Essays on Deception

All humans lie. I do believe that. Can you tell when someone is lying? What do you do when you are lied to? Do liars have different brain structure? Why do we choose to deceive ourselves? The Radiolab broadcast entitled “Deception” addresses each of these questions. The broadcast consists of three sections: Catching Liars, People Who Lie, and Lying to Others. Each section explores deception through interviews with various professionals. In each section, many psychological perspectives can be detected. Although I found each section intriguing, it is the last section that really brought up thought-provoking questions in the area ...

How a Group of Students Sold Enron a year Before the Collapse

The article talks about how some students from Cornell University analyze Enron's stock using both technical and fundamental analysis. At the time, 1998, Enron was a high performing company, however, after taking on a project on financial analysis as part of their course work the students met inconsistencies in the annual report. These discrepancies suggested that something was amiss, and fraud was the likely reason. Cornell University has a live investment fund known as Cayuga fund with $650,000. The funds purchased Enron shares in December 1998 at $27 per share and more in October 1999. This totaled 720 ...

The goal of Descartes’ Third Meditation is to determine if God exists, and, if God is a deceiver. He attempts to show the rationality of the belief of God in order to discredit agnostics and atheists. Descartes reaches conclusions on both of his goals in this particular section of the mediation. Descartes displays how reason can lead to the affirmation of the existence of God. Through the use of deduction and an analysis of cause and effect, he concludes that God exists. Descartes explains he has the idea of God within him. This idea must have a source. It ...

In his meditation, Descartes first admits that there are many opinions that he assumed to be true during his youth. Though he realized that the opinions were false, Descartes postponed meditation on these issues. He, however, believed that at the time of writing this meditation, his mind was free enough to delve into the destruction of these false opinions of the youth. This paper seeks to describe the beliefs that Descartes undermined. In doing so, the paper will critically describe the manner in which Descartes attacks those beliefs. Moreover, the paper will highlight the doubts that Descartes creates so ...

Analysis of the Sophocles’ Oedipus the King

THESIS: In this paper, I am going to analyze the impact of fate and human behavior and actions in the development of action in the tragedy. I assume that, in spite of the fact that in the classical ancient Greek tragedy, everything must obey the will of the gods and the evil rock, in the tragedy of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, it can be observed a big role of free human will, which leads to a tragic end. The human factor influences to the unfolding of the plot of this tragedy and all the vicissitudes of fate are not ...

Collectivist and Individualist Cultures

Introduction Cultures are naturally grouped into two: individualist and collectivist. On most of the occasions, cultures differ regarding the importance of individual welfare and group welfare. Societies where personal welfare is cherished nurture members who are more of self-promoting and dependent naturally. In contrast, collective societies highlight the significance of group welfare over the individual desires and needs, thus creating a more inter-dependent society. Because not every individual within a given society will be affected in precisely the same way, each individual claims a cultural personal-identity, which manifests some culturally recognized values. An individual’s cultural identity then offers ...

It was a bright morning on 25 July, and I felt all would be well that day. There were two special things happening on the day. It was my birthday! I think maybe the sun chose to shine for it knew about my birthday or it had more to share than a remembrance. The second special thing was my father was coming home on that day. It had been six months since he went on duty out of the country and it would be great to have him around on my birthday. However, I was not sure what gift ...

Interpersonal physical violence (committed against women and children)

Human trafficking and concomitant criminal sexual exploitation of women and children in the XXI century is becoming the fastest growing and highly lucrative activity for transnational organized crime. Statistical data of different sources irrefutably specify on the tendency of increasing human trafficking in many countries of the world. It is necessary, to mark that this crime is not a problem of one state and an issue that has gained an international dimension. The danger of human trafficking is that the buyer gets as a result of the deed of sale full control over the victim and may dispose of ...

Find and explain three advantages and three costs of utilizing websites like Alibaba to export and import.

