Spirit Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

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As I understand it, social work is the pursuit of increased wellbeing for individuals and groups through direct and concerted intervention in a number of ways. The overall goal for someone in social work is to help combat social injustices and various inequalities in education, psychological awareness, and the like through determined effort and intervention on one's part (Agnew, 2004). This is typically performed through dedicated and complex interactions with those who require social work, and theories of human development and social systems and theory are used to investigate a client's social situation. After this analysis, strategies are decided ...

People expect Christians to live morally acceptable lives and rightly so. Christianity teaches virtue like honesty, sexual purity, and kindness. Statements such as "What would Jesus do?" are used a lot especially in television shows for comic effect. At times these statements feel provocative role in his or her Christhood. However, looking deeply into such remarks makes a Christians take a little offense to what is said to them. For instance, Jesus would never be adulterous. Jesus would also never steal nor covet another man's property. Doing what Jesus would do is not so offensive. Therefore, Christian worldview recommends ...

Historical-materialist perspective associated with Marx and Engels

Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx developed the concept of the historical materialism also known as the materialist conception of history. One of the main building blocks of this concept is the Hegel's argument that history arises from a dialectic/conflict of the contrasting forces in the society. According to Hegel's claim, the world that we live is a world of appearances, and the state of reality where an individual and the absolute are reunified defines the end of the story. To form a theory of historical materialism, Marx and Engels accepted the idea of dialectic but refuted the Hegel's notion ...

"PunishmentA strange thing, our punishment! It does not cleanse the criminal, it is no atonement; on the contrary, it pollutes worse than the crime does.” In this statement, Nietzsche questions the contemporary perspective on punishment, the good and evil. According to Nietzsche (a self-confessed Dionysian), punishment is a creation of the Apollonian god who alternately punishes and shows mercy, to demonstrate his power. This sets a poor precedent for modern civilization, established to nurture creativity over rationality. Unfortunately, modern civilization anchors on similar precedents. Punishment has nothing to do with reforming character and behavior; it has everything to do with making people ...

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Introduction

The essay looks into the work of an author and a painter, and how they try to express the particular sentiments of the Romantic era. Two works are chosen for the purpose, one is Topic Delacroix, “Massacre at Chios” and the other is “Alastor” poem By Percy Bysshe Shelley.Massacre at Chios by Delacroix The “Massacre at Chios” has been a favorite piece of artwork among the historians and the art critiques. The 1824 painting by Delacroix depicts the aftermath of the invasion of Greeks on the island of Chios by the Turkish ...

Abstract

This paper provides a critical reflection about Counselling and Diversity. The course focused on understanding multicultural counselling strategies. The topics included in the following reflection include personal bias identification and management, intercultural understanding in the context of providing service to diverse clients, how to understand a client’s unique world view, and the importance of counsellor self-care with a focus on wellness.
As a counsellor reaching out to a diverse community of clients I will need a diverse toolkit to prepare myself for the experiences. Inside my multicultural toolkit are tools to keep my bias in check, tools for understanding diverse clients, ways to ...

English 204

Felicite adores her pet parrot Loulou very much while it is alive, and gets it stuffed after it dies. Felicite and Loulou seem to have a multifaceted relationship, and Gustave Flaubert uses the stuffed parrot as a means of satirizing religious though by depicting it as an embodiment of the Holy Ghost. Through Loulou, Flaubert seems to be mocking all parrotry, and he makes the parrot mindlessly repeat all sorts of clichés. In fact, the parrot’s own name comprises the repetition of the word “Lou.” There is a scene in the book when visitors to at the house are admiring ...

In the English-speaking cinematography, 1995 was the year of Jane Austen. As if trying to celebrate the 220th anniversary of the writer, who since the 20th century became to some extent even a cult figure, the filmmakers created just three versions of her novels “Sense and Sensibility”, “Pride and Prejudice” and “Emma”. I like the Jane Austen’s creativity and read almost all her books. I saw a lot of different adaptations of the book “Pride and Prejudice”, and by and large I like all of them. After seeing the film adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility”, directed by Ang ...

Organization Behaviour

1 Task 2 - Analyse the scenario
Motivation is the force that drives people into action and encourages them to exert more effort towards carrying out something. Employees who are well motivated are more comfortable and will have feelings of happiness and fulfilment. Johansson and Heide (2008) points out that besides, being well motivated workers tend to produce high-quality results and are more productive than their counterparts. In the case study, the workforce is less. They are overwhelmed in the course of their duty. They are not able to work overtime because their terms of service are contractual. The ...

