Doubt Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

The image of the evil demon does not arouse the thoughts and use power over people to accept the things that are not true. Instead, the evil demon is a device which is a way by which Descartes thinks everything he used to think true to be false. It leads him to all his doubts he has acceptably raised regarding those things he regularly held to the truth. The acknowledgment that the understanding that he had gained on false grounds is at best uncertain and leads him to make up his mind to overturn all those things that he once thought ...

Descartes argues that perception of the world around us relies more on the mind than that of the body. The body or moreover the senses collect sensory information like touch, taste, sight, smell and then this information is relayed to the mind. The mind then collates this information and turns it into something we can understand. So when we look upon something with our eyes, our eyes are in fact tools used by the mind to form a proper understanding under mental inspection of the object.
I really like the theory of doubting what is you’ve come to ...

Descartes argues that perception of the world around us relies more on the mind than that of the body. The body or moreover the senses collect sensory information like touch, taste, sight, smell and then this information is relayed to the mind. The mind then collates this information and turns it into something we can understand. So when we look upon something with our eyes, our eyes are in fact tools used by the mind to form a proper understanding under mental inspection of the object.I really like the theory of doubting what is you’ve come to believe, testing ...

In the world around us, there are some things that people take for granted that they should not. In order to truly achieve an accurate picture of one’s reality, they must remain doubtful of it and weigh it against empirical philosophies in order to validate every aspect of it. Rene Descartes was the originator of Cartesian doubt, a method of skepticism that allows one to cast into doubt the validity of what one believes. According to Descartes, one needs to never take anything for granted; no matter what one believes, one must never take it as gospel, and remain ...

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Don Delillo’s White Noise not only compels the readers’ brain to think, but also leaves room for discussion of the author's definition of reality. The story constantly challenges each character’s mind with the uncertainty of reality due to fears that each of them have; the fear of death is a persistent idea through out the novel. Each character has internal conflicts that cause life's uncertainty, mostly with simulacra and the idea that the reality they are experiencing is just a figment that their mind has created in order to cope with the fact that they will eventually face death. ...

Introduction

Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murdered between 10:15 p.m. and 10:35 p.m. on Sunday June 12, 1994 in the front of Nicole Brown Simpson’s Brentwood condominium located in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson committed these murders. The witness testimony and the evidence at the crime scene of the murders of Brown Simpson and Goldman clearly indicate that O.J. Simpson committed the crimes. However, the incompetence of the Los Angeles Police Department during the investigation of the murders allowed the defense to create reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors so that a non-guilty verdict ...

I am writing about the question of the possibility of knowledge. In order to do this, I will use works by Rene Descartes and David Hume. Descartes believed that knowledge is possible due to the thinking mind. Hume believed that knowledge is possible from sensory experiences that are impressed upon the mind. I will be arguing for Hume over Descartes

Descartes’s theory of knowledge is essentially based ...

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“Mind and Body”
Descartes claims that the mind and body, though inextricably linked, are actually completely separate entities. This dualism confirms that mind and body each possess distinct natures which cannot be categorized into one. While the human body is a material object that possesses all the features of physicality, humans likewise harness the capacity to conjure up judgments and ponder their own being-ness. In other words, humans possess minds. While the mind encompasses all mental functions including thought and consciousness, the body encompasses neural and structural facets of existence. In exploring the nature of this mutual interaction, Descartes ...

I intend to discuss the nature of self and the conflicting theories of the French philosopher Rene Descartes and the English philosopher Derek Parfit. Firstly I will be briefly outlining Descartes theory of self and then I will be discussing Parfit’s theory and highlighting areas in which it has similarities and where it contrasts to establish whether or not the two philosophers have a shared idea of the self.
The French philosopher Descartes looked for the nature of man in the existence of god. What he asks in a nutshell is; ‘Is what I believe a product of god or ...

Meditations & Bad Dreams

Introduction
Descartes and Christopher Grau found similar difficulties in putting full faith in perceived realities. Descartes set these down in his series of Meditations. Grau used them as the foundation of the film The Matrix. Both men sought the answer to the same question. They wanted to find a method by which individuals could be sure that the reality perceived did reflect the real world. Descartes decided to fix his thinking by rejecting everything knew and rebuilding on an honest foundation. In reach the truth, he needed a way to rule out every other possibility.
Like Descartes trying to ...

THESIS

The death penalty in the United States has long been a controversial issue – the idea of putting someone to death for their crimes is thought, by some, to be an antiquated idea that went out with the stocks. However, there is still significant public support for the measure as a deterrent. When considering the prison costs and the flaws inherent in the justice system, it becomes somewhat clearer that the death penalty is not a cost-effective or ethical measure. Given the non-unanimous level of support for the death penalty, as well as the possibility of executing innocent citizens who have been wrongfully ...

Introduction

According to Baker, the American justice system is in need of an evolution, which will bring the courtroom into the 21st century. Baker was speaking about the use of technology within the courtroom, but the availability of DNA has made it quite clear the American justice system needs to look forward to the future and consider all possibilities to improve the system as a whole. This paper will discuss the use of DNA in American justice system helped investigators to detect crime in a way easier than in the past.

