(intro music) Hi everybody, I'm Matt Walker. I teach philosophy and humanities at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Today, I'm going to take a look at Mengzi's views on human nature. In particular, I'm going to take a look at Mengzi's defense of the claim that human nature is good. Mengzi, also known as Mencius, was an early Confucian philosopher. He lived in the 300s BCE.
CC | tv-14. When he was just 17 years old, Shaka Senghor was convicted of second-degree murder, and he went on to spend 19 years in prison. Shaka arrived in prison seething with anger and resentment, refusing to take responsibility for his actions. It wasn't long before he was sent to solitary confinement for lashing out.
He would serve 183 days in jail for the charges. December 2013: Gucci Mane is charged in federal court with two counts of possessing a firearm as a felon. The prosecutor cited both incidents that occurred in September, two different situations, two different loaded guns. Gucci could receive a maximum of 20 years in prison. May 2014, Gucci pleads guilty to possession of firearms by a convicted felon. He agrees to a plea deal which impacts his sentencing immensely. He's expected to serve three years and three months in prison, meaning he should be released in late 2016 or early 2017.