The supremacy of God in preaching is one of the many books by John Piper and just like all of his other books; the central focus of the book is about the glory of God. It advocates the common saying that Piper, who has served as a pastor at Bethlehem Baptist church for thirty-three years makes in all his preaching and writing that God is most glorified when people are most satisfied in him. Throughout the book, Piper makes the clarion call that preachers should make the glory of God the central pillar in their preaching rather than focusing ...

The book by Goldsmith and Crawford aims to investigate the major ways cities can use data and technologies to become data-smart and responsive. The important peculiarity of the book is that it departs from both entirely theoretical and technological approaches, using case studies of specific U.S. cities and the departments of city councils. These case studies helped the authors single out several most common barriers to the true responsiveness of cities and elaborate on the ways to overcome them. Particularly a successful overcoming of barriers is perceived by the authors as the major deliverable of change management in public ...

Based on reading of this text, Hegel understanding of the interconnection between time and spirit can be viewed as an attempt to destruction of the history of ontology. The understanding of time of Hegel can be said to be the most radical way and the most offensive way of understanding of time (Pinkard, Terry, 49). In his argument, he believes that the spirit falls into historical time and at the same time be speculative thought.
Hegelian Conceptuality clearly outlays itself as separation and understanding of the difference between the “I” and non-I. The conceptuality brings itself in the ...

Division of labor

It a process whereby people specialize in areas of production in which they are best fitted to work. A British economist of the 17th century Adam Smith is accredited to have developed the modern model of division of labor. He proposed that division of labor has caused greater increase in production than any other factor. (Smith, 1776).This differences are experienced in greater size in more developed nations with more industry and improved technology and they are the major causes of universal opulence in these countries. For example industry is more amenable to division of labor than agriculture causing poor ...

In the history of American society, there were both gruesome and inhuman events and policies. There were times when people were not just denied of their human rights, but even of their human nature and inborn equality. Slavery and racial segregation are humiliating features of American history. Some might suggest that they should be forgotten and life should take its normal pace of democratic development. I think that by forgetting the gruesome past of the history, society is doomed to repeat it, and by rejecting the atmosphere people lived and died in, modern society is also forgetting sacrifices of ...

There is a connection between developing ideas and the creation of artworks. Media also plays a role in this process because people today cannot function without the influence of media. These spheres are interconnected and interrelated because of the fact that people live in ‘global village’ as Marshall McLuhan stated. Media plays a role in improvement of ideas because of its omnipresence and it has impact on people’s minds and on the process of creation. The fact that medium is the message, as McLuhan stated, supports the viewpoint that media is the extension of man and so is ...

Religion has been a topic of debate for centuries. Religion is, in fact, one of the main arenas for wars, and it has been since the beginning of times. When one speaks about religion, it is not only about the spiritual sphere of the person that indeed is important and a holistic approach to education; this sphere has to be promoted for it to develop.
The spiritual sphere of the person relates, but it is not equivalent to religion. The reason why I am making this distinction is that, from a Christian perspective, the spiritual sphere of the person ...

Jean Piaget's cognitive theory is an extrapolation of developmental psychology in children that explains the stages through which children develop. The theory is defined by a tripartite composition of; schemas, adaptation processes, and stages of development. Schemas, the building blocks of knowledge, are the settings of the brain for absorption of knowledge, a kind of a page where a child writes new information. Adaptation processes include assimilation and accommodation of information, whereby, assimilation happens when new information can be easily absorbed by an existing schema. In the case where new information cannot be absorbed in an existing schema, the ...

Visual Literacy: Thomas Hoepker 9/11 Photograph

According to Liu, the rapid advancement of science and technology is influencing significant transformation in human communication systems (1259). The visual element of communication is now being utilized widely with images, color, and other multimodal resources being used for more than entertainment and illustration (Harrison 46). Visual messages are being used to convey significant meaning (Liu 1259). The visual culture is becoming popular due to its ability to communicate instantly and universally via the Internet (Bamford 2). As such, people should be able to decode and interpret the various visual images that are exposed to them every day to ...

The Constitution was written and signed in 1787. It, however, entered into force in 1789. It enshrines the fundamental framework of the US system of governance. Accordingly, it establishes the Congress, Presidency and Supreme Court. Besides, it provides for the bill of rights. On the other hand, the Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and adopted by the Congress on July 4, the same year. Accordingly, it preceded the Constitution. In a nutshell, the Declaration of Independence enunciates themes such as equality and inalienable entitlements to all citizens, the philosophy of public governance, legitimacy of ...

