Essays on Analogy

In Tom Regan's article “The Case for Animal Rights,” he makes the case for the rights of animals on the basis of equal treatment of all living things that possess inherent value. He argues that morality should be centered on the equal treatment of all living entities, rather than the reduction of suffering and the amplification of pleasure. Consequently, Regan's involvement in the animal rights movement is based on three issues: the elimination of all commercial forms of animal testing, animal agriculture and animal hunting. Ultimately, Regan's argument stands as a sound defense for animal rights on the grounds ...

San Mao is a comical analogy of street brutality as experienced by children in the hands of adults. With the changing times, the author alludes to brutal street life that homeless children encounter in their daily struggles. The visual narrative takes into perspective the coercive and exploitative nature of street life as the protagonist is subject to every manner of brutality. The relentless effort of the dirty kids on the street takes center stage in the pictorial analogy in which the central character engages in every errant job to sustain the cruel life. San Mao is a baldheaded street ...

Plato held the belief, illustrated by his use of the analogy of the Cave, that we live in a world of illusions, with the true forms of the everyday objects which surround us being shrouded behind said illusions. According to his own philosophy, every object or concept (such as beauty or goodness) has a truth behind it; one which is perfect in every way. Furthering this idea, Plato believed that behind the world of illusions we live in which clouds our ability to see the true world, is a world which is populated by all those perfect forms of ...

Introduction

Human society has been based on mere moral factors that are the basis of governing the behavioral aspect of any particular society. However, it is quite intriguing to look into the doctrine of doing and allowing and this basically narrows down to the moral threshold that has been set forth in any particular society. Therefore, this brings to light the concept of whether, there is a fatual difference between actually being the perpetrator and carrying out the particular act or being a mere observer and letting the particular harm escalate among the people. Moreover, based on the doctrine of ...

Milton Friedman (1970) is opposed to the idea of social responsibilities of businesses. He makes the central claim that if there is a social responsibility of businesses it is to increase their profits. According to him, a business is nothing more than a group of workers/employees working for employers. Therefore, individual employers can donate to social causes. If the business (through its management) spends money for social causes, it is imposing costs on employees. Further, it is illegal to impose taxes on people. Only, the legislature has the jurisdiction to impose taxes. Moreover, the corporate executives are not competent ...

Chapter 1

The main idea of “The Matthew Effect” is that people frequently attribute success to individual characteristics that they consider to be rare, such as genius or talent. However, oftentimes the real explanation for that success has to do with advantages that are not accessible to the public. The analogy that he provides has to do with the factors that create the tallest tree in a particular forest. It is true that the tree came from a quality seed, but that seed (and sapling) did not have any other trees blocking its sunlight, and the seed was planted in fertile ...

Negotiation is the most basic method of conflict resolution. It is backward and forward communication between the parties of the argument with the objective of trying to find a solution. It is a process of combining diverging viewpoints in order to arrive at an agreement. Negotiations can prevent or end a conflict while guaranteeing that both parties get at least fraction of what they desire. When both parties obtain major advantages, the negotiation is considered most successful. Nonetheless, any negotiation involves the risk of making a bad deal, and sometimes, a failed negotiation can worsen the existing conflict (Zartman ...

Presentation Evaluation

Our team gave a group presentation regarding the comparison of Amazon and Alibaba. After considering my performance as it relates to the grading criteria, I would say that my strongest area was my design or my message, and my weakest area was my presentation style. This is because my research was complete, and my message was clear, but our delivery had certain flaws which could be addressed. I think, in terms of the team as a whole, I would say our presentation style was strongest, or our message, but our design was weakest.

Presentation Message generally complete, but citation was lacking

The criteria for the message states ...

In Prefatory Notes Freud speculates about the political systems of USSR, Italy, and German and concludes that abandoning of the religion, as it is in the Soviet Union, can lead to more freedom, including sexual one but this can be harmful to people because it leads to barbarism. On the other hand, Catholic Church in Italy does its best to protect culture along with other moral issues though it is the enemy of freedom of thought. Then the author speculates about contradictions between the Church and psychoanalysis that cannot exist together in peace. (Freud 89-92) Section I. 1 Historical ...

