Essays on Extremes

All the nations of the earth both developed and developing countries has to deal and cope with the demands of the climate change. China is, therefore, not an exception. China has to deal with a wide range of climates from the tropics and deserts. Climate can be viewed in three dimensions, in that climate constraints economy and society, and the climate is a hazard and can bring about other disasters and hazards. In recent research, the Chinese culture has not yet developed as fast as other nations of the world though some argue that China had the start in ...

1. Money Talks in Context Money Talks is created by Udo J. Keppler on September 12, 1906 of photomechanical print, offset and color (Keppler). The illustration, published by J. Ottmann Lith. Co., shows legendary newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst sitting and "cuddling" two money bags resting on his lap with arms and legs and showing coins as heads. Next to Hearst is a box labeled "WRH Ventriloquist". This vivid illustration underscores, if anything, Hearst's reputation for wealth, influence and flash life as is explained in further detail in next sections. 2. Money Talks: Encoded, Visual Messages As shown below, ...

Introduction

Every culture since the earliest beginnings of human civilization have established dates and times every year that is of significant value inspiring celebration and traditions. Most holidays celebrated today, all over the globe, have their origins in places long ago and far away. Granted, sometimes the holidays remain unchanged through time and others, however, may evolve into very different things over the generations. There are some holidays that are shared all across the globe, in many different cultures, like Christmas. Other holidays may serve a similar purpose, but not necessarily celebrated on the same months or dates, like New ...

Throughout all the times, humanity struggled to fight something real, something which would be the reason of their living. Aristotle was among those who truly answered this question and found for the sake of what people are living their lives. In this paper, I will describe and explain Aristotle’s findings regarding the matter and describe how they pertain to our lives. As they say, great people always are similar in their greatness. Aristotle's findings regarding the contemplating way of living and the aim of living match those of Buddha. They both have found that happiness is essential to ...

Fantasy Organization

Workplace safety is paramount in every organization, and OSHA requires that there should be OSH standards that have to be complied to ensure that the work environment is safe for the employees. Companies lose millions of dollars every year due to work-related injuries and penalties due to lack of compliance with this standard (Safety and Health Add Value, 2016). The US Department of Labor formulates safety policies, requires that every company comply with those regulations. Employee safety is often a priority for every company, and it is the role of the management to ensure that attaining the safety goals ...

Climate change, in contrast to what a surprisingly large segment of the public thinks, does indeed pose a significant threat to the way that we live. What makes a thorough understanding of the dangers of climate change is the fact that its effects are rarely large, one-time calamitous events, such as a terrorist attack; but rather slow persistent changes, like a small leak in a boat that, while dangerous, lull people into the belief that nothing is happening or that the situation is manageable. In addition, as Newton theorized in his third law, for every action there is an ...

Voting is a representation of the democratic rights of the citizens through expressing their right to choose the leaders of their choice. In the United States of America, research shows that close to 40 percent of the total registered voters do take place in the voting exercise of the presidential candidates (Campbell 32). This value is known to increase as the midterm congressional elections are formed. I believe that voting should be made mandatory in the United States of America (Campbell 32). This is a clear strategy, which will ensure that the Americans ignoring their democratic right of voting ...

1.) CLIMATE CHANGE I. Notes on the Situation According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) climate change refers to changes in the Earth’s climate that have occurred over the course of its existence. Change to the climate occur as a result of “very small variations in the Earth’s orbit that change the amount of solar energy” that reach the surface (NASA). A slight change in that energy can, for instance, result in the beginning or end of a period of extreme temperatures such as the ice age. Over the last three hundred years, and especially ...

The song 7 years by Lukas Graham is focused on emotional extremes with the composer focusing on a real life story to represent what he passed through to the world. Lucas Graham made the song to ensure that he would believe it and make the world understand his story which many other people pass through. The beats and instrumental has worked at ensuring that the theme of extreme emotions is focused upon.

Charles Ives plays Charles Ives

In this musical piece, Charles Ives mainly focused on theme of emotional extremes with the composer making the instrumental with utmost silence to bring in the emotional ...

VIRTUE ETHICS AND ABORTION

The theory of virtue ethics focuses on an individual’s character and personality as a contributing factor to moral or ethical thinking. This theory does not look at the rules that have been put in place which require an individual to act in a particular way in accordance with those rules so that a positive consequence is produced. Instead, it looks at character, i.e. whether one portrays the required virtues of moral philosophy. Aristotle was the major contributor to this theory. He stated that for an individual to be virtuous, he/she must have individual traits within themselves that portray ...

