Essays on Controversy

Improving Sustainability: Yum Brands

Business Sustainability is often defined as the process by which an organization manages its financial standing, social risks and opportunities. In short, sustainability is the process through which a company handles its entire business and the influence of its decisions on financial standing, community and the environment. However, in the context of this paper, we believe that this definition is more of a theoretical concept because in a more pragmatic way, sustainability is all about surviving the shocks by sculpting the organizational policies and connecting them to a healthy social, economic and environmental system. Henceforth, in order to discuss ...

Introduction

The behaviorism approach in psychology entails the suggestion that behavior can be studied through scientific research without delving into the inner mental states of the mind (Fridlund, Beck, Goldie & Irons, 2012). It is an approach considered as inclined to materialism such that, it opposes the fact that the mind acts independently. This particular approach to psychology assumes that human or even animal behaviors are heavily influenced by the immediate environment via reinforcement or association. One of the pioneers of this approach to psychology was the Russian psychologist, Ivan Pavlov who carried out extensive studies on classical conditioning (Fridlund, Beck, ...

The eighth and ninth Byzantium was one of the most unfortunate in the history of art and architecture. The growth of art and architecture was partially stunted due to the desire to attain political correctness. In that period, political correctness meant following the edicts issued by the emperor. During that time, the emperor issued an edict banning the use of icons. One of the icons that would have drawn a lot of controversy in the eighth and ninth-century Byzantium is the icon of the Virgin and Child Enthroned between Saints and Angels. The Icon is found in the Monastery ...

Use of religious icons (images) in the Byzantine Empire in the period of 8th and 9th centuries brought a dispute known as iconoclastic controversy. Several reasons were tabled by iconoclasts to back their reasons to object to icon worship. The picture provided is of Mary the virgin and supposed Baby Jesus plus angels and saints. This is the type of icon whose use was prohibited by the early church and, therefore, is sure to have gotten opposition in the period of the church. Some of the reasons being the possibility of idolatry and prohibition against images in the Bible, ...

Problem Topic and Thesis

Could gun violence in America be reduced through stricter gun control at the federal level? Gun violence in America has risen to pandemic levels due to lax gun control measures, which makes it relatively easy for otherwise dangerous and questionable individuals to purchase firearms. Although some individual states have passed stricter gun control measures, the lack of uniform federal legislation leaves American citizens more vulnerable to gun violence than other industrialized societies. While opponents to stricter federal legislation cite that it will not reduce the number of public shootings and homicides, one must acknowledge that America has a visible ...

Over the past few years, there has been a significant change in the process of security trading in the capital markets. “Utilizing supercomputers and complex algorithms that pick up on breaking news, company/stock/economic information and price and volume movements, many institutions now make trades in a matter of microseconds, through a practice known as high frequency trading” (McGowan, 2010, p. 1). High frequency trading is one of the major forms of algorithmic trading in the financial markets. Obviously, HFT also has its advantages and strong points as compared to other forms of treading. HFT is characterized by speed and ...

Pit-bulls have had controversy surrounding them for many years. There are some people who think the breed should be eradicated because of the breed being vicious to other dogs and people. There have been numerous cases that have made news headlines about pit-bulls attacking people. One of the main concerns people have is that pit-bulls are the number one breed of dogs commonly found in dog fighting circles. Due to them being raised to attack and kill other dogs, they are difficult to retrain to socialize with other dogs and people and end up either being euthanized or live ...

Research Questions

When did gun control legislation first become law? What are past gun control efforts? What have been the results on crime from past gun control legislation? What are current gun control laws? What are proposed gun control laws? What is the controversy surrounding gun control? In order to have a discussion concerning the criminal use of firearms, a definition of the terms used in gun restrictions is needed. The interpretation used in a report submitted by legislative attorney Vivian Chu to Congress addressed the prohibition of the possession, transfer, or manufacture of firearms (Chu, 2013); this is the definition ...

