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Socratic Method
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 the Socratic Method is students learning through the use of critical thinking, reasoning, and logic, finding holes in their own theories and then patching them up.

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Thrasymachus
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political realism, justice is simply what is in the interest of the stronger party.
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The Lydian Ring
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in platos republic, glauchon arguing with plato saying people with the invisbile ring would commmit unjust acts, plato says no
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Myth of the metals
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Teleology
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someone who explains things by reference to their purpose
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Great Chain of Being
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Christian concept of strict, religous hierarchical structure of all matter and life
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Doctrine of the Mean
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the right emotion in the right degree
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Eudaimonia
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aristotles: idea that happiness is more than just pleasure but closer to virtue perfecting oneself through disciplines
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State of Nature
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Hobbes, Locke theory on natural law, state of manking before civilizations, and government.
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Tacit Consent
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Locke's philosophy of tacit consent implied that by living in a nation you give tacit consent to be governed by it.
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the lion and the fox
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machiavelli :

in the prince a leader mustbe able to wear differnt masks, cunning like a fox, strong like a lion 

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Natural vs social inequality 
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relative vs absolute inequality
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Noble Savage
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Rousseau: State of nature: men have the potential to be good ,but civilizations is what corrupts people (amoral)

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Edmund Burke
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philosophical founder of modern conservatism as well as classical liberalism
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Consequentialism

 

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consequence of one's conduct are basis for judgment about the rightness of that conduct. from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right act (or omission) is one that will produce a good outcome, or consequence.
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negative utilitarianism
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Negative utilitarianism (NU) requires us to promote the least amount of evil or harm, or to prevent the greatest amount of suffering for the greatest number. Proponents like Karl Popper, Christoph Fehige and Clark Wolf argue that this is a more effective ethical formula, since, they contend,

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categorical imperative 
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immanuel Kant:

evaluating motivations for actions and what are neccessary

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instrumental vs inherent value
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instrumental value is a good that achieves something else

Inherent value is

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Speceism
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Peter Singer: different values or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership man against other species "a prejudice that survives because it is convienent for the dominant group"

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capabilities approach
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Amartya Sen:

approach to welfare economics approach on what people are able to do(capable of)

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New Lanark
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a mill in scotland ran by RObert Owen a social reformer built to use benfits of river
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bourgeioise 
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ruling class mainly facotry, owners 
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proletariat
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MARX:working class no ownership or control
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economic base
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basic industries exporting from region and bringing in wealth outside or nonbasic service
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alienation
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MARX: seperation of things naturally belonging together
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vanguard of the proletariat
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MARX: vanguard poltical party of action and movement from communist manifesto
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distributive justice
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RAWLS: how we should distribute the benefits and burdens of scocial co-operation society"
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justice as fairness

 

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RAWLS:It comprises two main principles of Liberty and Equality; the second is subdivided into Fair Equality of Opportunity and the Difference Principle.
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veil of ignorance
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RAWLS:blocking of knowldege that would benefit social cooperation
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Robert Nozick
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american political phiolosopher who was a right libertarian that contrasted Rawls in his book Anarchy, State and Utopia
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equality feminism
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men and woman although biologically diffferent are born into world equal
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difference feminsim
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men and woman are differnt versions of the human being 
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ethic of care
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theory about what makes actions right or wrong
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patriarchy 
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society where men are in control and there is female subordination
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global south
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socio economic theory on the divide betwen wealthy developing coutnries and poor.
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anti-globalization movement
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green revolution
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increased agriculture production throughout world, new strains of high yielding crops
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Vandana Shiva
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the clash of civilizations
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Samuel Huntington: Responses to Fukuyamas 'end of history' peoples cultures and religious identities will be in the primary source of conflict in the post cold war world

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Milton Friedman
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american economist founder of the monetarism theory which is the natural rate of unemployment
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objectivism
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mutual aid
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peter kropotkin found that mutual aid is most important factor in evolution of species and a bility to survive
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global food crisis
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dramatic increase of food prices and supply
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net neutrality
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no interferring from governement on what can be seen on internet
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Tim Wu
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coined network neturatlity 
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overlapping consensus
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rawls:

 citizens support the smae basic laws for difffernent each citizen affirms this ommon module for agreeing, each has own reasons for supporting law

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CSR
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Corperate Social Responsibility, 
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