Essays on Mankind

The Everyman Play is a morality play that became popular after the Corpus Christi Plays were banned in the 15th century. The play was written by an unknown author, but many Historians believe that the author was probably a priest or monk as they were the people who usually wrote religious and moral dramas. It is also likely that the play is a conglomeration of numerous authors due to several rewrites throughout history. The play was originally written in Middle English. The play uses allegory to look at “Everyman” who is the representation of mankind. The play looks at ...

Do not go gentle into that good night

Though quite self-explanatory the poem made famous by Dylan Thomas and several useful applications through media that showcases the line “rage, rage against the dying of the light.” (Thomas, 1952). Powerful in its wording and the feelings it invokes, the poem is exceedingly simple when broken down. Many individuals from songwriters to filmmakers have utilized the lines within the famous poem to drive the engine of their works, quoting Thomas either directly or paraphrasing so as to make good on the powerfully crafted lines that have inspired so many in the modern age. Through imagery and carefully crafted phrases ...

The satirical novel Gulliver's Travels is a unique piece of work as it was written not to entertain the readers. This novel was a kind of an indictment of the society and it was highly popular among scientists, politicians, philosophers - those people who were accused by the writer (“Critical Essays Swift's Satire in Gulliver's Travels”). The tone of the Swift’s novel changes from outright derision to mild wit and, generally, the whole book is penetrated with ridicule. The writer used satire as the main weapon against flaws of society he lived in and flaws of humanity in ...

We all heard a lot of different thoughts about human and his destiny. It’s very difficult not to get lost among the millions glittering thoughts just as a small cloud disappears among the high cold stars. People live on the Earth thousands of years; however, has a man always been a human being? Moreover, what is the purpose of the staying of the mankind on our planet? Life of every person can be divided into two periods. The first period comes to an end at that moment of time, when a human start to seriously think about the ...

God's grace can be used interchangeably to describe the good gifts that persons enjoy in life freely. Of course there are numerous gifts that include aspects of nature and those that center on the wondrous actions of mankind. The foundations of grace lie in the creation of life and the Book of Genesis allows one to accept and appreciate this grace of God. Additionally, grace reflects the redemption that mankind will receive in the Kingdom as God’s grace includes the forgiveness of sin and a place in the life hereafter. So what exactly then is grace? On the ...

THE MONOLITHIC TERM ‘STANDARD ENGLISH’ IS AN OUTDATED CONCEPT IN THE 21ST CENTURY. DISCUSS.

Introduction

Now, this is an expression for ‘by the way, I would be right back in five minutes.’ This is how English language is being used these days. The metamorphosis of English, predominantly driven by technology, has been well accepted by the pundits of classical English and the trusted Oxford dictionary has added several of these to its Standard English. Is there a dilution of standards or is it simply that English language is adapting to the changes of the 21st century and keeping pace, eventually ...

The 1955 short story, “Good Country People”, written by Flannery O’Connor, delves primarily on the human tendency to take advantage of the weaknesses of others, and the perception that everything urban is more superior than its country-style counterpart. This has been achieved through the use of several elements of fiction, obvious of which are the use of symbolism and irony. As such, in the said story urbanism is represented in the characters of Mrs. Hopewell and he children, while the supposed lower or innocent class of country living is seen in Mrs. Freeman and Manley Pointer. More so, ...

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The term ‘worldview’ simply refers to an individual’s perception of the world around him, which is often based on the existing knowledge that he has accumulated over the years. As observed by scholars, people do not possess a ‘tabula rasa’ or blank mind when it comes to the natural world around them since they have their own opinion and values as shaped by their “socio-cultural environment or from previous educational experiences”.

The question of origin – (How did life begin? How did mankind come into existence?)

According to the Christian beliefs, all life forms, including mankind, were created by God. This belief is clearly articulated in the story of creation in ...