Alexander argues that black Americans who face mass incarceration through the war on drugs do not feel the gains of the civil rights movement. She equates this to the new Jim Crow era since the old Jim Crow era is long gone even if its principles live on. The old Jim Crow laws placed the African American in subordinate status, which manifests in modern day justice system (Alexander, 2010 p.21). She uses this analogy to analyze various issues facing African Americans and proves that racial segregation and class segmentation exists. This paper focuses on analyzing her argument and placing ...

Abstract

Most people find it hard to get the real meaning of an argument and therefore they tend to misinterpret it whenever they come across it. They give different meanings of an argument which might end up confused people. In this paper, the significance of an argument will come out clearly whether it is taking an extreme position and standing our ground or it is a way of convincing our audience by taking the reasonable stance in and sticking to our position. This paper also talks about internet reliability as a source of information and why the information is necessary. ...

Cultural appropriation has been subject to debate in the American music industry for several years. While it remains debatable as to whether there is a need for serious actions to be taken to provide justice to the members of the original cultures when it is evident there is an incident of misappropriation, how such cultural appropriation occurs still elicits debate. It is critical to understand that certain actions of the singers can be considered culturally offensive while others can be accommodated despite the cultural debate it brings. It is thus important that artists show appreciation to another culture by ...

Brief Summary

Argument strategies are the ways in which an individual presents his arguments or justifications. Even though some arguments are just mere deduction and generalizations that are based on the daily life experiences, people still need to be tactful while presenting these arguments. Furthermore, there are several argument strategies that people can put into practice while presenting their arguments or justifications. Nonetheless, a clear understanding of these argument strategies is likely to do an individual more good than evil. Individuals with such knowledge are likely to argue more clearly and effectively. Basically, there are four major argument strategies, that is, ...

Research Method Assignment B

Introduction With the growing numbers of motor vehicle in every city, it is evident that people are getting more reliant on private vehicles when it comes to meeting their travelling needs. One of the cities or location that holds this situation is Kuwait, from which more and more people depend on their private vehicles as they claim that it is more reliable to drive or ride on their private cars than to take the city’s public transport. While the public transport in Kuwait aims to provide better service to their people, there are still many citizens who do ...

The post-colonial epoch in Nigeria was marred with violence and the suffering of the Igbo people under the umbrella of the Biafra. While the quest to secede still continued and undeterred by the deliberate suffering inflicted by the Nigerian government on the people whose intention was well understood, the story takes excellent analogy using two elementary protagonists, Odenigbo, and Olanna. The narration clearly alludes to the change of era in the Africa nation’s history that led to the suffering of the people. However, disputes should always be contained before they escalate to war. The paradigms of the analogy ...

The philosophical contributions of Rene Descartes remain the cornerstone upon which doubt is built. The subjects of Rene begin when he decides to bring to an end the past conceptions through models of reasoning and intellect. In his analogy of falsehood and misconceptions, the meditator alludes to the past preconceptions as he resolves to recreate the certainty of knowledge by only accepting as truth things that he has proof. It is essential to understand the philosophical analogy that certain things must be made subject to doubt. As he begins to question the rationale that governs his perceptions, he began ...

Bullying has become part of the society, and the reality only dons when one becomes a victim. There are countless forms of bullying that people undergo in different places. However, the unusual cases of bullying have been witnessed in the workplaces where the employers or even senior employees often stretch their fierce claws on their colleagues in a bid to stamp authority over them. It becomes critical to understand the problem as a serious issue that faces the labor industry in every part of the world rather than a fuss that is meant to taint somebody’s reputation. In ...

