Rationalization

As its name states, existentialism is the philosophy that seeks to understand human existence and the meaning of it. For that reason, one of the main concerns of existentialists is the individual, the subject, and its relation to the world and the truth. As the “Father of Existentialism”, one of Kierkegaard’s main themes is subjectivity and so, the way people relate themselves to the earthly truths. In his Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Kierkegaard states that “Truth is subjectivity”…

The many facets that lead up to such an unprecedented explosion of action and aggression across the globe can be explained through many means. However, Realism and Marxism are two international relations theories that very clearly aid in the rationalization of the First World War. Europe in the early twentieth century…

Simmel and Lukacs, describe this relationship as being between the principle of market exchange and the rationalization of culture, which is the change of traditions, values, and emotions as motivators for behavior in society with rational, or calculated ones. (Dunn, 2008). Additionally, the form of the commodity is the product and result of alienation which is…

“If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin croucheth at the door: and unto thee shall be its desire, but do thou rule over it.” Genesis 4:7 American Standard Version---- “If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.” Genesis 4:7 King James Version Everyone seeks the truth. All are bound by an innate curiosity of the world and that which lies…

you have time.” Where the superego would be saying, “He will be fine, yourself comes first and remember what you came here for.” Sometimes he would help and other times he would not. I believe Michael could have two of the defense mechanisms: rationalization and intellectualization. When Michael and his brother broke out of prison, they ended having to kill some people to help them to either to stay from getting caught. So they would say that they needed to kill him or her to stay free. Then for…

as they stress over whether they will escape safely. This event would likely have caused Julia anxiety as well; considering her naiveté in the adult world, she would be understandably alarmed by her family’s fear. Alvarez exposes her childish rationalization and assumptions of the present tension by saying, “I had already swum ahead and guessed some loss much larger than I understood, more danger than the deep end of the pool.”(Alvarez, 34-36) This displays the turmoil in her mind through the…

(622-623)" Jeremy had formed the opinion in his psyche that he had done the right thing by getting rid of his child, he began to make justifications for his action in saying that it was just another unwanted child in an overpopulated world. These rationalizations seem to only give Jeremy and China more reasons to not see what they had done as…

association theory points to the idea that the people one surrounds themselves with has an effect on their likelihood of becoming a criminal. This theory states that individuals learn criminal behaviors from others, including attitudes, motives, and rationalizations for criminal behavior. The essential learning of criminal behavior occurs within the personal groups one is intimate with.…

An Introduction of the Topic Loading…. technology into every public classroom for overall student excellence along with teachers incorporating social media into the curriculum defines new or renewed pedagogies. Technology contains the capability to spark visual, auditory, kinesthetic and tactile modalities. Technology-implemented lessons foster learning while playing because mostly all senses are influenced in the activity. Both students and teachers are motivated when educational technology…

society, however, a lack of repatriation and concession makes transitioning to an all-encompassing society all the more difficult. For example, the authors provide a brief snapshot overview of the history of racism in the U.S., and surmise that the rationalization of racial advantage for “whites” versus the slanderous condemnation of “non-whites,” and immigrants, and allowed for policies to shape life across America until the…