Intelligence design and Darwinian Theory of evolution

Intelligent designs

Intelligence design is a scientific research program that constitutes professionals ranging from scientists, philosophers and the community of believers that are trying to seek the evidence-based design work. This design says that matters of existence and world origins are best explained by an intellectual undertaking and not a story that has no direction like the Darwinian Theory of natural selection (DeWolf et al., 2007).When one studies the components of a given measure, one can outline the issues of law, chances in life and conditions found in intelligence design. It is only through intelligence that scientists can ...

PERSONAL CREED

Personal Creed I believe that there is one God, who is the Creator or heaven and earth, and of all living and non-living things. I believe in a Supreme creator who is the only judge of human behavior and character and who is the God of God, who created all things. I believe that my God offers salvation to every living creature and has created a channel through Jesus Christ that allows sinners to repent of their sins and to secure a place in heaven. I believe that despite the many sins of mankind, God will continue to be ...

Introduction

A brief history of space travel In many ways the todays advances in space travel came into fruition by accident. During World War II the Nazi’s create and implement rockets as weapons against the British. These rockets flew over 3,500 miles per hour and had an arch of 60 miles high. (A Brief History, n.d). Following WWII, the Soviet Union began creating their own missile program (A Brief History, n.d). By 1957 the Soviet Union had launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite into space. They followed this up four years later by having Russian Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin ...

Introduction

The current debate over the teaching on Universal Salvation did not come from a new Christian teaching but from an argument on issues seen in the old one. Outside the ancient Christian Church, however, the first attention to this teaching perhaps came from Hosea Ballou, an American pastor who co-founded the first Universalist church in the United States and later on attributed as the father of the American Universalism. He wrote in 1892 a book, which chronicled the history of universalism up to A.D. 553. The debate heated up when an evangelical philosopher, Thomas Talbott, who wrote in 1995 ...

The main characters in the story are Great Grandfather Spirit, the animals, and mankind. Grandfather spirit has made creation however all of the animals are fighting over who will get to rule. Great Grandfather Spirit then decides to make man, however, he is having trouble. At this point, Coyote helps Grandfather Spirit by showing him the form of a man and woman. The archetype of the trickster in Navajo myth is the coyote. This archetype is generally formulated in a negative light. However, in this story Coyote is helping Grandfather Spirit to overcome the conflicts among the animals by ...

Introduction

The world never saw a rainbow until long after most of the Gods on Olympus and the heroes of the land were tales told by grandmothers to the eager faces of their grandbabies looking through sparkling eyes looking at the old but still beautiful face of Chloe. Her strong but soft voice filled the quiet room aglow with the golden and orange light from the warm crackling fire at the hearth in the main room of the small but clean and welcoming house on the hill along the cliffs overlooking the Aegean Sea. Chloe loved telling these old tales ...

Human being is strong and weak at the same time. He is obsessed with a vital desire to believe in something or worship someone. Human faith in the god has long ago become an integral part of our imagination of the society. It is very important for people to believe in something majestic; but everyone can choose in what to believe: whether in loving god or in science with its atheism and skepticism. However, most people believe in god (or simply they are accustomed to believe). What is pushing a person into the embrace of faith? Why is it ...

Science fiction, regardless of its medium, is often thought to be a means of projecting our ideas of the future – what it could be, what it might become, how it should be, and so on. This is often demonstrated in the utopian and dystopian genres of SF, in which future societies, either good or bad, are showcased in order to explore sociological and philosophical ideas about humanity and society. As Jameson notes, this kind of future projection and prediction can be complicated to express, as semiotics and symbolism grants us the ability to investigate those ideas in more abstract ...

Fear is a relative term, at least from the human perspective. This suggests that humanity has experienced its own sets of fears, depending on the prevailing dangers of a particular physical environment and epoch. In this regard, it has always been common knowledge that survival is an integral part of every species, including the Homo sapiens, and that compromising the sense of safety of animals and humans is most likely to instigate a reaction of fear. As such, it can also be said that fear is a beneficial aspect of existence, given that it triggers reactions of alertness, fighting ...

