Essays on Dispositions

Introduction

Human character is regarded as a set of stable personality traits that determine the relations of man to people. The character is manifested in the activities and temperament, and includes the factors that make human behavior of a specific characteristic nature. The character can be found in the peculiarities of the activities that people prefer to do. Some people prefer the most complex and difficult activities, they seek pleasure in overcoming obstacles; others choose the most simple and easy way. In dealing with people human character manifests itself in the manner of behavior, ways of responding to people's actions ...

Federal Sentencing Guidelines

First, the court determines the guideline applicable to the offense committed by convicted defendant. In cases where the defendant offers a plea that establishes the commission of a more serious offense, the defendant is deemed to have committed extra offenses. However, the guidelines are not applied to misdemeanors and infractions. The base offense level is then determined according to the characteristics of the committed offense and any special instruction in the specific guideline applied. Adjustments are then made according to the harm done to the victim, the role played by the defendant in the offense, and any obstruction of ...

Through discussion of the philosophical themes from the course that arise in the movie a better understanding of the relationship between film and philosophy and the various elements that are utilized in the movie to present the implications of these ideas. There are a variety of philosophical themes present in Blade Runner. Questions related to humanity, morality consciousness, and life and death are all explored. These ideas can be understood in relation to philosophers such as Aristotle, Sartre, Heidegger, and Kant, whose positions regarding these aspects of truth can help to provide insight in this regard. Exploration of the ...

The Concept of Docile Bodies

Foucault defined docile bodies as flexible objects upon which disciplinary forces are acted, with each object being a node in an intricate and complicated field where power is arranged as well as controlled. In expanding on the concept of docile bodies, Foucault relied on the case of soldiers and their adaptability to the conditions imposed on them which makes them be recognized through their marching, the alert manner in which they behaved - erect head and the broad shoulders. This implies that even the recruits would be trained on how to acquire characteristics of a soldier making them able ...

Introduction

Juvenile justice system encompasses the whole system of agencies charged with the resolution of the conduct of juveniles in relation to the law. Juveniles herein refer to the age groups between ages eight to seventeen. The law imposes the age of the majority at eighteen years, and as such, it marks the exit age from the juvenile category. Criminal law takes a punitive and deterrent course for adults but departs substantially while addressing juvenile matters. The future of the juvenile justice system ought to be contemplated in terms of the societal developments especially in this era of information.

Future of the juvenile system

The American ...

Operating a global firm in a foreign country comes with a bunch of challenges due to different cultural dispositions of workers. Most global business such as the Emirates Airlines send foreign managers to set up businesses in foreign countries where they acquire the human resources locally. The manager’s role to manage these teams to deliver a common goal irrespective of their differences in cultural background and origin.

Emirati managers will find it difficult to adapt to the rapidly changing worker profiles. It is also due to the fact that management of human resources is a challenge in a foreign country. In China, the workers ...

The juvenile justice system is a foundation in the society which is granted responsibilities and power; it mirrors the adult system of criminal justice in that it also has three basic components like the adult system of justice. Its components are courts, police and corrections. The juvenile justice system brings the juvenile delinquent in contact with the court system if found guilty and the local police. A police officer is the first contact that a juvenile offender has with the juvenile system. He/she is considered the gate keeper of the juvenile system. Police officers are the most visible officials in the ...

The State of Texas has had several constitutions through its history, all of them were product of specific historical contexts. It has kept, however, many of the original provisions proposed in the first draft, even some that would conflict with our national Constitution. It is considered to be a long and poorly organized document, where responsibilities are not clearly defined and that is difficult to interpret . It is also very restrictive and has many unenforceable provisions known as deadwood, that have been tried to be modified in several occasions . The Texas Constitution includes features that are very similar of ...

Introduction

In the recent past, studies in the field of cognitive science have brought forth overwhelming evidence on the relationship between moral judgment and emotions. However, research on this topic a couple of decades old. For instance,StanleyMilgram, a social psychologist, carried a research on this topic in the 1970 where he instructed his students to approach strangers in New York subway and request for a sit. The research did not receive the kind of reception Milgram expected, he noticed that most of the students declined to participate. However, one student who offered to do the research aborted it prematurely. Left with no alternatives, ...

Global Citizenship – The School of the Future

Other Details Global Citizenship – The School of the Future

Introduction

Citizenship refers to the right of an individual to live, work, and participate politically in a specific geographic area. Global citizenship defines the individual who considers his identity with the global community superior to his identity with a particular area. This identity transcends all geographic boundaries of state, country, or city. A global citizen does not renounce his citizenship of the city, state, or country to which he belongs. He merely places his global responsibilities and duties above those towards his country (Israel, 2012). In the world of education, global citizenship ...

Abstract

This paper is dedicated to biography of an outstanding person in the history of psychological thought – Gordon Allport. He lived in the previous century and made a great contribution into the study of expressive psychology, working the majority of years of his professional career in the Harvard University. He studies a lot in his life, travelling around different countries and gaining versatile experience that helped him to make a considerable contribution into the science that is very valuable today. His biography, as well as the main contributions are described in the paper. The major experiments that he conducted in his career are ...