Benefits “E-commerce, by changing the way companies around the world do business, makes trade easier and cheaper” (Daniels, Radebaugh, & Sullivan, 2013, pp. 560-562). You or goods will be publicized especially rapid through Ali’s engine. No matter that you are ‘Not so great’ in Information Technology, what you do are simply provide your information and images, and then the remainder will be arranged and accomplished through Alibaba. Promptly you will have your website and what more? You and your goods will spontaneously be in the Top World Class Search Engines others search tools links that you still never understand ...

Who and How Was Affected?

Tyco, a manufacturer of a wide variety of goods from health care products to some electronics, occurred in the center of the greatest scandal in 2002. This scandal was raging on and on, involving new parties and unveiling new details. These details unveiled dirty deals of three people who enjoyed luxurious lifestyle, stealing from the company. The top management turned out to be the key player of the entire story. There are lots of parties affected by the scandal. The company enjoyed sky-ranking profit margins, and turned into a conglomerate. Its strategy was built on numerous mergers and acquisitions ...

Wilde in his debut performance, “in the importance of Being Earnest” invokes the use of language in representing different language choices and the dramatic techniques. In all these careful language choices and manifestations, Wilde maintains the high level of wit and satire in portraying his protagonist and the antagonist. This is a summary of how Wilde employs the use of language in this work. The first motif, and an apparent language constructs that Wilde applies is the inversion of the gender roles and relationships between his major protagonists. This fact is manifest in an encounter between Jack and Gwendolen, ...

ANALYSIS OF SPORT SPONSORSHIP AND EVENTS

Analysis of Sport Sponsorship and Events Introduction In this world driven by globalisation, there are various ways through which people can release their stress originating from over-burdened personal and professional endeavours. One of such ways concerns sport that is included in the entertainment industry. This is because though majority of people no longer indulge in sports due to their bust schedules and work load. Therefore, sport business and events have emerged as an entertainment to these as something to talk and gossip about. Apart from this, as much of the audience attention is given to sports organisation, teams, players ...

Introduction

It was in 1993 when dozens of girls in Chihuahua, Mexico were murdered and dumped around the city to be left out as if they were garbage (Wright, 2011, p.707). The number of murders grew over the years, as police officers proved unable to control and find the perpetrators, until the protesters had become the activists. The town became a place of femicide, and currently, it has become a place of Narcopolitics. In this area, the connection between drugs and the dynamics of power appeared to be relentless. This took place even during the opium trade when Western imperialism ...

Sometimes reality is not an effective medium by which to view the world. In such instances the human eye often looks beyond what is seen in order to reveal what is hidden in plain view, behind the known and mundane aspects that the world has to offer. In those moments it becomes obvious that no matter how mundane a thing is, no matter how commonplace it might seem, there is always something to be seen in the breaths between one click of the camera to the next. There is beauty throughout all aspects of the world, all one needs ...

It has been close to two years since Malaysian Boeing MH17 being downed over the disputed territory of eastern Ukraine. In the early hours and days of the tragedy, the media of most world countries, whether print, online, or television, seemed to be trying nothing else other than to cover the continuous story. While journalists are not tripping over each other in a bid to publish the sensational materials presently, the interest in the story has not ceased completely, neither has the investigation that is still to name the guilty party. Until it has, media will continue their coverage ...

Still archrivals, the USA and Russia have not only the different perception of the political world making for their incompatibility, but also quite different political cultures. Liberty-wise, the USA is an oasis of human rights and liberties while, in Russia, people are sometimes not even at liberty to leave the country for a holiday. The USA scores much higher on the index of equal money-earning and political opportunities. Russia tops the USA with regard to corruption and the lack of the rule of law, the latter being important in the west. Beyond that, the USA is a resident’ centric, ...

Historically, the church held considerable power over believers and the country as a whole, a fact that automatically bestowed a status of sainthood to religious leaders. The renowned Enlightenment era questioned the foundations of the church’s reasoning and even its power over the people. With that in mind, the portrayal of the theme of religion in Moliere’s “Tartuffe” ought to explain the banning of the play immediately after its first presentation. While some thought the play mocked religious beliefs, Moliere evidently attacked the roots of tradition as she shows the absurdity of refusing common sense in favor ...