Introduction

While this crime has happened decades ago, it still haunts the minds of investigators, experts, and historians. The assassination of John F. Kennedy is one of the mysteries that has remained unraveled until these days. Myriads of conspiracy theories linking together the CIA, FBI, KGB, Cuba, and Lyndon B. Johnson, were the result of, as experts admitted, an ambiguous and negligent official report. The assassination of JFK was particularly sudden and shocking for the American people, which required a close and meticulous examination. On November, 1963 President of the U.S. Lyndon B. Johnson has created a special commission for ...

Essay in History: Three Events that Forever Changed History of Modern America Forever

Essay in History: Three Events that Forever Changed History of Modern America Forever

Introduction

Indeed, the history of pitfalls and triumphs of public concerns for Americans over the last few decades, and centuries, have highlighted all kinds of social problems, and economic achievements to arise. Many believe that the United States experienced a ‘golden era,’ during which nothing but hope seemed to lie ahead. We all know that the world has changed. Assuming the task of being interviewed by a large national corporate representative, this essay takes the form of answering the following question: What three days, important events or ...

Proposal

Proposal

Taxoplasmosis a type of health condition in which the drug Daraprim is used to reduce. Turing Phamarceutical Company is the company that has bought the Daraprim drug and has hiked the prices to the highest margin. Martin Shkreli is the C.E.O of Turing who has attempted to explain and support the decision of the company to exorbitantly hike the prices of the much needed drug by patients and medical facilities. The controversial issue in this paper is the exorbitant increase of the Daraprim drug from $13.50 to $750 by Turing Phamarceuticals.

Introduction

There are a number of controversial issues ...

DQ 6x

Q1: The principal considerations of a board of directors in making decisions involving dividend declarations There are three principal considerations of a board of directors in making decisions involving dividend declarations: the dividend policy; the type of dividend; and the source of dividend. Dividend policy: The Board must decide between two main policies in dividend declaration: progressive policy and payout ratio policy. Progressive policy may be in any of the three common methods: (1) increase or at least sustained; (2) increasing steadily (at a defined rate); and (3) increasing in real value (Financial Reporting Council [FRC], 2015). Conversely, payout ...

Since the Great Depression, economists have been arguing about Keynesian and Monetarist Theories. They argue which theory was best suited based on its infrastructure for the situation. It causes them to argue today on which theory would be best for the nation’s economy. While the two theories overlap slightly, they are vastly different, with one focusing on the economic stimulation the central bank can provide, and the other focusing on the central bank’s monetary supply. While both have faced criticism, and both have been used to manipulate the country’s economy, it seems Keynesian Theory is best ...

Introduction

Contemporary healthcare systems the world over are increasingly being presented with challenging and tumultuous times such that, these outcomes are most likely to be embraced by workers in the nursing profession as the new normal. In today’s hectic healthcare industry environment, nursing leaders play a critical role in enabling nursing teams professionally and ethically dispense assigned responsibilities as much as these responsibilities seem to increase exponentially. Nurses and more so, nursing leaders have to exhibit high degrees of professional as well as personal accountability even in situations abound with growing stressors that can potentially diminish their leadership capabilities. ...

Question one

The nature versus nurture concept attracts a series of controversies from various psychologists such as J.S. Mill. Consequently, the concept of nature implies that biological factors and genetic inheritance determine human’s behavior and thoughts. On the other hand, the concept of nurture signifies that external factors and environment of a child such as learning experience would dictate the child’s behavior and way of thought. The nature vs nurture controversy, therefore regards the contribution of the two influences towards human behavior. Mill, for instance, states “. ready to learn and to unlearn either from its own thoughts and the ...

Introduction

Today, Uber is operating in fifty-four countries. It is one of the quickest growths in the world. The rapid growth of the company is changing the industry as well as the taxi drivers. Not only does Uber fit in to today’s competitive marketplace, it is shaping tomorrow’s marketplace. There are several different ways a business can make money. Technological changes have a significant impact on this. Uber’s success has changed the way business think about the global marketplace. Uber was able to strive in a struggling economy. The idea behind of Uber is not like the ...

CONTENTS I. Introduction 3 II. The Real Reasons of GSK Corruption Controversy 5 (a) Corruption is intrinsic to the elite Chinese business circles 5 (b) The mechanisms of Internal Audit were Not Adequate 7 III. The Response of GSK to the Allegations of Corruption 8 IV. The Nature of GSK Alleged Guilt 8 V. Avoiding the Mistakes of GSK China 9 VI. Lessons Learned 10

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Introduction Doing business in China has never been an easy task. The country has extremely entangled legal framework, intense competition between the domestic and international goods producers, not to mention that this communist country ...

