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1. Where do you find that Machiavelli and Hobbes coincide, and where do you find that they differ, in their accounts of human nature?

Hobbes’ and Machiavelli’s views often overlap on their understanding of human nature. One relevant fact to that is this essay questions inquires about the differences of the two thinkers. Both of them had views of human nature that agreed on some points but disagreed on others. Hobbes had one many characterize as a negative view on human nature, that the natural state of affairs for a person is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” In comparison, Machiavelli was perhaps advocating for such an individual in order to ursurp political power.

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I consider the arguments of Benjamin Powell and Matt Zwolinski (1 – 24) in the defense of sweatshop labor relatively solid and convincing. I agree with all the philosophical arguments that they forwarded except in minor areas in their supporting arguments. As such, this essay is largely a rejoinder of their arguments with additional supportive points that may strengthen their pro-sweatshop labor position.
I agree that the labor market for sweatshops continues to be competitive, and the prima facie proof that the sweatshop employment was the best alternative accessible to them rests on the ...

The contrast between these two political philosophers, John Locke and Thomas Hobbes has increasingly been argued as one of the greatest to ever exist in the world. The modern political science has had its basis on these two philosophers. Before analyzing their differences and taking the stand on which philosopher I should agree with, I have to analyze their similarities and the common stands they had about power in the society and take a close look at their idea about the constitution and its role to the society (Rushdoony, 46). Although these two philosophers had a complete different stand in most ...

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Azerbaijan, from the time of independence, usually led a successful foreign
policy in the region with Russia. However, Moscow‐Baku relations have varied
since the collapse of the Soviet Union time by time balancing or bandawagoning. In general Azerbaijanwas able to achieve being renowned as the only former Soviet republic that is neither ‘pro-Russian nor pro-Western'. The country has upheld cordial dealings with Moscow without sacrificing its economy, politics, and foreign policy to the Kremlin’s demands. One more example of the independent decision-making of Azerbaijan is the recent disagreement between two countries of the leasing procedure of ...

The American government: Deliberate will of the people

Most countries give their citizens the ultimate right to decide what is good for their country; however, the American government practices a different type of rule where the majority views do not necessarily overrule the minority. Consensus takes most of the decisions made by the American government (Sandoz 109). In the consensus system of democracy, the people in leadership discuss on the decisions that face them and review the possible courses of action viable for the prevailing situations. A decision on what suits the situation best comes from the agreement among the leaders without consulting the elected members or conducting a ...

World War II is up to today considered the largest and the worst war to ever happen in history. It started in 1939 from Europe and ended in 1945, spreading to almost all parts of the world and leaving about 70 million people dead. The figure included men, women, soldiers, children and civilians who died mainly due to illnesses, starvation and bomb attacks. The WW2 involved two opposing military alliances, the Axis and the Allies, formed from great nations that participated in the war. Axis was the alliance between Germany, Japan and Italy where as Allies alliance was between ...

The effectiveness and practicability of the Kyoto Protocol is one of the most controversial issues that have received ample critiques from both economic and scientific points of view1. While the protection of the climatic system is necessary for protecting2 the benefits and sustainability for the current and future generations of humanity, the framework for realizing the objectives of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)3 has been a subject of debate in conferences in addition to receiving equally varied interpretations from the parties. Many a party to the protocol has been accused of failing to meet their common but ...

Why does China allow Hong Kong to maintain its special status?

Hong Kong which is a special administrative region in the republic of China is endowed with privileges’ that other Chinese cities do not have. This is mostly in regard to participation in events and international organizations. Being governed by the basic law as well as its mini constitution, Hong Kong constitutes the Hong Kong Island, new territories, Kowloon and other small islands. Boasting a population of around 7.09 million and growth of about 0.9% it mainly consist of about 95% Chinese people and the rest is others. The official languages are Chinese and English. Having a good GDP and the main industries ...