This essay shall look at the book ‘The Circle of Dave Eggers' with an aim of investigating the claim that technologies that have become integral parts of daily life in today's world and that this has led to the disintegration of the concept of personal privacy and security. We use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc., the citizens of protagonist Mae Holland's world use the Circle for all of their social media needs. Mae is lucky enough to get a job with the Circle. While Mae is surprised by the Circle campus and all of the ideas and thoughts exchanged among ...

The debate on the inclusion of scientific creationism has been subject to debate from different quarters in the US and other parts of the world. While different individuals hold different views regarding the inclusion of intelligent design, it is clear that there is raging dispute on the subject between the proponents and critics who hold unrepentant positions regarding the same. It is undisputable that the debate been given a rather unclear decision by the Supreme Court that still tries to allow the continuity of the debate by providing an encouraging analogy and decision on the matter (Behe et al. ...

Introduction

There is growing need to prevent the spread of HIV in the society as well as develop mechanisms to limit the prevalence of the virus. Several measures have been put into action for the same course, but it is also necessary to adopt the behavioral mechanisms that will help achieve the goals of reducing the pandemic (Brandon, 2010). It is thus critical to understand the dynamics of the intervention approaches that will help in achieving the goals. The area of the discussion is the various behavioral approaches that will contribute to reducing the risks of contracting HIV as well ...

A persuasive speech should utilize the reason and logic to convince the audience that the idea presented is more authentic than other ideas. The aim of the persuasive speech is to capture the attention of the audience and try to convince them to share the attitude or opinion. Persuasive speech or essays utilize strategies such as inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, the argument from analogy, argument from causes and effects, and circular reasoning among others. With this light, this essay analyzes Nancy Reagan speech, "Just Say No" to determine how it has utilized some of the persuasive strategies or concepts. ...

Donna Haraway attempts to create an ambiguous political myth that supports the concepts of materialism, socialism, and feminism. She formulates the analogy of a cyborg by using gender to create a manifesto of the creature’s power. The cyborg that is central to her myth entails a cybernetic being that is a hybrid of an organism and a machine. It is a creature of science fiction as well as a creature of reality. The cyborg is utilized as a metaphor for new technology and political and postmodern identity. This essay provides a succinct evaluation of the primary ideas in ...

INTRODUCTION

Adequate comprehension of the composition of the mind is somewhat challenging from the literal perspective. Precisely, it is difficult to explain how the consciousness occurs from a scientific perspective due to the presence of the complexities of the human cognition. David Chalmers (1995) proposes that there are many “easy” problems of consciousness, but one genuinely “hard” problem, namely what philosophers call “qualia”, or phenomenal experience. He argues that the reductive physical, mechanical and functional explanations made by cognitive science are only adequate to explain the easy problems, and that the hard problem requires explanations different not just in difficulty, ...

Learner's Full Name

Assignment Title “It’s basically the cause of, and solution to, everything that plagues our culture (Lovett 2014).” In his 2014 article for the Atlantic, The Culture of Shut Up, Jon Lovett, the former presidential speechwriter and producer of Newsroom bemoans that the internet has led to a collective regression of our speech into "vicious personal attacks" and "self-righteous calls for apology." He argues that the freedom of speech as guaranteed by the first amendment is under threat not by any overlord but by the cacophony of too many voices and opinions that the internet has provided everyone with. ...

There is a sharp distinction between active and passive euthanasia. The former is the voluntary act of ending life or “mercy killing” while the latter is the cessation of the activities used to prolong a patient’s life. There have been strong debates concerning the moral permissibility of the active euthanasia. In this essay, I will present the arguments put forth by Rachels and Callahan concerning the issue and argue that the active voluntary euthanasia is not morally permissible. In his justification of the active voluntary euthanasia, James Rachels stands that judging from moral grounds active and passive euthanasia ...

Ecological Struggle in the American Society

The current society has been characterized by rapid developments on all facets of life, that is, political, social, economic, and technological aspects. As a result of the progress witnessed, the human society has responded in a similar fashion as the human race has progressed far beyond that of the past centuries. The accompanying change has in the same way instigated individual lifestyles and also group dynamics regarding issues of communication and interrelationships. Human beings are differentiated from other species on the basis of the availability of their social or cultural aspects (Stephan, 2001). In this case, in addition to ...