Instrumentation for the Detection of Deception

Instrumentation for the Detection of Deception Specialists in the area of criminal law often face many challenges related to human factor. Deception is one of such challenges that hinder the process of solving the case. For this reason, certain techniques and instrumentation for the detection of deception were developed. Polygraph is probably the most known instrument created for such purposes. However, even the polygraph does not give the results of 100% accuracy. The test on polygraph is based on the physical reactions of an individual to one or another question that may indicate whether this individual is lying ...

Ideology and ideograph commonly in political discourse are concepts that are mostly used to have support for political positions. The words used in such cases do not have meanings that are clear but then they are used to bring out the impression of clear meaning.

Michael Calvin McGee used this term in a more clear way. He claimed that many people used the term without knowing its meaning clearly as a synonym for doctrine in political organizations. When human beings are put together they think and behave differently than when they are separated from each other (Mc Gee p.120). Collective ...

Virtue Theory

As a human being like Bernard Madoff, he is a businessperson with immoral business conduct. His immoral business conduct is a result of his defective character. He desired for power, fame, money, and abundant lifestyle. All his ambition became a vanity that created a trap and nothing left for him is the difficulty to break free. Moral philosophers categorized his character as vices. Vices are the perfect opposite of virtues. Vices are bad habits of character with its ...

For primary research, an online questionnaire was prepared that was forwarded to Chinese Students in West and Western friends and from them, it was further forwarded to their friends. This research strategy was time saving but Questionnaire was made by first analyzing how different researchers, researching in similar field, do their research. After that, they were compared with our research objectives and purposes. Highlighted differences made it clear as to how should a new questionnaire were made which could bring reliable results after analysis. Survey questions were kept as unbiased as possible. The questionnaire has three parts, first in which ...

- COMEDIES OF FORGIVENESS - humanum genus: The 'oppressor,' one who requires forgiveness by the end of the play - inherent evil of humanity/possibility for good a constant presence in these plays - Originates from medieval dramas, pre-Shakespearean plays and desire for forgiveness in drama - Christians seek forgiveness from God; Shakespeare extends that to receiving forgiveness from family/loved ones/humanity - Shakespeare's comedies of forgiveness underline the inherent evil of humanity as well as their need for forgiveness; as man will always sin, they will always need to be forgiven

- SIX COMEDIES ...

Cigarette smoking is one of the favorite trends not only in American society, but in every civilization around the world. Despite the fact that smoking has almost become a part of the American tradition; this habit should be discouraged and even banned in order to promote safety of the nation’s stakeholders. Thus, this paper seeks to identify and evaluate the varied reasons that would justify the banning of cigarette smoking. Several literature suggest that while America is a democratic country that supports its citizen’s freedom, the government must limit such freedom when practices like smoking destroys the life of ...

“The Return of Martin Guerre” is an excellent work by Professor Zemon Davis. The book was first published in year 1983. For any academic historian, restating the actual and authentic story of the Martin Guerre is certainly a deceitful exercise. The book talks about the major events that took place in rural France around four hundred years back. During that time only few participants or actors were capable to write their stories. Therefore, accurate and direct information about the case is available only few modern sources, and those sources drive the story. ...

The global economy and the rapid emergence of technology facilitated the possibility of becoming involved in international or global business operations, generating increased productivity by exploring global resources, but also increasing the rates of criminality. The business environment is directly associated with a prevailing type of crime – the corporate and white-collar crime. Less known by societies throughout the world because in general in has non-violent consequences, corporate and white-collar crime produce victims of fraud, scams, bribery, blackmail throughout the world. However, these types of crimes ...

