Due for All Blocks – Thursday 10/4/07 (Friday is the Picnic!)
Please respond with the following:
1) Your Essential Question
2) Your Thesis Statement
Monday, October 1, 2007
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"The Nature of Human Beings" -Mr. Koh
52 comments:
first!
haha sheryl =P
james guttman
Why is there no ideal government?
Necessary human evil makes developing any kind of equal, peaceful, ideal government an impossibility because of natural human selfishness, greed, and prejudice.
1. Essential Question: Does the current condition of our environment show how humans are programmed to look at situations only planning for short-term benefits?
2. The current condition of our environment shows that humans are programmed to look at situations only planning for short-term benefits.
Stephan Heuer
1. Is total freedom in a current system/society possible?
2. In current forms of our societies and states there is nothing like total freedom because of laws, morals, and consequences of historical events which have an influence on our lifes.
Winta Debas
How does power affect the way a human being acts?
When a person gains a sense of power they become selfish and strive to increase their power over others.
Verenice,
When people live in a society where unequal disrtibution of wealth, how does that affect how people treat each other?
when people are vry far apart of each other in terms of wealth there is more jealousy,which means that people will treat each other worse then they teret others.
Ivy Leung
Zeta
1. What can we learn to be an ideal citizen to a country/city?
2. To be an ideal citizen we should follow all the given rules and learn what it takes to know how to be an ideal citizen.
Why are humans so inhuman?
It seems today that humans are the complete opposite of what we should be.Selfish,rude,impolite,angry,and evil are what a majority of humans are like.
Aryana - Theta
Essential Question:
Is absolute monogamy a societal concept or a biological function?
Thesis:
In his most natural state, man is polygamist.
1. Who's fault is it that things are the way they are?
2. We are free people who take full responsibility for our actions because human nature cannot be used as an excuse for how we act; therefore we are not living under an expectation for all human beings. What we choose to do in our lives is what we make of our purpose and reason for existence.
EQ: Does one's perception of free will or lack thereof affect their choices?
Thesis: Whether living a pre-determined life or a life soley determined by one's own decisions, man is subject to an internal battle of morals.
1.Does the social class of a person determine their ethics and morals.
2. The ethical choices of the higher social class were determined by the benefits gained rather than morals..
1)What is an Ideal society, Is it a society where all are equal and we govern ourselvs by our own good will and nature. Or is it nessecary for us to have learders and goverment to guide us. Or is it a mix of both?
2)The ideal society varries from person to person, They are all very diffrent yet very similar at the same time. For they are all an ideal.
EQ:
Is our lives control by our emotions?
Thesis Statement:
Our lives are control by our emotions. Everything in our lives is cause by our emotions.
1. Essential Question: Is a patriarchy more common due to human nature or societal gender bias?
2. A mixture of historical gender bias towards males and behavior in other species is the reason for the patriarchal nature of most societies.
that last one was mine, sorry
-yuri
Is man good or evil?
Man is neither good nor bad, due to the fact that we act on impulses and instincts.
Andrew J
David Luerssen
Theta Block
Essential Question:
Why do some persons have more success in live then other persons?
Thesis:
I think some persons have more success in live then other persons because nobody is equal. All people are different. I think the attitude to life is the difference between the persons and crucial for the success or failing of the persons.
Ryan Clark
Block Eta
What is the ideal form of government, based on the nature of human beings, in order to keep society intact?
A representative democracy is the ideal form of government for society because human beings need a leviathan, but liberty as well and in this form of government the people choose their leviathan.
paulette hughes
Question: Why doesnt religon/ fate come to mind before humans commit crimes?
thesis statement: Natural human temptations makes it hard to proactively practice our personal faiths and beliefs, because of impulsive choices
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
WHAT ASPECTS OF HUMAN NATURE ALLOWS RACISM TO EXSIST?
THESIS STATEMENT:
THE ASPECTS OF HUMAN NATURE THAT ALLOWS RACISM TO EXSIST IS THE LAW PROHIBITS ALL OVERTLY RACIST ACTS.
*BOSSY NAE AKA ANDRENA PEARSON
Fabian Tellez
Epsilon
1. Why can society not flourish without government.
2. Human nature is naturally evil, greedy, and prejudice which means if there is no government to control how many of the "small fishes" are eaten by the "big fishes" there will never be peace.
Kaid Alameri
what qulitey that nature gave humans?
the problem that humans are facing is the fact that we all have the same qualities, that is why our slefishness, greed, and jealousy take over our decisions.
Is democracy an ideal government, even though it only supports the majority and not the individual?
People created Democracy because Monarchy or dictatorship did not support the people. However once Democracy rules it supports only the majorities and not the individual, therefore it is not the ideal form of government.
I need to work on this...
Heather Tabios
ETA block
Essential Question: Is religon a role in human nature that impacts on how human beings actions should be?
Thesis Statement: God is the power of nature and wisdom and goodness and the knowledge of significance of our principle of mind.
LiZ. DYER SAiD-----
1. How has man been made subject to the imposition of religious culture, morals and values?
2. Western Religion has effected humans by attaching itself human psyche by facinating all parts of the human imagination,
LiZ. DYER SAiD-REViSED!!!!----
1. How has man been made subject to the imposition of religious culture, morals and values?
2. Religion has eafected humans by attaching itself to the human psyche by facinating all parts of the human imagination and reason.