The value and respect that citizens have in observing an established government of society is a tradition that has been established for centuries. The puzzling question about government is that it is important to ask where this respect to be a law abiding citizen actually comes from? Historically, there have been many texts throughout the ages that debate the citizen versus the government and how the government claims its inherit right to nurture, control, and aide the citizen. One of the literary works that has been a constant reference throughout the ages of how the citizen is obligated to ...

The era of European civilization was marked by the French Revolution. The epoch was entangled in dialectic movements that tore it between romanticism and rationalism. The period marked the pick of literary works with several artists fronting different ideologies and eventual rejection of classicism. The fronting of romanticism came as a revolt against the intellectual order that had been glorified by rationalism. The critical period gave birth to great artists like Gerard Hopkins who followed in the footsteps of his father became an iconic figure in literary and poetic works that defined the era of romanticism (Caldecott 121-42). The ...

Current Status and Future Directions of School Based Interventions

Frank Gresham (School Psychology Review, 2004)A study guide (1 Pt. ea unless noted otherwise). 1. How do school administrators typically view the cause of students’ behavior problems and what impact does this have on interventions used in the schools?School administrators often view students' behavioral problems as stemming from factors outside the school and therefore do not view schools as proactive agents in the process of prevention and/or behavior change, as a result, schools often utilize interventions that are either patently ineffective or, in some cases, harmful. (Gresham 2004, Current Status and Future Directions of School-Based Behavioral Interventions). 2. ...

The story of Leo Buscaglia is an inspiration to many people across the world. The concept of fully functioning humans has manifested in the lives of many people. In his concept of being fully human, the motivational speaker alludes to certain elements that can be classified as living a lifestyle entirely and exercising its mandate with the fullness it deserves. He asserts that many people are normally observers of life rather than participators. The author puts to use his artistry and cynical style of analogy to offer the live audience an anecdote of living fully as human. In his ...

Philosophy Questions

Philosophy Questions

Compare and contrast the views of John Searle and Rene Descartes on dualism.

For Rene Descartes’ dualism is Spiritual; for John Searle, it’s Physical. Descartes believes the mind has consciousness and with that power we can say that the ‘seat-of-intelligence’ belongs to the brain. He also believes that through this we acquire self awareness, but for Searle, consciousness is not only because of the brain. Though brains cause consciousness, he points out that the brain is not the only thing that can produce consciousness. He even states that if ever we built an artificial machine that has consciousness. it further proves the point. He also says that the relationship ...

Andrew Delbanco, director of American studies in Columbia University, wrote an essay that transpired to define the purpose of receiving a college education. This was published during a time in recent American history where a college education is being reconsidered due to economic instability, globalization, war, and a continuing divide within American politics. His main argument is that college still matters, and he has three reasons to support this argument. One reason is for economic concerns, where the money spent would be worth the education, another states that it would educate people more about politics, and the last reason ...

Abstract

There are a plethora of challenges that pertains to the learning of the second learning. The process of foreign language acquisition that is often a second language is characterized by certain difficulties that narrow down to individual attributes. It is worthy to understand the various factors that make it easy for students or some people to learn a second language faster than their counterparts. It is important to note that despite similar learning conditions, there are possibilities that different people will take different periods of time to understand and learn a given language that is not their first language. ...

Fallacies in Communication

A fallacy refers to an argument that is logically and rhetorically incorrect which tend to undermine the arguments soundness and the logical validity of the argument. This paper will be giving two examples of fallacies that have been majorly argued upon by the majority of people. The fallacies shall also give a general world view of a diverse area in culture, politics, business, government, sports and entertainment. The first fallacy to ponder upon is that white items are better than black items. This is because black is always associated to negative happenings while the white items are always related ...

