science of man

Examples of science of man in the following topics:

• Scientific Exploration

  • Similar rules were applied to social sciences. 
  • However, as with most Enlightenment views, the benefits of science were not seen universally.
  • David Hume and other Scottish Enlightenment thinkers developed a 'science of man,' which was expressed historically in works by authors including James Burnett, Adam Ferguson, John Millar, and William Robertson, all of whom merged a scientific study of how humans behaved in prehistoric and ancient cultures with a strong awareness of the determining forces of modernity.
  • Modern sociology largely originated from the 'science of man' movement.
  • Describe advancements made in science and social sciences during the 18th century

• The Development of Sociology in the U.S.

  • In 1883, Ward published his two-volume,1,200 page Dynamic Sociology, Or Applied Social Science as Based Upon Statistical Sociology and the Less Complex Sciences, with which he hoped to establish the central importance of experimentation and the scientific method to the field of sociology.
  • "The real object of science is to benefit man.
  • A science which fails to do this, however agreeable its study, is lifeless.
  • Sociology, which of all sciences should benefit man most, is in danger of falling into the class of polite amusements, or dead sciences.
  • The characteristic element of Ward's thinking was his faith that government, acting on the empirical and scientifically based findings of the science of sociology, could be harnessed to create a near Utopian social order.

• Introduction to the Renaissance

  • The intellectual basis of the Renaissance was its own invented version of humanism, derived from the rediscovery of classical Greek philosophy, such as that of Protagoras, who said that "Man is the measure of all things."
  • This new thinking became manifest in art, architecture, politics, science and literature.
  • In politics, the Renaissance contributed the development of the conventions of diplomacy, and in science an increased reliance on observation.
  • Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man shows clearly the effect writers of Antiquity had on Renaissance thinkers.
  • Based on the specifications in Vitruvius' De architectura (1st century BC), Leonardo tried to draw the perfectly proportioned man.

• Humanitarian Efforts

  • Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance in response to crises including natural and man-made disasters.
  • Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance in response to crises including natural and man-made disasters.
  • The funding and delivery of humanitarian aid has become increasingly international in scope.
  • With humanitarian aid efforts sometimes criticized for a lack of transparency, the humanitarian community has initiated a number of inter-agency initiatives to improve its accountability, quality and performance.
  • Major humanitarian projects include the Berlin Airlift, in which U.S. and U.K governments flew supplies into the Western-held sectors of Berlin during the Soviet blockade of 1948-1949.

• The Sick Man of Europe

• The 17th Amendment

  • Before the Supreme Court required one-man-one vote, rural counties and cities were given equal weight in the state legislatures, enabling one rural vote to equal 200 city votes.
  • The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
  • The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
  • When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
  • This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

• Jacksonian Democrats: 1824–1860

  • Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson.
  • Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters.
  • The Whigs were the inheritors of Jeffersonian Democracy in terms of promoting schools and colleges.
  • However, the Free Soil Jacksonians, notably Martin Van Buren, argued for limitations on slavery in the new areas to enable the poor white man to flourish; they split with the main party briefly in 1848.
  • Patronage was theorized to be good because it would encourage political participation by the common man and because it would make a politician more accountable for poor government service by his appointees.

• History of biological science

• Separate But Equal

  • In particular the principle of separate but equal established conditions of legalsegregation in many southern states.
  • These laws made far-reaching restrictions, from the banning of mixed card playing, to the banning of black people and other people of color, and people of Chinese or Japanese heritage from certain schools and public places.
  • The phrase "separate but equal" came out of a Louisiana law, and referred to the practice of legislating separate public facilities for white residents and for people of color.
  • They placed Homer Plessy a man of mixed heritage in a white-only train car.
  • Board of Education Supreme Case decision of 1954.

• Providing National Security

  • National security is the protection of the state through a variety of means that include military might, economic power, and diplomacy.
  • The Department of Defense is responsible for coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with the U.S.
  • The Department—headed by the Secretary of Defense—has three subordinate military departments: the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
  • The Department of Homeland Security, established after the September 11, 2001 attacks, is responsible for working within the civilian sphere to protect the country from and respond to terrorist attacks, man-made accidents, and natural disasters.
  • The Central Intelligence Agency is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.