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When the Europeans established contact with the Aboriginals in Canada, they started to make treaties and agreements with the Aboriginal people since they saw an opportunity of expanding their territory. Once European settlement began, the original inhabitants of the land found that the civilization they had developed for themselves faced the threat of extinction. The foreigners had no respect for their culture and lifestyle, and their sole purpose was to modify the land to meet their .
Through their treaties, the Europeans had carefully ensured that the Aboriginal people would give up their title ...

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The immigration legislation in the U.S. today is the product of decades worth of political wrangling and public anger on both sides of the debate. The immigration debate has gone back and forth between the two political parties in this country to such a degree that there is de facto compromise on the elements of reform, and now all we have to do is implement the reforms that are already in place. The argument has gone back and forth for decades with both Democratic and Republican regimes signing legislation that encourages immigration then opposes immigration. The full circle is here ...

Pragmatism is a renowned concept of great relevance and application in the modern society. Sentiments presents by other American philosophers incline towards a reformist approach in addressing sociopolitical issues. Pragmatists are constantly motivated by a desire to find solutions through practical application. The idea of pragmatism can successfully be utilized in explaining and understanding socio-political issues and in building knowledge of about effective governance. Understanding the idea of pragmatism especially in America is essential in building knowledge of the current and history issues of social inequality. The paper focuses on establishing whether classic pragmatic have geared adequate effort to address the challenge ...

I intend to discuss the use of the death penalty as a deterrent and the moral and societal implications that may have. Is the death penalty a deterrent and if so what can be learned from death?
Socrates was famously executed by the state for corrupting the youth and although he had the opportunity to escape his fate he chose to stay because he felt that he owed his life to his government.
He may have felt that way because in those times the Grecian government basically fed and clothed you, so it stands to reason you might owe a ...

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Conflict Resolution

Increased tensional levels at intergroup, interpersonal, inter-organizational, and intercultural levels has intensified the need for understanding the aspect of conflict resolution. Many a researcher have studied conflict resolution using theoretical approaches and practical inquiry strategies, and thereafter coming up with appropriate strategies or models for addressing issues under conflict. According to Schelling (1980), the study of conscious, intelligent, or sophisticated behavior to unearth the rules for guiding the behavior amounts to strategy. As such, the process of resolving conflicts is largely dependent on the strategies employed in the conflict resolution process. Schelling further argues that strategies employed in ...

Ethical Dilemmas for Multinational Companies

This argumentative essay tries exploring how the seemingly wise, invincible and “tall standing” multinational companies also get entangled in the web of ethical dilemmas, and their immediate response when confronted with such a morally pressing situation, in the context of their international business operations, and the extent to which it is appropriate or inappropriate in the light of relevant academic research studies and the current global legal environment.

An “ethical dilemma” is a morally pressing circumstance where an individual is required to choose between two actions to be performed, neither of which ironically offers a satisfactory resolution to the situation or problem ...

1.0 The role of World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization is an establishment that was set up out of the Uruguay rounds of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiations in 1995. It was set up as a replacement for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which had previously been charged with the duty of coordination of trade relationships among its partners. The role of World Trade Organization is stipulated in the agreement that led to its formation which had a charter for the Multilateral Trade Organization mainly outlining the mechanism for the settlement of trade disputes and a Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM). The roles of ...

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Climate Change in a global issue that has started to become highly politicized between people who are concerned with it and the deniers. In 2012, the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication and the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication published a survey, which revealed that 66 percent of the American population believes that global warming is a reality and 42 percent are concerned that global warming will have negative consequences in the next ten years. 45 percent of the American population believes that Americans will face the wrath of climate change in the next five decades ...

Organizing into a group is an effective way to bring social change. This is a presumption that both Capilano College professor Crawford Kilian and his fellow Capilano College colleague Leslie agree too. Though both Kilian agree to that fundamental idea, they disagree vehemently on whether minorities forming into groups, Kilian calls them “collectives”, is still necessary or even helpful for society at large, and how the collectives affect individuals in the collective. This disagreement becomes increasingly evident in the essay the both submitted to the Vancouver Review in 1993. Kilian first wrote an essay entitled, “Clonism Rules, Okay”. Shortly thereafter Savage ...