Ever since I was born, I have been told that English is an important language to master. Unfortunately, being young and careless, I did not register the importance of it right away. When I was in middle school, my parents would drop me off for an extra English tuition after classes, or they thought they did. I was quite rebellious and most of the times I would simply pretend to go up the stairs and then snick to a nearby arcade with friends once our family car drove out of sight. I was perfectly content with the way things were ...

The prison system that currently exists today offers a retribution measure instead of corrective actions to assert and ensure that the convicted assailants, after serving their prison time, could go back to the community as responsible individuals. While this is the case, a documentary featured in 2005 and 2009 documents a different role of prisons. Aside from housing convicted individuals, it also serves as a modern day asylum for mentally-ill individuals convicted of committing a crime against society.

I am writing this memo as my personal take on the existing problem regarding the release of convicted mentally-ill individuals to the society after serving ...

What is the impact of effective formulation and implementation of strategies for venturing in international and global operations in Heineken Inc?

Abstract

Global business strategy depicts the process under which organizations assesses the future prospects of the firm towards achieving its objectives. Every successful organization engages in strategic planning plus those with global business operations as they seek to position themselves towards taking full advantage of the worldwide trend and opportunities. The notion behind the strategic decisions is normally based on the specific objectives, power, relationships, performance, economic and resources, technological, social and cultural result in change of the strategy. International strategy embraces the determination based on the correct balance between the global standardization and the integration plus the local responsiveness. ...

A. Thomson presents the case of the sick violinist in his defense of abortion. The proposition identifies that an individual wakes up in the morning and is next to an unconscious violinist (Thomson 114). Assuming that a plugged connection that saves their life is the only way that the violinist will live, the question arises whether there is a moral obligation to the individual to sustain lie for the violinist despite the personal atrophy that is simultaneously caused (Thomson 114).

In this case it is evident that the violinist does not have a right to life and medical assistance just because ...

In the article entitled, “Remarks on Mediation and Production,” the authors Soren Andreasen and Lars Bang Larsen make their remark on the currently perceived role and suggested future role of middlemen. Note that these two authors are seasoned artists, writers, critics, and curators. Being middlemen, themselves, the two authors aim to defend the idea that middlemen play a more significant role in shaping the style of production – that middlemen help bring modernity and creativity in the style of production.

Outlining the said article, Andreasena nd Larsen first defined what they mean by the term, “middleman.” Accordingly, they have defined ...

Perhaps one of the more interesting elements of the plays of William Shakespeare is that his romances typically do not progress as one might expect. Instead, he uses peculiar situations, such as identical twins falling in love in the same city, fairies casting spells on mortals, and women falling in love with women dressed as men. Appropriately, his comedy The Taming of the Shrew is no different. In this play, Petruchio tries to woo and tame the outspoken and domineering Katharina so that Lucentio or one of the other suitors might be able to marry her younger sister Bianca. ...

- What was the first name of the documentarian’s African-American caregiver?

- Since 1971 how much was the War on Drugs reported to cost? You will see this answer written so you don’t have to listen for it.

Over $1 Trillion Dollars

- There is a small-town cop in the documentary who is on the look-out for drug traffickers. There is a scene where he sees a vehicle and he suspects that the person inside may be a drug trafficker. When asked why he thinks the person may be a trafficker, he responds “the truck and fast food” - Opium wasn’t considered criminal until ...

DQ 1. The Circular Flow in Economics

It is defined as the flow of payment in the economy in a circular motion where the end point goes back to the starting point in an infinite cycle. It can be demonstrated in several ways even with nature. Water cycle for instance works the same way. The water on land evaporates and brought up to the atmosphere forming clouds. As soon as the cloud gets heavy, the water vapor condenses and falls back to land in a form of either water or snow and the same cycle repeats throughout. In economics, the same cycle is composed of three market inputs ...

Thomas is married to Vanessa Jebb who comes from a diplomatic family. Jebb’s father was the first acting Secretary General of the United Nations. Thomas Hugh was a professor of History at University of Readings from 1966-1975. In 1979-1991, Thomas High was the Director of the Center for Policy Studies in London. Thomas Hugh was an ally of Margaret Thatcher during Thatcher’s reign. In his argument, Thomas Hugh presents an argument that is usually pro-European and conservative.

