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- 781: Multicultural Education
- ... in this paper, the root of the problem was as follows: In 1980, Stanford University came up with a program - later known as the "Stanford-style multicultural curriculum" which aimed to familiarize students with traditions, philosophy, literature, and history of the West. The program consisted of 15 required books by writers such as Plato, Aristotle, Homer, Aquinas, Marx, and Freud. By 1987, a group called the Rainbow Coalition argued the fact ...
- 782: The Enlightenment
- ... extreme and radical philosophes--Denis Diderot, Claude Adrien Helvetius, Baron d'Holbach, the Marquis de Condorcet, and Julien Offroy de La Mettrie (1709-51)--advocated a philosophical rationalism deriving its method from science and natural philosophy that would replace religion as the means of knowing nature and destiny of humanity; these men were materialists, patheists, or atheists. Other enlightened thinkers, such as Pierre BAyle, Voltaire, DAvid Hume, Jean Le ROnd D ...
- 783: Freedom in the United States
- ... refused to take action. The defendant was acquitted on the basis that in cases of libel the jury should judge both law and the facts. James Alexander was the first colonial writer to develop a philosophy on the freedom of speech. He founded the American Philosophical Society and masterminded the Zenger defense. Alexander's chief conviction was "Freedom of speech is a principal pillar in a free government: when this support ...
- 784: The Meaning of Society
- ... Meaning of Society What is the meaning of society? It’s a simple word but with a very complicated definition. Society is our own everyday reality. It’s features such as economics, culture, language and philosophy is what unites individuals and creates a society. In the book, “The Discovery of Society”, written by Randall Collins and Michael Makowsky we are able to capture the ideas and beliefs of a variety of ...
- 785: Development of Communist Theory
- ... Engels. Without these two men the entire basis of communism and communist principles would be non-existent. Bibliography Engels, Friedrich, Karl Marx. The Communist Manifesto. Washington Square Press; New York: 1964. Hacker, Andrew. Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science. The Macmillian Company; New York: 1961. Heilbroner, Robert. Marxism, For and Against. W.W. Norton & Company; New York: 1980. Payne, Robert. Marx. Simon and Schuster; New York: 1968.
- 786: Teenagers of the Sixties and Today
- ... believed that the First Amendment of the Constitution guaranteed them freedom of speech in public places; however, the students of the University of California at Berkeley in 1964, found out different. "...Mario Savio, a young philosophy major, leaped onto the stage, took the microphone, and attempted to tell the students' side of the story. A group of campus police rushed up, threw him on the floor, and dragged him off the ...
- 787: Status of Women In Society
- ... the work of the revolutionary thinkers of the Enlightenment Era. Bibliography: Zeitlin, Irving M., 1997, Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory. 6th ed. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Russell, Bertrand, 1972, A History of Western Philosophy. New York: Simon & Schuster Sanderson, Stephen K., 1995, Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Sciences. 3rd ed. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers Henslin, James M., 1995, Down to Earth Sociology: Introductory Readings. 8th ed. New ...
- 788: Media Violence
- ... violent action movies are condoning such actions...." Another counselor from Omaha said, "If a kid hears his dad laughing about having beat somebody up when he was 13, then that father is creating an underlying philosophy in the family." Joseph Stankus, an Omaha psychologist, said, "If sombody doesn't show any regard for the results of violence, then maybe you give it to them" (qtd. in Nelson np). Watching violence and ...
- 789: The Role of Entertainers as Educators
- ... a year among people of Antioch learning Arabic songs of Syria, which he brought back to France (Lindsay 4). Poet Gerbert made contributions to geometry, music theory, and arithmetic in his works which customarily valued philosophy over prayer (Lindsay 45). The religious songs of Martin Luther forced poets and scholars to take sides during the Religious conflict of the Reformation (Hering 2). Lutherąs chorale łEiną feste Burge˛ became a national ...
- 790: Age of Reason
- ... their ability to reason, “all men are naturally in . . . a state of perfect freedom”(65). Man’s natural freedom, a result of his innate rational thought process, is the basis of Locke’s entire political philosophy. In his essay, he extensively describes man’s naturally given rights which are all based on reason, and his ability to use reason to determine whether these rights are being violated. “Every one,” he states ...
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