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The theory of Functionalism vs. Class conflict theories of Education: An Introduction
There is a great ongoing debate over the education system in the USA. With the increasing role of the charter schools’ role in the education field, it becomes vital to have good analysis about how successful they are educating the students. As a result of ongoing progress in the contemporary student achievement test and data, it is now possible to analyze student learning in charter schools in comparison to the traditional public schools the students would otherwise have attended.
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Aristotle ethics refers to the category of practical science, its purpose is not an abstract theoretical knowledge, but doing things. Ethics, therefore, does not apply to an accurate knowledge of her subjects rather vague and full of uncertainties and, therefore, are understood enough about. One cannot demand - says Aristotle - the same rigor in the proofs of geometry and rhetorician. The subject of ethics is good, then, to aspire to every action and every choice (προαίρεσις). By its purpose, and directed all good art, so a lot of these goals, but some art are subordinate to other, that is. E. ...

The purpose why I would campaign against the banning of the Handmaid novel is due to its themes which has major implication on the current societies worldwide. (Atwood, p7) The main themes in this novel involve Feminism, the place of the individual in society, sexuality and power, the power of language, gender conflict and moral relativism. It is due to these themes which has hierarchical condemnation that drives those at authority feel sliced and thus intrigue the Bunning of this novel. My aim is to campaign against banning of this novel since it has consideration of individuals who are ...

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Global cooling is a process of gradual cooling of the Earth. Hypothesis, which postulates a global cooling of the Earth's surface and its atmosphere until its glaciation.
Hypothesis never had significant scientific support, but in its favor say some publications in scientific and popular scientific press about the cyclical ice ages and the trend decline in average temperature, observed from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Now more common in academic circles is the hypothesis of global warming is increasing the earth's temperature, due to man-made human activities.
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Introduction
Diamonds serve as an enduring symbol of beauty. Being among the most expensive minerals in the world, diamonds are a common feature in priceless jewelry pieces that remind many people of sheer elegance and luxury. The strong image of diamonds as an embodiment of opulence and exclusivity alludes to its highly lavish natural features. However, many remain unaware that diamonds have also figured in a strongly controversial social aspect, involving the funding of armed conflicts.
Armed conflicts stand as costly efforts in terms of both the required resources and the consequent ...

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Comment letter
Exposure Draft ED/2012/5 – Clarification of acceptable methods of depreciation and amortization
Proposed amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38 (‘the exposure draft’)
We are responding to your invitation to comment on the exposure draft on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Following consultation with members of the PricewaterhouseCoopers network of firms, this response summarizes the views of member firms who commented on the exposure draft. 'PricewaterhouseCoopers' refers to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity.
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Goodman mentioned about the American courts’ decision to overturn statute that they deemed unconstitutionally vague and related kinds. However, in case of laws based on customs, he said that they fail the criteria of universality. But then again, his stand was that moral relativism might exclude some values as inherently part of one’s cultural background. Nonetheless, for him, what is basically wrong, cannot in principle, be above consensus even among the majority of a particular group or society. Thus, the number of individuals cannot make a wrong right. Here I agree with Goodman because he unequivocally treated his claims with ...

One definition of morality is “The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct” (thefreedictionary). The decency of capital punishment is a largely disputed subject and one that tends to polarise people’s views. However, in 2012 and in a leading civilised nation such as the U.S. it is arguable that there can be no circumstances in which sentencing a person to death is acceptable. America is known around the world as being a well-respected, leading democracy. The act of punishing people by death is an ancient one; it is also one that no longer has place in society.
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The term ‘Intellectual Property’ or IP has gained tremendous importance in modern times. Judiciary systems are becoming increasingly concerned about criminal as well as civil laws pertaining to intellectual property. The scope of such laws would extend to a wide spectrum and could have a deep impact on economies and individual industries. One such industry to be impacted is the gaming industry, particularly video games and virtual worlds.
The gaming industry has witnessed fast paced evolution in the past two decades. Video games today are played through gaming consoles as well as on PCs and mobile handheld devices including cell ...

