Essays on Vagueness

Introduction

The term “Brexit” has been highly popularized across the world today, but it has its root in the result of the referendum on June 23, 2016, for UK's exit from the EU. Brexit is simply a short-form for “British exit” (Mirror, 2016). EU members perceive Brexit as calamitous and in fact one of the most unfortunate events that have occurred throughout the lifetime of the Union. Britain became a member of the EU (formally known as the European Economic Community, ECC) on January 1, 1973, 12 years from the time it applied to join the community, and resultantly, it ...

In his article, ‘Honesty in Negotiations', Chris Provis alludes that there has been a consistently prevailing ethical belief that the concept of honesty should at all times remain unconditional. As a result, a good participant in a negotiation must always resist the common temptation towards the engagement in practices that would be deemed as dishonest. This is a significant aspect that should be applicable even in circumstances where the negotiator is dealing with an individual whose honesty is under a cloud of doubt. As postulated by Chris Provis, giving a warning to the negotiating partner in the effect that ...

Police discretion is a term used to explain a situation where the police either choose whether to apprehend a suspect or to let them off with a warning. It is viewed in an uncategorized aspect since it is constantly used across all levels of enforcement. In other situations, some view it positively while others have negative views towards it. There are merits and demerits associated with police discretion. some merits include the fact that officers are given flexibility in the manner through which they enforce the law. It also allows for police officers to balance their work with available ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of ...

The First amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of protected ...

Introduction to Travel and Tourism, Hospitality and the Judicial Process

1. A. In this case, Hanna can claim for the damages for the sufferings she met owing to the incompetency of the hotel. Hanna can claim for the compensatory damages, that will include the out-of-pocket medical expenses incurred, lost wages and damages for the mental and physical agony suffered. She is also eligible to claim for the damages due to loss of enjoyment in life, loss of consortium or companionship, inability to engage in sexual activities during the recovery period, loss of services that will include loss of aid, companionship and assistance of the parent or another person, etc. . ...

Introduction

Impeachment refers to a political trail that is conducted in order to remove the President of the United States from office. “In American Constitution, the term impeachment refers to a trail initiated by the House of Representatives and conducted by the Senate” (p. 654). In other words, the House decides whether or not there are grounds to impeach the President and the Senate conducts the trial in order to discover a verdict. Impeachment is not something that has happened a lot throughout history. In fact, Congress has only had serious discussions of impeachment for three presidents: Andrew, Johnson, Richard ...

Final Summary Paper

Communication is a complex process that involves words, voice volume, and a tone, body language, the topic of discussion and the communication history between interlocutors. Communication can be called effective, when the recipient understands the message and expresses its meaning back to the sender. Interpersonal communication takes place when two, or more people, exchange their messages and have the roles of a speaker and a listener. Nevertheless, a lecture cannot be called interpersonal because only the lecturer speaks, while the audience listens. One-way communication is also a communication, which is called broadcasting. Interpersonal skills show, how effectively people get ...

Introduction

As consumers become more health and environmentally conscious they are beginning to demand products that are a better alternative to the environment. Companies have adjusted to the demand and responded by offering products that claim to be better. However, consumers are finding that many of these claims are either false or misleading and products are not as environmentally-friendly as believed. This is a prime example of greenwashing. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, greenwashing is the “expressions of environmentalist concerns especially as a cover for products, policies, or activities” (2016). There are seven sins of greenwashing which include: the sin ...

Introduction--Bio-cultural anthropology

Alzheimer's disease - an incurable degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized by progressive loss of mental abilities (memory, language, logical thinking). The risk increases after 65 years. This book is a good example of bio-cultural anthropology. The subtle journey of hope, ambiguity, and modern bioscience is what is at stake in her book, “The Alzheimer Conundrum” by Margaret Lock. Margaret Lock, a notable medical anthropologist, is recognized for her work on the cultures, intersection of bodies and surroundings, investigation by notice to aging, transplantation of organs, and genomics, alongside other subjects. Even with a lot of funds ...

