724 résultats pour "rights"

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Civil Riight Act of 1957

• LA VIOLENCE: QCM

  La pratique et les fins 1 117 635. Qui a écrit dans Malaise dans la civilisation : « La civilisation doit tout mettre en œuvre pour limiter l'a gressivité humaine»? 636. Quel penseur de la tolérance a écrit au xvr siècle : «C hacun appelle barbarie ce qui n'est pas de son usage »? 637. Comment appelle-t-on les actes de violence commis par une organisation pour créer un climat d'insécu­ rité ou renverser le gouvernement ? 638. Comment appelle-t-o...

• Van gogh et Mirbeau

  2 Introduction Mirbeau, dont le regard scrutateur fut d’une grande acuité, fit de sa passion pour la peinture un acte de foi, de sa critique un sacerdoce. Doté d’un flair quasiment infaillible - Gustave Geffroy parle de «prescience» et Frantz Jourdain d’une «certitude un peu divinatrice» - il pose sur l’art qui l’entoure un regard lucide. S’érigeant en chantre de l’impressionnisme, il souffle dans les trom pettes de...

• LA PHILOSOPHIE - QCM

  14 0 1 1000 questions de philo 766 . Complétez cette définition de Spinoza : La philoso­ phie est «une méditation de la ... 767. En 7 lettres, dernière étape de la contemplation dans la philosophie bouddhiste. 768. Complé tez cette définition du philosophe par Auguste Comte: «l e spécialiste des ... 769. Complétez cette citation de Nietzsche : « On recon­ naît le philosophe à ce qu'il évite trois choses brillan­ tes et bruyantes : la gloire, les princ...

• LES PHILOSOPHES: QCM de philo

  14 4 1 1 000 questions de philo 793. Quel a été le premier grand philosophe chinois ? 794. Son professeur lui avait dit : « Vous pouviez être un grand mathématicien et vous ne serez qu'un philoso­ phe ». De qui s'agit-il ? 795. Deux philosophes français dont le nom commence par un M ont été conseillers au Parlement de Bor­ deaux à 150 ans d'interva lle. Qui ? 796. Quel est le grand philosophe stoïcien grec ? 797. Quels sont les deux philosophes français...

• Community and communitarianism

  makes fundamental ethical criticism's of one's own community impossible. The success of communitarianism as a political theory depends upon whether it can be demonstrated that liberal political institutions cannot provide adequate conditions for the flourishing of community or secure appropriate support for persons' identities so far as their identities are determined by their membership in communities. 1 Community If I am a member of a community, I conceive of the goals and values I shar...

• Ali Wins Olympic Gold Medal.

  And the brash young fighter who won gold in Rome in 1960 would become one of the most celebrated athletes of the 20th century. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Martin Luther King en anglais

  This extract spoke about forging ahead. He asked the rhetoric question "When will you be satified ?", and replied that they will be satisfied once they obtain the same rights than the white people. -> Answer the following questions; they will help you with your presentation : 1. A) So why was it necessary for King to say: "We cannot turn back" ? In this extract, when King said: "we cannot turn back", he was hoping that the situation of black people could only improve. That one day, the whi...

• CONNAISSANCE DU VIVANT: QCM de philo

  76 1 10 00 questions de philo 388. Quel philosophe français a expri mé, après un voyage à travers l'Europe en 1580 et 1581 , la relati­ vité des choses humaines et la nécessité du bon sens et de la tolérance ? 389. Pour les dogmatiques (Platon, Hegel), quelle est la limite de la connaissa nce humaine ? 390. Pour saint Augustin, qu'est-ce que l'esprit connaît le mieux : Dieu, autrui ou lui-même ? 391. Dans quel ouvrage fondamental Kant décrit-il les m...

• LA SOCIÉTÉ, LE POUVOIR, L'ETAT: QCM

  La' pratique et les fins 1 10 5 558 . Quel philosophe du XVIIr siècle a dit: «L'h omme est bon naturellement et c'e st par les institutions sociales que les hommes deviennent méchants » ? 559. Qui a dit : « Voulez-vous un nom pour ce monde ? Une solution pour toutes ses énigmes ? Ce monde est la volonté de puissance et rien d'autre »? 560. Quel livre de Machiavel, écrit deux ans avant Mari­ gnan, met en relief le problème des rapports de la politiq...