Moral minima is a concept Lenn Goodman (2010) developed to explain that in society some things are simply wrong and therefore should not be tolerated. Many esteemed thinkers do appreciate his ideology and support him too. However, to say that he is correct or incorrect is to examine the context in which Goodman (2010) expands this theory of moral minima.
In the following pages of this document the writer will offer some personal views concerning Goodman’s (2010) moral minima and show some relationship of his view to relativism, which is a strong theory itself explaining right and wrong issues in ...

Differences between efficient and group-level explanations for war

The efficient explanation for war is centered and derived from the constitution as well as from the legal structures within an entity. This means that wars are constitutionally appropriate if the lives of the citizens are threatened by an outside entity. This means that the decision to engage in war is independent on social or other cultural background (Danziger 35). The group-level decision is centered on the idea of dominance. Countries decide to engage in war for reasons that are defined buy cultural and social differences. Countries are therefore in a rush to enter into war with other countries, not ...

Ethical Arguments Against Capital Punishment

Morality can be defined as “The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct.” (thefreedictionary).

The morality of capital punishment is an heavily contested issue and one that often polarises people’s views. However, in 2011 and in a leading civilised nation such as the U.S. it is arguable that there can be no circumstances in which sentencing a person to death is acceptable. America is known around the world as being a well-respected, leading democracy. The act of punishing people by death is an ancient one; it is also one that no longer has place in society.

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“Ladies and gentlemen, the Modern World History, which is referred to as the modern era, involves approaches given by various countries all over the world towards the time after post-classical age. I agree with the main themes evident in the modern history, which are race, religious faith, and ideology. To begin with, after reviewing the history of race, I found that people lived in inhumane situations due to racism that prevailed throughout the world countries. People lost their traditions and others were evicted forcefully from their native homes. Most native Africans and Americans were forced to live in inhospitable ...

1. Introduction
Western philosophy has long been preoccupied with justifying the manner in which one should lead one’s life. In order to do this, they have logically often recurred to reason in order to explain why they believe that this particular way is the manner in which one should lead one’s life. Therefore, reason has played a central role in developing ethical theories almost since the inception of philosophy. Nevertheless, different authors have offered varied accounts of what reason means to them. Two of the most important of these thinkers were Aristotle and Kant, who understood this ...

In order to compare and contrast both documents, it is important to discuss how the nullification crisis demonstrates a growing sectionalism between the North and the South. The disparities between the viewpoints of these opposing groups can be understood through the way in which these documents are drafted and the language that has been incorporated into them. These two documents demonstrate the fundamentally differing ideologies that the two parts of the nation had in regards to nullification. The position that each side had, and their essentially opposing viewpoints is represented within these documents.
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Little Mermaid

Late eighties was a decade of immense transformations. This chunk of the time was a period during which the roles and perception of women in the mainstream society went through sheer changes (Buckland 178). The same mainstream thought of the society is reflected in the role of the princess depicted in Walt Disney’s animated musical fantasy film, “The Little Mermaid”. The character of the princess in the aforesaid fantasy film was played by Ariel, who is a young sixteen years old mermaid. Dissatisfied with her life in the water, she became much curious ...

Business Structures & Taxation Law

Summary
In the course of this paper, the prospects and business structures will be examined for the band Black Narcissus, a five-piece death metal band that is currently assessing its future as a brand. There are many different factors contributing to their current success, and their immediate and long-term prospects as a band, which will be evaluated based on current taxation law and the conditions already facing the band’s future. Already, several issues have presented themselves that must be solved:
- The issue of writing credit between the two creatives of the band and three remaining band members who ...

