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During the Joseon Dynasty, the king would select talented individuals through a series of examinations that posed current issues and asked for solutions. This was an important process for realizing Confucian ideals, providing opportunities for people from different classes to gain social status and contributing to the integration and development of society.   During the Joseon Dynasty, the...

In everyday life, contracts for the purchase and sale of goods are formed by the sum of an offer and an acceptance, and in special cases, by the realization of intentions or cross offers. Various situations must be considered, such as when the contract is formed, whether the acceptance is notified, and delays, and after the contract is formed, issues of obligation fulfillment and damages may...

This article describes normative ethics and metaethics, which address the nature of moral judgment and truth. Moral realism views moral judgments as objective truths, while emotivism views them as expressions of subjective feelings. The two positions understand the validity of moral judgments differently, and provide explanations for the differences in motivations for ethical behavior and moral...

To manage our financial assets, we make financial transactions. In this process, it’s important to understand and manage interest rates and overdraft contracts. Interest rates affect the growth of assets, determining the rate of return for depositors and the interest burden for borrowers. In addition, in financial transactions between individuals, it is necessary to clarify the lending...

Development is the process by which a single-celled fertilized egg develops into a complex organism, and evolutionary developmental biology (EDB) studies this process to reveal the relationship between evolution and development. Beginning with the discovery of the homeobox gene, ibodibo explains the mechanisms of evolution by identifying similar gene functions in different species and explores...

Lorenz explains our innate aggression from an evolutionary perspective and suggests ways to channel it in a positive direction instead of denying it. We don’t have mechanisms to suppress aggression, so it’s important to understand and control it rationally.   Human beings have been called the creators of the universe because of their superior intellect and reason. As the morning...

The functioning of multicellular organisms is regulated by the nervous and endocrine systems, and the hormones insulin and glucagon in particular play an important role in maintaining energy balance by regulating blood sugar. Insulin lowers blood sugar and glucagon raises blood sugar, and their interaction maintains homeostasis in the body.   In multicellular organisms, the functions of the...

Dust collection is a technology that removes particulate pollutants from industrial processes. Electric dust collectors use electrons to capture dust and are divided into dry and wet types, with wet types becoming increasingly important due to recent environmental regulations.   Dust collection is an important technology for removing particulate pollutants from processes in industrial sites...

Jacques Lacan’s mirror stage theory reveals that the autonomy of the self is fictitious, showing that the self is formed through the image of the self. In addition, human desires are constructed through the desires of others, which means that the self is formed in relation to others.   Jacques Lacan, a French psychoanalyst and philosopher, continued and reinvented Freud’s...

This article explains how social Darwinism has been applied to individuals and groups since the 19th century, combining with laissez-faire, nationalism, and imperialism to justify social inequality and imperialism.   Social Darwinism is a social theory that applies Darwin’s theory of biological evolution to individuals and groups. The central concepts of social Darwinism are...