(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.
Rapper Gucci Mane was sentenced to 39 months in jail after pleading guilty to a federal gun possession charge. Gucci Mane, 34, whose real name is Radric Davis, will serve the remaining 28 months of his 39 month sentence after pleading guilty to a gun charge.ucci Mane has been in custody for 11 months, so he will serve 28 months from the rest of his sentence, E! News reports. âMr. Davis went in knowing, and has known for months now, so he is okay with the amount of time,â Gucciâs lawyer, Drew Findling, from Findling Law Firm, told HollywoodLife.com.