As debates continues concerning gun laws and the amount of violence in the United States, many citizens have voiced increasing concerns about personal safety and the amount of force that is considered to be justifiable when faced with threats of violence or death. As a result, Stand Your Ground laws have been enacted in many states to establish the legal boundaries the rights afforded to individuals to protect themselves from imminent threats. The legalities provided by the Stand Your Ground laws gives pause to reflect on are laws of this nature necessary in this ever-changing world or do these laws ...

PART A

1 a) Wittgenstein employs the picture theory of meaning effectively to explain many important things in philosophy. In essence, the picture theory of meaning by Wittgenstein is a theory in which he argued that the state of things or the atomic facts could b pictured by a meaningful proposition. Using this theory, Wittgenstein managed to compare spatial pictures with the concept of pictures. In essence, the picture theory is seen as a correspondence to the truth theory. Wittgenstein’s arguments were to the effect that statements can only be meaningful in the event that they can be easily pictured or be defined in ...

Please pick one change you would like to make to the constitution, draft an amendment and explain why your amendment will be beneficial The clause that excludes all people who do not have a United States born parent or who do not have the so-named natural born Americans bothers me a great deal. This status is one of the requirements that an individual has to meet before running for the presidency in the country. The eligibility requirements are set for two offices, the president and vice president’s office. However, the constitution does not classify the natural born citizen phrase ...

Shortly after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001, Congress passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. As a result of real concerns over the security of the nation as well as more than a little mass hysteria over America’s vulnerability in the new age of global terror, the 342-page long USA PATRIOT Act, as it is popularly known, sailed through Congress a mere 45 days after the attacks with little debate or analysis but with broad bipartisan support. Indeed, in the Senate, the ...

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Introduction

In the scientific world, many radical scientific principles go through a tumultuous progression before the scientific community accepts them. This was the case with the continental drift theory, a landmark theory in geology. When it was proposed, the scientific community received the continental drift theory with ridicule. However, with time, the theory underwent a series of reinforcement from accumulating evidence in support of the theory. In the end, it emerged as the greatest geological principle of all time. The continental drift theory was the brainchild of Alfred Wegener. Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist born in 1980. He acquired a PhD in astronomy from ...

Cybercrime: Running and operating

Introduction In discussing cybercrime, President Barack Obama stated that cyber criminals stole as much as one trillion dollars from companies and businesses across the world in 2013. The foreboding threat of cyber-criminality and the relative ease of accessing databases across the globe, countries and companies are faced with the enormous challenge of not only countering the problem, but also innovating their operations and cyber infrastructure. Crimes committed with the use of cyber-technology are common crimes, the difference being these crimes are amplified by the “use of computers, computer networks, and other forms of information technology.” Compared to ...

The Bone Yard

Unlike the classic art, which was full of expressive and definite beauty and meaning, contemporary art is sometimes difficult for understanding. Artist’s idea might be hidden so deeply within avangardist images that it might be even impossible to follow painter’s idea. Julie Heffernan is definitely not such kind of artist. She is one of those very few painters who manage to unite the classic images of beauty with the symbolism of modernity. Julie Heffernan is famous for her series of paintings, in which refinement and idealism of baroque is combined with symbolism of contemporary reality. Another characteristic ...

Introduction

The contemporary economy is rooted on the liberty of persons to have contracts and a structure of decrees that administers contracts liberally entered into. However many individuals might not be abreast of what are the indispensable elements prerequisite in making an enforceable contract. In recent times, individuals have always thought a contract not in text was not binding. Individuals are extremely prone to sighting contracts in form of writing that countless undertake that a contract need be in writing and extensive prior to it being enforceable. Agreement is indispensible to any type of contract. Before a contract can be existent, there need ...

Abstract

A 'mirror-tracing task' (or mirror-tracing test) is a psychological test used to measure a variety of functions such as learning, transfer of information from one brain hemisphere to the other, and other perceptual/motor skills. In the test, two hypotheses were formulated in a bid to understand the concept of spatial perception, transfer of abilities and gender differences. On the first hypothesis, Continuous exposure to the mirror-tracing test will lead to improved mirror tracing skill; we needed to look at the influence of practising on the mirror tracing skill. 243 subjects were continuously exposed to the test for seven days and the results ...