Aristotle, one of the first known philosophers, proposed the first ethical theory thousands of years ago. He stated that an ethical person chooses the course of action that leads to the greatest sense of personal well-being and living well. This is the theory of virtue which is known as eudemonia. The theory of eudemonia is complemented by the doctrine of the mean, which posits that virtuosity rests between the two extremes of action. This position advocates moderation in thought and action, for according to Aristotle, “in everything continuous and divisible, then, it is possible to take more, less, and ...

The climate of Canada is governed by a number of elements of climate which lead to a regional variety of weather patterns in the country. These weather patterns are pertinent in determining the type of climate which each particular region experiences. Climate has many impacts on a country’s ecosystem, sociology and economy, and is therefore a key component in the overall health of any economy. Disruptions to climate can have enduring outcomes for Canada and its people. This paper attempts to discuss the current climactic patterns which occur in Canada, and outlines some ways in which climate change ...

Exploring High Self-Esteem and Narcissism as Contributors of Aggressive Tendencies: an Argument against the Low Self-Esteem Hypothesis

Literature Review Introduction There are relevant themes in the current literature that relate to the argument presented in this position paper. Many of these themes have focused on supporting the high self-esteem hypothesis, which holds that highly favorable self-appraisals cause aggression and make people more prone to acts of aggression. The results and findings of several research studies conducted with the purpose of supporting the so called high self-esteem hypothesis have actually been successful in providing evidence in favor of the view that it is actually high levels of self-esteem that increase an individual’s proneness to aggressive tendencies ( ...

The Yin-Yang concept has been an integral part of the Chinese culture for many years with the Chinese citizen viewing it as a means to gaining personal balance. In essence, the Yin and Yang way of thinking are distinct to the Chinese culture by perception of the main human principles and in terms of they view the universe and its occurrences. The phenomenon is a Dual-Polar concept that aims at enabling the coexistence of two different extremities such that it differs from the western way of thinking. The western way of thinking unlike the Yin and Yang way of ...

Romanticism. Introduction. As many got tired of regularity and rationality of Classicism, people of art started to try to find a way to express their emotions and attitudes through methods more free from canons. They found such possibility in Romanticism. Romanticism replaces the Age of Enlightenment, and coincided with the industrial revolution, that was marked by the advent of the steam engine, locomotive, ship, photos, and factory suburbs. While education was characterized by the cult of reason, and was based on its principles of civilization, romanticism advocated the cult of nature, senses and all the natural in man. It ...

The task herein includes a two-part essay of a recruitment letter composition, and commentary. The perspective aligns from a recruiting officer of the Caucus for the Abolition of Free Clothing attire (CAFC), designed for IDC students to join and support the unpopular agenda. Forbidden are incentives, bribes, free offers and such in effort of seeking to eliminate distractions in college classrooms by the requirement of wearing IDC uniforms. Six different strategies will exclude deception and balance theory, but include: (1) perceptual contrast, (2) door in the face [DITH], (3) foot in the door [FITD], (4) attractiveness, (5) liking, and ( ...

Measure for Measure seems to be more of a philosophy of government rather than a mere play. Throughout the play, Shakespeare provides critical examination of the role of government to take part in the following; liberation and restraint to the people, law enforcement and punishment, marriage customs and legislations, exercise of power and authority among other functions.

Restraint and liberty

Escalus’s complementary comments that portrays the Duke as one gentleman exhibiting all temperance, basically means that the latter is modest. This is one of the biggest compliments that have been paid to the Duke in the entire play. The play offers ...

Epicurus viewed death as annihilation. He observed that people fear death because they think they will have unpleasant life after death. He says this fear can be removed when a personal understands death as an annihilation since the atoms that make life disperse after death. He thinks that death is neither harmful for the people who are living nor to the dead. This, he argues, is because the living are not dead while the dead do not exist. He also thinks that when people anticipate death it is erroneous for them and irrational since there is no life after ...

In all societies, obedience to authority is a characteristic that defines human beings. People obey those with authority over them. Whether individuals obey law and authority plays a big role in determining whether the society remains cohesive or plunges to chaos. Obedience or disobedience shapes the relationships that members of any given society have with one another. Sometimes, obedience goes to extremes in the society typified by master - slave relationships where slaves demonstrate obedience to their masters in its extremes (Gazzaniga et al. 554). As will be explored and shown in this essay, extreme submission to authority is ...

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Question: What does it mean to think critically about the world today? To what extent is such critical thought an important guide for action? Critical Response to Maggi Nelson’s “Great to Watch,” Karen Armstrong’s “Homo Religiosus” and Karen Ho’s “Biographies of Hegemony”

“[The ultimate] could not be accessed by rational, discursive but required a careful cultivated state of mind(Armstrong 18)”

The above quotation represents the viewpoint of one academic as it pertains to critical thinking. However, as one read and analyzes the canon of literature available on the subject, one will discover that there are varying opinions related to the task of critical thought in today’s world. Additionally, there ...