Assertion Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

OECD brings together more than 30 countries with a common goal of improving global trade and general economic performance. Despite the fact that the countries are brought together by similar principles such as democracy and free market economy, there have been differences in the economic outcomes when the countries are compared. This article analyses the differences that are seen in the United States and other OECD countries when it comes to various common aspects.

The aspect of health care

Healthcare is an important feature in any country, since apart from impacting on the economic performance of a country, it acts as a source of ...

On the other hand, Wolff sees the university as the pursuer of simple truths in various areas and the institution responsible for the preparation of young people for the pursuit of these simple truths. Finally, Readings envisions a scenario where the fragmentation of university as a factor that can be put be leveraged on and put to good use. While all these perspectives are true in their own rights, it is this paper’s contention that Kerr’s assertion is the most defensible. This paper will discuss why the university is a loose federation sufficing for the satisfaction of diverse needs.

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Introduction

Our company, here in referred to as Greene’s LLC, is suing Jennifer Lawson, a former employee for breaching a confidentiality agreement signed during the course of her employment and subsequently breached after being dismissed from the company. Jennifer Lawson has subsequently countersued Greene’s LLC for wrongful termination.
The substance of the matter is that Jennifer Lawson was summarily dismissed from the company by the HR officer Lisa Peele. Lawson subsequently went on to seek employment from a competitor, Howell Jewelry World, a competitor to Greene’s LLC. The bone of contention for our company is that in ...

Hamilton’s rule states that social behavior of organisms is supported by natural selection but only if rb-c>0, where r represents the genetic relatedness between actors and beneficiaries, b denotes the benefit that the social behavior confers on the beneficiary, and c is the cost that the social behavior imposes on the actor (Alonso, 2002). It is important to note that the rule suggests that the cost will most certainly diminish the appropriateness of the agent and on the other hand that the benefits will increase the suitability of the agent. Although this is the case, the rule is ...

Weber M; The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism in Lemert, C. (Ed.) Social Theory: The Multicultural and Classic Readings. 3nd ed. (104-108) (2004) Boulder, CO.: Westview Press
Quote: “In order that a manner of life well adapted to the peculiarities of the capitalism… could come to dominate others, it had to originate somewhere, and not in isolated individuals alone, but as a way of life common to the whole groups of man” (para 1 lines 1-3)
In this quote, Weber focuses on capitalism which eventually can grow to dominate other people’s lives and eventually forge a way ...

Introduction

Since the republics in the Soviet Union proclaimed independence in 1991, there have been significant changes concerning the ethno cultural, and demographic situation. The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the major reason behind the creation of the Russian Diaspora. More than twenty-five million Russian citizens found themselves in the midst of newly and freshly created states, which were often redesigned as their new political dwellings (Beissinger, 2008). After some time, the displaced Russians were compelled to either assume a fresh political identity, or to return to the Russian Federation, which was newly created. Assuming fresh political identity would ...

Warren I Susman argues that in the early twentieth century, the “culture of personality” replaced the “culture of character”. He presents a chronological argument that the issues of modern life, industries and the general urge for people to exert their presence in the midst of vast changes compelled men to value personality more than character. In the face of changing lifestyles and socio-economic activities character could not hold to advance the interest of men in dynamic societies such as the United States and hence personality had to get intertwined with culture for the sake of progression.
Susman is right ...

Institutions

I believe that human beings are capable, and even have a need to behave in a certain prescribed manner in respect to their environment, experience, people, event, location, object, and/or activity depending on the importance or symbolism that they attach to the same. Whether it is their birthplace, parent, memory, child, workplace, or job, these places/things/experiences/activities are physically or symbolically accorded deep respect or veneration, because of their relevance to an individual or group of people, so much, so that they become sacred. Sacred refers to anything that needs to be revered because (in the traditions, experience, culture, beliefs and narratives ...

Introduction:

It is no main feat to discover that the institutions of the state, the corporation and the family are institutionally masculinist especially in societies where the patriarch is of a dominant nature. This is certainly the case in the film, ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The main character of Lisbeth Salander finds herself consistently on the fringe of society due to her queerness and the fact that she is troubled also makes her something of a misfit. The investigation which is undertaken by Salander also exposes the hypocrisy and blatant untruths used by those companies and businessmen to achieve their ...

Dear Editor:

In his letter dated September 12, Cristopher Ralph refutes the opinion of Allan Levine on Quebec’s history of intolerance against minorities especially the Jews. In addition, Christopher disagrees with Allan that French-Canadians do not endorse multiculturalism as a principle. He claims that Allan is oblivious of the French natives as the first nation to settle in Canada constituting a 27% population and their attitude to oppose any law that undermines their conspicuous existence. Christopher asserts intolerance to be a two way street and the country is too far from realizing.
Canada is a multicultural country. The federal government opened its doors ...

of an Organisation’s Strategic Objectives
of an Organisation’s Strategic Objectives
The efficacy of an organisation results from the development of its culture, which occurs over a long period of time (Bryant, 2013, p. 147). In particular, organisational culture refers to the standards, behaviorsbehaviours, attitudes, values, and beliefs that shared by individuals or groups within an organisation share. Moreover, an organisation’s structure is defined by its culture defines its structure, which impacts the manner by in which individuals and groups contribute to the organisation’s growth. It is a dynamic phenomenon that surrounds people at all times ...

According to Martin Heidegger in his essay on language, language "speaks" and comes from itself; it has its own voice. His sense of language is closely tied to his ideas on 'being,' as he feels that we live in the now, and everything is already existing and has existed. The same can be said of language; "we are always speaking, even when we do not utter a single word aloud, but merely listen or read, and even when we are not particularly listening or speaking but are attending to some work or taking a rest" (p. 1118). The most important ...

INTRODUCTION

In Homel, Tomsen and Thommeny’s study “Public Drinking and Violence: Not Just an Alcohol Problem” (1992), the researchers observe twenty three different homes in Sydney, Australia, in order to determine the different factors that can make physical violence a greater likelihood. In this essay, we will critically evaluate this study, to determine whether the research question, theoretical framework, and methodology are sound ways to get the results the researchers were looking for.

RESEARCH QUESTION

The research question, in an essence, is to determine whether or not violence occurs in the home or outside in social areas strictly because of the presence ...