Women of today are stronger. Their status is changing from the past to the present. Years ago, women are considered responsible only as wives. Simply listened to their husbands, became fulltime wives; they never enjoyed life and focused on how to serve their husbands, and no freedom to express themselves as women. Men believed that women have no right to pursue their career other than being homemakers and mothers; looked down by men. At present, women are more active in their role in the society, conscious about their status and they progress in view of their rights as well. ...

Introduction

The fashion images have now changed and they become surreal because of the easy availability of the editing software and the photography tactics and tools. Such software, tactics, and tools are letting the designer and photographer to do as much of the processing and editing as their mind come up with, which has changed the fashion images. Now the images do not look real because they are changed to such an extent that their originality is lost. Being a photography student, in this paper, I have focused on the the improvement in the photography, the use of tactics in order ...

The article entitled “He’s Guilty: Investigator Bias in Judgments of Truth and Deception” by Christian Meissner and Saul Kassin’s aims at establishing the effect of “investigator bias” in influencing investigation outcomes. The research question posed by the article is “do cognitive and behavioral biases ascertain investigator’s performance in making judgments of truth and Deception?” The article adopts unique methodology through incorporating forty-four participants from North American law enforcement (Meissner & Kassin, 2002). It also incorporates the discussions covering research from related articles, review of the literature and resource ...

Children’s products and foods is an enormous market offering great profits and potential growth for companies. While giving parents increasing difficulties in raising and managing their children. Modern commercials are becoming increasingly influential on the things children want and tends to go against what their parents want or know is best for them. In America and the rest of the industrialized world the fight against child advertising is in full swing by governments and various campaigners. In an effort to enact better regulation and standards for making commercials geared towards children, as well as fighting for improvements in ...

Rob and Bunny Sherman want to file a suit against the Church of the Divine Light. They allege that one year ago, their 15 year old son called Rob Jr., was coerced into staying in the church. He was threatened by being told that if he left, he would be thrown into the eternal fires of hell. He was brainwashed and began believing that the church was his new family. He was also told to demand money from his parents to cater for his upkeep. Rob Jr. stayed in the church for a period of approximately six months. Rob Sr. and ...

There can be many reasons for and importance of developing skills when it comes to detecting deceit. Such skills can prove to be useful in the field of criminal justice and law enforcement. Professionals who work in these fields often engage in interviews and interrogations with suspects, witnesses, and other key persons involved in a subject incident, and making sure that every key person is telling the truth is often vital to the process of solving cases or even in gathering information in a surveillance operation.

Detecting deception can be considered both a science and an art. There are many tricks and ...

The “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published in 1884, and it has become Samuel Clemens’s (Mark Twain’s) most successful novel. The issue that lies centrally at the core of this epic novel is racism; the book is about racism. Throughout the book, we read about we encounter the plights of Jim and Huck, two of the most important characters. These two are traveling down Mississippi River. The characters in this novel have a varied understanding of race and racism. When confronted with racism, they also act or respond differently. Moreover, the character’s definition of what race ...

Question 1

Regarding payment of legal services lawyers may select from one of the four arrangements of payment which comprise of rates divided according to an hourly, contingency, flat and retainer basis with a contingent, flat and retainer payment arrangement as the most commonly used. With contingency payment arrangement entailing an agreement between the client and the lawyer for taking of a specified percentage of the settlements; that are monetary as well as receiving damages payment from a case. These types of fees are normally charged in civil lawsuits instance in the case of medical malpractice as well as litigation in personal injury with ...

Ashford University

We Need Regulation: Adolf Berle and Gardiner Means offered three reasons that financial managers cannot be trusted to act ethically in how they present themselves and their financial books. First, exploitation of workers is evident in any corporation with its purposes to keep costs low and to raise profits. Second, they reap much profit from the company for self-interest in large bonuses and dividends. Third, a self-serving behavior and improper procedures of the corporation’s accountants and auditors are being practiced.

The Marketplace Can Decide: Henry Manne, a free market supporter, argued that companies could not hide falsehoods in a ...

This case study provides a description of some of the interventions methods used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. According to Alter (2012), in Camelot Continuing Care Retirement Community some of the interventions approaches used include fabrication, deception and lying. However, some of these interventions may have some long-term effects on a patient with Alzheimer.