Introduction

Lean on me is a captivating story based on a real life experiences. Basically, the movie revolves around the lives of local students in a high school. The major character in the story is Joe Louis Clark, being the starring; his life typically involves issues of change. The primary theme of the story is to effect certain radical changes in the society; however, these changes prove quite difficult to effect. Due to the complexity of effecting radical changes in a given community, clerk has to be quite decisive, quick and ready to understand issues that require urgent change.
Joe ...

Introduction

Confers grace
Washes sins away
Puts to death sinful tendencies and temptations
It is God’s gift of love
Faith
As God’s gift and Inspires love
Facilitates worship and aids in resisting temptations
Necessary for the fulfillment of God’s promises
Believers are made righteous and justified
Enables believers to be saved, see and please God
Allow Christians to understand difficult mysteries beyond their power
Saint Bernard of the Claviaux wrote eighty-six sermons on the Song of Songs and On Loving God. In which baptism and faith ...

Introduction

Writings of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
On Loving God
Sermons on the Song of Songs
Role of homilies in spirituality with reference to Saint Bernard’s writings.
Love as Reverence or worship
Serve to instruct
Penetrate the scriptures
Function as communication images and language
Bring pure and easy intuition
Temper the intensity of the Scriptures facilitating understanding
Discussion prompt 1: Cistercians (Later Benedictine traditions)
The Role Homilies Play in Spirituality.
The commentary or spiritually based reflection that comes after the reading of scripture is referred to as a ...

Introduction

Grave of Fireflies, or ‘Hotaru no haka’ in Japanese, is a powerful and compelling animated film which was released in 1988 (Ebert). This 88 minutes long film was directed by Isao Takahata with the animation being done by Studio Ghibli, which has created a name for itself for producing quality and acclaimed animations. The movie’s story line is modeled on a novel bearing the same title, written in 1967 by Akiyuki Nosaka. Apparently, the author had undergone an experience comparable to that of Seita, the protagonist in both the film and the autobiography.
Grave of Fireflies has a growing audience of ...

Compare and contrast the Stoic and Aristotelian conceptions of God as the cause of nature.

There are several conceptions devised by various people on God as the cause of nature. The world exists with several compositions including human beings, other living and non-living organisms. Various groups of people have adopted both stoic and Aristotelian conceptions. Stoics believe that nothing passes without explanation. Stoics tend to give an explanation for the existence of everything in life and nature. Stoics believe that an active force exists and that the force is everywhere with matter. The implication is that anything that occupies space and has a weight has got some special type of force. There is a belief in ...

Genesis

The book of Genesis in the Bible, majorly explains about the origin the Earth and man. It gives a chronological story of how God used six days to come up with the world and all that dwells in it. However, the book of Genesis does not give the historical context of God. It just traces the first words God\ during creation of the Earth and its inhabitants. A reader remains wondering how God came into existence. A super human being, very powerful, is creating human beings in his image. Although this may be true, the book of life does not ...

Executive summary

The following marketing plan (which can be viewed as a part of overall business plan) was develops in order to inform the employees and potential franchisees of the company’s current situation and direction. Having been launched in 2002 as a pioneer of affordable massage and spa (Massage Envy Spa, 2013), Massage Envy Franchise, is currently offering a wide range of services. Despite confident position at the market and environment’s receptiveness of company’s high-quality services, the business is looking forward to improving its business and marketing strategies. Over the next five years of its functioning, the company can win new ...

The group and individual energy of an academic excursion to an art institute has undertones of expectation of the unexpected. Whether art or architecture the anticipation of engaging in the creation of another person and connecting to the artist's intention. The recent fieldwork accompanying the class to both the Grounds for Sculpture Museum in Trenton and to Princeton University Art Museum the expectation and the final experience engaging in art and architecture fulfills the anticipation.
Without a question, experiencing as many of the 270 sculptures offered at the Grounds for Sculpture Museum in Trenton explodes with dynamic extremes of ...

Question one

The theory of checks and balances is a theory seeking to limit the power of the branches of government by way of accountability as against each other. This theory is premised on the footing that if power vested in an individual or a branch of government is left unchecked, it is bound to be abused. Checks and balances are described as the sharing of power. In essence, it is not entirely true. Rather, checks and balances refers to a system of accountability whereby each arm of government that is the executive, the judiciary, and the Legislature serve as watchmen or better still, ...

