormality is a behaviour or condition that strays from what society views as normal and appropriate‚ consequently causing distress or harm to oneself or those around them. Due to the fact that society has changed through history when defining

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    asserts that human nature is complex‚ as it is comprised of two contradictory forces- rationality and irrationality. He acknowledges that while order and logic are crucial in a functioning society‚ they can also be stifling. Likewise‚ while embracing sensuality‚ which can offer release and freedom‚ it too can be destructive. Euripides’ tragic play thus explores whether there is space for this irrationality in a well structured and ordered society. While the playwright does not come to a conclusion‚ he

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    stage to intensify this passionate conflict between these two periods and also compares it to the romanticism period whereby Jim Hunter speaks of romanticism challenging the assumptions of the enlightenment and some what reversing them so that irrationality is promoted over rationality and the following of the heart is promoted over the head. Alison E Weatley‚ another Academic analysing Tom Stoppards Arcadia‚ discusses the human desire to control or order nature and how human nature is shown to

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    all process is controlled by mechanics. McDonaldlization as Ritzer said “The process by which the principles of the fast food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of America society as well as the rest of the world”. Irrationality of Rationality is the fifth aspects of McDonaldlization. “Most specifically‚ irrationally means the rational systems are unreasonable systems. By that I mean that they deny the basic humanity‚ the human reason‚ of the people who work within or

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    Aristotle argues that women are less then men by nature. His idea of Telos gives women the natural ability to be seen as men’s inferior. Aristotle looked at the status of women in his own slaveholding class and wrote solemnly of how natural it is for a woman to lead a quiet‚ sedentary life‚ staying indoors to nurture children and preserve possessions acquired by her "natural ruler‚" man‚ who is well constituted for activities outside the home. What today’s sociobiologist proclaims as genetically

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