A) Remote sensing the technology

http://uas.usgs.gov/ The Website narrates about Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), the remote sensing project which is a part of US Geological Survey project. UAS applies such modern technologies as drones and small high-technological hovers for monitoring conditions of environment and landscape change rates, which is necessary in getting responses to natural hazards, recognition of the benefits and consequences of land and climate change. These technologies applied also “conduct wildlife inventories and support related land management missions” (USGS, “National Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office”). B) Remote sensing for oil spill detection and response http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/special/0199/pdfs/engelhardt1.pdf Australian Maritime Safety Authority widely uses ...

Social contract theory addresses political obligations and agreement among people to form the perfect society. Nowadays, the concept "social contract" is the main object of research for most experts in various areas of knowledge. These are philosophers and political scientists, lawyers and economists. However, it should be noted that the theory of social contract has the old history. It is possible to claim that it becomes a subject of discussion at the time of antiquity. There is a point of view that moral and political duties of people depend on the agreement between them for the purpose of development ...

While researching “Brave New World”- a novel written by Aldous Huxley, I found out that Huxley is interested in the real “outrage” of history’ our notions of what a person needs to be happy and is there a “bright future of mankind”. Huxley was always aware of “little” people and discussed topics which are still popular in modern culture. In his novel he created “a world where people consider that they are constantly happy and never want what they can’t have. He made a world where life is created in test tubes and children are tend to ...

1. Why does Quail want to go to Mars? The unknown world of another planet attracted him very much. Douglass was obsessed with the idea of trudging among its valleys again because he had already visited the planet as a secret Interplan agent. 2. Why does Quali’s wife always try to discourage his interest in Mars? Douglas himself stated that it was a wife’s job to bring him down to Earth. In fact, Kirsten knew about his previous trip to Mars. 3. How does REKAL, INC. provide trips to Mars? They incorporate extra-factual memory implant and provide ...

Abstract

The paper is aimed at the research of the water provision issue in a region of developing world in order to suggest solutions. India was chosen for the completion of assignment, because it as the developing country is characterized by a free market, low standards of democratic governance, human rights guarantees, the active development of social programs and industrialization. Being the second largest country in the world by population, India has faced significant water scarcity problems. The proper statistics was provided to support risk worsening. Two methods of water provision, namely waste water treatment and desalination of sea water, ...

Introduction

Authority is a crucial theme in the Christian faith as it plays an indispensable part to its authentic transmission. It determines the credibility of the teacher as well as the validity and acceptability of the teachings. In systematic theology, authority distinguishes between the sound Christian theology and the dangerous heretical ones. In the life of the Church, it is authority that provides stability of community life, confidence in the authenticity of the teachings received, and the confidence of the strength of the Christian witness to those who still do not believe. In fact, doubt in authority can bring an ...

Compare and Contrast Robert Frost's Mending wall to john Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn

The “Ode on a Grecian Urn” was written by Romantic poet John Keats in 1819 and is known for its profound meditation and conclusions on the nature of beauty. It highlights the issues of beauty, truth and eternity. It portrays Keats’ attempt to understand the eternity of sculpture, an art form. Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” was written in 1914 and depicts how two men meet on terms of civility to repair a wall between them. This paper will try to compare and contrast “Ode on a Grecian Urn” with “Mending Wall” with regards to form, structure, and themes.

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Reflection paper

Grace Lee Boggs is a prominent feature in this discussion, and importantly so. Both her book and film are apt adaptations showing the possibility of human beings to adapt to the social situations and involve in constructive activism in the development of the country’s social-economic agenda and in striving towards living in harmony with each other. The movie ‘The American Revolutionary” addresses the different phases of her life as a revolutionary dealing with the various scourges that have faced humanity during her lifetime, ranging from the cold war to the Bush administrations inadvertent attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan. The enduring ...

