Conceptions of self

confronted with the notion of Self. In Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley consumes mescaline believing that he will be permitted to experience the mindset of visionaries but, instead, his heightened state transforms his concept of the Self. In Altered States, the protagonist Eddie Jessup, portrayed by William Hurt, ingests a mixture of amanita muscaria, a hallucinogenic mushroom, in an attempt to penetrate the atoms of the mind, which he believes to hold the memory of conception of consciousness. Although

Drawing The Boundaries Of The Ethical Self This paper evaluates some philosophical views regarding the self who is an ethical deliberator and agent-specifically the traditional atomistic individualist self and the expanded biocentric self of deep ecology. The paper then presents an alternative manner of thinking about the ethical self which avoids some of the philosophical difficulties of the foregoing views. This alternative draws on the recent work by Val Plumwood and Donna Haraway. Haraway's

difficulties seem insurmountable. The play depicts America as the land of opportunity as well as a place where the society has acquired a new set of values that threatens to destroy those who cannot abide by new changes. This paper discusses the importance of self-image in the Loman

women to step out of the precincts of their home to pursue education and cultivate their intellect stressing the importance of their autonomous self development. So he chooses the icons of marginality-warriors, untouchables, dancing girls in his women centred dramas to portray the radical nature of his conception of women and the maturation of their self hood. This paper is a humble attempt to showcase how the underprivileged women protest for establishing their identity as ‘new women’ as reflected

particular, the three core conditions. A critical analysis of the efficacy of the approach will be carried out with some critical evaluation of the researched arguments for and against the effectiveness of Person Centred Counselling. The common conception of human beings sees them as unsocialized, irrational and destructive to themselves and others. The client-centred point of view sees people as basically forward thinking, rational and social. Antisocial emotions such as hostility and jealousy are

environment that provides them with genuinness (openness and self-disclosure), acceptance (being seen with unconditional positive regard), and empathy (being listened to and understood). Without these, relationships and healthy personalities will not develop as they should, much like a tree will not grow without sunlight and water. Rogers believed that every person can achieve their goals, wishes and desires in life. When, or rather if they did so, self actualization took place. This was one of Carl Rogers

ABSTRACT The present study explored the relationship between individual self esteem and achievement. The sample of the study consisted of 85 respondents working in the private sector of Pakistan. A total of 21 companies were visited for this purpose. It was hypothesized that individuals having self-esteem will also have high achievement. Two scales were used to measure self-esteem and achievement. Self-esteem scale comprised of 13 items and the achievement scale also comprised of 13 items measured

difficult at all to believe that this was how his low self esteem was developed in the first place. Odds are it was this constant belittling by them and any negative reinforcement he got from other students and teachers like Mr. Vernon that helped to solidify these beliefs about himself. John’s public self, the one he projects for others to see, as seen through his interactions and persona as a badass, is just that, “the criminal”. His ideal self, the one he really wishes he was, is probably that

Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) both explore the idea that a significant individual can inspire a course of action, which may result in a change of self. In the novel The Kite Runner, the protagonist, Amir, is a young boy growing up in a well off family in Kabul, Afghanistan. Amir’s closest friend is Hassan, the son of his family’s beloved servant. Amir’s self image at the beginning of the novel is one in which he views himself as a coward, worthless and selfish. “I had one last chance to make a decision

Self-concept is our self-identity, and is the way that one perceives itself, it includes both attitudes and the collection of beliefs. Self-Concept also branches out into self-image and self-esteem. Self-image, is the way the person pictures itself. The self-esteem is the way we evaluate ourselves. We identify ourselves by our communication, and our interactions with others. In other words “I think, therefore I am” (René Descartes; “ego cogito, ergo sum”) If a person was to tell another person what