• L'HISTOIRE (qcm de philosophie)

  L'homme et le monde 1 53 266. Quel penseur français du xxe siècle, auteur d'I ntroduction à la ph iloso phie de l'histoi re, a écrit à propos de la Révolution russe : « On peut soutenir sans absurdité qu'elle n'aurait pas eu lieu sans Lénine et Trotski » ? 267. Qui est le principal représentant du matérialisme dialectique ou historique ? 268. Quel président des États-Unis a affirmé en 1988 que «r ien n'est inévitable dans l'histoire »? 269. Nie t...

• LE BONHEUR - QCM

  --------------- -----------" "" ------- -- 13 0 1 1 000 questions de philo 708 . Dans quel livre peut-on lire : « Bienheureux ceux qui ont faim et soif car ils seront rassasiés »? 709. Qui a écrit que« le véritable bonheur du peuple exige que la religion soit supprimée en tant que bonheur illusoire du peup le» ? 710. Quel philosophe grec professait que« le plaisir est le souverain bien » ? 71 1. Quel penseur politique du XVIIIe siècle a écrit : «L a...

• LA MYTHOLOGIE EN QCM

  17 4 1 1000 questions de philo 996. Quelles sont les deux villes de la Bible maudites pour leurs péchés ? 997 . Qui est le dieu grec de 1 'Amour ? 998. Où arrive- t-on, comme disait Socrate, quand on arrive chez Hadès ? 999. De quoi Thanatos est-ille dieu ? 1000. Quel personnage très beau de la mythologie fut séduit par sa propre image? REPON SES 996. Sodome et Gomorrhe 997. Eros 998. Chez le dieu des morts 999. De la mort 1000 . Narcisse...

• LES œUVRES PHILOSOPHIQUES EN QCM

  La pratique et les fins 1 163 925. Quel est le sujet commun à ces deux dialogues de Platon : Le Banquet et Phèdre ? 926. Lequel de ces livres n'est pas de Montesquieu mais de Cournot : Cons idérations sur la marche des idées et des événement s dans les temps modernes ou Con­ sidé rations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence ? 927. De qui sont inspirées les analyses de Sartre dans L' Être et le Né ant ? 928. Quel phil...

• La dynamique instable du capitalisme

   si la croissance effective est inférieure à la croissance potentielle, cela signifie que des capacités de production sont inutilisées : montée du chômage, sous-utilisation du capital fixe Les causes exogènes des fluctuations : les chocs d’offre et les chocs de demande o A) Le modèle offre globale/demande globale  2 variables :  la production totale de biens et de services, mesurée par le PIB réel  le niveau général des prix , mesuré par l’indice des prix à la consommation...

• LA VÉRITÉ : QCM DE PHILO

  80 1 1 000 questions de philo 410. Pour quel philosophe allemand du XIXe siècle la vérité est-elle une illusion ? 411. Quel frança is, Prix Nobel de littérature en 1947 , a écrit dans Les No urritures terrestres : « Nathanaël, je tte mon livre. Ne crois pas que ta vérité puisse être trouvée par quelqu 'un d'autre ))? 412. Quel philosophe allemand a écrit : «U ne chose qui convainc est-elle vraie pour autant ? Non, elle est seulement convaincante. Rema...

• LE TEMPS: QCM de philo

  L' homme et le monde 1 35 154. Complétez cette définition du temps : «F orme de l'e xpérience de l'homme dans ses rapports avec le ... 155. De quoi le temps est-il la mesure ? 156. Quel philosophe français du xx· siècle a écrit que le centre même de sa doctrine était« l'in tuition de la durée »? 157. Comment dit-on« temps » en grec ? 158. Se lon Be rgso n, comment s'appel le le vrai temps , celui vécu par la conscience ? 159. Quel philosophe français...

• DROIT, JUSTICE ET DEVOIR - QCM

  La pratique et les fins 1 119 646. Où est-il écrit que «tous les hommes naissent et demeurent libres et égaux en droit »? 647. Quelle est la contrepartie des droits ? 648. Complétez cette citation de saint Augustin : « On ne peut tenir pour loi une loi qui n'est pas ... 649. Complétez cette citation de la Bible : « Il faut rendre à César ce qui est à César et à Dieu ... 650. Quelle grande figure de la politique et de la guerre a écrit qu'« à l...

