...What does life means? Life, for me, is the most precious thing that everyone has the opportunity to have. According to Mother Teresa, “life is an opportunity; life is precious”. She gave life fifteen wonderful meanings but I totally admire the latter two simply because life is as precious as we are. God given us this life we have now. No matter how hard or easy to handle it, we should treasure such a precious gift from God. Life is then priceless and freely given. We don’t need to demand for it. Life is just up there waiting for us. It’s only up to us if we claim it or not. Upon claiming it, how do we view life then? How should it be and why would it be? Do we need to be the same in viewing life or it would be our own choice? If I were to ask, it would be our choice. Life as I view it is like a book. No matter how quick you turn the pages, for you to learn, you would probably go back and read completely. In life, no matter how you want to escape from your problems, you would not be able to do it. Whether you like it or not, you need to face whatever your problem is. Just challenge yourself as life is full of challenges. Who would say that living is easy? Yes, it is happy to live. But life is a challenge and is not absolutely easy. Of course, to give up is not the solution. Life must go on no matter what happen. Lewis Carroll says that “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” So it’s better to just ride on it as life is also a journey. We do have...
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...Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Aging & Mental Health Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/camh20 Life-review therapy with computer supplements for depression in the elderly: A randomized controlled trial Barbara Preschl , Andreas Maercker , Birgit Wagner , Simon Forstmeier , Rosa M. Baños a c d a a b a , Mariano Alcañiz , Diana Castilla & Cristina Botella e f d f Department of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention , University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland b Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig , Germany c Departamento Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos , Universidad de Valencia , Valencia , Spain d e f CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto Carlos III , Spain LabHuman , Universidad Politécnica de Valencia , Valencia , Spain Departamento de Psicología Básica , Clinica y Psicobiología, Universitat Jaume I , Castellón , Spain Published online: 13 Jul 2012. To cite this article: Barbara Preschl , Andreas Maercker , Birgit Wagner , Simon Forstmeier , Rosa M. Baños , Mariano Alcañiz , Diana Castilla & Cristina Botella (2012) Life-review therapy with computer supplements for depression in the elderly: A randomized controlled trial, Aging & Mental Health, 16:8, 964-974, DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.702726 To link to this article: http://dx...
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...Death may seem like a simple process, but all religions have their own view of death and idea of what needs to happen while we are alive in order to achieve their own afterlife. Some religions greatly value the choices we make in our lifetime, and some believe that a path is laid out for us. Either way, most religions agree on one thing: there will always be a life after death, and whether it is good or bad depends on what you do during your life, or lives, on earth. Hinduism has been around for centuries, but has somehow never stuck to one set of viewpoints. According to Thomas Hopkins, Hinduism is more accurately described as a long-term accumulation and synthesis of a number of religious viewpoints into a commonly accepted system of complementary means of salvation...
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...How I value life may be different from people. For example, Hamlet, Armstrong, or the editors of Time magazine they have different point of views of life and how much it is worth. I value my life by making the best out of anything. I value my family a lot too, without them I don’t know what I would be. Friends are great but they come and go, family isn’t like that they are going to stick by you through better or worse. The most important thing in life is happiness. People should do whatever they want that makes them happy, blending in is good sometimes but they should think if what they’re doing is making them happy. Hamlet views life as something bad. He talks about how life is extremely hard and how you have to go through a lot to get what you want which is happiness and being rich. Instead of going through all that suffering why not end your life and get rid of it all? Its sounds good at first but what stops us is the fear of what comes after death. Anyone who has crossed that line never comes back. In a way it’s true, sometimes there’s moments when life gets too hard you just want to end it. On the other hand, I disagree, because you should make life the best; only think the positive sides of it. Lance Armstrong is more on the bright side. He says he would want to live life the fullest, and then have a fast death. No pain no nothing. But he also says the truth. Not always life is going to be great. People die it could be your parents, family, friends, etc....
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...Morton greatly admires the generous lifestyle of the Native Americans and condemns their customs for appearing to be the work of the devil, while also writing that the Indians lead a freer life due to their careless attitude towards wealth. In 1637, in the small town Mount Wollaston, Massachusetts. His accounts of Native American life went into much detail and he expressed his opinions as well. In his first account of Native American life, He describes their generosity towards guests in their homes. From what he’s witnessed, They would lie out warm mats for guests to sleep on and would leave them some food to eat for later. (P.5) This act of generosity surprised him very much since he never thought “savages” had “such humanity”. (P.5) There...
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...entire life details, history of the universe, including this present moment. He believes that the life people are living today they will have to live it infinite times. Therefore, afterlife will present no new thing to hope for rather people will again experience every pain, joy, thought and sigh. Another philosopher, David Hume, poses the same questions as Nietzsche. However, he starts his arguments by suggesting to people to ask themselves whether they will like to live the last ten of their lives again. Hume poses the question of whether one would like to live their live the way it is without change years to come. The fortunate in the society would say yes, but the suffering people would object the idea of living a life of misery infinitely. On the other hand, Jean-Paul Sartre holds that the outcome of the events in the future will determine the significant of the life choices made today. To Sartre, there exist no final all-encompassing or state that have absolute value in itself-for-self. Hence, death becomes an absolute end with no possibility of further life....
