(the means) in order to save the drowning stranger in the lake (the ends)‚ is the input for the universal law formulation as described by Kant. Importantly‚ a maxim cares both about the motives of action and the results‚ which is the foundation for Kantian thought. To determine the moral validity of each maxim‚ the maxim must be thought about in the sense of what if everyone did such a thing like get their pants wet in order to save a drowning stranger as if by universal law or act of nature. To
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Question: How many strangers do you talk to each day? For me: When I was in Hong Kong‚ its zero! II. Body 1) I was so shy a. The first day I was in Oklahoma i. A random person said ‘How are you doing?’ ii. I couldn’t react and then I pretended that I couldn’t hear him iii. I was so shocked that a stranger talked to me iv. I was scared to approach strangers b. My culture v. People in Hong Kong seldom talk to strangers vi. Its not
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Caring for a Stranger: An Example of Watson ’s Caring Theory I never thought that I would find myself along a desert highway taking care of a man that I never knew. But early in my career this is exactly where I found myself. This is an example of displaying Watson’s Human Caring Theory‚ and how I took care of a man‚ in the middle of nowhere‚ with little more than a bottle of water and a pair of stolen gloves. My future husband and I were driving home from Tucson‚ Arizona to Algona‚ Iowa‚ but
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attachment styles. So Ainsworth Four categories of behaviors are measured and observed: (1) separation anxiety: the unease the infant shows when left by the caregiver‚ (2) the infant’s willingness to explore‚ (3) stranger anxiety: the infant’s response to the presence of a stranger‚ and (4) reunion behavior: the way the caregiver was greeted on return. The observer notes down the behavior displayed and scores the behavior for intensity on a scale 1 to 7. McLeod‚ S. A. (2008). Mary Ainsworth |
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Existentialism In The Stranger and The Metamorphosis Have you ever contemplated whether or not your life‚ or even life in general‚ has meaning or purpose? Have you ever wondered why we are here or why we have responsibilities or even why we think of things as we do? This series of questions that an individual might ask in his or her own mind all point to a philosophy known as existentialism. Existentialism explores the uselessness of the human’s responsibility to make choices‚ perform actions
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An Investigation of the Effects of Ownership on Memory A sense of self allows us to distinguish ourselves from our surroundings. Self-referential processing engages the cortical midline structures of the brain‚ particularly the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) (Kim & Johnson‚ 2012). Our sense of self can extend to include objects that are considered especially relevant and important; owned-objects fall into this category due to potential frequent contact. Ownership persuades us to perceive objects
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their potential partners with quick assessments. An online dating website will show the users of each other’s important information‚ such as their favorite food‚ music‚ their background and etc. Therefore‚ it saves people time to meet with total strangers everyday‚ but rather with a person who has already shown similar tastes or interests. Nevertheless‚ a coin always has two sides‚ so does online dating. It is easy to receive deceiving information and the interactions between a couple shows no
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observed with cameras. It consisted of several situations‚ standardised for all those who took part. Each condition involved variation of the presence of the mother and/or a stranger‚ over 3 minute intervals. During these different conditions‚ the child’s behaviour was monitored‚ assessing their exploratory behaviour‚ stranger anxiety‚ separation protest and reunion behaviour. From her study‚ Ainsworth identified three types of attachment‚ these were: secure‚ insecure- avoidant and insecure-resistant
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The Masque of the Red Death is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. A horrible disease ravaged a kingdom and killed half of the country. The disease’s effects are gruesome to say the least. The effects of the disease were as follows: sudden dizziness‚ sharp pains‚ bleeding from the pores and finally death. All of this took place within 30 minutes‚ but it wasn’t a fast or painless 30 minutes. While this disease was destroying the kingdom the prince‚ Prospero was his name‚ locked himself and
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on a snowy evening The poem “stopping by the woods on a snowy evening” is written by Robert Frost. The poem is set in the woods and the speaker here is the stranger who stopped there‚ admiring what his eyes saw‚ the beautiful view. In the opening stanza‚ the poet wonders about owner of the woods and thinks he knows him. The stranger is in the woods and has a horse who thinks its weird that its owner has stopped in a place that does not have a farmhouse ‚ but a place that is in between the
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