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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"the good life"”.
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Cynicism and narcissism: masking the good life?
… Research on gratitude has mostly focused on these benefits, but in understanding the construct fully an examination of moderating factors and inhibitors is important. A recent study, utilizing a prospective design, revealed cynicism and narcissism as significant inhibitors of trait and state …
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Building the Good Life: Architecture and Politics
<p>This dissertation examines the relationship between architecture and democratic politics in late-modernity. It identifies the refusal of architects to consider the political dimensions of their work following the failures of 20th century High Modernism and the scant attention that the …
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The Good Life: Weakness in the Survival Years
In a 1948 questionnaire, the editors of the Partisan Review felt safe in asserting that “it is the general opinion that, unlike the twenties, this is not a period of experiment in language and form.” The socially aware writers of 1948 felt the impasse of their situation acutely, a suspended …
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Laboring Lesbians at Gas Stations: Pumping the "Good Life"
… exploration of laboring lesbian bodies within the context of U.S. gas stations. I begin with an investigation of the history of gas stations in connection with the oil industry and the company for which they work. In addition, I examine how institutions of class, gender and sexuality are …
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Conceptualizing a vision of the good life among mid-career faculty.
… how mid-career faculty defined and pursued the good life and what they perceived as helping or hindering that quest. Using Charmaz’s constructivist grounded theory within a critical realist ontology, the research sought to uncover the conceptual structures and generative mechanisms that …
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Dispassion and the Good Life: A Study of Stoicism and Zhuangism
<p>Although the notion of dispassion has played an important role in many different traditions, such as Stoicism, Buddhism, Daoism, and eastern Christianity, it does not seem to hold much appeal to people today. To the modern ear, dispassion is often associated with apathy, which refers to a lack …
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Conceptualizing a vision of the good life among mid-career faculty.
… how mid-career faculty defined and pursued the good life and what they perceived as helping or hindering that quest. Using Charmaz’s constructivist grounded theory within a critical realist ontology, the research sought to uncover the conceptual structures and generative mechanisms that …
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Autism, Neurodiversity, and the Good Life: On the Very Possibility of Autistic Thriving
… cognitive and sensory issues. In turn it is further associated with other purported harms: ranging from psychological suffering to diminished moral agency. Given such associations, in the philosophical literature, autism is widely taken to hinder the possibility of both thriving and attaining …
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The Audacity of Happiness: The Good Life for People in Recovery from Opiate Addiction
This dissertation focuses on what the good life means to help-seekers and workers at an NGO in Northern Nevada that has served the community for more than two decades, which I will name Life. At Life, nurses, counselors, psychologists, medical doctors and former substance users work together …
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Feeling Time Differently: Autistic Temporality, Self-Care Technologies & Social Imaginaries of the Good Life
Dominant cognitive theories of autism often emphasise a deficit-oriented perspective, framing challenges in social communication, perspective-taking, and emotional comprehension as impairments in Theory of Mind. This narrative reinforces autistic people’s mental health struggles, as prevailing …
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The Structure of Cultural Orientations to the Good Life and their Expression in Personal Narratives
Understanding the rational and ethical sense that people make of their actions and experiences requires understanding the lives they are trying to live. The narrative visions of a good life that are dominant in a society thus represent an important aspect of cultural orientation. To gain insight …
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Moses Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas on the Good Life: From the Fall to Human Perfectibility
This thesis is a comparative exploration of the good life from the perspectives of Moses Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas.<br/>By sketching a broadly characterized Aristotelian view of the good life and noting the common structure that their accounts share with their ancient philosophical forebear, we …
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Emigrating to the good life: A qualitative study of gender and ethnic diversity of graduate women
… addressed three major questions regarding the perceptions and interpretations of the lived experiences of 13 graduate women in master's and doctoral programs at a major midwestern research university: (a) How do these graduate women perceive and interpret their epiphanal experiences that …
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The Unknown Life of the Philosopher: The Significance of Biography for the Pursuit of the Good Life
The question asked among many philosophers of ethics – How can one pursue the good and well lived life? A life which is fully satisfying, but not forced and restricting. With many theories and philosophical schools being established all trying to create theories which will guide others on how they …
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Cultural Competency and Well Being in the Global Gathering Place
Cultural competency is increasingly embraced in the provision of social and health services to newcomers to Canada. Cultural competency is a fluid process along a continuum which is present at any organization or institution which provides services to clientele with diverse backgrounds. This thesis …
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Marx's Conception of the Status of Ethics in Capitalist Society
… society. It presupposes as essential to the functioning of an ethics or morality: a conception of the good life for individuals living together in society; and a means of embodying this conception in an analysis of moral agency. The investigation establishes Marx's understanding of the …
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The Moral Layers of Fracking: From Basic Rights and Obligations to Human Flourishing
… discussed, hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is the unconventional method of drilling and extracting oil and natural gas. Fracking starts at the earth’s surface where the technology is created and the sites are constructed. The process continues downward: drills pierce thousands of feet …
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The Moral Layers of Fracking: From Basic Rights and Obligations to Human Flourishing
… discussed, hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is the unconventional method of drilling and extracting oil and natural gas. Fracking starts at the earth’s surface where the technology is created and the sites are constructed. The process continues downward: drills pierce thousands of feet …
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Optimism and its Bargains: Cultural Discourses of Motherhood and the Accounts of Mothers with Experiences of Anxiety and/or Depression
… to gender studies and studies of family and motherhood by advancing our understanding of cultural discourses of motherhood and of mothers' experiences of them. This is achieved by integrating an analytical framework derived from the works of Lauren Berlant to theorise the ambivalence of …
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Social and Emotional Learning: An Argument for Religious Pluralism
<p>The purpose of this project is to argue that in order for social and emotional learning (SEL) goals to achieve their intended outcomes for students and society, religious pluralism must be reflected in student instruction. SEL involves the use of evidence-based practices to provide opportunities …
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