Introduction

This application addresses the arbitral proceedings initiated by the International Association of Pharmaceutical Workers (henceforth referred to as “the Union”) on behalf of Clark Kent (“the Griever”) against Wayne Biotech Enterprises (henceforth referred to as “the Company”). The company wants Clark Kent’s immediate dismissal to be upheld by the arbitrator. The first grievance, which was filed on December 6th, 2013 on the grounds of termination without just cause, was followed by the filing of the second grievance on December 19th against the management’s decision to promote Edward Nigma. The following is a rationalization demonstrating the company’s position ...

Introduction

This application addresses the arbitral proceedings initiated by the International Association of Pharmaceutical Workers (henceforth referred to as “the Union”) on behalf of Clark Kent (“the Griever”) against Wayne Biotech Enterprises (henceforth referred to as “the Company”). The company wants Clark Kent’s immediate dismissal to be upheld by the arbitrator. The first grievance, which was filed on December 6th, 2013 on the grounds of termination without just cause, was followed by the filing of the second grievance on December 19th against the management’s decision to promote Edward Nigma. The following is a rationalization demonstrating the company’s position ...

Historical events, particularly the very distant ones, can be viewed in different and contrasting perspectives. Interestingly, technological innovations of online games can be used to advance alternate perspectives on historical events. Online gaming has become so widespread that it has great power to influence one’s perceptions and can be a convenient route to provoke deeper thinking on alternate perspectives. Thus, the central focus of my thesis and argument is that video games like the Assassin’s Creed have the right to offer different interpretations of history, however absurd the notions advanced.
As an online game, the Assassin’s ...

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Religious rhetoric has been very influential in the contemporary world in different aspects. We acknowledge religion uses both the spoken and written words to convey the intended message. We also observe religion relies on language to enable people converse with God or gods, talk about the sacred, show divine intervention and understanding. All these are in rhetoric form for they aim at convincing people to adore the sacred power in their life undertakings. According to Liguori in the book Uniformity with God’s Will, he appreciates that,
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Ancient Greek philosophers had very different concepts of happiness and pleasure from the more materialistic and hedonistic ideas of the modern world. For this reason, many contemporary students read their books without really being able to comprehend their main message, which really viewed philosophy as a kind of religion. Indeed, Plato’s followers did start their own religion, which lasted for centuries and was incorporated into Stoicism and early Christianity. All of them rejected the idea that happiness came from money, material success, sex or physical pleasure, which are the basis for the modern mass consumption economy. That simply did ...

Rather than preparing the country for self-rule, the mandate agreement sowed the seeds of conflict in Palestine. Assess this statement

Introduction
The Arab-Israeli conflict refers to the war between the Jewish state of Israel and the Arabs of the Middle East over land in the area known as Palestine (Bickerton, 9). There have been various reasons associated with this long term conflict. These include land, claim of the country and anti-Semitism (Bickerton, 10). Consequently, there has been lots of peace agreements and treaties that have been sealed between the two contending groups, in a quest to find peace in the Middle East region. The British mandate for Palestine is one of these agreements. This mandate was developed by the ...

NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS

Robert Schuman’s notable phrase “Never war between us” is one of the most critically acclaimed lessons learned by most Europeans with regards to the topic of European unification and integration. This lesson became Schuman’s main foundation in declaring the start of integration in his 1950 speech in the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community. It can be noted that European integration, through the ECSC, started on a plan to control resources and production. This was also seen in the evolution of the European Defence Community and later the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy ...

In Jeff Jacoby’s essay “Bring Back Flogging”, the author suggests that prisoners’ sanctions were humiliating and painful, but quick and cheap. In the essay, Jacoby uses emotional appeals, trying to persuade the audience that bringing flogging back is not a bad idea; in fact, it is more humane than cages. For example, he mentions that, “now we practice a more enlightened, more humane way of disciplining wrongdoers: we lock them up in cages,” which encourages readers to fell that prisoners are caged like animals without mercy. To illustrate, Jacoby emphasizes that prison is becoming an all- purpose punishment. For instance, ...