In this essay, I will make a critical discussion about Aristotle’s analysis of virtues and vices regarding correct attitude towards material good, services and money. I will begin by presenting Aristotle’s virtue about generosity, a virtue that talks about how people should spend their money, and I will continue by researching how this issue reflects into contemporary virtue of generosity. I will argue that Aristotle’s ethics are the starting point regarding a good life for a human being, the middle point between deficiency and excess, both being vices. Furthermore, I contend that, even if Aristotle’s virtues were right, we ...

Introduction

The disposition of equipment that remains is a considerable challenge that usually corresponds with the dispositions of various business assets. An evolutionary approach to asset disposition is converting equipment and machinery from an impediment into a resource for new disposition channels. This paper, therefore, aims to describe the differences between the four strategic dispositions namely: turnkey sale disposition, component basis disposition, advisor’s strategic disposition and traditional listing disposition. - Turnkey Sale Disposition When confronted with the possibility of an industrial disposition, the optimum result is a turnkey sale that includes the combined sale of the firm’s assets, equipment, ...

The Influence of Socialization Factors on Gender Differences

The Influence of Socialization Factors on Gender Differences

Introduction

The nurturing or socialization factors influencing gender difference encompasses a variety of drivers. Today, psychological theorists of the 21st century continue debating nature versus nurture individual influence on gender differences. Review of literature in preparing this academic inquiring, produced interesting variables connected to the publishing date of the research. Assessing the literature focusing on the socialization factors influencing gender-based behaviour proved insightful with the changes in scientific research attitude particularly from the latter part of the 20th century well into the current decade of the 21st century. Warin (2000) offers how both, ...

Introduction

Jenny is the feminine character from “Forest Gump”, Forests’ first real friend from when they were children. She is very affectionate as a child, defending Forest, encouraging him (being famous for the famous expression, which entered the popular culture – “Run, Forest, run!”), and even teaching him to read, as he was a slower learner than she was. Jenny has no physical defects but she deals with far more complex problems, because she lacks the parental protection and love. On the contrary, she is repeatedly abused by her father, and this causes severe damages in her future development as a grown up. Each ...

Conflict in healthcare often causes poor workload management, patient allocation, and potentially leads to workplace harassment, which causes the nurses to deal with stress and face potential burnouts (Eagar, Cowin, Gregory, & Firtko, 2010). To avoid those issues, several strategies and organizational models can be used. For example, the shared governance model was designed to empower nurses in their decision-making and promote better workplace collaboration along with successful treatment outcomes (Scherb, Specht, Loes, & Reed, 2011). However, constant conflict management is required because conflicts can arise because at both organizational and individual levels (Marquis & Huston, 2012). My personal role as a ...

Leadership, an art involve motivating individuals towards accomplishing a specific goal, is fundamental for the enhancement and development of the nursing practice (Marquis & Huston, 2012). Leadership involves display of exemplary qualities and characters that are congruent to the core values of a given discipline; in this case the core values of nursing. In addition, leadership entails moral obligation hence the ethics of leadership within the nursing fraternity (Northouse, 2011). An ethical leader is one who ensures that the subjects apply right actions in the right way for the right reasons. The following discussion entails a personal review of the ethical leadership, which ...

Reasons for Believing in the Accuracy on Inaccuracy of Sensory Information

If fortunate enough, we are born with all the five senses which are touch, sight, hearing, taste, and smell. These senses help us to perceive our environment and are the basis on which we go about our daily activities. We eat, listen, look, smell, and feel, and this is made possible by sensory perceptions. There are three reasons for believing in the accuracy of sensory information. One is the aspect of sensory interaction. Different senses work together to create an experience. For example, taste, texture, and smell combine to create the flavor that we experience in food. Another example ...

Juvenile delinquency essentially refers to the crimes committed by persons who have not attained the age of the majority. The age of the majority in most legal jurisdictions is eighteen years. In legal parlance, criminal liability refers to the liability that accrues as a consequence of one’s action or omission. The liability as such occasions the incurrence of the blame for a particular result. In criminology, a person of sound mind and having attained the age of the majority will bear the criminal liability for any crime committed through the direct commission or omission of his actions. The law, however, applies ...

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Bourdieu in the sociological theory says that we should think of the society as being organized or stratified as a 3-D space (Dillion, 2009). These dimensions include volumes of capital, size of capita and changes in properties of these components defined by time. Every society is characterized by different classes and their subcomponents. These classes are arranged depending on their volume of different capitals; economic, social, and cultural capital. The hierarchical distribution of these classes is determined by differences in ownership of capitals (Dillion, 2009). Bourdieu views linguistic capital as key component of ...

Introduction

In the recent past, there has been a remarkable global interest in combating corruption. This is seen through numerous regional conventions including Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, and the Civil Law Convention on Corruption. The U.N. has also undertaken actions to eliminate corruption on the global level. Recent studies indicate that corruption has negatively influenced the economic growth of various countries. Corrupt practices have encouraged businesses to develop effective bribery programs, instead of the overall efficiency and a good work product. Corruption has also undermined the economic ...

In Harris, Hackett and Firestone's article "Double Jeopardy: Race/Ethnicity and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military" (2011), research is performed on a sample of respondents from a survey conducted by the Department of Defense, whose purpose was to figure out how often sexual harassment occurs within the military based on race and ethnicity. This was done to determine whether or not minorities have a greater likelihood of experiencing sexual harassment in the military.

According to the results, black women do not experience a higher degree of sexual harassment based on their race, but Hispanics and those of other races encounter varying degrees of ...