Last name2 Student name Submitted to Assignment Date Social Justice Issue about China In recent years, the issue of social justice has become more and more prominent, and it has become one of the most concerned social themes in Chinese society today. In Western countries, the highlight of this issue began in the 1960s and 1970s. On a global scale, the issue of justice in the international community seems to have always plagued our world, as if it were always open during the development of human civilization problem. What is the reason that makes social justice a high concern of contemporary Chinese society? How to solve this problem - if a reasonable solution to social justice has indeed become a major social problem related to whether our society can continue to reform and develop? In my opinion, the highlight of the issue of social justice is by no means the result of the deliberate thematicization of the theoretical circle, but a serious challenge that our society has to face in the continuous development. Therefore, answering the above questions is far more than a theoretical issue. The first is a social practice topic. The author Gao believes that the appeal of social justice may become a more effective banner and breakthrough for the political system reform at the turn of the century in China. This view stems from the author's revelation from the study of the American progressive movement at the end of the 19th century. When people's thinking is bound by reality, they can transform their perspectives, use history as a mirror, and seek breakthroughs through vertical historical references and horizontal international comparisons. (Gao114). In a news article published in Wired the author points out that Tte Progressive Movement, which took place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is an inspiring reference. How to explain the growing problem of social injustice accompanying the rapid socio-economic development in China (Samuels1) Let us begin with the discussion of the topic of this article from the basic purpose of human society. From this, we can generally understand the basic purpose of human society as the basic value expectation of human beings for organizing society or for society itself. Organizing society and living and developing in a social way is the fundamental symbol of human beings entering the social civilization from the natural state, and even the root of human cultural creation (such as language, art and religion) and civilization progress (such as the creation of tools and social production methods). Prerequisites and conditions have been repeatedly confirmed by archaeological, anthropological and human sociological studies. But how do you organize society? Why do human beings must survive and develop in a social way? It is the premise that we need to be clear first. (Little1) The basic way in which society achieves this equitable distribution is to build the basic institutional system of socie.

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Social Justice Issue about China
In recent years, the issue of social justice has become more and
more prominent, and it has become one of the most concerned
social themes in Chinese society today. In Western countries,
the highlight of this issue began in the 1960s and 1970s. On a
global scale, the issue of justice in the international community
seems to have always plagued our world, as if it were always
open during the development of human civilization problem.
What is the reason that makes social justice a high concern of
contemporary Chinese society? How to solve this problem - if a
reasonable solution to social justice has indeed become a major
social problem related to whether our society can continue to
reform and develop? In my opinion, the highlight of the issue of
social justice is by no means the result of the deliberate
thematicization of the theoretical circle, but a serious challenge
that our society has to face in the continuous development.
Therefore, answering the above questions is far more than a
theoretical issue. The first is a social practice topic.
The author Gao believes that the appeal of social justice may
become a more effective banner and breakthrough for the
political system reform at the turn of the century in China. This
view stems from the author's revelation from the study of the
American progressive movement at the end of the 19th century.
When people's thinking is bound by reality, they can transform
their perspectives, use history as a mirror, and seek
breakthroughs through vertical historical references and
horizontal international comparisons. (Gao114). In a news
article published in Wired the author points out that Tte

2. Progressive Movement, which took place in the late nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries, is an inspiring reference. How to
explain the growing problem of social injustice accompanying
the rapid socio-economic development in China (Samuels1)
Let us begin with the discussion of the topic of this article from
the basic purpose of human society. From this, we can generally
understand the basic purpose of human society as the basic
value expectation of human beings for organizing society or for
society itself. Organizing society and living and developing in a
social way is the fundamental symbol of human beings entering
the social civilization from the natural state, and even the root
of human cultural creation (such as language, art and religion)
and civilization progress (such as the creation of tools and
social production methods). Prerequisites and conditions have
been repeatedly confirmed by archaeological, anthropological
and human sociological studies. But how do you organize
society? Why do human beings must survive and develop in a
social way? It is the premise that we need to be clear first.
(Little1)
The basic way in which society achieves this equitable
distribution is to build the basic institutional system of society,
including the fundamental constitutional system, the basic
system of social economics, politics and culture, the various
important policies formulated by the state authority, the
government system, etc. In this sense, social justice is first
embodied in the justice arrangement of the social system.
Therefore, the justice or the degree of justice of the basic social
system fundamentally determines the fairness of the society or
the degree of social justice that may be achieved.
Work cited
Gao, Xiongya. "Women existing for men: Confucianism and
social injustice against women in
China." Race, gender & class (2003): 114-125.
Little, Dan. “A Sense of Injustice in China?” A Sense of
Injustice in China?2014,

3. understandingsociety.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-sense-of-
injustice-in-china.html.
Samuels, David. “Is Big Tech Merging with Big Brother? Kinda
Looks Like It.” Wired, Conde
Nast, 31 Jan. 2019, www.wired.com/story/is-big-tech-merging-
with-big-brother-kinda-looks-like-it/.
Running head: PURSUIT OF MEANING AND HAPPINESS
PURSUIT OF MEANING AND HAPPINESS
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Pursuit of Meaning and Happiness
Chuanling Ma
Prof.Bolis
2/24/2019
Daniel Gilbert`s argument about false super-replicator beliefs
about happiness and the examples of money and children.
“Just as we pass along our genes in an effort to create people
whose faces look like ours, so do we pass along our beliefs in
an effort to create people whose minds think like ours.”
Anytime we tell people something, we attempt to change the
way they think and their point of view about the world and try
to bring their view closer to ours so that they can resemble. If a
particular belief has some properties that allow it to be
transmitted, then this belief is held by many people in their
minds. If one tells a person how to perform a certain task or to
solve a certain problem, the one who has been taught is likely to
pass the knowledge to their friends since it will be of help to
them in things they are supposed to do. Accuratebeliefs are
easily transmitted from one mind to another because they give a
person power.
On the other hand, inaccurate beliefs are more readily
transmitted to another person. These beliefs just like bad genes
that compensate for costs by promoting their own means of

