Rational

noumenal. But one can show both of them have no excuse for their unbelief. In the enlightenment we come to realize two things which are informative, they are senses and the rational faculty. (Owen,p.144) some argued that rational faculty give foundation to intuition that were used to understand sense while other would say the rational faculty is a Tabula Raza (Blank) depending on which school of thought. “Ideas originate in sense data but the mind reflect these idea, what kind of reflection can…

nature” in the context of nuclear weapons to mean it is intended, by rational states, to deter attacks from other states and is not intended to be used as a first strike. By “irrational actors” I mean states that act in a way that violates their perceived best interests. In chapter two of “The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed”, Scott D. Sagan explains the flaws in the idea that states possessing nuclear weapons will be rational actors. There is an assumption that all states…

need moral integrity so they make good, rational, decisions. They need it to care for the people they are leading and to make sure things don't get too out of hand. This ties in with The lord of the flies because leadership is very important to the story, and so are morals that are bent. Morals vary in the book which causes conflicts, which is why leadership is very key to the plot. A good leader needs moral integrity, they need this to make good, rational, decisions. If they have moral…

longest lasting social institutions. In the 21st century, however, some have begun to question its stability as an institution and argue that marriage is slowly becoming deinstitutionalized. In the following text, I will touch on theories such as rational choice and feminist to demonstrate that marriage is still a powerful social institution. Additionally, I will establish how practices previously viewed as deinstitutionalizing marriage, such as divorce and cohabitation, are, in fact,…

The rational choice theory, with emphasis on cognition, provides a contingent view of future. This theory implies that human desires to get the most benefit with least cost and therefore cognitively makes a decision by analyzing his costs and benefits. Human invests in his future experience by anticipating about what he will feel in the future if he takes upon a certain action or behavior. The Berkeley soda tax intervention assumes that people are rational in making decision not…

the main characters, and he leads Lennie throughout the story. Steinbeck uses this character to reveal how important companionship was for migrant workers in the 1930’s. By examining George, the reader learns that he is faithful, protective, and rational. George proves his faithfulness by always staying with Lennie, no matter what he does, he won’t leave Lennie by himself. “‘No-look! I was just foolin’ Lennie. ‘Cause I want you to stay with me.’” (pg 13). The quote describes…

thirst are primal, yes, however, for men of maturity, there is the inescapable prologue of choice. The initiative to fulfill these needs is automatically flooded with awareness and judgment, ergo, what was once an animalistic principle has become rational by the endowment of reason. An example of this rationale may be as simple as If I eat, I will stop being hungry, replacing I need to eat because I don’t want to…

09.07 Task 1—Normal Distribution Scores on a statewide standardized test are normally distributed with a mean of 12.89 and a standard deviation of 1.95. Certificates are given to students whose scores are in the top 2% of those who took the test. This means that they scored better than 98% of the other test takers. Marcus received his score of 13.7 on the exam and is wondering why he didn’t receive a certificate. Show all work to determine whether Marcus’ score was high enough to earn a…

feminism needs to be reiterated and explained in its basic form, which is what the video goes on to do. The description below the video reads “Feminism, ain’t a dirty word people” which summarizes the concept of the video. With a heavy reliance on rational thinking the message of this text becomes easily understood through online sharing, reposting etc. This text uses simplistic explanations of feminism and feminist, making for an informative video that can be publicly shared. Similarly to…

Paul says that “Gentle, humorous, seemingly normal people-turn into a killer in the space of two days,” (193). The people who had seemed like rational good people could become killers. They are not truly evil nor are they truly evil. They have a gentle, rational side yet, can become animalistic killers. People are all capable of evil and good and we are a mix of both. Paul mentions what happens when he sees a killer from the genocide again “I saw a…