Politeness

expresses sarcasm to emphasize the backwardness of the white people’s thinking, saying, “The politeness of these savages” (245)… The oxymoronic use of the words politeness and savages together indicate that the savages really are not the Inidans at all, but rather the European people who lack even the simplest of manners. Franklin uses this to point toward the illegitimacy of the Europeans’ pride in their great politeness. He shows that the Indians treat all people more kindly than the Europeans…

one wants. Under this second formulation, for an action to be permissible the following conditions should be met: Others are involved voluntarily in the action, the benefits from the action should be equal and others are treated with respect and politeness. The principles described above will be…

Compare/Contrast Chinese (HK) culture with another culture. “Culture itself is neither education nor law-making: it is an atmosphere and a heritage.” (Mencken, n.d.) This shows that culture is always exists in any circumstance. In accordance with different periods, different countries, cultures become different and interactive. Like Hong Kong and Japan, where contain its own distinctive culture, yet influence each other culturally. Although Chinese culture (HK) and Japanese culture differed…

race that was represented in the various customers, it was never vocalized or even shown through body language. Whether this was due to lack of racial bias in the individuals there, lack of concern or recognition for other customers, or conscious politeness enforced by the cosmopolitan canopy…

Children’s White Lies: Sociocultural Influences White lies are distinguished from selfish lies by their underlying intention that generally aims to not harm the individual, but to protect with good intentions. What is considered good or bad intentions are dictated by culture and society, thus learning the appropriate contexts for a white lie depends on sociocultural influences. Looking at Warneken and Orlins’ experiment of children and white lies, the sociocultural theories of development is…

and a comprehensive knowledge of DEPTNAV teamwork goals. Another thing, Honesty is my best policy for everything I do; such as integrity that creates character and defines who you are, cause If you want to succeed, if you want to live,It's not politeness but rather passion that will get you thereand Life is 10 percent of what I've experienced and 90 percenton how you respond to it. Which could relate to communicate and pay attention to the communicators around you, the traits that will make you…

The economy of America is improving gradually day after day. The level of unemployment is about 5% comparing to the year 2009 when it could reach 10%. For African Americans this rate is quite higher – unemployment among black Americans is still 8.3%. That is almost twice higher than for the entire US population. The question of employment and economy is a great disaster for them. Comparing to African Americans, Asians have the lowest unemployment level according to the data of the Bureau of…

What is the ideal person? Depending the people asked, the majority of people’s opinions will differ. During the time of the enlightenment and colonial periods, there were three men who wrote popular books that defined what an ideal person was, Niccolò Machiavelli, Baldassare Castiglione and George Washington. Machiavelli was a military advisor when Lorenzo de Medici was temporarily excommunicated from Florence. Machiavelli grew up under the Medici rule, but he saw the instability in government…

During the medieval era of Japan, there were two distinct types of warriors. These are the Samurai and the Shinobi. How does the lifestyle of a Samurai compare to that of a Shinobi? Both types of warriors had advantages and disadvantages when it came to their lifestyles and fighting techniques. The two types of warriors also have a long history and have evolved over time. The life of a samurai was a life full of dedication. Everyday living his life to sever his master. Samurai were to live…

There is a saying in one of the old sanskrit shlokas. विध्या ददाति विनयम् विनयाध्याति पात्रताम्। पात्रत्वात् धनमाप्नोति धनात्धर्मः ततस्सुखम्।। Meaning : Education / knowledge gives politeness, politeness gives character Character gives wealth/money and with money do dharma /righteousness and dharma gives happiness. Money can't give you happiness but with what you do with it might! We live in a material world and most of our lives depend on materials for happiness and comfort. All of these…