... of, or perfectly transparent window to, the "real" is fraught with contradictions. Realism in this simplified sense must assume a one-to-one relationship between the signifier (the word, "tree" for example) and the thing it represents (the actual arboreal object typically found in forests). Realism must, in effect, disguise its own status as artifice, must try and force language into transparency ... literary and ideological conventions which have been invested with a kind of truth value. The use of an omniscient narrator who gives us access to a character's thoughts, feelings and motiva...

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... who can, and those who can't experience self-awareness, as the implications would be that any human who cannot recognise themselves in a mirror must lack self-awareness. Blind people for example, cannot recognise themselves in a mirror, yet nobody would argue that they are not self-aware, similarly people brought up in communities in which mirrors are not used have also shown ... environment rather than controlled studies. Although this provides a high level of ecological validity, it does make it difficult to determine with certainty what the reason for behaviour truly is. For example ...

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... global citizens observe and are in favor of the biocentrism approach of environmental ethics. It is vital for humans to protect and value the environment for its own sake. An example to relate the principle of care and respect of the biodiversity is the protection of sea turtles. The World Wide Fund for Nature in a deontologist perspective works around the world ... some multinational companies operate in Pacific island countries, it tends to exploit the labor in terms of low wages and the exploitation of the natural environment for industrial development. An example related to the expl...

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... 122). Video games seamlessly meld the two senses through fantasmatic effects and in doing so, provide us with a clear definition of the mood and setting of the video game. For example, if one is playing NBA 2K14 on the Xbox, every time his team makes a basket at home court he will hear cheering followed by joyful music, much like he would ... via pushing the buttons on their controller and then are rewarded or punished also through their sense of touch depending on the consequences of their reactions. Going back to the example of the scenario where the gamer scores a basket at home cour...

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... global citizens observe and are in favor of the biocentrism approach of environmental ethics. It is vital for humans to protect and value the environment for its own sake. An example to relate the principle of care and respect of the biodiversity is the protection of sea turtles. The World Wide Fund for Nature in a deontologist perspective works around the world ... some multinational companies operate in Pacific island countries, it tends to exploit the labor in terms of low wages and the exploitation of the natural environment for industrial development. An example related to the expl...

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... 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 years, another example is that now we can have a constitution in a semester as Irak did a couple of months ago while the creation of city states lasted plenty of time; it is a characteristic of ... took hundreds of years, the same within theocracies, in renaissance (1500-1800) the abolition of a feudal system and establishment of a capital one also took more than a hundred years, Colombia for example was colonized in...

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