All opinions were very different; Aristotle's being more of an open minded approach towards demorcracy (not completely dismissing the idea of it), Pericles' being in total agreement with it, and Plato being sarcastic and exceptionally opposed. In Pericles' "Funeral Oration", he speaks strongly in favor of a democratic nation and talks bout how and why that's important. He specifically mentions that personal freedoms are allowed because of their democratic way of life, but also conveys the point that while the people were free to live for themselves, they chose to live for one another as a whole as well, and all hoped to better the city as a positively functioning society. Throughout the address he praises Athenians, their military, and explains to the people how their system of government was to responsible for their success and that it set them apart from other nations. His belief in Democracy was understandable and is still held in a similar way today by many people.
Fethiye market has no more than ‘seven pitiful apricots’. The use of ‘pitiful’ shows the emotion that the reader should be feeling at this point. The writer is trying to create a double the empathy for himself and the locals. Should we feel sympathy for the writer as well as the market traders? We are encouraged to do so but perhaps we should as he experiences guilt while he views ‘a scene of utter poverty’.
Overall, I think the Functionalist view is too positive as it fails to explain the social conflicts that characterise the modern world. Functionalist sociologists believe that the family functions to benefit its individual members and society as a whole. They believe that the home should be a calm and relaxed place where adults and children can relieve their stresses and worries that generated throughout the day. Parsons believes that the family unquestionably benefits individuals and society. He uses the idea of 'the warm bath' (which was then developed by Steel and Kidd in 2001) to represent the home and family.
There are several examples however of Aquinas' theory that disagree with the statement. Firstly, Natural law is the best approach to morality as it helps to establish commonplace rules in a society. Previously, these would have been the ten commandments, however with the development of the primary and secondary as written in Aquinas' book 'Summa Theologica'. These would, so long as people adhered to them, help people achieve what he called their 'telos' or natural purpose, which for humans is to achieve happiness and unity with God, or 'eudaimonia'. The primary precepts are a set of tenants that are vague in their interpret-ability on how they are to be executed.
However, there is stil no compromise on which qualities make a person a good leader or how someone can develop himself as a good leader if he is not one. Mostly, the answers are undetermined. While there are continuous debates about effective leadership, some of the views from the past can be described by identifying the numerous dimensions of leadership. In that point, two notable people are Plato and Nicolo Machiavelli. One of them concerns the ideal leaders whereas the other considers the effective management of the state.
John or also known as The Savage really like how all the factors of positives and negatives in life which life is worth living for. This makes me think that we shouldn’t try to find the perfect life with no problems at all because this books shows us that that is not the way to take to be able to change our life for the better and be able to enjoy our lives. Instead, as how I interpreted this amazing book, we should be searching for the perfectly imperfect lives with the perfect problems that make life enjoyable or in better terms life more lifelike. I honestly feel that there is no perfect life and if it was it shouldn’t considered being alive at all. The book also shows some abnormal actions that would be considered different in our time but it is normal in that world.
Others believe that the obsession over Twilight is normal and will pass in no time. Many elements of Twilight can be interpreted differently and have different effects on girls, but overall, is the Twilight series a negative or a positive impact on our culture and society? The Twilight series gives off a positive vibe globally. Edward Cullen, a main character in the book series, is not a dangerous or abusive role model. He is fiercely protective of her because he only wants the best for Bella and tries to protect her.
Though there are views that take true morality as absolute. Only rules that can be universally applied should be considered true moral rules. But such rules are incredibly hard, if not realistically impossible, to find. If we take things logically, a rule designed to create the largest amount of happiness as consequence to the action taken seems to be a very solid one. The view behind this thought process is utilitarianism, and at first glance, there seems to be little to argue about.
An imperfect duty however, will not result negatively if not satisfied. On the other hand, if one fulfills an imperfect duty, such as giving away unused clothing to the homeless, his efforts could earn him the respect of others because these actions are not required for a logical existence of humanity. I think that Immanuel Kant has developed a very thorough, yet unrealistic basis for moral philosophy. In a perfect world, Kantian ethics might be a viable concept. Unfortunately, we live in a world with such infinite possibilities of beliefs and lifestyles that Kantianism, a model that holds an extremely narrow definition of right and wrong, is just not practical.
In doing so, they may model the values themselves and usecharismatic methods to attract people to the values and to the leader. Burns' view is that transformational leadership is more effective thantransactional leadership, where the appeal is to more selfish concerns. An appeal to social values thus encourages people to collaborate, rather than working as individuals (and potentially competitively with one another). He also views transformational leadership as an ongoing process rather than the discrete exchanges of the transactional approach. Discussion Using social and spiritual values as a motivational lever is very powerful as they are both hard to deny and also give people an uplifting sense of being connected to a higher purpose, thus playing to the need for a sense of meaning andidentity.