The article discusses the case of Sadie Cohen, who started experiencing forgetfulness and accusing people of trying to obtain her money. Some common symptoms involved the increase in the number of phone calls to her daughter to ask her questions of where her things might ...

Isaac sacrifice vs. Iphigenia

Most of us are familiar with the story of Abraham and Isaac from the bible. In contrast, many may not be acquainted with the Greek myth of Agamemnon. This is the brief recap of the two stories: in the old testament of the bible, God commands Abraham to sacrifice his only son that he got at an older age after God had promised him. It is a paradox story in that the same God who blessed Abraham and Sarah with the child is the same God that wants Abraham to sacrifice Isaac his child. Abraham obeys God but in the ...

CITE: USA Today, Oct. 2, 2013, page 34.

FACTS: Katherine Jackson, mother to Michael Jackson brought a suit on negligence against AEG Live LLC. AEG Live LLC was a concert promotion company that produced Jackson’s comeback concerts. Katherine argued that AEG Live LLC acted negligently in hiring the physician responsible for administering the medication that killed Michael. Conrad Murray, the physician, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in November 2011 for administering a propofol overdose that lead to the death of the singer.

In their negligence claim, the family sought to show that AEG Live LLC was responsible for hiring the ...

Question 1

Trust is a significant for organizations, teamwork and efficient negotiations. Despite this, trust violations have been very common in my working life. Trust violations are incidents that decrease the core values in and trusting intentions toward a person. Violation of trust happened when a coworker exploited the trust I had on her by neglecting to fulfill expectations. We had planned to work together on a project that could lead us to a promotion, but she did not participate in the project, yet demanded the evaluation based on this project. She violated the trust I had by exploiting dependencies. Similarly, I experienced a violation of trust ...

Part IV is perhaps the most important part of René Descartes’ Discourse on the Method. This part of the Discourse contains a description of the results of Descartes’ meditations following the method that had been previously established by him. In contrast, earlier when Descartes was doubtful, he had taken upon himself to act conclusively and definitively. Now he acts oppositely, and considers everything that may in anyway be doubtful as false. He does this to be certain that the things he holds on to are impossible to doubt. He completely gives up all sensory knowledge because the senses are prone ...

Abstract

Charles Bukowski’s book “the Devil was Hot” is a short story concerning business and friendship with the devil. As the writer begins, he seems to have had wrangles with his wife called Flo before he decides to drive off west towards the beach. At the beach, he is exposed to a roaring sound from the nearby building. A barker claims to have a devil in the cage, and he shows him to the public at a costs of 25 cents. The writer then pays for the penny so as to glimpse the devil who later starts talking to him like had known ...

- Briefly discuss the benefits and limitations of the organizational grapevine.

Organizational grapevine refers to the informal communication network that exists in organizations. It allows transferring information (including gossip) among members informally and is based on personal relations and trust. Although grapevine is hard to formally define or implement in the decision-making, the costs and benefits of grapevine cannot be ignored. Firstly, grapevine is usually faster in transmitting information and could allow managers to make more rapid decisions. Grapevine information is usually more flexible as it is not confined within formal communication frameworks. The use of grapevine communication channels ...

Psychology Questions

PSYCHOLOGY

1.Define prosocial behavior The activity of helping or being of benefit to someone without having a particular goal to achieve rather than just to help. This view mostly on the consequences of such actions.

The act of doing things just to help but not under the obligation to do so. It focuses more on the desire to just help I.e. more of the actions of helping than the consequences of the acations.

Helping behavior

This is the tendency to always show the altrusic activities

2. .Prosocial behavior as inborn

Is believed that prosocial behavior can be transmitted in genes so ...

The internet can be a helpful tool both academically and socially. However, there are some grave risks linked with utilizing the internet and other technology. Just like the real world, children and young individuals are susceptible and may intentionally or innocently expose themselves to peril while using the internet. This paper aims to show the internet contributes to date rape of children and possible prevention procedures.