4. transmission can and do become super-replicators.Inaccurate
beliefs as well can prevail in the belief transmission if they
somehow facilitate their means of transmission. Therefore, if
any belief whether true or false that increases communication
among people, has a good chance of being transmitted over and
over again. Psychologists an economists concluded that “Wealth
increases human happiness when it lifts people out of poverty
and into the middle class but that it does little to increase
happiness thereafter. “People who earn more than other are
happier compared to those who earn less. Those who live in
poor nations are much less happy than those who live in
moderately wealthy nations. People never get enough money;
they keep working and toiling to get more. However, production
of wealth and working to get money does not make people
happy but instead serves the needs of the economy.
People also believe that having children will make them happy.
When people get imaginations of how they will have
descendants in the future or the ones they have currently, they
tend to see images in their minds of babies smiling in their cots,
children running up and down in the home compound and their
children having successful lives whereby they go to college,
have a great career and even get married. Parents think well of
parenthood, They see it as fun and love their responsibilities for
example changing of diapers, ensuring children complete their
assignments. This makes them happy and they view parent good
as a tool of happiness and that’s why many jump into becoming
parents. Parents view their children as a source of joy. However
in a research done, it shows that parents are less happy when
taking care of their children than when they are watching, doing
exercise or resting. Parents are hard to take care of therefore
parents put a lot of hard work. Culture is the one that makes
people view children as a source of happiness and hence this
belief is passed on to otherpeople. The belief that money and
children bring happiness might be true or not but it does not
mean we quit jobs and families.
There is more to life than being happy:

5. “There is more to life than being happy.” This is according to
Emily Esfahani Smith`s article who gives a view of the happy
life vs. the meaningful life according to Victor Frankl.Viktor
with his wife and parents were arrested and taken to Nazi
concentration camp where some perished including his wife. He
concluded that the difference between those who had died and
those who survived was the meaning, insight that came early in
life. He saw that those who found meaning even in the most
horrendous circumstances were far more resilient to suffering
than those who did not. Frankl wrote that everything can be
taken from a man but not his human freedoms like to choose
one`s attitude in any given set of circumstances and to choose
one`s own way.Frankl explains that people do not always live
because of happiness but because of what is expected of them in
life. Their purpose matters for example even though one has lost
hope of living, they should not give up but instead look at life
positively like they are expected to complete a certain book,
that should be a reason for them not to end their life. Happiness
without meaning characterizes shallow and self-absorbed life.
How the pursuit of meaning as opposed to happiness offer
another perspective on the evidence that Gilbert presents about
money and children-and the pursuit of happiness in general:
The pursuit of meaning, as opposed to happiness offer another
perspective on the evidence that Gilbert presents about money
and children-and the pursuit of happiness. Having purpose in
life increases overall well-being and life satisfaction, improves
mental and physical life, enhancesresiliency, enhances self-
esteem and decreases chances of depression. Happiness in life is
not only viewed toward people`s attitudes towards variables like
stress, spending patterns and having children. Leading a happy
life is associated with one being a taker while leading a
meaningful life corresponds with being a giver. Those people
that are happy, are in good health, have enough money and are
able to get whatever they want. Not having enough money

6. decreases happiness. Pursuit of happiness is a associated with
selfish behavior while pursuit of meaning is what makes human
beings uniquely human because they put away their selfish
interests for the sake of other people. Therefore, there is more
to good life than the pursuit of happiness.
Conclusion
Reading these articles has influenced my thinking about the
pursuit of happiness and the pursuit of meaning in my life. I
have learnt and concluded that, a person should not only be
concerned about how much they want their life to be happy but
also be concerned of other people. One can be in the pursuit of
happiness but in the process hurt other people. In one way or
another, one should consider the happiness and needs of the
rest. This is whereby pursuit of meaning comes in. One should
look at their purpose in life, through this; one can see the
importance of life. This however does not mean that one stops
looking for happiness. My best lesson from these articles is that
there is more to life than being happy.
· There's More to Life Than Being Happy
·
Workism Is Making Americans Miserable
For the college-educated elite, work has morphed into a
religious identity—promising transcendence and community,
but failing to deliver.
·
The Free-Time Paradox in America
The rich were meant to have the most leisure time. The working
poor were meant to have the least. The opposite is happening.
Why?
·
It Isn’t the Kids. It’s the Cost of Raising Them.
Having children makes people happier—if they can afford it.
·
Facebook under pressure to halt rise of anti-vaccination groups
Experts are calling on company to counter closed groups where

7. members can post misinformation without challenge
·
Why so many people believe conspiracy theories
·
The Reason Many Ultrarich People Aren’t Satisfied With Their
Wealth
At a certain point, another million dollars doesn’t make
anything newly affordable. That’s when other motivations take
over.
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In Essay 4, you willwrite an essay that builds on one of your
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How does my new source relateto something in my original
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specific language in your THESIS STATEMENT (the answer to
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replace the following general words in the BIG QUESTION –
relate to and something in my original essay -- with more
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*Which essay is the “starting point” for your Essay 4?
______________________
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the BIG QUESTION, but replace the general words relate to and
something in my original essay with specific words.
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