The ventral posterior nucleus of the thalamus receives projections from vestibular nuclei.
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what do top students do differently? Please respond in 2-3 paragraphs.
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Explain exactly "how" the critique of reason justifies the modern shift (in detail please)?
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What role did Korea play in the expansion of Buddhism and the development of a regional Buddhist culture fro the fourth century CE onward?
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Comment on one of the following questions:
A.) Do you agree or disagree with Puritan child-rearing practices? What can we learn from these practices?
B.) What are some of the similarities between indentured servants and Negro slaves?
C.) Do you consider indentured servitude as a form of slavery? Why or Why not?
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How does the parent-child relationship change during emerging adulthood?
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The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Maleficent
1. All three of the films this week have been called "feminist" by some people. What do you think makes a film feminist? What criteria would be needed? Do you think any or all of these films are feminist? Why or why not?
2. Take the time to do a Google image search of “Divine” and see if you see similarities between her and Ursula. What do you see? Remember, Divine identified as a Drag Queen, which is different than Transgender, which is different than many other words. Do a search for LGBTQ terms and see what you learn, post some of that info here. Also respond to the reading “Mean Ladies: Transgendered Villains in Disney Films”.
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Question 77:
The Ethics of Care has many similarities to
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Rule Utilitarianism |
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Act Utilitarianism |
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Kant’s Categorical Imperative |
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Rawls’s Theory of Justice |
Part B:
Which of the following is not a reason why a feminist perspective has called for rethinking the history of ethics?
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Traditional ethics has excluded women’s voices. |
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Traditional ethics stresses autonomous man and the ethics of strangers. |
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Traditional ethics has not emphasized justice. |
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Traditional ethics invalidates the priority of intimate relationships. |
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Do you think certain cultures are privileged in their environments, such as in schools or their communities? What are some of the cultural privileges or disadvantages in your own life? ( Read the article "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack," Peggy McIntosh discusses the concept of unearned privileges)
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How does culture affect the health disparity of low income people who cannot afford health insurance? How would you go about trying to address it? (How can ecological model apply to your strategy to address this health disparity. For example, would you conduct more research, create an intervention, or something else)
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A major theme that runs through Thornton Wilder’s work is how people move on from catastrophic loss. In The Bridge of San Luis Rey, two characters in particular – Brother Juniper, and the Abbess – focus on surviving loss in very different ways. How do you characterize their approaches – and what is your own take-away from Wilder’s novel?
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According to Schopenhauer our lives are a perpetual cycle of stress followed by boredom followed by more stress broken only temporarily by satisfactions or pleasures. First, how accurate a picture of the human condition is this stress/boredom cycle?
Second, how do you personally deal with the “Schopenhauer Cycle?” What works and what doesn’t work?
Third, is Schopenhauer’s solution feasible: we break out of this
cycle with Knowledge, Art, or Compassion?
Other comments?
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