• L' ESSAI SUR LE GOUVERNEMENT CIVIL DE JOHN LOCKE

  L'ASSA UT CON TRE L'ABSOL UTISME com battit comme capitaine de cavalerie. Locke grandit, élève au collège de Westminster, puis étudiant à Oxford, au milieu de l'extraordinaire fermentation intelle ctuelle, à la fois religie use, philosophique et polit ique, des universités anglaises de l'époque. Plein d'enthousiasme d'abord pour Cromwell et les puritains, il finit par être excédé, comme l'avait été Hobbes, des querelles de sectes. C'est avec soulagement q...

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• Business ethics

  literature, and both accommodate the central issues of business ethics. 2 Internal stakeholders: the case of employees Perhaps the leading 'internal' stakeholders of a firm are its employees, whose fortunes depend on those of the firm in the most direct way. The firm may be the only source of income for each of its employees, and the income may be used to support many others. Employees may depend on their job for a considerable proportion of their social life and their most rewarding activity...

• LES « RÉFLEXIONS SUR LA VIOLENCE » DE GEORGES SOREL

  SOCIALISME ET NATIONALISME Comment situer la pensée d'un Sorel ? Brassez ensemble du Marx -une forte ration de matérialisme historique -du Proudhon à haute dose, du Bergson fluide et du Nietzsche explosif, vous obtiendrez à peu près cette pensée riche et confuse, à la fois attirante et irritante. C'est en ces termes qu'un amateur de pittoresque dans l'histoire des idées pourrait être tenté de répondre à la question posée. On imagine aisément la vari...

• Susan B.

• Jets Beat Colts.

  Namath, who completed 17 of 28 passes for 206 yards, was named the game's most valuable player, for which he was awarded a Dodge Charger to go along with the$15,000 each of the Jets received for the victory. Snell rushed 30 times for 121 yards, and Sauer caught 8 passes for 133 yards. The Jets' victory was celebrated as amilestone in sports upsets. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Business ethics project

  B-The four CSR Models: The Economic, Philanthropic, Social Web and Integrative Model     The Economic Model of CSR holds that the primary duty of business is to fulfill economic functions. Therefore, the social responsibility of business managers is simply to pursue profits but of course within the law. We usually refer to profits as a direct measure to see how well a business firm is meeting the society's expectations. Profits is in fact the best indication that the company is being effective a...

• Emily Dickinson I INTRODUCTION Emily Dickinson Heralded as one of the most gifted American writers, Emily Dickinson authored nearly 2,000 poems.

  particular form of self-publication. She also read her poems aloud to several people, including her cousins Louise and Frances Norcross, over a period of three decades. Editions of Dickinson’s writings include The Poems of Emily Dickinson (3 volumes, 1955), The Letters of Emily Dickinson (3 volumes, 1958), and The Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson (2 volumes, 1981). Contributed By:Martha Nell SmithMicrosoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Guillaume Apollinaire

• Didrikson's Records.

  The American public received Didrikson with great fanfare. Never before had a woman achieved such athletic success or shown such remarkable physical ability.Her versatility warranted comparisons with Jim Thorpe, a great football player who had won the Olympic decathlon and pentathlon 20 years earlier. Grantland Rice,the famed sportswriter, joined her in one of her first rounds of golf. After she beat him, Rice called Didrikson “without any question the athletic phenomenon of alltime, man or woma...

• Eagles.

  THREATS TO EAGLES Eagles do not like to live near people. Because they are such big birds, they need lots of room to hunt.People have moved into wilderness areas where eagles lived and built farms and cities. People have alsohunted eagles. Chemicals used in farming have reduced the number of eagles. Many kinds of eagles,including the American bald eagle, became endangered during the 20th century. Some governments have passed laws to protect eagles. Conservation groups also worked to help savethe...