The background of abortion controversy

The issue of abortion is one of the most controversial topics in the modern society, as people argue whether the termination of pregnancy is a moral act or try to determine in what circumstances it should be considered acceptable. However, women around the world have resorted to reproduction control and the abortion as part of it throughout the history of the world, still the debate has become the issue in the United States only in 19th century, as previously the abortion was not directly regulated by laws and was conducted in the cases of explicit danger to the life ...

Introduction

The criminal justice system in the United States offers various safeguards to defendants suspected of committing criminal acts in order to allow due process. These safeguards include the Miranda Rights. The following of these procedures will produce an appropriate defense for the accused and allow the prosecution to try cases without ambiguity. However, overzealous police personnel or district attorneys, in cases that attract widespread media attention often violate the safeguards. The means of procuring evidence is not always compliant with the statues of the law. The desired end for cases is achievable through questionable means. It compromises the due ...

Part A

Question 1 The bottom of the Pyramid approach (BOP) focuses on the billions of people who live on below $2.5 every day. The term was introduced in 1932 by President Franklin Roosevelt. BOP concept has been widely accepted and used to refer to poor individuals in the developing nations including Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America. The approach operates based on the idea that the poor are underserved or even unserved by various organizations especially those in the private sector. The BOP approach holds that there are enormous and unexploited opportunities available for working with the poor populations. ...

Introduction:

There is little doubt that the LGBT community still faces both discrimination and bigotry and many areas of the globe. Even in the United States, thought to be among the most accepting nations in the world for all minorities, it can be difficult to get Gay Marriage legally recognized, or to receive reproductive health services if you are gay. However, in some areas of the globe, revealing your sexuality is still more than a political and equal rights issue, it is a life-or-death discussion, that centers around- not the freedoms of- but the safety of those that are openly ...

Question No.1

1ST ISSUE: WHETHER S 16 OF DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT IS VALID

The provision is invalid on the grounds of unconstitutionality. Article IV, s 1 of the US Constitution provides “Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.” The Court, in Mills v. Duryee, 11 U.S. 481 (1813) explained that the Full Faith and Credit Clause means that not only are records of public acts, records and judicial proceedings in one state admitted in another, but their effects as well. Section 16 should, therefore, ...

Amidst controversies on the use of electronic voting machines, the 2012 Presidential Elections pushed through with reports of computer glitches occurring in several voting precincts across the United States, raising alarm as citizens lined up to cast their votes. One such occurrence happened in Pennsylvania where the voter reported about a faulty voting machine that highlighted Romney's name when selecting Obama's name (Jauregui). Although the malfunctioning voting machine was immediately fixed, residents recall Gov. Tom Corbett's comment that although Obama leads by almost five points in state polls, "[Pennsylvania's] electoral votes would go to Romney" (qtd. in Jauregui). Similar happenings ...

John Tierney’s article, which was published in New York Times, expounds on cloning of human embryo and its acceptability in different parts of the world with a focus on Europe and Asia. The controversy arising in this regard is whether cloning of the human embryo is morally acceptable or whether its acceptance is an affront to the supremacy of God. Arguments for and against cloning fall into two domains: the religious perspective and the scientific perspective. Some religious factions generally argue that cloning of the human embryo is immoral and is akin to competing with God in the ability ...

Introduction

Being an American Caucasian, I understand that though I live in an America, my lineage can be traced back to Western Europe (Nadel, 2005). Despite the fact that I have been in America for quite a considerable length of time, I still hold on to some elements of our culture. Considering that America has its cultural identity defined by some particular elements, I have since acclimatise with the culture. In this case, the two cultural backgrounds that makeup my cultural identity are the American culture and the Caucasian culture.

Features that illustrate the Two Cultures

Being a Caucasian American, I have since gained a number of physiognomies that ...