Tone Alvarado
EQ:
what makes us what we are?
Thesis
things like power, jealosy, and ignorance shape us into what we are; wether we are influenced by someones actions or based on our beliefs.
Alma Herrera
1. why does human nature have laws that creat boundries for a certain socioeconomic class to suceed?
2. The government In power is dedicated to keep society in order to thier ideology by creating laws that segregate humans by class
evan hutchinson
zeta.
-Is the cause of males being more dominant in society because of primitive reasons or because of social traditions?
-During the primitve years of the human race, the reason for male dominance was due to hormonal reasons, but now in society it has evolved into social traditions.
calvin zhang
theta
Does society influence the way we make decisions or do we have views that aren't society based.
thesis: Society is a major factor that influence our decisions because the government and laws are hammered into our brains to make sure we dont cause troubles and make the "right" decisions.
ROLANDO CASELLA
THETA
1. What is an ideal government to philosophers like Aristole, Plato, Descartes, and others?
2. Human beings develope many different characteristics to what government is in there mind whether it be strict or a free rule of government, or even domination or peace.
Essential Question:
Is it in nature of humans to kill or seek violence? Are the laws and religion prevent us from doing evil, or is it something else?
Thesis:
By nature we are all animals - we kill and we enjoy violence just like any other animal on Earth. But only government laws and religion prevent us from becoming what we are in our nature, only they make us civilized and safe in our society.
Dakarai Griffin
Block Eta
Essential Question:
How does act of human nature from past philosophy connect and differ to present day philosophy.
Thesis: (needs work)
In society we may not reconigize past philosophy because of present day teaching, with act of human nature today there are common simularties and diffrences between the past and present in society
Daniel Kong
Epsilon
1. Are we made up of our instincts or are we who we are because of our environment?
2. We are a product of both our innate instincts and our environment. Without one or the other we are incomplete.
Hanora Bauer
Essental Question: Is death a new life?
Thesis: Death does not exsit; it is a part of life in which a new beggining is made.
needs work.
DeCorrah Allen
how can a promotion of class(race, gender,age) influence a society?
In a world with such diverse philosophies on human nature one might conclude from various societies that promotion of class in its teachings may severely influnce its society.
How should man behave?
It is in the nature of human beings to act on selfish impulse but is controlled by a super ego to morally define what one thinks is good and evil.
still a work in progress.
can my essential question be
"what is the nature of human beings?"
1. Why do humans make the choices they make when their fait lies within their own hands and they choose their own destiny?
2. Natural human nature proves that people do what they are suppose to do because it's programmed in their mindstate and those who rebel set their own path and make their own way. (Needs work)
said the sexy samoan guy....SIerra
Essential Question: Do our ethics change when it comes to politics, judgements, emotional situations, and our everyday lives or are our ethics always the same?
Thesis: Ethics is more complicated than just right and wrong, but our ethics are always the same. If you adjust your ethics to fit different situations than you are trying to make something unethical sound right.
Jasmine Martinez
Epsilon Block
EQ:
Is it the nature of humans to be destroyers instead of creators?
Thesis Statment:
People are naturally evil. Because of the way that knowledge is ingraved into peoples heads its always easier for someone to do something harmful than to do a good deed.
How are the views of Man's needs vs. those of the state different when that man resides in a monarchist/tyrannical state versus whether he resides in a democracy/republic?
The needs of Man become much more urgent when in the context of a state where he has a say in the goings on of the state whereas the needs of the state are greater when he resides in a state where he has no say in the governing system.
Dana Ward-Robinson said....
What does Hegemony say about who we are?
Hegemony is the reason why most governments struggled with social classicism, because it focuses on allowing one group two dominate over another by dictating their values while the government sits back and let it happen.
Aaron Alvarez
QUESTION: What does society need to prosper?
THESIS STATEMENT: Society needs a good stable government led by a good ruler, because humans are naturaly selfish and evil and these emotions should be kept in line by the government.
Essential Question: If history shows us the faults of man and the changes to take in order to better ourselves, then why are we still making the same mistakes we were as a race decades and centuries ago? Is it human nature or instinct?
Thesis: History shows us the faults of man and the possible solutions that should be taken in order to never repeat the same mistakes both big and small, yet it seems that the nature of man always over looks history, and its lessons, and continues making the same mistakes over and over again.
Felicia T.
EQ: Can people not have negative affects from an unjust/unfair government?
Thesis: People living in a society with a higher power should always have a say in all decisions weither it be wrong or right.
TYLERRRRR
In the middle ages politicans relyed on religion for most of there decision making process. Now days politicans have other baises such as race, money, and age to make decisions from.
AYINDE
EQ: HOW DOES CLASS EFFECT OUR HUMAN NATURE TODAY?
IF A MAN IS BORN IN POVERTY HIS DREAM IS TO BE RICH.DUE TO NATURE OF THEORY HE'S MEANT TO STAY IN THAT SOECIETY BUT HAS EVERY RIGHT TO DREAM OUTSIDE OF IT,AND MAYBE EVEN UP TO A HIGHER CLASS.
tylersz
EQ: how can human nature effect the role that our government plays
thesis : long ago our government was ruled by religion in current forms of our government polititons make decisions based on race, money and age.
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