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...Billy Durham Instructor Josh Dohmen Philosophy 1101-002 25 February 2013 Plato’s View on Life and How One Acquires Knowledge Plato is a well-known, intellectual Athenian philosopher that was born into an aristocratic family. Due to his family’s wealth, Plato was able to receive some of best education available to Athenians. When Plato was a pupil, he became infatuated with his Sophist Socrates. Socrates was a Greek philosopher and he was known to preach endlessly about his ideas and theories to anyone that would listen. Plato’s most renowned work comes from his Five Dialogues. In two of Plato’s dialogues, Meno and Phaedo, Socrates is the protagonist and Plato uses his character to portray his philosophical views of life and how one can go about acquiring knowledge. The Meno consists of a discussion between Socrates and his companion, Meno, in which Meno is trying to inquire information on whether “virtue can be taught? Or is it not teachable but the result of practice, or is it neither of these, but men possess it by nature or in some other way” (70a). In the beginning of the dialogue, Socrates asks Meno to define what virtue is and after numerous attempts, Socrates comes to realize that he himself is unclear on whether or not virtue can be taught so he suggests that they can seek out the answer together. Meno is puzzled because he doesn’t know how the two of them will search and acquire knowledge on virtue if they are both unfamiliar with the subject. Socrates’ responds...
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...Assess sociological views of the impact of government policies and laws on family life. There are many different views of how government policies and laws affect family life among different sociological theorists. Some view government policies as positive whereas some see the impact as positive. Feminists argue that many government policies promote the patriarchal family and reinforces the women’s economic dependence on a man. Policies such as tax benefits and maternity leave are seen as negative policies as they promote the ideology of women being the main childcares in a relationship. Women are entitled to 9 months maternity leave whereas men are only able to receive 2 weeks paid paternity. Consequently, this means women are forced to be the parent that stays at home to look after the child as a couple would not be able to have financial stability if the man stayed at home for 9 months without pay. The new right also do not support these policies however for different reasoning. Feminists have a negative view on policies that insinuate that they have to care for their elders, as they believe the role of a caregiver to the sick and elderly should be shared between men and women equally and should be a women’s obligation. Although feminists are against laws that enforce the inequality between men and women they support policies that allow women to be independent from a patriarchal relationship, for example the divorce reform act and working tax credits. The divorce reform...
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...is a pluralistic society in which people from different backgrounds, who have different views live autonomously, tolerating other people's beliefs and values. John Mill, initiated the theory of fallibility, which claims that as humans we make mistakes not only at an individual level but also as a government. In consequence, one could never have the ability to claim that his morality is superior over another as he might be wrong, and in a tolerant society, we have the right to be autonomous. To promote a particular lifestyle would could show intolerance towards another lifestyle. For example, if the government was to promote the sharia law from islam, everyone in the society including doubtful Muslims shall be killed. Conservatives on the other hand could argue that not promoting a right way to live could result in a morally spineless society. In addition religious leaders say that it would lead to a damnation so there should be a clear set of moral values. However promoting a certain lifestyle could have no outcome unless people are brainwashed and this would on,y last until they are kept at that mental state. For example a person could be encouraged to attend religious activities to save his soul and install morality within them, but what if the person doesn't have any religious beliefs, it would be a waste. In conclusion, a tolerant society should not promote a particular way of life as superior, mainly because it will result I intolerance towards others and it could also...
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...Assess sociological views of the impact of government policies and laws on family life (24 marks) There have been a number of government policies that have impacted on family life and made it better and worse. These policies include changes in law on divorce which has resulted in family diversity such as the increase in cohabitation, lone parent and reconstituted families. According to Murray, the growth of lone-parent families is due to an over generous welfare state which has resulted in a dependency culture. Changes in the law on the position of women which has affected family life positively. Women can now control their fertility with the use of contraception, which results in smaller families making them more child-centred. Women are also going out to work more therefore delaying having children until they are much older. In the early 19th century divorce used to be difficult to obtain. Women were not allowed to divorce their husbands and because the traditional nuclear family was the only family that was well looked upon, couples rarely got divorced as other family types were looked down upon. However, changes in the law have made divorce easier to access, especially for women. Government policies equalised the grounds for divorce between the sexes and made divorce cheaper. This was then followed by a rise in the number of divorce petitions from women as it was much easier to obtain. Changes in the law on divorce had a huge effect on family life as family diversity emerged...