The coming up of sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace has totally changed the way people commune with one another other and the world around them. These revolutionary sites have power-driven the present day ...

The yellow paper is a story that is usually said to be horror. This is due to the mistreatments that were accorded to the women during the period. The fact that people see the mistreatments being abnormal makes the people to refer the stories as being a horror. Gothic on the other hand is a story that combines both matters relating to romance and horror. Most of the characters in the story have the characteristics of horrors. What the stories show is that the women were taken to be the weak creatures during the period when the stories were written. They were ...

The Name of the School

Introduction Some people argue that to make important advances in clinical and scientific research, sometimes, ethical considerations have to be disregarded. In research, ethical issues are generally thought of as the set of rules that distinguish right from wrong. Ethics can take the form of a generalized rule of thumb, such as the “golden rule,” which says that you should not do to others what you would not like done to yourself; or, ethics can be codes of professional conduct, such as the Hippocratic Oath, which says “First of all, do no harm.” Researchers are usually legally bound to ...

The history of the United States’ participation in the World War II starts with the surprise military strike caused by the Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941. There are many theories concerning Pearl Harbor – some say the US government knew the Japanese were coming, others agree on the fact that the United States naval base was caught off guard. Due to the evidence related to this question it is possible to form a definite point of view so this paper is going to dwell upon Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory. Unlike their president, the American people did not want ...

Willy Loman and Amanda Wingfield are the main characters in to great American tragedies that both suffer from a tragic flaw. A tragic flaw is a misperception or a lack of insight due to one’s strengths. Both Willy and Amanda cannot see their worlds fully and understand those around them because of their own pride which blinds them. Amanda’s pride keeps her rooted in a past that she can never recreate for her daughter and results in her inability to see her children for who they really are. Willy’s pride in his work prevents him from truly seeing his sons ...

Deception would have been something to deal with in a very easy manner, if we could all think beyond what we have in our minds. If we could detect the thoughts of other people and perceive the broader picture of situations, most human beings would not fall into various forms of deception, fraud and other forms of misleading situations and interpretations. Aristotle stated that we cannot be sure of what other people are thinking because the devil himself has no idea of what is in the mind of another person. Therefore, human beings tend to pass judgments on what they ...

Introduction Psychology is simply defined as the study of the behavior of human Psychology is simply defined as the study of the human behavior and mind. Research in this area is geared towards explaining behavior, thoughts and emotions. Human identity is one of the major components of behavioral psychology. This forms the core of discussion in this article. Identity is one of the key issues dealt with in the study of psychology. Behavioral scientists have developed several approaches to the study of identity. This article discusses two f the major theories of psychological approaches to identity and ...

According to Aristotle's theory, a tragic hero is a character that falls from glory to misery and suffering. He usually makes a tragic mistake that becomes fatal for his destiny. Then, a hero understands his mistakes, recognizes them and eventually the audience stops feeling any negative emotions towards the hero. Shakespeare's Othello is one of the greatest tragic heroes of all times. Othello is a bright example of a tragic hero. He experiences a moral downfall. In the beginning of a play he looks very confident and strong. Othello is respected even by his enemies. People see him as a reliable and brave man. When he is ...

Complete Name of the Professor

The Brain-Damaged and the Emergence of Truth The President’s Speech graces with a comical paradox of how truth exists among people with disabilities in speech and understanding. It describes the odd perceptions of aphasiacs and people suffering from agnosia on words and how they create an alternative framework through which they make sense of every word that they hear. It is the acceptance of human’s susceptibility to words that consider brain-damaged people seemingly nearer to truth than normal ones. In the case of the President’s Speech, it is the pure and uninfluenced reception of either physical ...