It is correctly pointed out that Alabama is an entirely inappropriate venue for the case between Mr. O’Leary and Ms. Johnson. Alabama is the wrong choice of courts because there is no subject-matter jurisdiction (as the controversy occurred in Florida) and neither is there personal jurisdiction over Ms. Johnson because she is a resident of New Jersey.

The analysis regarding federal diversity jurisdiction is largely correct as well. Ms. Johnson should have been prevented from filing a claim in the federal courts for want of an appropriate value of the controversy that she presented. However, the analysis regarding the ...

The Reformation period is mostly related to Martin Luther’s actions to reform the Catholic traditions (Kulp, 2004) and to the Anglican Church separation from the Roman Catholic Church and these events implied a series of changes regarding the church administration, including changes in the church music (Reese, 1990).

As such, Henry the VIII of England imposed a major shift in in the liturgical upheaval, declaring that all services would be performed in English language (as compared to the previously used Latin language, considered the language of God) and in terms of church music there would be used one syllable ...

The Hare Psychopathy Checklists-Revised refers to a test that uses twenty question to assess and identify whether the offender is psychopathic or not. The checklist has twenty question with each possessing a maximum of two pointscore (0, 1, 2), totalling up to forty points. An individual is assessed according the score he or she attained. This method has been increasingly used globally to by various judges and courts to test whether prisoners the extent of his or her mental illness before releasedor given a court judgement. The scores varies that an individual offender can obtain to be sentenced a death penalty varies from ...

This March, the whole world celebrated the 161th anniversary of the birth of Vincent Van Gogh's, whose paintings are now included in the list of the fifteen most famous and expensive artworks in the world. The paradox is that it was the artist's lifelong dream to sell at least one of them to get the money and pay off his countless debts. When a healthy boy was born on the 30th March, 1853 to the ...

In the early fifth century, the eruption of the Pelagian controversy surfaced several questions about the nature of human beings, wrongdoing, and grace into attention.There had been reasonably minute disagreements over human nature till that time in the Church. However, the situation changed with the Pelagian controversy. The name of Pelagius and St. Augustine of Hippo are particularly important in this regard and their views’ clash made people learn about many important theological principles.

For centuries, predestination has been one of the most controversial topics in the history of philosophical and religious studies. ...

Plumply’nut has been well received since its release. So far, it has been successfully serving its purpose of combating the worldwide problem of malnutrition. Most notably, it has started to affect one of the less industrialized countries and considered desperately poor in the world, Nigeria. Anderson Cooper from CBS News, together with the Nobel Prize awardee relief group Doctors Without Borders, featured the region. They stated that it was the worst and most rampant site of malnutrition. Two years later, it was claimed to have the lowest malnutrition rate (CBS, 2007).

Despite this, there are still millions ...

‘The Debate Over Stem-Cell Face-Lift’ is an article published in New Yolk Times and is written by Sally Wadyka. The article dwells more on the new face lift technology which involves injection of fats and stem cell on the wrinkled parts of the face (Wadyka 2013). This restores the youthful facial appearance of an aged person. The controversy arises from the debate on the issue where several researchers and scientist discredit the authenticity of this technology. This technology is based on biological composition of human skin and existence of non-differentiated body cells referred to as stem cells which are ...

How and why did the U.S. attempt to reconstruct the South after the Civil War? Was the attempt successful? What should the U.S. have done differently, and how might different policies back then have changed the way things are today?

After the end of the Civil war in the year 1865, much of the land of the South fell prey of the destruction of the war. The need of the reconstruction of the South was an evident fact. The plan of reconstruction of the South was ...

In light of the Trayvon Martin Controversy, it seems again obvious to all that police enforce the law differently across the United States. Trayvon Martin’s only crime was being the wrong color, in the wrong place, at the wrong place. Unfortunately, in America that crime all too frequently carries vigilante justice, carried out by the very people who are supposed to prevent it. We see this as case after case first comes into media focus then fades as another takes its place. It now is a deeply embedded assumption that the circumstances, race and gender must be considered ...

- Introduction

Built as tombs for the Egyptian Pharaohs and their Queens, the three largest examples of pyramids in Egypt are situated at Giza on the west bank of the River Nile. Of those three, the largest of all, known as the “Great Pyramid” was built for the pharaoh Khufu and is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that is still in existence. According to “The Egyptian Pyramid” – an article on the Smithsonian website – that pyramid's base covered an area in excess of 13 acres and the triangular side faces were at an angle ...

