40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself. Here are 40 thought-provoking questions to help you refresh and refocus your thinking: Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. if you’re interested in reading even more inspiring, thought-provoking questions.Title photo by: Helga Weber For all other photo credits please refer to ThoughtQuestions.com Related 40 Questions Everyone is Afraid to Ask Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. April 13, 2012 In "Aspirations" 40 Questions that Will Quiet Your Mind Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers … because asking the right questions is the answer. August 5, 2015 In "Happiness" 25 Photo-Illustrated Reminders to Help You Find Happiness Happiness is the highest level of success.
Social Institutions 1. Accounts of Social Institutions Any account of social institutions must begin by informally marking off social institutions from other social forms. Unfortunately, as noted above, in ordinary language the terms “institutions” and “social institutions” are used to refer to a miscellany of social forms, including conventions, rules, rituals, organisations, and systems of organisations. Social institutions need to be distinguished from less complex social forms such as conventions, rules, social norms, roles and rituals. Social institutions also need to be distinguished from more complex and more complete social entities, such as societies or cultures, of which any given institution is typically a constitutive element. Social institutions are often organisations (Scott 2001). Nevertheless, some institutions are not organisations, or systems of organisations, and do not require organisations. Thus far we have discussed atomistic and holistic accounts of social institutions. 2. 3. 4. 5.
How To Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Buy the book: Amazon | B&N | More… Here’s what a few folks have said about it: “Brilliant and real and true.” Read an excerpt below… Tags: steal like an artist Immigration First published Mon May 10, 2010 There are a variety of important issues surrounding the morality of immigration, including difficult questions regarding the definition and moral status of refugees, the circumstances (if any) in which it is permissible to use guest workers, what obligations a rich country incurs when it actively recruits skilled workers from a poor state, and whether there are any limitations on the selection criteria a country may use in deciding among applicants for immigration. This entry addresses each of these topics below, but first it reviews the most prominent arguments on both sides of the central debate in this area, whether states have the moral right to exclude potential immigrants. 1. 1.1 Preserving Culture The most popular argument for the permissibility and importance of closing borders to outsiders is that this exclusion is necessary in order to preserve a state's distinctive culture. 1.2 Sustaining the Economy 1.3 Distributing State Benefits 1.7 Democracy
Brain Pickings Democracy First published Thu Jul 27, 2006 Normative democratic theory deals with the moral foundations of democracy and democratic institutions. It is distinct from descriptive and explanatory democratic theory. This brief outline of normative democratic theory focuses attention on four distinct issues in recent work. 1. To fix ideas, the term “democracy,” as I will use it in this article, refers very generally to a method of group decision making characterized by a kind of equality among the participants at an essential stage of the collective decision making. The function of normative democratic theory is not to settle questions of definition but to determine which, if any, of the forms democracy may take are morally desirable and when and how. 2. 2.1 Instrumentalism 2.1.1 Instrumental Arguments in Favor of Democracy Two kinds of in instrumental benefits are commonly attributed to democracy: relatively good laws and policies and improvements in the characters of the participants. 2.2.1 Liberty
10 Reasons We’re Not Adults Yet It’s undeniable that, in one’s twenties, you begin to enter a time in your life where you are clearly no longer a child. But much like the demographic-straddling existential crisis that early 2000s Britney Spears went through, we are no longer quite grown-ups, either. And how do we know? Well, amongst many things, there are a chosen few that stand out as undeniable evidence that we still have some serious growing up to do. 1. At this point, it’s clear that there are definite ways to store and use our money that not only keep us from spending it recklessly, but actually might accrue some extra money on top of itself just from being kept in the right places. 2. While some things, like the ex that took twice the length of the actual relationship to break it off with, and Mountain Dew, might be errors in judgement that we’ve finally left in the past — most still need to be shaken from us once and for all. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Citizenship First published Fri Oct 13, 2006; substantive revision Mon Aug 1, 2011 A citizen is a member of a political community who enjoys the rights and assumes the duties of membership. This broad definition is discernible, with minor variations, in the works of contemporary authors as well as in the entry “citoyen” in Diderot's and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie [1753].[1] Notwithstanding this common starting-point and certain shared references,[2] the differences between 18th century discussions and contemporary debates are significant. The encyclopédiste's main preoccupation, understandable for one living in a monarchy, was the relationship between the concepts ‘citizen’ and ‘subject’. Two broad challenges have led theorists to re-examine the concept: first, the need to acknowledge the internal diversity of contemporary liberal democracies; second, the pressures wrought by globalization on the territorial, sovereign state. The entry has three principal sections. 1. 1.1 Definitions 2.