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...During the Tudor period in history, the church was a major part of almost everybody’s lives in England. In this time, the church and religion filled every aspect of your life. This is because church organizations provided hospital care, medicines, care for orphans, education and safe lodgings for travelers in the monasteries and convents. Churches were present in small towns and villages so it became a center point of everyone’s lives. By being in such close range to everyone and providing all these facilities to them, the church kept great control. Part of the reason the church maintained such good control is through fear. The fear of the less educated people in the town kept the church popular and very wealthy. The church encouraged any fear or gossip throughout the towns of the supernatural. The Supernatural was part of everyday life during the Tudor period, as the church had a major role in people’s lives and they would let rumours and gossip circulate in the towns as a method of control. Supernatural happenings were very common in this time because they claimed finding lost possessions, recovery from sickness and resumption of egg-laying from hens to be a saintly intervention. These were all proclaimed as miracles and this was a very regular occurrence. The church let these rumours and gossip stay in circulation because it mixed ‘supernatural happenings’ and religious beliefs together. This kept everyone under control, the church rich whilst still confirming people’s belief...
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...Q. Assess the view that gender roles and relationships have become more equal in modern family life. There are many factors that contribute to the validity of the view that gender roles and relationships have become more equal in modern family life. Some of these factors are; the impact of paid work, the family as a body, domestic violence, the domestic division of labour. It can be argued that gender roles and relations have become more equal, one way this can be seen as though the domestic division of labour. By definition “it is the division of tasks, roles, and duties within the household.” One way this supports the theory of gender roles and relationships have become more equal in modern family life is though society’s change in accepting women as valued members of the work force, as society has become more accepting in the development of females aspirations and careers and this in turn has had to make the family more equal in the roles of the house; since the normal upkeep of the house is not done in the ‘traditional family’ way, everybody in the house must contribute equally. Furthermore it can be argued that Talcott Parsons theory of the male and female of the relationship or family have two roles names instrumental and expressive roles (traditional the man is seen as instrumental and the opposite for the woman) another way it can argued that gender roles and relations have become more equal is through the introduction of equal pay, this does not only affect the family...
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...2B: Government policies and laws include tax and benefit policies as well as legislation such as the relating to divorce and marriage. Sociologists have different views on the impact of these policies and laws on families. For example, feminists argue that social policies assume that the ideal family is a patriarchal nuclear family, and that government policies and laws therefore favour this sort of family. On the other hand, the New Right argue that the benefit system undermines traditional nuclear families by actively encouraging lone parents. Using item 2B and elsewhere, access sociological views of the impact of government policies and laws on family life. Social policy is where the government creates plans and actions to either benefit or detrimental the society. It has direct effects and indirect effects on the family. E.g. child benefits would have a direct effect on the family. Social policy, also called social execution when pertaining to executive government policy, primarily refers to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare. There are extreme policies, which have mostly been abandoned now which were the Chinas one child policy, Nazi Germany policy and abolishing the family act in Russia. Chinas one child policy was where all women in China were only allowed one child per family. This way they would get even more benefits and money. If the women had more than one baby, if the government...
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...Using material from item 2B and elsewhere, assess the view that gender roles and relationships have become more equal in modern family life (24 marks) The domestic division of labour refers to the roles that men and women take in relation to housework. These roles are often referred to as conjugal roles; roles which display roles within marriage itself. Segregated conjugal roles described the situation of man and wife having separate roles within the house where the man would more often be the breadwinner and the woman would be the homemaker. This notion supported Parsons idea of expressive roles, but is the centre of debate for feminist sociologists. There are also joint conjugal roles which represents the idea that couples share tasks such as housework, child rearing and decision making etc. Joint conjugal roles also describe the couple as sharing leisure time together, rather than independently. Within these marriages relationships also vary. One of the most deviant and misunderstood issue within the married couple is the idea that coercive power is used to control the other; usually the male using physical power (according to statistics). Domestic violence can be defined as any kind of physical, psychological, sexual or financial violence that takes place within the family toward an intimate partner. Domestic violence is seen as a method of control amongst partners, to display dominance and/or authority. It is often under-reported so national statistics are not always...
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..."(Using material from item 2B) Assess the view that gender roles and relationships have become more equal in modern family life " (24 Marks) Most sociologists in today's world would argue that yes, the gender roles and relationships have become more equal in recent years- but that they still have a way to go before they are completely equal. The more widespread view is that most people still cohere to the idea of instrumental and expressive roles in the family- because of the idea that the nuclear family is the most idea for society. In recent years, it can be argued that gendered roles in society have begun to disappear. Since the equal rights and pay acts were passed, women in particular have begun to reap the benefits of a much more equal society. Better grades and opportunities for young women, mean they are able to choose a professional career over a domestic lifestyle and- in theory- receive equal position and pay to their male colleagues. Research by sociologists Young and Willmott (1973), suggests that "the roles of men and women have become much more similar". According to other sociologists- such as Gershuny (1994)- "wives who work full time do less domestic work" as this is shared between the husband and wife more equally. This is the idea of a symmetrical family- where both partners spread the workload equally. However, there are some sociologists that believe these views to give "too rosy" a perspective on how work is actually shared in a relationship. Warde...
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