Vittorio Bufacchi has written an intriguing book on social injustice. It’s a combination of twelve essays‚ ten written over the duration of 2000-2008 and two written specially for this volume. He covers a wide a range of subjects through his essays to show how social injustice is present in the society. A thought-provoking essay on torture has been co-authored by Jean Maria Arrigo. Another one is a response to his critics (Matthew Fetenstein and Eddie Hyland) on political ‘scepticism’. Several essays
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of People 1 Patrice Canivez The final‚ definitive version of this paper has been published in Philosophy and Social Criticism‚ June 2004; vol. 30‚ 4: pp. 393-412‚ by SAGE Publications Ltd. All rights reserved. http://psc.sagepub.com/ Abstract Rousseau’s political theory apparently leads us to choose between patriotism and cosmopolitism. The two major works published in 1762‚ On the Social Contract and Emile‚ would represent the two sides of the alternative. However‚ the opposition between
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Ancient Greeks made many influential contributions to western civilization such as in the areas of philosophy‚ art and architecture‚ and math and science. The Greeks were a remarkable civilization and contributed things people use in every day life then‚ and currently. Some very important people of Ancient Greece include Socrates‚ Aristotle‚ Pericles’‚ Hippocrates‚ Euclid‚ Sophocles‚ Plato and Galen. All of these people shaped western civilizations‚ while Greece was in two wars at the time. They
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A Paradigm Shift in counseling Philosophy Upon reading the article‚ A Paradigm Shift in Counseling Philosophy‚ I learned that the word culture can take on a different meaning. A culture is normally referred to as a part of a race‚ how individuals within this culture act and what these individuals believe collectively. I found that culture is also a proper term to use for groups of individuals who exude the same interest‚ share commonalities and do not have to be of a particular race. For example
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------------------------------------------------- Plato’s Social Political Philosophy What makes a good society or a good individual? According to Plato‚ the virtues of justice‚ wisdom‚ courage‚ and moderation are necessary to make a good society. Since Plato’s perspective is exemplified in today’s society and in many other works of fiction‚ we can derive that there is convincing argument for Plato’s view. Before we explore examples of Plato’s perspective‚ we must first establish Plato’s views
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One blind spot I think I had at the start of the semester was the idea about disability. When you mention disability‚ I can honestly say that I always thought of the physical forms of disability. So when it came to helping accommodate for disabilities I would naturally think of things like wheelchair ramps or special seating in the offices. I never considered the fact that “invisible” disabilities were present in the workplace. Now when you say disability I think of not only the physical but also
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Mio Du Jiayu March 11th These days we are focusing on the topics of Confucius’ social and political philosophy. After finishing readings of this section‚ I would like to give reflections that mainly about Confucius’ view on governing and analyze the traditional culture and administration of our country. This essay will present my opinions about the merits and demerits of nowadays Chinese society’s government. First‚ let us deal with something that Confucius would say that Chinese
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Nowadays a wise‚ honorable‚ cultivated citizen may be the most important asset to a society‚ country or company. The education that a person receives is fundamental for the formation of an individual‚ but they’re other factors that are highly involved and play an important role such as family values‚ religious affiliation‚ friendships or extracurricular activities. A wise‚ honorable and cultivated citizen is a person who is responsible with his country; family‚ society and it can be anyone from
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To be a humans the first three characteristics are your skeletal makeup‚ Malcolm X theory and John Locke’s philosophy. Skeletal makeup is actually defines us into the category of homo sapiens. Malcolm X explains what it means to be human to be respected as a human‚ given the rights as a human. Finally there is John Locke’s philosophy‚ the rights of humans are Life‚ Liberty‚ and Property (The U.S. Declaration of Independence). First trait that makes up a human is the skeletal makeup. All
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Social Problems and social actions” by Anna Guerrero brought up many great issues within today’s society and even some of the different social movements of today’s time. One example is occupy Wall Street. This article discussed cognitive liberation which is something that takes place when an aggrieved groups begins to consider there situation as unjust. This to me is talking about things such as social class and race and even relates to some of the issues going on today such as the black lives matter
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