Social Science - 21 November 2006

would you choose and why?

2006-11-21 08:16:00 · 2 answers · asked by jessiebabie824 2 in Economics

What problems can you foresee with such a system?

2006-11-21 08:15:34 · 2 answers · asked by jessiebabie824 2 in Economics

I'm an anthropology student. Anthropology major, and anthropologist. we try to find out why things are happening and look at the culture. If we would study the Sunni and Shiite cultures, understand them both, then find a solution of peace, and include them, then I think there can be peace over in Iraq.

what do you think?

2006-11-21 08:11:51 · 14 answers · asked by dizzy_19832002 1 in Anthropology

I'm a smart kid, but a huge slacker. And whenever I get a report card with B's instead of A's, I tell myself that I know I could do much better if I simply put a small amount of effort in.

So then I'll make a pledge to myself that I'll start working harder, but the next day I'll stop caring again and forget about it and be lazy. How do persistantly I keep the former perspective of needing to work harder? I really need to know!!

2006-11-21 08:10:29 · 2 answers · asked by katie 1 in Psychology

2006-11-21 08:07:21 · 1 answers · asked by B 1 in Sociology

legal pschology or forensic psycology

2006-11-21 08:04:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

A question of soul


Dose the internal soul govern the self? Or is it independent of the self, lurking in the back ground like the neutral colours of a room, visible but yet unnoticed. The furnishings being the self, the ego, and superego, Is the self in control of its environment, we decide what happens in our life we take in various stimuli from our environment, our brain processes this information and we act accordingly, that is to say that we act in a way that we hold to be the truth. Surly the individual has the final say. A bit like a game of chess, each move we make takes us to another set of variables with different out comes, ultimately with different endings. Sometimes we loose, sometimes we win, but our decisions are always made with in the confines of that chess board. Like life our decisions are always made with in the confines of societal parameters, which is not to be confused with the values of a society for we are all guilty of making decisions that would not conform to societal values and more importantly would not conform to our own health and well being.
Or is it the internal soul that has the ultimate control the last word? Nudging us this direction or that direction, so that we eventually arrive on the path we were meant to be on? Or is this a cop out to justify the questionable decisions that we may have maid in our life? True we did gain experiences, we did learn how to or not to behave. But that dose not help the people we may have hurt on the road to where we are now.

Plato describes the soul, or the inner self if you will, the internal soul as a chariot having three parts, a charioteer who has been dubbed reason and two horses one of which is spirit and the other is appetite to pull this chariot, now the charioteer/reason guides these glorious beasts, spirit and appetite. Well he is supposed to! But this is not always the case, as we shall see. He uses this analogy to describe the internal conflict that we as individuals go through from time to time in our life. We have spirit “the will to achieve” a fine animal mainly good and yields to the charioteer’s commands. The other is bad “the mate of insolence and pride” temptation if you will! And will hardly yield to the charioteer’s commands. It is up to reason “the charioteer” to guide these beasts. For me, when resin the charioteer guides these horses there unstoppable, clear of vision, unwavering to temptation, reaching goals before we could only have dreamt off. But now anything is possible we will cross our own finishing lines in magnificent style. But when he is not in control. We have Appetite “desire” and the mental picture I get of this horse; well he’s a big bastared! Standing twenty hands high, black as night with big hazel piercing eyes. Eyelashes like spikes, his teeth fiercely biting down on the bit, foaming at the mouth with rage. His nostrils flared, He has a look that can cut through you as if you were glass and is a mussel bound animal. Much stronger than his counterpart “spirit” And he will have his way! When this animal gets his own way let me tell you, he brings spirit and reason along for the ride and when this happens “hold on to your ****! Or more appropriately hold on to your horses “I wonder if this is where that saying originated from” You’re going on a whirlwind fast paced journey, and to what end? “Well” appetite will reveal all to reason when he gets there. For he dose not know where he will end up, nor dose he care where he will end up, all that he knows is; he must run in that direction. But where is the commonality sure we can all go through the same hardships at different stages in life but where is the link between all souls? Is this link the road upon which all chariots travel? Are we to believe that our id ego super ego, or if you will reason appetite and spirit, although they are part of us: apart of the decision making process the things people don’t see and sometimes what we don’t see in our self. But are they the complete make up of us, or our parent’s brothers, sisters, friends, or strangers the people we meet casually through life. Are we to believe we are talking to there soul? And all this if you believe that you have a soul and that this soul can live for ever. For me after seeing a corpse void of life I believed! I believed that the essence of this person was not their, and that it was for me that this essence could only be a form of energy, the life force of an individual. And since energy can not be destroyed it must be eternal. If you believe that energy is eternal and can’t be destroyed. That this energy is ones eternal soul. It must mean that every animal and mammal has the same energy and must have a soul.

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For one to look at our internal soul one must look at Humanity and what it is. What defines us as human beings? Is it kindness and compassion, as dictionaries would lead us to believe as the separating factor? (A little too self righteous and glorifying for my liking.) What is it that we have that separates us from our animal neighbours? For this I think we must look at humanity and its virtues because as it is our virtues that make us human. And we must consider our non virtuous side because this also makes us human. When looking at this we can not neglect the point that the soul of both man and animal may be form of energy! And ask the question; is their a separating factor. Are our souls different?
Dose, when ones soul leave the body as a man retain the information gained while in ones body. Dose a dog remain a dog?

As I look at the list below again for the umpteen time. I can’t help and feel that every species on this planet shows one or two virtues and one or two non virtues. Animals have the ability to love to be untrusting, to show courage to cower. In fact some animals show fidelity, Is it possible that all that separates us from the animal kingdom is the fact that we have more virtues than any other species be they animal or mammal on this planet? That as we evolve we gain more of these attributes.