Possibly one of the most fascinating films of Abbas Kiarostami’s career (to say nothing of its contribution to Iranian cinema), 1990’s Close-Up is a masterful exploration of identity, filmmaking, and the fuzzy distinctions that are often made between fiction and documentary films. Existing somewhere between those two film genres, Close-Up follows the events surrounding the actual trial of Hossein Sabzian, who is brought up on charges of impersonating the famous Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Kiarostami, in his use of the real figures involved in the case in scripted scenes (re-enacting the real events that occurred) manages to combine ...

Introduction

Taliban is a fundamentalist of Islamic political movement based in Afghanistan and is formed for a government. Taliban has gained recognition within its diplomatic environment including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Emirates. It has a founder by the name Mohammed Omar and this leader ever since has been serving as the spiritual leader of the Taliban. Pakistan has largely participated in contributing to support the Taliban Community, and connections are made by the help of terrorist groups. Statistical life, on the other hand, is an economic value that is assigned life generally and to other specific living organisms.Political and social sciences ...

Margaret Walker is one of the greatest scholars with great contribution in the literary field. The book contains various features and traditions that depict several aspects of slavery, race, and citizenship. The book has several privilege descriptions of their community and the culture building strategies and exhibits forms of resistance and interrogated myths and stereotypes. The center of the story is the African American struggle for freedom over slavery that was supported by racial prejudice. The story of Walker in Jubilee is divided into three parts that begins at 1840 in Georgia, before ending in Alabama in 1970s. These ...

Anybody who has read or watched The Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice & Fire Series –would agree with me that it is a series that shows every facet of deception used by humans. According to Merriam-Webster, the word “deceive” means, “to make someone believe something that is not true” or “to cause to accept true or valid what is false or invalid.” Deception is a form of dishonesty that is used everyone, every day. And the characters in this book are able to show how it is done so to achieve what one wants; whether it is something ...

Identify a moral agent.

The moral agent or agency in this case is Doctor ‘X’ and I. A moral agent is any being who can act with reference to wrong or right. A moral agent is anything that is accountable for decisions and behavior. Moral agents have responsibilities and rights and have the power to choose as well as make choices. The idea of being a moral agent explains why some people blame others for things they do and others told to take responsibility of their actions. Moral agents have the freedom of making decisions and taking on the consequences. Being a moral agent ...

There were two kings from Persian monarchies whom both married beautiful women. The kings changed their way of living because they were both deceived by their wives in different occasions. The king of the Persian in the Hebrew Bible by the name Ahasuerus, though known as Xerxers in his Greek name. Xerxes loved his wife and also, he used to flatter with her magnificent beauty. One day, he asked her to unveil to the prince’s feast as a sign of showing the equal sociality, but she refuses to do so; she says that was like going physically naked, and ...

The film, Sleeping with the Enemy reviews interesting ideas that are relevant to the modern society. The film highlights that many developments happen in a society with the aim of improving people’s welfare. However, the ethical backgrounds of the events in the lives of common people dictate many elements about the relations of the people with their environments. Political and economic differences among the people lead to social deviations and disagreements among the people in the society. The ideas of death and social distractions are apparent in the film, sleeping with the Enemy. This film depicts a perfect society with ...

Descartes’ skepticism and confusions about self-believe, truth and knowledge are expressed in his First Meditation. He is confused by the nature of his sensory beliefs because most of the times they tend to mislead him. His distrust for his senses does not mean that he distrusts all of them. He only happens to distrust some of them when the conditions for trusting such senses are poor. He will trust his senses when the conditions are such that they are favorable and conducive to be trusted. The other thing that makes Descartes skeptic about life and self-belief is in ...

Introduction

According to Jowett & O’Donnell (1), propaganda is a method of communication which tries to elicit a response that propagates the desired intention of the propagandist. The art of propaganda has been studied in an array of multidisciplinary researches in the fields of journalism, sociology, history, political science and psychology. To study the art of propaganda as history means examining propagandist practices as distinct events and the resultant events as likely effects of propaganda. Nazi films were predominantly propagandist in that they aimed at influencing attitudes on life in a given context, and in terms of particular people and events. Perhaps the ...