Looking at Issues
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( 5 pp.) Sissela Bok has an amazing ability to help her reader see an issue in a different way . This discussion will use her methods of philosophical approach as found in her 1982 book Lying. Also used for examination will be a personal issue provided by the writer ,as well as historical overlays about the subject taken from philosophers Immanuel Kant and James Mills. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Looking to the Left / For Liberalism
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A very well-written 5 page essay arguing in favor of the positive aspects of Liberalism. A number of advanced arguments from studies are evaluatively critiqued in order for the writer to arrive at the conclusion that liberalism has had to become more social, open to schemes of redistribution which preserve the price system but which also evidently decrease the production of impermissible inequality. **Recommended only for assisting upper-level students. Bibliography lists 5 scholarly sources.
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Making Democracy Work
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A complex, 10 page political discussion of what makes democracy work-- based on available readings. Essay includes a thorough history of political though and social theory bringing readers all the way from classic Athenian models to the present. Discussions of labor, individual freedom, and welfare are scattered throughout this well-organized treatise. Bibliography lists 8+ sources.
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Manifested Behavior
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The manifestation of collective behavior whose purpose is transformation, either personal or social is seen in social movements, religion and education. This 7 page paper explores these three areas. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Mars and Venus - Old News
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(5 pp) This discussion examines John Gray's 1992 best seller, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships. In light of the new century the book, has not aged well. Although it may have broken much ground in advancing the need to discuss differences in gender communications, the reduction of communication skills to simplistic solutions, which often seem prone to the author's perceptions of how it "should" be, no longer have the power that kept the book on the New York Times bestseller list for 92 weeks. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Marshall McLuhan - Renaissance Man?
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Marshall McLuhan - Renaissance Man?:This 7-page essay discusses this legendary Canadian dubbed ?the Media Prophet.? In addition, his core ideologies relevant to various electronic media and his overall contributions are examined. Misunderstood and disliked in his own time, he now seems idolized for all the wrong reasons. Bibliography lists 4 sources. SNMarshm.doc
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Marx And Nietzsche: Self-Alienation
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5 pages in length. Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche were considered great thinkers of their time. Assessing the two philosophers' conjecture on self-alienation, one finds that both men took issue with the manner by which society treated the average person, implying that social hierarchy could be to blame for myriad issues of the individual. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Marx and Weber on Education and Religions
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This 8 page paper takes a look at how each sociologist views the subjects of education and religion. Their views are compared and contrasted. How the topics are related to sociology is explored. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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