A number of apocalypse prophecies have cropped up over the course of human history – nearly every civilization and culture, not to mention religion, has their own version of the end times. Christianity has Armageddon, Hindus have the ending of the last age of man, or Yuga, and so on. Nostradamus had predicted the coming of a comet that would wipe out all mankind, and people were also convinced that the coming of the year 2000 would bring around the end of the world. The Mayans have also made their own prophecy about the end of the world occurring in the ...

What is the definition of “good” and how does one ensure that one is doing something that is ethically “good?” This is one of the more difficult questions for ancient Greek philosophers and modern geniuses alike. One does not need to be a gifted thinker or have an exceptionally high intelligence quotient to know that, in the grand scheme of existence, humans have a short life. Therefore one should want to achieve success, pursue knowledge diligently, and live a “good” life, though it may be brief. In the past century the last thought has become more complex when one considers how modern ...

Fellow citizens’ of the world, country men and our honorable women I salute you. Today I’m about to make my voice echo across the dark dungeons of lands devastated by constant tension and instability caused by act of terrorism.

Ladies and gentlemen, terrorism by definition refers to the use of violence and threat to intimidate others for selfish gain, retaliation. It poses state of fear and submission to the innocent citizens. Ladies and gentlemen Terrorism dates back to 1878 within the Russian Empire and has since grown up like a web to include groups like Al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-taiba, ...

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. ...

QUESTION 1

Mary is a Conscientious Moral Agent. Identify a moral argument or arguments that Mary can apply in this case. Use the facts of this case to explain the moral reasoning and moral principle(s) that Mary applies in this case.

ANSWER: Given the condition in which Mary was in, it is important that she addresses the situation as impartial as she can be. In this particular case, she should therefore forget that she is the mother of one of the students in the place of employment of one of their patients in the hospital who was having psychological health issues. ...

A Comparison between UK and India

Abstract

Stress has been part of human life ever since the beginning of mankind. Initially, people stressed themselves out hunting for food, finding places to rest, and inexplicability of natural phenomena. With the globalisation of industries and the presence of multinational companies all over the world, organizations may need to consider adopting certain policies to match up to other similar organizations. Stress in organisations has become a major issue in the UK and most organisations now have policies and procedures to help employees avoid this and interventions are often in place to support them. It is not known whether ...

ISLAMIC RELIGION INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES

Overview of Islamic Religion

The religion of Islam is a monotheistic religion articulated by the Holy Book namely, Quran. The word Islam is an Arabic word that means peace, disambiguation, etc. The religion is based on the word of God, Allah. It is based on the teachings of Allah and the normative of a Sunnah by Muhammad, he is considered as the last prophet of God. The people who are adhered to the religion of Islam are known as Muslims. Islam is an Abrahamic religion. The religion laid its roots in among Arabs. The Kaaba is considered to be the ...

“Art is a proof of the existence of humankind” were the words that became my inspiration to understand and acquire arts with a whole new perspective. I was attending an Art Festival several years back where a renowned lecturer’s mentioned words paved a new path for me to follow. Although I already had an interest in the subject, his insightful lecture triggered my curiosity to gain more knowledge of art’s history and to dig into the subject for understanding it better.

After attaining Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education, I am currently in the first ...

The tradition applied in medical practice since time immemorial that treatment is administered upon ascertaining that the person is a patient may be misleading as it is helpful. A patient should not necessarily be a person in order to qualify as a patient. I agree with this article because: In past medical ethics literature, the notion of “person” does not seem to have executed a major role in determining how medicine should not or should be administered with regard to a particular patient (Szasz). This notion does not just reveal the bad shape that the philosophy of medicine or medical ethics is in, ...

