... in society, of social relations, the relationship between the individual and society, and the structure of society itself. Realism took the content of all art and literature depiction of the world and human thoughts and feelings and made it a principle, thereby rising above the flat and copying of reality and subjective presentation of human nature as a playground of unbridled passions. Realism ... an authentic picture of contemporary personal and social life, since the underlying principle or the realist method, active cognition, brought important new achievements. The realists were ab...

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... is undergoing, particularly the two "macro" changes of globalization on the one hand, and the revolution in information and communication technology on the other. Because of globalization, our world is becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated, depending on continuous innovations in a wide range of political, financial, social and cultural areas, thus requiring more and more educated people, ... capable of taking part in this developing trans-national culture. This situation is surely accelerated by technological advances, which have transformed our society in the variously describ...

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... the interconnectedness, then ones ethical framework would lack the responsibility of being committed towards sustainability of the natural environment. With the advancement of technology, humans have exploited the natural world in terms of reclamation of land from the sea for infrastructural development, deforestation of the "earths green lungs", and alteration of landscape for mining and increased ... inclusiveness, transparency , efficient use of resources and accountability which would eventually combat climate change in the Pacific Islands. To conclude, the common destiny of humanity...

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... cognition, achieved through taste, touch, hearing, seeing, smell – the whole corporeal sensorium" (Buck-Morss 6). In the 21st century, the development and proliferation of video games has shown the world how pixelated, simulative art can be made into a reality, a phantasmagoria of sorts, by invoking reactions from all the senses in the human body. However, by "flood[ing] the senses ... ;consoling phantasmagoria" in a "permanent invitation to intoxication"", video games block out reality and destroy the human being's power to respond to external stimuli in the real world (Buck-Morss 24)...

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... the interconnectedness, then ones ethical framework would lack the responsibility of being committed towards sustainability of the natural environment. With the advancement of technology, humans have exploited the natural world in terms of reclamation of land from the sea for infrastructural development, deforestation of the "earths green lungs", and alteration of landscape for mining and increased ... inclusiveness, transparency , efficient use of resources and accountability which would eventually combat climate change in the Pacific Islands. To conclude, the common destiny of humanity...

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... Tucker, Shenk, Lernetti et al. and Neil summarizes some of the theoretical challenges that applies to Human Behavioral Ecology, and ways in which evolutionary anthropologists can contribute to solving tough world issues. The third articles summarizes biological mechanisms of primates' behavior across across more than 3 decades observing behaviors and performing experiments on primate population. The articles vary in the different branches ... ...

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Utilitarianism is defined as an ethical theory with the decree, "act in such a way as to maximize the expected satisfaction of interests in the world, equally considered " (Matheny, 14). In other words, do what is best for everyone, not yourself; the greatest good for the greatest number. In Utilitarianism and Animals, philosopher Gaverick Matheny argues ... ...

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... ancestral spirits and providing solidity for religious activity. If religious devotion is dependent on the family unit, then the religious character of the family is a necessary theme to provide a world view. Moreover, the family is typically the center of social unity in most cultures, especially in regards to religious devotion and worship, so their influence and involvement in the themes ... and habits, and religion is a daily aspect for most Japanese people. The natural bond between religion and the nation is ancient in Japan. This is a key theme in understanding the world view of a ...

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... all members of the civilization. This was not the case. The nutrition of individuals appears often to have declined for any of several reasons: because increasingly complex society placed new barriers between individuals and flexible access to resources, because trade often siphoned resources away, because some segments of the society increasingly had only indirect access to food, because ... investments in new technology to improve production focused power in the hands of elites so that their benefits were not widely shared, and perhaps because of the outright exploitation and deprivati...

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... and trading people and of downtrodden and negligible laborers, and poor and common people, seemed the most stably established way of living that the world has ever seen Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century, in this period there was no ruling unifying idea in men's minds. The impulse ... one of a number of competing princes, and the dream of Christendom also was a fading dream. The developing "powers" jostled one another throughout the world; but for a time it seemed that they might jostle one another indefinitely without any great catastrophe to mankind. The great geographic...

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... non-redundant functions of Bax and Bak (Aim 1), linking the role of Bax and Bak in regulating synaptic activity to their effects on Sindbis virus infections (Aim 2), and to explore new mechanisms by which cell death effectors explain whether Sindbis virus induces apoptosis or establishes alatent infection (Aim 3)....

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... observes an actor watching an object being hidden. A screen is then placed between the object and the actor, preventing them from seeing that another actor is moving the object to a new location. The animal, is however witness to all of this. When the first actor returns they begin to search for the object. The amount of time the chimpanzee stares at ... -awareness may seem to come completely naturally to us humans, it is still a learnt behaviour. If this is true, and we develop self-awareness as we gain knowledge of the world, it appears perfectly plausible that animals too could develo...

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... in present if we have no idea of what has brought to the situation actually occurring? It is also proven that historical facts occur faster and faster within new generations, that is why the great civilization's struggle for colonization lasted for hundreds of years, and present today Irak and Haiti were invaded in less than two ... establishment of a capital one also took more than a hundred years, Colombia for example was colonized in 1502 and independent until 1810, What about present today? Establishing a new government only takes four years from one to another, the capital system is...

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... becomes a problem for humans in the long run, eventually resulting in an ecosystem breakdown. Lands are being devastated continuously, forcing different plant and animal species to promptly adapt to their new surroundings and environments or to become a statistic for extinct species and contribute to the loss of biological diversity. The alteration of the Earth's land is without a doubt increasing abruptly and ... dependant on them. Biological invasion rates have increased over the years due to human activities and land transformations. Plants and animals have been either deliberately o...

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... and an employee's need to be away from work to attend to serious family needs that include the serious health condition of the employee, a family member, or the addition of a new child to the employee's family. Family medical leave laws promote ethical human resource decisions because they give employers a framework for making decisions that balance important and conflicting needs in an ... ...

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... distinction that Callahan draws between killing and letting die is metaphysical "and therefore intensely philosophical "in nature. Human beings, he argues, become accustomed as children to see the world primarily as an extension of themselves and to perceive themselves as fundamentally in control of every aspect of their existence. This philosophical perception, however, is flawed. Humans are not in ... ...

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