Annotated Bibliography

Chao, D. V. K., N. Y. Chan and W. Y. Chan. "Euthanasia Revisited." Family Practice, 19 (2002): 128-134. Print.

In this journal article, Euthanasia Revisited, Chao, Chan and Chan offers an insightful overview about euthanasia in their report. The journal article gives a lot of insights on the definition of euthanasia to include an elaborate classification of euthanasia. Their recognition of euthanasia as a debatable issue prompted them to make an extensive research on the history of euthanasia in humans in developed countries such as The Netherlands, Australia, United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Chao, Chan, and ...

Bioengineering has been around for some time now, and ever since its introduction, it has been the subject of never-ending controversy claims, myths and misconceptions. Many believe consuming genetically modified organisms, the most widely known product of genetic scientists, is harmful. In order to alleviate these concerns, many laboratories around the world were tasked with conducting experiments to prove once and for all GMO is safe for human use. Yet other scientists began independent research into the long-term effects of GMO consumption. In many cases, published findings contradict one another, which only adds to the controversy and further divides ...

Introduction

The debate on the safety of Genetically Modified (GM) foods has raged on for close to two decades now. On one hand of the controversy are people who argue that GM foods are safe and suitable in ensuring that the increasing world population gets adequate food in the face of deteriorating climate and unfavorable production factors. On the other hand, there are a significant number of people who allege that GM foods have negative long-term effect on human beings. Those opposed to GMOs have cited failure by researchers to prove safety and attributed the increment in chronic diseases to the ...

The nature-nurture controversy refers to the debate over whether heredity or environment play a greater role in a person’s behavior. The debate addresses how much of our makeup, behavior, personality and preferences are the product of biology such as genetics and biological makeup as opposed to the result of the way we are raised, our environment and essentially everything we come into contact with in our lifetime. Those following a nature viewpoint believe everything we are is a result of biology.

Evolutionary scientists believed in the nature side of the debate as did those following biological theories such as the one ...

Discussion and Responses

My research indicates the most prized Confucian virtues of Ren, Li, Shu, Xiao, and Wen are social virtues. The notion of sincerity, unlike our Western translation, means to choose naturally what is correct for society. (Molloy, 2010) This being said, Ess states that the Ubuntu project illustrates the emphasis on “community well-being” from the view of this religion, which is much different than our Western individualistic perspective. (Ess, 2009, p. 79)

RESPONSE: There is an evident truth to sincerity. I would like to add that apart from sincerity as a social virtue, I believe there is nothing more ...

Caffeine is one of the stimulants used around the world with disagreements on who should be using it as it is one of the main ingredients of energy drinks. Whenever people consume such energy drinks to keep alerting they forget to consider the other caffeinated foods that they had already ingested as tea and sodas. Studies have shown that caffeine has adverse side effects on kids making them anxious, sleepless and bedwetting. The substance may also lead to seriously accelerated heart beats, irritability, excitability, restlessness, concentration lapses, dizziness, headaches, abdominal pain and dehydration (The Editor).

Using the Google search ...

The controversy over John Mark has raised numerous debates regarding the relationship between Barnabas and Paul after the disagreement. This is because, after they parted ways after the disagreement, their story ended in the narrative of Acts, and there is no scripture that states or proves their reconciliation. However, the scripture only says that, they both got a favor in their active ministry after the dispute. John Mark has been named in the book of Acts as an assistant to both Barnabas and Paul, when he accompanied them, on one of their missionary journeys. According to Acts, 12:25, the Bible ...

Rehabilitation Issues within the Criminal Justice System

This research investigates the importance of rehabiliation as a central theme in criminal justice systems. Specifically, the research adrresses the question about whether rehabiliation is important in the first place, and the issues that prevent delivery of timely rehabiliation services to offenders. The research notes that while it is important to keep the public safe from offenders, it is also of critical importance to ensure that the offenders get a fair treatment within the confines of prison and come out of prison with the right mindset without slipping back to doing the crimes they used to commit. This research opinines that ...