In the book Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, Thomas traces history from 1440-1870. He begins with the Portuguese ...

Philosophy questions

- With reference to Locke's theory regarding ideas as well to the idea of primary and secondary qualities, breakdown and explain in Locke’s own terms what exactly you are perceiving when you perceive an object that you would identify as “a yellow banana”. In other words, what exactly are the primary qualities of this object, and what are its secondary qualities?

A yellow banana would be identified according to Locke’s analogy using various steps. The idea that the object is a banana to start with, is derived from learning and after the individual has interacted with bananas ...

The Solar System is located at the spiral arms of our Galaxy is called the Milky Way. It is basically made of the galactic dick, globular clusters and the halo. Scattered below and above the disk are the globular clusters. They are randomly scattered and they orbit in elliptical orbits. They have little or no gas in them and contain older stars than in the disk. The halo is the dim region that surrounds the whole galaxy. Now, the location of the Solar System is in the galactic disk’s spiral arm. There are six spiral arms arising from ...

Islam’s Shari'a Law

Introduction Our world is not just made up of different nations with different governments. There are also many religions that have their own ideology and scriptures that they teach to their followers. One of these religions that cover billions of followers is Islam. Many Muslims are devoted to their religion to which they are also guided by the law that makes Islam a very significant religion among others. This is law is called the Shari'a Law. Muslim people strictly follow what is written in the Holy Qur’an in their everyday life. Thus, some other people may think of ...

The paper of Chuck Huff, fellow of the Psychology Department, St. Olaf College, entitled “Unintentional Power in the Design of Computer Systems” discusses on the problems that occur in the design of a computer system which results to harm, destruction or even instability. As the title says, the design glitch was done unintentional or simply, the author doesn’t know about it in the first place. His paper was a wake-up call to everybody in both software and hardware developers to be very careful in the design aspect of their modules. This is to help trim down the events that ...

The birthday parties are always conducted in at least a bigger percentage of the people in our generation now, in those parties, there are gifts that are given to the host of the party, in the thesis we will try to take a survey of those colorful gifts that are brought in the ceremony. In most of the western cultures and societies the very colorful decorations accompany the United States and Australia particularly. The parties that are held to commemorate one's birthday many times, for instance, the balloons and sometimes the streamers. The birthday cake, a crucial element of any birthday celebration ...

Cognitive psychology refers to the study of mind and related mental processes including memory, learning, thought, and perception. It is based on the idea that brain can be considered as the complex computing system. Cognitive psychology is not only based on working of the mind but also on the constitution of the mind that results in the formation of cognitive theory and related hypotheses. In this study, psychologists try to find the processing of mind in producing a behavior. This field of psychology is comparatively new as compared to other branches of psychology. However, its foundations can be extended back ...

In the article, Sayers (2004) argues that everythijng that man encounters will try to get the real picture of it using analogies. Since we have not seen God, man has tried different analogies to compare God so that he gets the real pictiure of Him. Although the Jews tried as amuch as possible to discourage this behaviour, man has never ceased to compare God and think of Him in terms of analogies. If man is to stop comparing God with analogies, it is a way of telling man not to think of God. From time to time, man has been ...

1. Author and major thesis of the Yes side. The authors of the Yes side are Marion Nestle and Michael F. Jacobson. They argue that a public health approach is needed to encourage Americans to eat a healthy diet.

2. Author and major thesis of the No side. The author of the No side is Michelle Cottle who argues that the relationship between Americans and food are too complex and nonnutritious foods should not be regulated. 3. State in your own words two facts presented by the Yes side. i. Food consumption should be regulated since ...

