A more effective way in approaching this topic would be to ask to what extent and in what ways they influence personality. ... Once one has reached the age of understanding what is needed in life to survive, they will strive more for excellence and meaning. The difference of these motives is merely in education and understanding of what is needed in life and the changes in what is needed between children and adults. ... In this theory, it plays no role; the belief in a superior being is irrational. ... Religion consists only of irrational acts for no practical result. ...

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The source of his emotional life, his sense of meaning, lay in religion. ... The best moral philosophy does not start from any explicit distinction between moral and other forms of value. ... Work has a purpose or goal, where play does not. ... Aristotle's philosophy engages head on the idea of the meaning of life. ... The western culture has a strong moral emphasis on education as well, but mainly because it acts as a way to achieve financial success. ...

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The tension between the USA and Russia was high during the 1960s. ... Specifically, the black monolith, which is an object that plays a key role in progressing the movie, is given no detail as to what it is, where it came from, why it was there nor who created it. ... Proffered Meanings and Audience Readings Kubrick's works are notable for their open interpretations. ... The proffered meanings are debatable, however the events are not so ambiguous that a conscious viewer would have no idea. ... An alternative reading of 2001 is that the movie is politically fuelled, and acts as a predicti...

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The interaction between the individual in his personal enviornment and a host of functionaries representing anonymous institutions is what this means. Social behavior or interacton involves a communication of meaning. ... Yet far from the whole of language is words and their public meaning. ... There is always some discrepency between what we wish to communicate and what, in fact, we do communicate, granted that communication exists in orger to serve the needs of the communcators. ... In the process of primary socialization, the family is usually the most imoportant agent, although pla...

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It is very obvious that the humans of this world do not understand the true meanings of what a race is or what an ethnicity is. ... Then again, that is what the word "ignorance" is for; for those who actually judge people based on what they look like. ... This is where Social Darwinism comes into play. ... When a person acts on his prejudice, then it becomes discrimination. Discrimination is acts based on prejudiced beliefs against a specific individual or group. ...

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What I mean by this is that she sets her own standards for what a moral saint is. ... What Susan Wolf fails to see is that utilizing morality in the way one thinks or acts does not act as a detriment to one's personality or personhood. For example, Wolf states that the characteristics of what a human should strive to be include someone who is well rounded and implements desirable things in their lives, such as reading literature, playing instruments, or being involved in sports. ... This would be referred to, as a pursuit of "non-moral excellence, " meaning the mission of trying to be th...

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It leads them to accusations such as Science tries to play God. ... In short, it might be possible to bridge the gap between life and death. ... Instead, they say that by acting in such a manner, we humans are trying to play the role of God. ... Understanding the data helps us find the meaning of life and who we really are. ... What would be that God, who does not yearn for the prosperity of His people? ...

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Like them, cloning is to be regarded as a neutral technique, with no inherent meaning or goodness, but subject to multiple uses, some good, some bad. ... and what are the unforeseen consequences? ... Frankenstein created life from what was once living matter. ... The revulsion seen in the acts of the Doctor are mirrored in the response of modern Man to the concept of cloning. ... Is this what we fear in the future of genetic engineering? ...

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No matter what we do, things in life are constantly changing. ... Hume makes a distinction between "relations of ideas" and "matters of fact.... Impressions of our world is what makes us able to put math and logic to good use. ... When your perception, what you say about your perception and other people's perceptions is what make truth empirical. ... When he talks about a paradox he is meaning something that is a logical conclusion that contradicts itself, yet might still be true. ...

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This sensitivity to fear in humans is what has made us so compatible. ... (Ward, 2012) As you can see, the impulsive decisions, directed by human nature resulted in more selfless acts, further supporting the belief that human nature is altruistic. ... "For the second study,  891 participants were instructed to play a public goods game either in two modes, with no ground in between – either fast, which entailed making a decision under 10 seconds, or slow, meaning at least 10 seconds after the game had started" (Puiu, 2012). ... This intuitive sense to act in the interest of...

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