Eldon Taylor: The Rehearsal That Makes a Lifetime Difference Within every human being exists a propensity for greatness. The gifts may vary, and the greatness may live out in a vast array of alternatives -- say from carpentry to rocket science -- but the gift that gives one true self-respect, lifts the spirit from "same old, same old," resides within. It is our ability to do our very best with our talents in every thing we do. Every individual essentially has a self-representation that is rehearsed and eventually actualized. It is much more complicated than expressed here, but simply, it is also just this way. Our actual self. These categories were originally developed by P.A.D. Most of us are aware of a so-called actual self. The actual self pales by comparison to our ideal self. Then there is our "ought-to-be self." Finally, there is the desired self. The ought-to-be self, desired self, and ideal self share certain commonalities, but they also differ remarkably. Now, there's one more thing I wish to add before continuing. Bibliography:
Respect First published Wed Sep 10, 2003; substantive revision Tue Feb 4, 2014 Respect has great importance in everyday life. As children we are taught (one hopes) to respect our parents, teachers, and elders, school rules and traffic laws, family and cultural traditions, other people's feelings and rights, our country's flag and leaders, the truth and people's differing opinions. We may also learn that how our lives go depends every bit as much on whether we respect ourselves. The ubiquity and significance of respect and self-respect in everyday life largely explains why philosophers, particularly in moral and political philosophy, have been interested in these two concepts. 1. Among the main questions about respect that philosophers have addressed are these: (1) How should respect in general be understood? 1.1 Elements of respect It is widely acknowledged that there are different kinds of respect, which complicates the answering of these questions. 1.2 Kinds of Respect
The font that should not be on your résumé—and other tips for job seekers Times, they are a’changin’. Actually, make that Times New Roman. What was once the default font of choice is now seen as lackluster, lazy, and difficult—three words we’re sure you wouldn’t put on your résumé. The following infographic from Colorado Technical University recommends using a font that’s more easily readable, such as Georgia. It also suggests you break out the old storyboards and weave a theme into your C.V. to paint a better picture of yourself for potential employers We suggest a create-your-own-adventure style résumé, but that’s just us. View the rest of the tips below. (via Daily Infographic)
The Nonidentity Problem First published Tue Jul 21, 2009; substantive revision Thu Sep 19, 2013 The nonidentity problem focuses on the obligations we think we have in respect of people who, by our own acts, are caused both to exist and to have existences that are, though worth having, unavoidably flawed – existences, that is, that are flawed if those people are ever to have them at all. If a person's existence is unavoidably flawed, then the agent's only alternatives to bringing that person into the flawed existence are to bring no one into existence at all or to bring a different person – a nonidentical but better off person – into existence in place of the person whose existence is flawed. If the existence is worth having and no one else's interests are at stake, it is unclear on what ground morality would insist that the choice to bring the one person into the flawed existence is morally wrong. And yet at the same time – as we shall see – it seems that in some cases that choice clearly is morally wrong. 1.
Funny monkey experiment Posted on February 7, 2012 in Humor If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Facebook or Twitter . Thanks for visiting! Rate this Post Loading ... So... Check this out on our Partner Network World Government 1. Historical Background For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonders that would be; … Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law. United States President Harry Truman, who oversaw the founding of the United Nations after the Second World War, kept these lines from Tennyson's poem in his wallet (Kennedy 2006, xi). Derek Heater's history of ideas of world government and citizenship begins by noting their presence in ancient Chinese and Indian as well as Graeco-Roman thought (1996, ix–x). The Italian poet, philosopher, and statesperson, Dante (1265–1321), perhaps best articulated the Christian ideal of human unity and its expression through a world governed by a universal monarch. The Russian revolutionary, V.I. 3.