Judith Butler wrote the article “The Values of Difficulty” as a response to the article “Language Crimes: A Lesson in How Not to Write, Courtesy of the Professoriate” written by Denis Dutton. Butler defends her position in her essay and states that academic writers need to use complex terminology in order to express themselves and to shape the meaning in the right way. She believes that there is a connection between the language and the meaning and that a term could be misunderstood if simple language would be used. I agree with Judith Butler because she proves her point ...

War and Peace

A state of armed conflict between societies is what is known as war. Wars are fought especially if there are disagreements between sovereigns of states on various issues like land, water and so on. Besides, wars may also be the outcome of greed to grab the land, and resources of other states or it may due to the overwhelming desire to exercise more power over a wider population. The absence war is what can be called as peace.
Wars may be fought due to various reasons and some of those reasons would be just while most others may be ...

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Abstract

The essay is an attempt to contradict the Ehrlichs' opinion that the number of people on Earth is the worst destructive power that the planet faces. The essay advocates that there are more humane ways of saving the planet that shortening the number of people living on it. People are not only the destructors, but also the builders of everything on Earth. The essay suggests Other scholars' views on the problem, who view people as the power of sustainable development on the planet.

Introduction

In their book "The Population Bomb" as far ...

John Rawls and Joseph Nozick proposed contrasting theories of social justice. Rawls focuses more on fairness based on sound moral principles; Nozick, on a more laissez faire, utilitarian principles. Rawls’ theory echoes some of Thomas Aquinas’ ideas on virtues , specifically those on justice. Meanwhile, Nozick’s theory seems to have been derived from the utilitarian ideas of John Stuart Mill and the completely, free economics ideas of Milton Freedman .
The starting point of both theories is some kind of ‘truth’. For Rawls, this concept of truth is embodied in the idea of social justice. Social justice refers to the ...

Education in general and particularly higher education is a matter of concern for everyone in the society. While teachers, educationists, scholars, students and researchers are part of the system of education, parents, politicians and the society as a whole are also stakeholders directly or indirectly. Elementary and high-school education is of a general nature and form a base for higher education. It is higher education that shapes the careers and professions of young aspirants. Higher education gives a direction to life and serves as a transition from adolescence to adulthood. It prepares the youth for earning money. The idea that college education is the preparation ...

Michael J. Sandel through his essay, “How Markets Crowd out Morals” brings forward the issue of how overcrowding of market effects the market ethics. It is commonly thought that markets are made to provide benefits to the people in all walks of life. According to Sandel’s claim that in the present era we can buy and sell anything, but there are things that money should not be able to buy or should not buy and at times money cannot buy everything. His entire essay revolves around what can or should be bought and how some marketing strategies ...

I. Introduction
Peter Singer, in his article on All Animals are Equal, have arrived at an inference that both humans and non-human species have an equal consideration of interest, which is know as non-speciecism or the unbiased treatment of other species. He expounded on the idea by presenting both sides of the arguments when he said that racists, just like speciecisists, violate the consideration of equality principle when they are biased or prejudicial in their treatment of another race or species. He inferred that because of the greater weight that a particular race or species give to their own ...

‘Warfare state’ or ‘welfare state’: which better describes the British State in the 20th century?

Great Britain has been a witness to many conflicts that had led to a shift in international and regional politics, triggering the onset of policies and programs directed to either war or welfare. As a veteran of the Great Wars and one of the world’s influential hegemons, Britain had succumbed to both victory and immense loss especially in economic and social development. With the trauma caused by the Great Wars to the nation, the British government alongside the monarchy had revised its programs to revive the once dominant British state towards the 20th century. However, experts have argued as to what ...

In the issues of university administration, it is important to consider concepts such as social justice and equality in leadership. Without social justice and affirmative action to counter the effects of democracy by the majority, the minority will always suffer from the unprecedented decisions and policies made by their counterparts. It is unfair and also contrary to administrative justice to let one community to dominate the affairs of one institution at the expense of the other communities. The Indiana State University is a case in point of the aforementioned case scenario. The Greek community is the largest in the Indiana ...

even if refusal to do so
puts one’s own kids at risk,
along with other people’s children. Do you agree?