The number of analogies that are required to sufficiently describe an object depend on how complex the object is. For example, you may need to use one analogy to describe the object's appearance, but another analogy is necessary to describe the object's function. For most objects that we come across in real life, one or two analogies is usually sufficient to accurately portray them. An object such as a vase can be compared to one other object like a flower pot and that analogy is usually enough to explain the object's appearance and function. One object that may need multiple ...

Abstract

The goal of critical thinking is the development of thinking skills. The ability to make informed decisions, work with information, analyze various aspects of the phenomena, and so on. This technology aims to develop the student basic indicators which are estimates, openness to new ideas, their own opinion and the reflection of their own judgment. 1. Critical thinking is a system of judgment that is used for the analysis with the formulation of valid conclusions and correctly apply the results to the situations and problems. Critical thinking implies the use of cognitive techniques or strategies that increases the probability ...

Wendell Berry’s ideas on what should constitute a healthy society are overlooked by the major stakeholders in society today. Berry, in his book talks about the life that he values and what constitutes a healthy society altogether. According to Wendell Berry, a good life entails having the right technologies, sustainable agriculture, fidelity, the miracle of life, good food among others. In the art of common place, Berry creates an understanding of his philosophy and why he treasure land so much. The philosophy requires a wealth of responsible behavior. However, in the twentieth century it has proven difficult to possess the responsible culture ...

Introduction

Since time immemorial security, agencies have been practicing the act of stopping and frisking people when they suspect that victims might be armed or have illicit materials. For example, in the Terry v. Ohio (1868), Terry a police officer saw three men who looked suspicious and acting in a manner likely to suggest they wanted to rob. Upon stopping and frisking them, he found a gun with one of them. Although there was no probable cause, the police acted on suspicion, which later led to the arrest of three people (Eterno 38). The Supreme Court judge held that although the move by ...

Evaluate an Argument and Create a Counter Argument

Singer’s Argument In the article by Peter Singer, All Animals are Equal, he makes an argument that we should all respect animals both human and non-human. In this article, Singer states that speciesism is the attitude of bias towards a one’s species and have an opposite bias towards members of other species. In the article he some claims; capacity for suffering is an immediate prerequisite for rights; equal consideration is the basis of equality and equality is a theme that is based on morality but not facts. The thesis in Singer’s argument is that we need to ...

Summary and Annotation

Putting Walden’s philosophy and that of Henry David Thoreau, it is easy to notice the interconnectedness of their philosophies and their practicality. Both use metaphors that in the end become a philosophic system. Walden speaks about the relationship between man and his environment. Thoreau on the other hand demonstrates that human beings can overcome struggle that exists between the self and the society but then, nothing can be trusted if proof is not offered, “No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.”(Hamby 1). These try to bring out meaning of the inherent things ...

Statistical inference

Let’s first examine what it means in statistical terms. Say, for example, we are evaluating employees on parameters such as; sales, customer approval ratings, and manager’s ratings. But, sales are calculated in dollars, customer approval ratings on Likert’s scale, and manager’s ratings have a maximum score of 40. If we don’t convert these ratings into standard scores, we will end up comparing apples to oranges. So, to convert these scores into a standard score, we first subtract mean score from it. Then we divide the remainder by standard deviation. The result is a standard score, also called ...

Introduction

Harlem Renaissance or New Negro Movement is a cultural movement , headed by leading African-American writers and artists , the heyday of African-American culture in the 1920s - 1930s . The development of Harlem Renaissance led to the recognition of a large influence of the culture of African-Americans on the culture of the United States of America. America first tried to get rid of stereotypes about blacks, who for decades have inculcated in American culture . There was a new image of an African American : educated, highly cultured and equal member of society. This cultural movement elected as its center the New York district of ...

This book is a sequel of another book by the same author – The Four Agreements – which was written for people of all ages and culture around the world. The author believes that is the book is about things that are beyond words; those that can be experienced from one’s own eyes. Although he had many time previously, it was his son who was more successful in getting this message across to his acquaintances. Therefore, he has chosen to honor his son in this book. Here also, he has chosen to write in first-person to address the spiritually inclined. ...