Monteverdi is one of the famous Italian composer, singer and musician. The audience regards his compositions as revolutionary composing in the Baroque Period. He created two new styles of composing, Polyphony and Basso Continuo technique of baroque. He was a renowned composition and enjoyed a lot of fame and popularity in his life. He has written many compositions, and most of them are revolutionary compositions. He faced a lot of criticism on his compositions throughout his life but still he is one of the most popular composers of his term.

Madrigal

A madrigal is a secular music composition, a part-song of the early baroque period. ...

The country of United States of America has had different times in its history that different important things have happened. These things have helped shape the country to where it is now. Among these things that help shape the country are wars, demonstrations, strikes and other rebellions that have been of great help in the introduction of several laws in the country. The differences between the groups that constitute the population of the country have been differing over time, and this has helped since they discussed and came to a common ground after many years. These different incidences and different ...

The debates on civil unions and same sex marriages have generated controversy among various groups in the United States of America. The lobbyists for same sex marriages argue that these marriages support individuality; according to them, individuals express themselves through same sex marriages. The opponents of the same cite social problems such moral decay. Several sociological forces such as morality, family laws, and traditional beliefs have generated these controversies. Same- sex marriages and civil unions also have several ramifications on the society. A ramification refers to an effect caused by a given occurrence. These ramifications include the disregard of family ...

Epatko, Larissa. “Controversy Surrounds Increased Use of U.S. Drone Strikes” Pbs NewsHour. The Rundown. Web 10 October 2011 Wolverton, Joe. “President Obama Sending Drones All Around the Globe” thenewamerican.com. Web 30 July 2013

This article highlights the changing face of the war against terror with emphasis on the fact that the US government is now focusing on the African continent and in Columbia on the fight against drugs.

He talks about the irony of the fact that the Noble Peace Prize winner is the one that is authorizing the death of thousands of innocent civilians. He ...

Annotated Bibliography

Chilingar, G. et al.Greenhouse Gases and Greenhouse Effect. Environmental Geology, Vol. 58 No. 6 (Sep2009) p1207-1213. Web 05 July 2013.

The source is a journal article about environmental geology that seeks to give different views on the relationship that exists between the greenhouse effect and global warming. In this source, Chilingar et al argue that increased levels of greenhouse gases within the atmosphere does not lead to global warming. However, their argument is limited to one greenhouse gas that easily condenses on cooling. They fail to consider the effects of carbon dioxide on average temperatures of the earth, and ...

Book review for

“The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy” is a book that developed a reasoned argument about the vaccines versus autism debate. The writer of the book, Seth Mnookin, is aware that the vaccine has been an explosive issue not only in the United States but also across different cultures in the world. Mnookin provides an insight on the effects of biotechnology and how parents, scientists, sociologists, and politicians, among others have perceives it. In other words, the author injects a dose of reality to into the commonly known myth about the link between vaccination and autism (Taylor et al. ...

The crisis of 2008 was the moment of truth for global economics pointing out new possibilities for developed countries to challenge their financial system. This world phenomena was one of the most discussed and controversial during the recent decade. Crisis events, which we observed in American financial system in the second quarter of 2008 affected the majority of countries all over the world and were so drastic and huge while measures of regulators stabilizing the situation so unprecedented, that it allowed to question the effectiveness and resiliency of American financial capitalistic model on global world market (Ershov, 2010). Some ...

Bray, T. L. (2001). Riddle of the bones: Politics, science, race, and the story of Kennewick man / skull wars: Kennewick man, archaeology, and the battle for Native American identity. American Antiquity, 66(3), 547-549. Retrieved from https://login.libproxy.edmc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/docview/203267817?accountid=34899 This article talks about the autobiography of the Kennewick Man. It gives a description of the type of person that he could have been thousands of years ago. This article would be useful to a researcher because it gives an in depth look at his bones how they were dug up and why he is so significant.