In physics, energy is loosely defined as the ability to do work. This definition often takes into assumption that energy can’t be directly observed but only its effects can be observed. Therefore, energy can only be defined by what it does not what it is. From this definition, it is clear that energy is used to do some work. From the definition of work, it is also clear that energy is the ability to exert a certain force on a body or particle of mass. Sources of energy can be broadly divided into two categories. The major categories ...

In the morality play, “Everyman”, the author sees death as an inevitable act that comes to all mankind. In fact, the author perceives death and treats death as though death is a messenger from God. The general concept in the play is that no one can escape Death because God sends Death to remind mankind of His might. Ideally, the message of death in the play arises from the search for a motive for living. While Everyman attempts to make an agreement with Death so as to extend his time on Earth, Death tells him that he has no use ...

Battle for Haditha is a heart-wrenching film directed by Nick Bromfield which delves deep into the sheer brutalities of war which leaves a gazillion shocked and hurt at the atrocities meted out to the commoners of the city by the soldiers of the United States of America. This film is a vehement effort that reconstructs the circumstances and events which led to the

colossal massacre in Haditha where twenty-four people were assassinated by the marines in the year 2005. The film goes on to dramatize the horrific episode. The marines, civilian and the insurgents are portrayed in the film and their ...

Analysis:

The following article is a critical analysis of an essay from the second chapter from the famous book “Silent Springs” by Rachel Carson, a famous Marine biologist of her time. The chapter titles “The Obligation to Endure” discusses about the use of synthetic chemicals by human beings and their adverse effect on eco-systems and human beings themselves, raising questions against this unsustainable practice and why it continues without any thought. Analysis: The Obligation to Endure

Introduction

Environmental deterioration is probably the most heated debate of present day. Every day thousands speculate the damage human deeds do to the environment, ...

Assignment 1:

Grief is a common part of everyone’s life. Everyone at some point in his or her life will deal with something like the death of a loved one. Many will be spared this early on in life, but some will experience this as young children. What was surprising to me about the readings was the realization that the outcome of the grief of loss changes with age. I always considered grief just an emotion and not something that is responded to differently with age. What was most surprising about grief in young children is what occurs between the ages ...

This essay will be based on information gathered from the code of Hammurabi. It can be seen that Hammurabi is a prince born of Anu and Bel and was brought to “bring about the rule of righteous in the land and to destroy the evil and wicked”. He is also brought to ensure that no harm may befall the weak in the community. It is also suggested that also included in his purpose was to rule over “black headed people like Shamash” while also enlightening the land and continuing the well being of mankind as a whole. According to ...

The cost of recovering endangered species, according to the journal Science could reach almost $5 billion a year all over the world and an additional $76 billion to establish and maintain protected areas for threatened wildlife. This amount is definitely a lot of money which makes critics of the preservation of endangered species question its reasonableness.

One does not agree that the recovery of endangered species does not bring any benefit to mankind. First of all, this should be considered as an investment in the ecosystems which will benefit humanity in the future. Being the only specie that is capable of ...

If God is Good, Why is there Evil?

The existence of evil and the problem brought by it to human society brought questions to people – including the church. There lies the question, “If God is good, why is there evil?” This issue of philosophy that relates God’s goodness and justice to the existence of evil and sufferings is identified as theodicy – a branch of theology. To polytheistic religions, this is explained by their teaching that evil things on earth are the results of conflicting desires of deities. To the monotheistic and the atheist, this issue takes God’s sovereignty into criticism. There are two ...

Islam refers to a religious conviction founded upon concepts of peace and total obedience. The people who abide by the Islamic faith are regarded as Muslims. Muslims practice the concepts of peace and obedience in the context of the voluntary and wholly submission to one God, rejecting polytheism, and following God’s commands (Religions, 2008). This religion recognizes that there is a close connection between body and soul in the sense that the body has a definitive period on earth while the soul never dies. As such, Islam encourages people to maintain the health of their soul and to avoid over-indulging with ...

