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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Self-respect"”.
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Antidepressants, bioenhancements, and the ethics of self-respect
… two ethical questions about different forms of self-treatment. These are: 1. Is antidepressant use morally problematic insofar as it is self-objectifying?, and 2. Is bioenhancement use morally problematic insofar as it undermines self-respect? (Note: by "morally problematic," I mean "possessing …
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Self-respect and The Obligation to Resist Oppression
… false belief causes the oppressed person to disrespect themself. In order to understand why we must first understand what things contribute to our self-respect. Our ability to respect ourselves depends on many factors, but I will focus on two specifically. The first is our internal/self-image; …
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A phenomenological explication of the meaning of the concept self-respect in high school learners
Self-respect is defined as pride and confidence in oneself, a feeling that one is behaving with honor and dignity. The objective of the study was to find out the conceptualization of self-respect from high school learners. This study adopted a phenomenological approach to facilitate the …
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Gender, survival and self-respect: dimensions for agency for women within a poor rural Indo-Fijian community
The overall aim of this study is to outline the major methodological and conceptual challenges to understanding poverty in Fiji from a gender perspective. This study has sought to go beyond previous poverty approaches used in Fiji by examining poverty and intra-household relations using Sen's …
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Gender, survival and self-respect: dimensions for agency for women within a poor rural Indo-Fijian community
The overall aim of this study is to outline the major methodological and conceptual challenges to understanding poverty in Fiji from a gender perspective. This study has sought to go beyond previous poverty approaches used in Fiji by examining poverty and intra-household relations using Sen's …
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Race, power, history, and justice in America
… of racial inequality, I argue that self-respect is the necessary ideal and the social bases of self-respect are the appropriate currency of justice. By self-respect I mean, one's disposition towards oneself such that plans and perceived purposes are reflectively developed in line …
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Teaching to diversity : creating compassionate learning communities for diverse elementary school students
… the school system at large (McCombs, 2004). The Respecting Diversity (RD) program is a social and emotional learning (SEL) intervention designed by teachers that uses a Multiple Intelligences (MI) framework to develop self-awareness, self-respect and respect for diverse others. It teaches skills …
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Shame, Guilt and Society's Conception of Sex
… our sexual lives through the notion of “sexual self-respect,” which is a variant of the philosophical concept of self-respect. As individuals we have some influence in diminishing the “invalid shame” and “baseless guilt” we experience in our sexual lives. However, society has a responsibility to …
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Shame, Guilt and Society's Conception of Sex
… our sexual lives through the notion of “sexual self-respect,” which is a variant of the philosophical concept of self-respect. As individuals we have some influence in diminishing the “invalid shame” and “baseless guilt” we experience in our sexual lives. However, society has a responsibility to …
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A philosophical exploration of anger and forgiveness
… argue, to their functional role in defending the self-respect of the victim of wrongdoing.<br/><br/>Chapter One amounts to a conceptual analysis of the punitive emotions. Here I present a typology of different forms of anger in making clear what binds these distinct emotions together as well as …
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Mindful Acting: Freeing the Comfortable Self on Stage
… of methodologies will be applied so that my self-awareness, self-respect and self-confidence as a performer can be increased and I can remain in the moment systematically.
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The Lived Experience of Women Domestic Violence Survivors
… of adult women survivors of domestic violence. Self-identified domestic violence survivors (N=3) participated in non-structured self-written interviews submitted by email to the researcher. The stories were analyzed by the researcher and a member of her thesis committee using Heideggerian …
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Hench
… challenge this corporate structure by achieving self-respect, thanks to an unlikely friendship with a James-Bond-esque agent. This creative explication explains how Hench achieves commentary on how large corporate structures operate to maintain control over employees, and the effects this has on …
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Academic resilience: narratives of high-achieving Black female middle school adolescents
… to their success. Some intrinsic factors include self-respect, motivation and vision while extrinsic factors are positive parental influences, caring educators, friends and community members. Though the four participants acknowledge their race and gender, more emphasis is placed on their academic …
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Attitudes of high school learners towards sexuality education in Zululand
… positive attitudes than male and rural learners respectively. Learners indicated that the sexuality programme provide valuable information especially with regard to their own bodies and self-respect. They were of the opinion that teenage pregnancy and HIV/AIDS could be prevented through …
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"Two-ness," Identity, and Agency in Du Bois's Souls
… their American identity is a challenge to their self-respect: they can neither embrace nor reject their American identity without disrespecting themselves. Du Bois's solution to two-ness involves non-White Americans contesting, negotiating, and reinterpreting their racial identities so that they …
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Expressions of exile and homecoming: A critical analysis of the selected Namibian poetry in English
… and how independent has co-operated the self-respect and identity that comes with being black and being poor. In overall, it appears that post-independence poets are disillusioned by the fruits of independence. The poets echo the high aggression and low receptivity of the lives …
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A Longitudinal Study of the Outcomes from Participation in Wilderness Adventure Education Programs
… participants’ lives, particularly in greater self-respect/esteem/confidence. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the outcomes that individuals experienced from wilderness adventure programs and the effects they had on participants’ lives. Means-end theory was used …
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Political Liberalism and LGBTQ+ Citizens
… 4 develops a political liberal conception of self-respect. Chapter 5 uses that conception to argue for a duty on parents to refrain from expressing heterosexist beliefs to their children. The Afterword identifies that political liberalism, correctly understood, is not a formal doctrine of …
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Makna bahagia bagi penyandang cacat fisik (tuna daksa)
… penelitian ini adalah untuk mengembangkan self respect agar mampu menghargai dan menerima diri sendiri. Dari hasil penelitian dapat diketahui bahwa tingkat kebahagiaan remaja penyandang tuna daksa berada dalam kategori tinggi. Makna bahagia yang diungkapkan oleh remaja penyandang tuna daksa …
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