2005. Scientists finally get their ...

Abstract

The God squad group, mainly made of boys in junior and senior years, uses the 9/11 attacks as a rallying point for combination of white supremacist, racist, anti-Semitic, ant-Islamic, anti-immigrant, ant-gay, nee-fascist dogma mixed with a good dose of anti-abortion and fundamentalist Christian diatribe. The group catches the attention of the administration when they show up at school all wearing their uniforms and distributes the first edition of their weekly "newsletter". The” newsletter” contains highly offensive diatribes on how it is the "the duty of all true Americans to fight against the forces trying to destroy our country". The ...

Abstract

Physician-assisted suicide is one of the most controversial topics in healthcare today. Some people consider it morally incorrect because it degrades the value of human life while others consider it better than suffering a painful death. However, the requests for assisted suicide are some of the most difficult moments for healthcare professionals. In many cases, ethical dilemmas about the power over life and death will prevent the physician from participating, but compassion and respect for the patients’ self-determination sometimes encourage physicians to discuss alternative, legal options with the patients. Some ethical frameworks and laws are against physician assisted suicide, but ...

- Discuss Cognition and Emotion. Can We Experience Emotion Apart from Thinking? Can you remember feeling emotion without knowing why?

There is a strong and direct relationship between cognition and emotion, although they are two different things and cannot be interchangeable. Cognition mainly refers to mental processes such as language, attention, problem solving, planning, memory, etc. Emotion on the other hand refers to any kind of subjective and conscious experience. Cases wherein cognition and emotion occurs at the same time are not uncommon. In the same manner, there can also be cases wherein an individual experiences emotion without cognition. I have ...

The law of property act of 1925 is among the Acts that were designed as part of the integrated legislative program initiated by Lord Chancellor Lord Birkenhead between the year 1921 and 1925 (Beale Jr. 1907). This piece of legislation primarily concerns itself with the transfer of property. In law, the word property is synonymous with the word land. There are many reasons that explain why land is the most fundamental kind of property in society. The provisions relating to the law of property are principally concerned with the transactions on matters of land, most prominently leases and deeds. ...

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” has been a beloved children’s fairy tale, as presented by Walt Disney, who stripped it off of its innate, shocking cruelty and ideas which did not appeal to the general public’s idea of what a fairy tale is supposed to sound like. The original story, as captured on paper by the Grimm brothers is one of violence and unnecessary bloodshed, of villains being punished in unimaginably cruel ways, all in order to appease the black and white world of the fairy tale universe.

Most parents believe that children would prefer being told ...

Interest in Health Care

Health care has been a source of controversy in the United States. Many policy makers and think tanks have argued that the current status of health care in the United States needs a lot of improvement. A section of policy makers have opted for the initiation of more reform in the section lead to major legislation in both legislative houses like the Obama care bill. Though there is a split among policy makers about the exact framework that should be adopted in streamlining the health care, one of the things that remains paramount is the fact that there is an urgent need ...

We live in an age of medicine filled with technological wonders – and difficulties. Andre and Velasquez (2010) state that “medical technology has given us the power to sustain the lives (or, some would say, prolong the deaths) of patients whose physical and mental capabilities cannot be restored, whose degenerating conditions cannot be reversed, and whose pain cannot be eliminated.” This poses a medical and ethical dilemma that has pitted us one against the other – should we allow the people in these positions to choose to die, or do we have a moral obligation to preserve life at all ...

Criminal behavior

Psychopathy or sociopathy as it is called at times, is a type of personality disorder, clinically regarded as ‘Antisocial Personality Disorder’ (APD). Although a big percentage of incarcerated convicts may be described as suffering from APD, only about one-fourth of them could be diagnosed for psychopathy. Also only a small percentage of these psychopaths are violent offenders. Exhibition of superficial charm and persistent lying are the two common traits of psychopaths. The emotional deficit of psychopaths limits them to experience only a narrow range of emotions. Psychopaths are very skilled in projecting themselves in good light and can beat psychological tests. Adult ...

Security may be defined as any concerted effort taken in order to protect persons and organizations from any harm or destruction. Companies and organizations have heavily invested limited resources in personnel, buildings, communication infrastructure, data storage facilities and business processing plants to enable such organizations run business. Ensuring that such investment is safe from any destruction is the primary concern of both government and individuals. In the United States security has always taken considerable amount of resources from organizations however this has since changed after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. Security now takes center concern of both government ...