Whately, Thomas. The Regulations Lately Made (1765), in CAPCT, Vol. 1, pp. 166-170

Thomas Whately was an English politician as well as renowned writer, and is remembered for publishing a letter on the reasonable nature of the Stamp Act, which had been imposed by the British government on its colonies, of which America was one at the time. The Stamp Act required that printed materials in all of its colonies had to be produced on stamped paper that was made in London and had the valid embossed revenue stamp (Greene, 12). It was essentially a direct tax imposed upon the American ...

I have read so much about the struggle of the idea with form that at one point, I simply could not restrain myself. Why is there such vitality in this topic? It is appropriate to recall Socrates with his definition of concepts and Parmenides with his opinions, but the most basic - look at ourselves, what we like is not the essence of which lies in the form of an idea? What is more important? Why? For what? For whom? What for? At different times philosophers have tried to define the essence of art, to understand what it is. ...

Philosophy

Karl Marx was born in Trier, May 5, 1818. He is a German economist, philosopher and revolutionary, the founder of Marxism. Father of Karl Marx was a Jewish lawyer who abandoned his faith in order to avoid anti-Semitism. Young Carl attended school in Trier, and then studied law at the University of Bonn. During his stay in Bonn, Carl got into debt and, even, was wounded in a duel. When his father Charles learned about it, he got furious so Karl Marx moved to Berlin to study there at the local university. There Karl came under strong influence of his teacher Bruno ...

Introduction

Principally, the youths make up approximately a quarter of the world’s population. However, even with this staggering number most adolescents in many countries are usually discriminated upon in regards to job opportunities; hence, significantly making up one of the largest disenfranchised community. For instance, most youths in South Africa, especially the blacks find it hard to secure jobs. In essence, this has been a pain resulting in most of them feeling deprived of their rights as native citizens and the most energetic in that country. On a similar note, many youths in South Africa, who believe that it is enough, and ...

In Griswold’s article he poses the question whether happiness and cypher's choice is ignorance bliss. He addresses the question what is happiness? As humans, we invest a lot of effort in pursuit of happiness. Precisely, depriving ourselves happiness is equitable to depriving ourselves a reason for living or good life. In other terms, happiness is so sought after that a life without it seems barely worth having. Happiness is so important that even earlier philosophers are cognizant of the fact. According to Aristotle, happiness is either the ultimate end of the activities carried out by mankind or the ultimate end. ...

Introduction

In South Asian cultures cerography and sculpturing evolved into a religious art that helps the artists in terms of communicating divine messages to the general public, and according to traditional psychological theory, religion remained an effective method of crime control in the past when law enforcing was not that strong regarding the fulfillment of the need to put criminals behind bars so the road towards righteousness and the resultant rewards in the afterlife were means of motivating the masses to stay on course as far as their ethical quality of the lives was concerned. (I have inspired from Hinduism and Islam)

Religion and Social Control

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One of the major conflicts in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake is the rivalry between ethics and corporate profit. As business becomes technologically more advanced and carries more power in society, the public is frequently asking where the boundaries will develop to protect humanity. As in many science fiction novels, the destruction of civilization in Oryx and Crake comes about when one group makes decisions that ultimately result in annihilation. Atwood’s world shows what happens when corporate greed for capital is allowed to operate without being forced to do so ethically. While some of the science discussed ...

Abstract

Geology has evolved into a very imperative discipline of science. Humankind's dependability on geology is clearly reflected by the changing attitudes towards the same. The following article provides a glimpse of the changing mindsets and beliefs regarding Geology, and how the science itself is not seen merely as a subject but as a strong platform to discover the truths about the Earth's existence and its parallel effects on humankind.

Geology is a field that studies the Earth its formation and the process involved and includes sciences such as mineralogy, geodesy and stratigraphy. Right from minerals, precious stones and gems, volcanoes to the solar ...