• AUTRUI: QCM

  L' homme et le mo nde 1 29 121. Dans quel dialogue de Platon apparaît 1' allégorie de la caverne ? 122. Quelle pièce de théâtre de Sartre a pour thème prin­ cipal autrui? 123 . Qu' est-ce qui, pour Bergson, est un mode de con­ naissa nce d'autrui qui relève de l'instinct et non de l'in telligence : l'in tuition, l'inconscient ou la sympath ie? 124. Quel est le concept lancé par Auguste Comte, en opposition à l'égoïsme et do nt la racine est autr ui? 1...

• Confucius I INTRODUCTION Confucius (551 or 552-479 BC), Chinese philosopher and educator, one of the most important individuals in Chinese history, and one of the most influential figures in world history.

  From a modern perspective, Confucius’s worldview has certain limitations. He was ignorant of cultural diversity; he accepted the sexism of his society; he shows nointerest in natural science or technology; his political philosophy is undemocratic; and he gives insufficient stress to social change. However, Confucius will no doubtcontinue to inspire people across the world with his vision of social harmony, his insight into human virtue, and his techniques for cultivating ethical individuals. Mi...

• Confucius.

  From a modern perspective, Confucius’s worldview has certain limitations. He was ignorant of cultural diversity; he accepted the sexism of his society; he shows nointerest in natural science or technology; his political philosophy is undemocratic; and he gives insufficient stress to social change. However, Confucius will no doubtcontinue to inspire people across the world with his vision of social harmony, his insight into human virtue, and his techniques for cultivating ethical individuals. Mi...

• Sir Mackenzie Bowell.

  government. B Retirement Bowell's political career was not quite over. He remained Conservative leader in the Senate until 1906. He did not forgive his rebellious colleagues, even when some ofthem joined him in the Senate. In 1905 he reasserted in a speech that they had been “a nest of traitors.” Even his retirement in 1906 struck a bitter note. TheConservative senators elected one senator to succeed Bowell, but not before another senator had been led by Bowell to expect the position. Microsof...

• Sir Mackenzie Bowell - Canadian History.

  government. B Retirement Bowell's political career was not quite over. He remained Conservative leader in the Senate until 1906. He did not forgive his rebellious colleagues, even when some ofthem joined him in the Senate. In 1905 he reasserted in a speech that they had been “a nest of traitors.” Even his retirement in 1906 struck a bitter note. TheConservative senators elected one senator to succeed Bowell, but not before another senator had been led by Bowell to expect the position. Microsof...

• QCM: LA CONSCIENCE ET L'INCONSCIENT

  L' homme et le mond e 1 11 9. Quel héros dont on a fait un mythe a dit : « Mes act es, je les ai subis et non commis »? 10. Quel philosophe grec aimait à dire : «J e ne sais qu'une chose, c'est que je ne sais rien»? 11. Que signif ie la formule de Descartes : « Cogito, ergo sum »? 12. Qui a dit: «L'homme est pour l'homme l'être suprême »? 13. Qui est le fondateur de la psychanal yse? 14. Mendel a-t-il défini les lois de l'équilibre, de l'hér...

• Licence

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Sets Career Points Record.

  Play stopped as Abdul-Jabbar was swarmed by players, coaches, photographers, and reporters. During the ceremony he thanked his family and fans. He left the gamewith 22 points on 10-of-14 field-goal shooting and 2-of-2 free-throw shooting, along with 5 rebounds and 3 assists. The Lakers won the game, 129-115. Among the many basketball figures offering praise for Abdul-Jabbar's achievement was Kansas City Kings head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons. “Kareem scored 15,000of his points with skyhooks, du...

• Watergate - U.

  to begin releasing more than 3000 hours of secret Nixon White House tapes. The recordings had been stored in the National Archives after Nixon’s resignation, and hadnot been available to the public. The Watergate scandal severely shook the faith of the American people in the presidency and turned out to be a supreme test for the U.S. Constitution. Throughout theordeal, however, the constitutional system of checks and balances worked to prevent abuses, as the Founding Fathers had intended. Waterg...

• Arithmetic I INTRODUCTION Arithmetic, branch of mathematics that arises from counting, the most basic mathematical operation.

  Subtract the units: 6 - 3 = 3. Then subtract the tens column: 6 – 2 = 4. The results of these two single-digit subtractions, written side by side, provide the answer: Subtraction is a bit more complicated if we need to subtract a larger digit from a smaller one. For example, when subtracting 47 from 92, the units value (7) of 47 isgreater than the units value (2) of 92. We can handle this situation using a procedure called borrowing, which is like carrying in reverse. Ten units can be borrowe...

