Our family had a hard time trying to understand why a high-school teacher would be involved in any type of student discrimination. ... Social inequality is also another way to look at this type of treatment. ... In chapter 11, pg. 273, ethnocentrism is described as the tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others. ...

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Marx's talks about social alienation in the labor process, and the four types are product of labor, process of labor, human nature, and alienation of each other. ... This type of alienation means that the worker is paid a minimum amount in order to produce the maximum amount of work. ... They did not want a colored boy to be able to do the same type of work as they did. ... His grandmother and aunt eventually even began to not talk to him much because they didn't want to associate with him because of his thoughts and actions because he wasn't following the norm. ... The fina...

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This individual is free from resentment, the master of morality, and has no need for norms. ... Nietzsche does not attempt to disprove of the Christian's morality; instead, he points outs what type of constitution produces this moral system. He also indicates that other moral systems exist that express the perspective of other kinds of humans, and while he seems to attack what he labels the "slave morality" and applauds the "master morality," he is simply showing that for some types, the master morality is more appropriate that the slave morality. ... There is an appropriate truth for ...

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Possibly the reason that the Kitty Genovese homicide was seen as so horrific is because not only did it violate the law, but the norms concerning territoriality as well. ... Logical or irrational fears may get in the way of obvious humanitarian norms about helping the victim. In certain circumstances, any norms favoring intervention may be weakened, leading bystanders to choose the easiest resolution to the conflict; by looking the other way. ... Failure to respond to a situation after approximately 3 minutes greatly decreases the likelihood of any type of intervention, including reporting the...

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By laws and moral restraints which carry with them punitive means of securing conformity, deviations from established norms are held in check. ... This proves that this type of immoral behavior tends to take takes place in any society which faces a loss of structure, order and laws. ...

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However, once the secret is out they are regarded as freaks because it is outside the cultural norm and as abominations because it is outside the beliefs of many people. ... An organ with the same blood type, same body mass, and the best part is having no strings attached. ...

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Replacing new organs is nothing new with science and health, but it's a hassle to find someone with the right tissue and blood type that's willing to donate their organ. ... Saving lives is very important, but people may argue that cloning should be illegal simply because it affects the norms of society and is killing more lives than it's saving. ...

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Human beings are unique in their self-absorption; rather than follow animal norms by simply living out our daily existences, we are compelled to seek out a greater purpose for our lives. ... According to Aristotle, work rarely provides the type of enjoyment that is achieved during play. It is normally a very tedious process, in which most develop frustration, or other types of discontent. ...

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In genetics, normal is used to indicate the wild-type or the gene that is most suited to survival and reproduction. As for as the human race, have we come to the point where the norm is pretty much whatever we can afford? ...

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For instance, the human body is made of organs, these organs are made of organelles the organelles are made of tissues and each tissue is made of different types of cells that all have different structures and functions. ... People look for answers and sometime religion or even science can provide them with answers so they turn to religions that blend the two and offer a different view from the norm of society. ...

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