Introduction

People get sick every single day from just about anything such as smallpox, chicken pox, measles, and flu. Some people feel that it is their given right to get vaccinated for said diseases so as to prevent them from resurfacing in the future, and sparing everyone else the horrible agony of going through the same exact thing they did. Children getting vaccinations are very important because they not only help people, but they help people ...

Introduction

The journey to find out what is meant by the term “literature” is a long journey that is never ending and if the journey is competed the answer does not usually satisfy. Most definitions that have been attempted have in most occasion failed and they also change as time go. As a matter of fact, the only thing that can be said to be certain about literature is that its definition is dynamic. Concepts of what literature are changes with time as well. What, at one period, can be looked at as ordinary, at another period it might be considered to ...

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Neo-liberalism or rather neoliberal policies encompass a dominant social, political and economic model built upon the diminished role of the state whose role is relegated to the administration of poverty and the management of social conflict. This is usually meant to ensure the non-interference with corporate profits. This model is further characterized by the abandonment by the state of its roles as the representative and mediator in the midst of other social actors. The effect of such neoliberal policies is that the social territory is left to the mechanisms of the market with no or little interference by the state. ...

It’s no secret that there are probably more people on the welfare system now than in previous years. Welfare is basically cash money that a recipient can use for anything. It isn’t regulated, like food stamp purchases, and that means that the government cannot stop recipients from using it for illegal drugs, instead of buying nonfood items, like toilet paper or paying for prescriptions. Because of this, many states created welfare reforms that focused on drug testing to weed out the individuals who may not be using their welfare for legal practices. There are many states that have ...

Long before we had books and places to store information, people used story telling as a form of passing their message from one generation to the next. Most of these stories were used to teach about national pride or the great works of their various gods and this gave rise to myths and legends. As time went on these stories also began to change to make them fit whatever the current generation was. The early Greeks were experts in the use of myths and many of their myths are still being read and studied and made into movies today. Today, ...

Part 1: Introduction

Across the world, there are many religions (e.g., Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, etc.) . Some people cannot just imagine that if there is only one true God, why is it that they are divided as to what they believe in. Is not that all individuals came only from one source - God? Contrariwise, there are people who will not agree to the former statements because they believe that there are many gods; yes, lots of them. They will not accept it that we all came only from one source. There are people on earth that even believe that there ...

The Middle East conflict between Israel and the Arab state has been in the forefront of international news for years. However, despite the recent focus on the Middle East, statistics show that conflict has been gradually subsiding since the 1970’s. Throughout this essay I endeavor to clearly analyze the factors contributing the Arab-Israeli conflict and how they might be resolved. The holy city of Jerusalem, is often caught in the middle of this conflict. Considered a city with deep historical and religious significance to many cultures and religions, the question remains, who should claim Jerusalem as their own?
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There are controversial issues concerning blood transfusions for members of religions organizations, like Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW). According to McInroy, “Jehovah's Witnesses have a cultural and religious objection to blood donation and transfusion” (270). This apparently stemmed from some biblical passages that allegedly emphasize that blood from other sources should be avoided . However, some practitioners of JW, especially contemporary devotees, were noted to be ambivalent of complete support and was acknowledged that “it must not be assumed that all Jehovah s Witnesses agree with the blood policy and if given privacy, confidentiality and the exclusion of any third party, some ...

The issue of abortion is definitely multivalued. It has demographic sense, as well as political and social importance, and it has a very important ethical aspect. Topicality of the problem in discussing abortion persists despite the fact that it continues for many centuries. Historically, the attitude of doctors to abortion is one of the first and fundamental ethical and medical issues that are still relevant today. This is explained by the fact that the problem of abortion unites the relationship between people at the level of moral, legal, social, political, religious, and scientific consciousness.
Abortion is defined as termination ...