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the consent a person gives meets certain minimum standards.
can be said to have been given based upon a clear appreciation and understanding of the facts, implications, and future consequences of an action |
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| imposing specific ethical values of a majority/minority/ whole community, regardless if they are right or wrong |
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| anythign goes approach - equally and indifferently valuing and accepting any specific ethical code |
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| practice of using capitalism, globalization, and cultural forces to control a country in lieu of direct military or political control |
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| someone tring to put words in your mouth and decide in your place, acting condescendingly. |
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| "people" against "elite" - urges social and political system changes/ political ideas and activities that are intended to represent ordinary people's needs and wishes. |
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| linking of practice and theory- theory is extracted from practice and applied back to practice to form what is called intelligent practice. |
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| bliefe that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. |
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state or country that purports to be officially neutral in matters of religion, supporting neither religion nor irreligion.
claims to treat all citizens equally regardless of religion/ nonreligion over other religions/nonreligions. |
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belief that the world is ruled by stronger people/ struggle for survival or survival of the fittest.
scientifically - naturalistic fallacy- just because it's there, doesn't mean it should be.
2 main flaws:
1. the struggle for survival - differential survival of individuals inheriting different physical neuro-hormomal traits
2. assuming some instinctual behaviors might have evolved fitting the needs of prehistoric societies |
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| the human mind, as part of the human body is resulting from biology, evolution and natural selection. |
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popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals.
standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions. |
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| form of organization in which the offical policy is to be governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided or simply pursuant to the doctrine of a particular religions sect or religion. |
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View that the truth value of certain claims, especially about the existence or non-existence of any religion is unknown/ unknowable.
The agnostic person does not believe or disbelieve there is a God. |
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| the complete rejection of belief in the existence of dieties/ gods |
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favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority.
pertains to govt/ political system/ principle/ practice where individual freedom is completely subordinate to the power of authority of the state.
either one person or a small group. |
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having due authority supported by evidence and accepted by most authorities in a field. |
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the practice of voluntary giving of help to those in need, not related to the giver. |
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protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringements by governments/private organizations.
ensure ability to participate in civil and political life without discrimination or repression. |
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establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another. |
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strategy for gaining political power by appealing to prejudices, emotions, fears, vanities, expectations of the public.
taking advantage of the prejudices of moral majority. |
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all people have a say in the decisions that affect their lives.
encompasses social, economic, and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-esteem. |
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| prejudicial treatment of an individual based on membership in a certain group or category |
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| the tendency to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true, without the consideration of evidence or the opinions of others. |
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state governed by the principles of ethics: the set of principles/ values that govern our actions.
can be either ideological or religious.
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the set of principles/ values/ rules that govern our actions. these principles consist of education, religion, ideology, instincts, etc.
not a science, and has nothing to do with truth. only concerns action
ultimately rest upon arbitrary choice of what we feel is right or wrong. |
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becomes higher as you take advantage of those who are weak.
marxian concept - relationship between quantities of hours worked and income workers get out of the output they produce |
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enjoying life as long as pleasure does not turn into pain or suffering
everyone should be offered the opportunity not only to fulfillment of basic needs, but also to develop his/her attitudes concerning culture, politics, the arts, etc and should not have an elitarian perrogative.
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| inconsistency between what you say and what you do |
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| information that is not immediately noticeable and that must be discovered or uncovered and interrupted before it can be known |
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| inalienable, fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being |
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creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationships, usually between states and often in the form of an empire based on domination and subordination.
normally used to imply forcible imposition of a more powerful foreigng governments's control on a weaker country, or over conquered territory that was previously without a unified government, "imperialism" is sometimes also used to describe loose or indirect political or economic influence or control of weak states by more powerful ones |
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