Emotionalism

Introduction
The emotionalist school of ethics providing the foundations to Romanticism in Art, as well as the promise of democracy in the French Revolution emerged in response to the English empiricism of Social Contract Philosophers, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Ideas of sympathy developed by the British school of moral philosophy propose an ethics of feelings, including the emotional transformation of rationalism’s limits in art, culture, politics and religion.
Such conceptions of human nature are found in the intellectual discourse of nineteenth century Victorian critic of art and society, John Ruskin. Ruskin summates early Modern notions ...

Sustainability has no clear line of definition as it means a lot different things to different people. To some, it could be a way of living with regard to the extent they can bear. Others could define it as the production styles they use in their flow of business, or a business as a whole. It could imply the responses to policies especially in the question of to what extent the environment that should be consumed over time (Ana Markulev, 2013).
Sustainability entails the ability to do an activity continuously. In sustainable development, the current needs are met without affecting the ability ...

The County Sheriff’s Leadership and Management Decisions in the Local Budget Process Revisited

The article revisits the research by LaFrance and Placide and confirms the participation of elected sheriffs in the leadership rather than the management of their system. The article takes the view, which is deduced from the research and analysis that, elected sheriffs would corporate with the legislative assembly for the solution of budgetary deficits and or problems. This serves to illuminate the critical issues incident to the introduction of election of sheriffs as opposed to appointment of Sheriffs. The article propounds a number of reasons that support the election rather than the appointment of sheriffs. It runs short of declaring ...

Jane Addams, born September 6, 1860- May 21, 1935, was a pioneer settlement employee, inventor of Hull House in Chicago, philosopher, sociologist, a woman suffrage activist and an author (Addams 4). She was the most noticeable reformer during her Era besides the like of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. In her Era, she helped turn the issues of the nation to favor the concern of the women, the plight of children, and the health of the public and world peace.
Jane also fought for the inclusion of women in politics. She once said that if women are to be responsible ...

Introduction

Training
The most important stage to become a police officer is experiencing through a training process. Most police groups found out mostly ahead crime certainty, and experience tough incidences and event by convictions so there is a need to train the individuals to become the stable and manly policy officer to implement the law enforcement strictly. Therefore, first of all there is a need to pass the training stage to become a police officer for the individuals who want to go in the police department (Bogira 322).
According to the book, First stage the recruitment procedure of police officer in the main ...

Abstract

Historical cost accounting refers to the accounting method in which only the original costs of assets, liabilities, revenues or expenses are recognised. This means the method is silent as to the effects of depreciation, inflation, time value of money among other things. Much of the arguments for and against the historical cost accounting method can be divided into two, academic and practical reasons. The academic arguments resonate around issues of integrity and rationality while practical argument consider the fact that decision making uses accounting information and the overall need for accuracy in decision making. Its pros include the fact ...

“The Sacred Pipe: Black Elks Account of the Seven Rites of Oglala Sioux” edited and complied by Joseph Epes Brown, is a narrative of the life and spiritual beliefs of Black Elk, a Sioux Holy Man, who shares his religious traditions in order for his readers to gain insight and understanding of his culture. Upon reading this book, the reader is able to make connections between the Sioux religious beliefs and those present in Western religions. Black Elk helps the reader to see the many parallels between Christianity and his Native American beliefs. By looking at Christianity through the eyes of ...

For Muslims, the Koran is the word of Allah or God, as passed on to humanity through revelations made to Prophet Muhammad. Moderate Muslims and Islamic scholars have maintained that Islam is a religion of peace. Considering that Islam has the second largest following and is the fastest growing religion in the world, it is necessary to understand the concept and relevance of peace and war in the context of the Holy Quran. Islam, the religion itself, is the submission of oneself to the will of Almighty God. The Quran says: “Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find ...

The Qualities of the Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Qualities of the Prince (1513) carries political advice that many political analyst of today would find as practical as it sounds out fashioned. His instructions to the prince or ruler include the employment of controversial/unorthodox methods to maintain power and keep order. Machiavelli claims to base his rhetoric on “what is done as opposed to what ought to be done.” This paper considers Machiavelli’s rhetoric as presented in his work, “The Qualities of the Prince” and assesses the validity of his advice in the political scenario today.

The Role of the Prince in Military Matters

Machiavelli advises that a prince should take nothing ...