• Aboriginal Australians - History.

  Until Europeans began to settle in Australia in 1788, the Aboriginal way of life was supported by hunting, gathering, and fishing. Like other hunting and gatheringpeoples, Aboriginal people had an extremely detailed knowledge of their environment, especially plant ecology and animal behavior. The deep connection betweenAboriginal people and the natural world influenced every part of their culture, including their food gathering, tools, trade, religion, art, music, language, and socialorganizatio...

• Sir John Abbott.

  nonetheless tarnished a number of Conservative reputations. Mainly, however, these charges succeeded only in keeping the government on the defensive. The party'srelative success was due partly to Thompson's debating powers and partly to the conveniently timed defeat of the Liberals in Québec because of similar charges ofcorruption. V RETIREMENT In November 1892, Abbott's doctors warned him that he must retire. In his letter of resignation he advised the governor-general to send for Thompson. Ab...

• Sir John Abbott - Canadian History.

  nonetheless tarnished a number of Conservative reputations. Mainly, however, these charges succeeded only in keeping the government on the defensive. The party'srelative success was due partly to Thompson's debating powers and partly to the conveniently timed defeat of the Liberals in Québec because of similar charges ofcorruption. V RETIREMENT In November 1892, Abbott's doctors warned him that he must retire. In his letter of resignation he advised the governor-general to send for Thompson. Ab...

• Native American Policy.

  of white settlement dominated policy during the second quarter of the 19th century. IV REMOVAL PERIOD The idea of moving Native Americans to a different part of the country was not new. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson had suggestedthat tracts of land in this vast new territory could be given to native peoples if they agreed to cede their lands in the eastern part of the country. Transfers occurred in apiecemeal way, but no consistent removal program developed u...

• Marriage.

  In many traditional societies, marriage typically involved transfers of property from the parents to their marrying children or from one set of parents to the other. Thesecustoms persist in some places today and are part of the tradition of arranged marriages. For example, in some cultures the bride’s parents may give property (knownas a dowry) to the new couple. The practice of giving dowries has been common in countries such as Greece, Egypt, India, and China from ancient times until thepresen...

• Keino Outdistances American Runner Jim Ryun.

  Jipcho, who later apologized to Ryun, echoed the American's sentiments in an interview for the Olympic Series. “It was unfair to people like Jim Ryun, to Tümmler, and probably to me. I feel Jim Ryun would have won the gold medal. But because of the whole thing, it destroyed almost everybody,” Jipcho said in a documentary. Immediately following the race, Keino denied that such a strategy existed. “[We] had no plan at all,” he told the New York Times. “I knew Jim Ryun to have a fast kick i...

• Henry Morton Stanley.

  VI EVALUATION If Stanley was among the most ruthless and driven of Europe’s African explorers, he also was among the most accomplished. Much of what the Western world came toknow about Central Africa, including the drainage of its lakes and rivers, was derived from Stanley’s explorations. Moreover, he was one of the central figures in eventsleading to the Scramble for Africa. His call for the Christianizing of Africans and for the development of commerce with the interior echoed the call Livin...

• Henry Morton Stanley - explorer.

  VI EVALUATION If Stanley was among the most ruthless and driven of Europe’s African explorers, he also was among the most accomplished. Much of what the Western world came toknow about Central Africa, including the drainage of its lakes and rivers, was derived from Stanley’s explorations. Moreover, he was one of the central figures in eventsleading to the Scramble for Africa. His call for the Christianizing of Africans and for the development of commerce with the interior echoed the call Livin...

• Luther's Ninety-Five Theses German theologian Martin Luther publicly condemned the practice of buying indulgences on October 31, 1517.

  28. It is certain that when the penny jingles into the money-box, gain and avarice can be increased, but the result of the intercession of the Church is in the power ofGod alone. 29. Who knows whether all the souls in purgatory wish to be bought out of it, as in the legend of Sts. Severinus and Paschal. 30. No one is sure that his own contrition is sincere; much less that he has attained full remission. 31. Rare as is the man that is truly penitent, so rare is also the man who truly buys indulge...