Virtues Non virtues
Love Hate
GentlenessRough
Good faithUntrusting
Generosity Mean
Tolerance Impatience
CourageCoward
Prudence Imprudent
PolitenessRude
Fidelity Unfaithful
Justice Unjust
MercyUnmerciful
Purity Impure
HumourHumourless
Compassion Hate
Gratitude Ungrateful





Highlighted above are some virtues that animals don’t have and for me their socalised virtues, “learned behaviour”; something that is thought in a society. If you noticed that I did not high light justice that’s because once upon a time I was sitting in, one cold rainy dreary night flicking through the telly as you do and came across this wild life program. And would you believe it, a snake ate a leper cub now what has that got to do with justice I here you ask. Well the snake regurgitated the cub hoping the leper would not continue the chase and fled to this hole on a rock face and the mother leper was sitting over the hole waiting to get the snake for a long period of time knowing its cub was dead. So the jury is now out on weather the leper was looking for justice or not. Which brings in to question the other word hate? Did the leper hate the snake?
So out of thirty virtues there are six virtues that we have that animals don’t have.

2006-11-21 08:03:32 · 17 answers · asked by brioduinn 3 in Psychology

2006-11-21 07:54:52 · 13 answers · asked by Big Bruv 2 in Psychology

2006-11-21 07:53:12 · 1 answers · asked by rachie 4 in Economics

2006-11-21 07:49:54 · 3 answers · asked by poke 1 in Psychology

Since the Chinese lost their reproductive rights, one child per family or whatever. Does this mean China's population will be reduced on a huge scale?

2006-11-21 07:45:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

My Boyfiend is a coke head.Always thought he would stray..yet I have lived with him for two years.He always maintains the fact that he wants to take me out and "be proud of me" but tonite he announced he was going to the pub so i said i would tag along[I never go out by the way as I moved area to be with him and have no pals here]then he went NUTS!!!!!i thought he would have welcomed my vibrant response-[i was a dog being taken for a walk for the first time ever!]. "He" said if I went to the pub with him then I would just get paranoid and argumentative!!!Ha!Is He told me that if i did go with him tonite then i better not give anyone any dirty looks... WHAT DO YOU THINK?!

2006-11-21 07:35:37 · 2 answers · asked by snuffylover4 2 in Psychology

2006-11-21 07:32:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I have been cutting my self and i dont know why. why do other people? (i am not trying to promote it)

2006-11-21 07:29:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-11-21 07:27:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

The first dream was about the guy I like. We were standing out by where the busses come to pick us up after school, and I leaned up and kissed him. Then I was all embarassed, so I tried to run away, but he caught up with me and put his hand on my shoulder. I turned around and started babbling like an idiot, saying how sorry I was and stuff, and he just said "Bre, it's ok. You don't have to be embarassed." and he leaned in and kissed me.

The second dream was about my friend Rob. Ok, well I've never met him in person, but he's my best friend's ex boyfriend and we talk over email (no he was not her internet boyfriend). Ok, so he's 19 and I'm 15. In the dream, my friend and I went over to his house so I could meet him before he moved to california. The three of us were watching tv in his living room, and my friend went to go to the bathroom. So Rob randomly turned to me and said "so you've never been kissed?" and i said no, so he kissed me. Then we started making out.

What do they mean??

2006-11-21 07:24:33 · 7 answers · asked by Bre 2 in Psychology

2006-11-21 07:15:51 · 11 answers · asked by adl6802 1 in Psychology

2006-11-21 07:11:19 · 37 answers · asked by Orchid 1 in Gender Studies

2006-11-21 07:10:02 · 3 answers · asked by choongting 1 in Psychology

2006-11-21 07:08:55 · 6 answers · asked by choongting 1 in Psychology

My kids and I often discuss how rapidly technology and social conditions are changing, and I remind them that the advances of the last 100 years are far greater than the advances throughout all of recorded history prior to that, especially technologically.

What changes do you foresee by the year 2050?

2006-11-21 07:03:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

It can't be a yes or no question. It can't be too broad or too narrow. It can't be biased. ie: Marriage in Afghanistan (works), but Arranged Marriage in Afghanistan (too narrow). Any ideas?

2006-11-21 07:02:08 · 8 answers · asked by amanda g 1 in Gender Studies

If you had to pick the one thing out of this list that is most important to you, what would you chose and why?

Love
Friendship
Family
Independence
Freedom
Patience
Adventure
Travel
Humour
Fun
Respect
Sex
Religion
Wealth
Health

2006-11-21 06:59:13 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-11-21 06:58:56 · 15 answers · asked by Just get it over with already!! 4 in Psychology

2006-11-21 06:58:54 · 21 answers · asked by jazette 2 in Psychology

2006-11-21 06:58:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-11-21 06:56:40 · 11 answers · asked by Big Bruv 2 in Psychology

Its hard for me at times to wake up in the morning and except that i was a victum to most event and once i get throught one another happens i feel dirty, guilty and shameful like it was my fault but i know its not at times.

2006-11-21 06:55:29 · 7 answers · asked by melony f 1 in Psychology

I'm taking a test and the question is According the the dependency theory, poor countries have become dependent on rich nations because

A. rich nations buy their manufactured goods.
B. rich countries bring tourism dollars
C. they sell raw materials to rich nations
D. poor countries manufacture more goods than rich countries.

2006-11-21 06:48:37 · 2 answers · asked by maria92588 5 in Sociology

i dream of stuitions happening before it happens in real life can anyone help me understand what it is

2006-11-21 06:47:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology