Essays on Honour

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Introduction Conscience is one of the most commonly experienced psychological faculty of an individual, but is also one of the least understood. For many years, little attention have been given towards understanding conscience; particularly on how it is shaped and who influenced the modern understanding of this concept. Nevertheless, conscience is an important phenomenon that requires significant attention primarily because it impacts all human judgment. The manifestation of conscience delineates man from other animals species as conscience is proof of man’s self-consciousness; an attribute that is only observable among human species. As a learned psychological faculty, ...

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Conscription means compulsory enrolment in the armed forces and has a history of centuries in several parts of the world. Mass conscription has played a major role in helping major powers display their strength on the armed front and overcome their enemies. Historically, conscription has been used a means to ensure the country has enough numbers to counter threats and defeat their borders. Even though conscription has been part of the national policy for several kingdoms of the past, the United States did draft before the start of the Civil War. As the South seceded, the Confederate states called ...

Marriage is a tradition that is practiced and honored all over the world. It signifies the birth of a relationship that grants couples the privilege to build families and an enduring kinship ties. Studies show that people who are happily married have more desirable benefits and experiences than those who are unmarried, cohabiting, widowed, or separated (Shariff 557). Specifically, married individuals have better parenting styles, stronger support systems, greater economic security, greater financial resources, healthier psychological status, more desirable emotional wellbeing, greater physical health, and longer life. Marriage practices in Western countries are different from those of other societies. ...

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The end of the nineteenth century is the period of the final partition of Africa between the European powers. European states demanded the immediate "salvation" of “savages” and bringing the noble atmosphere of the church Sunday schools to Africa. One of the latest British acquisitions was the State of Benin, the remains of the once mighty forest empire. The art of Benin was developed under the direct influence of the more ancient culture of Ife. In the XV-XVII centuries this art has reached its zenith. At this time (1400) Benin kingdom (which previously recognized the authority of the supreme ...

In this essay I’m going to talk about political and social alienation in Egypt based off an article reflecting recent happenings in the said country. The article is titled “Sinai Explodes Into Violence After Years of Chronic Poverty and Alienation” The theme portrayed in the article is mainly alienation, alongside other themes such as poverty, marginalization and violence, which clearly brings out the alienation of the Bedouins, an ethnic group in Egypt. I chose the article because the Bedouins have several characteristics which alienate them from other Egyptians. The characteristics are; permanent nomadic lifestyle, low population and geographical ...

In this paper, we would like to dwell on some issues concerning knowledge, religion, and women rights. Things that would appear impossible to link are actually strongly connected. As an object for our discussion, we took a book ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ written by Khaled Hosseini. One of the main topics of the book is an unfair and abusing treatment of Muslim women and their luck of knowledge to deal with it. What is knowledge itself? Due to the Oxford dictionary, it is a fact, information, or skill that a person receives through experience. This definition could be used ...

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The evolution of baseball has taken it from America’s greatest pastime, to the means of endorsing integration and diversity. In 1871, Major League Baseball (MLB) was launched as a traditional game. From 1945-47, Baseball made political and legal history through major league baseball. In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American players in the major league. His number 42 is worn by all players as a memory of Jackie Robinson overcoming the colour barrier on 15 April, and the day is celebrated as Jackie Robinson Day. In honour of Jackie Robinson, Allan Selig, the MLB commissioner stated, “Jackie ...