Islam and Politics

According to Maududi in terms of Islam and politics, Islam is a belief that is arranged well in Islamic community which contained an explanation on regulations of behavior. Maududi is doing its best to clarify how and why Islam was granted the opportunity to establish by God. To him Islam had set some kind of policies which guided them in conducting their religion. Islam to him involves worshipping the one and single maker of every living and non-living things on earth. Maududi described the way privileged people were doing in order to interfere with Prophets from passing their communication ...

This religious studies response paper raises and focuses particular points laid out in the instructional questions, which hopefully leads to thoughtful consideration of the larger narrative of relevant socio-historical context. The first half and four questions, by way of reminder, explores perhaps what must be understood by the author’s overall purpose in the text so read. The last half of eight questions, seeks to discuss the critical implications for contemporary society as so related. #1. Freud states “For masses are lazy and unintelligent; they have no love for instinctual renunciation, and they are not to be convinced ...

Technology is an embedded aspect of the humans life. It was originally considered as instrument and a set of technics which could be dominated by the mankind. Today modern technology turned itself into something complex and hardly dominated by the human mankind. Indeed modern technological consumers keep considering technology as an instrument, which from a practical point of view is true, but at the same time they are not aware of the real essence of technology. The movies analyzed in this paper masterfully represent Heidegger’s considerations towards modern technology: Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927), Logan’s Run (Michael Anderson, 1976) ...

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A Reflection on Scientology

Introduction The Church of Scientology did not begin as a religion but as a mental health therapeutic theory called Dianetics, which the accompanying book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, came off the press in 9 May 1950, from a science fiction author named Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986), or L. Ron Hubbard (DeChant and Jorgensen 304). The Hubbard Association of Scientologists was established in 1952 (305). It was a new religious movement, with its tax-free claim over revenues, which the American society came to view as a religious cult (Blythe 2). However, as far as the ...

Racism

There are two main questions that any person who follows Kantian Ethics must ask before they perform any action. Is the action the accepted norm, meaning will others act in the same manner? Will the act respect others and their shared goals? If the answer to either question is no, then under Kantian Ethics it is deemed that one should not perform the action. Immanuel Kant devised a theory by which a person must decide whether or not to perform an action not based on the outcome or consequences, but instead based upon whether or not those actions will fulfill a shared ...

The use of language refers to the cognitive abilities of non-human animals. The study of cognition is one of the urgent problems of modern science of animal behavior, since it only serves as a source of data for the reconstruction of the emergence and development of the cognitive functions in the early stages of the anthropogenesis. Many non-human animals found very complex communication systems, but can we say that they have language similar to the one, used by the people? The problem here is in the deciphering of the natural animal communication. The point, however, is that, with specific ...

Among the various issues faced by societies globally is the danger associated with the so-called global warming or climate change. Although often used interchangeably, global warming and climate change are two different scenarios that have synergistic relationship. Defined as the overall increase in the global temperature due to excessive accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, global warming differs from climate change which is defined as the abnormally drastic change in climate patterns which have started since the beginning of the 20th century. Despite their differences, global warming and climate change are often seen as two inseparable phenomena. The ...

William James’ philosophy is known as pragmatism. As the name suggests, this philosophy approaches philosophical issues practically. In other words, the goal of philosophy should be to serve practical ends, according to William James, while on the contrary, the traditional philosophy, according to William James has been largely intellectually stimulating but devoid of any practical value. In context of religious issues, it is not important whether God exists or not or whether the proofs of existence for God are valid or not, according to William James, not just because these debates are interminable but also because they serve no ...

Since the beginning of human civilizations mankind has worked to understand, as best they could, the world around them. One of the most significant questions that taunt the minds of great thinkers, scholars and theologians alike, is what it “means” to be human and why and how humanity is here; not just as individuals but as a species. There are two very divergent opinions as to how to answer that question, one argues that human creation is a matter of divine ingenuity; a deity or deities made mankind, as we see in Christianity. The antithetical side to this debate are the hard ...