Category: Modern Society
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Do The Old Testament Stories Have Significance In Modern Life?
The Old Testament has many stories in it, and every single one of them has significance, even now. We learn forgiveness, loyalty and using talents, plus many, many more from the stories it tells. They most definitely have significance and this is why. Forgiveness is shown many times in the Old testament. Forgiveness is very…
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The Role Of The Industrial-capitalist Revolution In The Modern Age
Modernity is a term used to explain the historic period known as the modern age. In human history, this period involved innovations in scientific thought, increased individualism, and rapid industrialization as opposed to relying on supernatural and metaphysical beliefs. There is no official consensus on the precise moment when modernity commenced. Most history accounts from…
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Traditional Modern And Postmodern Society
The term Society is a collective group of people who share a common purpose in social institution, social group conduct and its geographical space. The pattern of society is limitless, and it is an abstract rather than a concrete structure. My understanding of society is that not all society consist of a pragmatic foundation. It…
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How Has Greece Influenced Modern Society?
Modern society has taken many different ideas that have been developed by scientists which come from ancient civilisations in the middle ages. One of these ancient civilisations include Greece which had a gigantuous affect on modern society. Ancient Greece was well advanced for its time (800 BCE – 146 CE) Greece has contributed with advanced…
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A Look Into Monotheistic Religions In The Modern Age
Throughout the course, there has been much discussion about how religious practitioners, scholars, and non-believers came to view the three monotheistic religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Scholars have deciphered the sacred texts of each religion to draw conclusions based on their similarities and their differences. In this discussion, religious scholars coined the term Abrahamic to…
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Woman In Contemporary Society
Woman in contemporary society is the one of the most widely discussed question nowadays. The development level of society and its potential possibility depend on many factors, and the one factor it is a woman, her position in society. This is mean that woman status serves as an indicator of the general social atmosphere in…
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Different Ideas On Past Life And Life Today
I have a lovely grandmother who talks about difficulties of the past all the time. She states that today life prepares everything ready for you! She told me that everything was tough when she was a child whether going to school or getting marriage. She shared her experience that she had grown up with low…
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How Has the Atomic Battery Impacted Society Today
Abstract Nuclear batteries harvest energy from radioactive specks and supply power to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The potential of nuclear batteries for longer shelf-life and higher energy density, when compared with other modes of energy storage, makes them an attractive alternative to investigate. The performance of the nuclear battery is a function of the radioisotope(s), radiation…
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Ocean Pollution as a Major Concern of Modern Society
Ocean pollution is a big concern in the world because studies are showing it is only increasing over the years (Christensen, 2019). A new study shows that along one stretch of the Pacific Ocean just between Hawaii and California there are around 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic waste gathered, which is a rapid increase since…
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Suffering As The Concept Of Modern Society
Suffering is an important concept in the end of life care which diminishes quality of life and it tends to be widespread in terminally ill patients. Dame Cecily Saunders coined the concept of total pain and outlined some of the various physical, psychological, emotional, existential, social factors contributing to suffering. While these factors may contribute…