History

DNA is more formally referred to as deoxyribonucleic acid, ...

Essay Outline

Introduction: Over a period of time online education has gained significant popularity due to various advantages offered by online education over physical classroom.
Thesis Statement: experts claim that online education is ineffective in providing efficient learning and healthy learning environment, however, there are strong evidences that confirm online education provides efficient learning and various other benefits.

Discussion:

Opponents claim that online education is low in quality
Online education is flexible and accommodate various leaning styles that help in delivering effective learning.
Online education provides opportunity to explore and encourage extra rehearsal time that ensure efficient learning.
Online courses ...

“We thought we knew what we meant by the expression “Being” but now we are perplexed.” Heidegger quotes from Sophist by Plato;
Despite the strong synonymy of the term Dasein with Martin Heidegger, this fundamental concept in existential philosophy was used by several philosophers before his treatment. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel notably assigned the meaning of “existence” or “presence” to it. However, Heidegger’s interpretation has attracted more relevance, as a way of ones involvement with and caring for the immediate world that frames his life; whilst remaining alive to the contingent element of that involvement, the priority of the ...

History

Carl von Clausewitz in his book On War introduced convincing theories concerning the future of the modern warfare. Despite of the efforts put forth by Carl von Clausewitz to write the Book, he died of Cholera and left the remaining part of the book unfinished. During this period, Clausewitz was in military and thus many people recognized him as military theorist who was very interested in examining war. However, the content of book revealed that he was a military thinker whom wrote with a passion to strengthen the way military conduct, perform and even execute their entire tasks. Carl von Clausewitz ...

Introduction

The various concerns surrounding social networking sites are nothing new by any stretch of imagination; however, it appears that different people vary in expectations when the idea of social networks and privacy is coined. The question of privacy of internet users is something that majority of the advocates of technology are never aware of what they call private in their life. It pains many to bring into their attention that silicon icons including Mark Zuckerberg have publicly acknowledged that privacy is dead in the world we are living today. This is actually a casualty of the cult of the social. ...

Introduction

Azerbaijan, from the time of independence, usually led a successful foreign
policy in the region with Russia. However, Moscow‐Baku relations have varied
since the collapse of the Soviet Union time by time balancing or bandawagoning. In general Azerbaijanwas able to achieve being renowned as the only former Soviet republic that is neither ‘pro-Russian nor pro-Western'. The country has upheld cordial dealings with Moscow without sacrificing its economy, politics, and foreign policy to the Kremlin’s demands. One more example of the independent decision-making of Azerbaijan is the recent disagreement between two countries of the leasing procedure of ...

Introduction

Political globalization is an increasing trend towards multilateralism. It involves an emerging transnational state apparatus and the emergence of national and international nongovernmental organizations that act as watchdogs over governments have increased their activities and influence. (Moghadam, 2005).

The Arizona Immigration Bill left a lot to be desired. The legislatures who drafted the bill argue it out that they had the interest of the country at heart. In real sense there are a lot of issues which remained unearthed and the immigrants were to suffer a lot. The immigrants’ rights were breached and their freedom also taken away from them. The Bill ...

Introduction

There are numerous debates about the death penalty in the United States. America continues to allow states to decide whether to apply the death penalty or not. There are 32 states in America that have the death penalty as opposed to 18 states that have abolished the practice.
The United States of America continues to act as the leader of the free world. American exceptionalism is premised on the fact that America is a uniquely free nation based on democratic ideals and personal liberties. America has led the process of exporting liberal democracies around the world and many nations ...

Introduction

“To understand how the brain constructs reality, it is important to shift from the confinements that cause fear of failure and look at the world from different perspectives." Fear of failure limits the way individuals become motivated to achieve their goals since the majority lack the desire to make bold decisions in academic, professional and other life experiences. According to Bain, there are three types of learners: those who do little to succeed in their education, those who are more interested in higher grades than the understanding of the curriculum contents and those who are driven by the need ...

Introduction

It is not a secret that school curriculum is literally the issue of wide all-national discussion. No wonder, the effectiveness of students’ education is the main prerequisite of human future.
However, very frequently one allegedly insignificant detail is not taken into account: in particular, the spectrum of skills, on which the main emphasis is made. No doubt, there would be many people, who would fervently defense the opposite position, insisting on the fact that children do obtain all necessary skills.
Nevertheless, this paper is aimed at the proving of simple statement that any curriculum, which considers art education as ...

Introduction

Air pollution as the name clearly suggests, refers to the accumulation of particles or impurities in the air composition. These particles could be dust, smoke, burnt fuel like diesel or petrol, and other burnt components. Air pollution, particularly in China, is a major problem or bottleneck that is more often than not ignored at the risk of the people’s health as well as that of the economy. Major health conditions especially, respiratory conditions like asthma, bronchitis and other perilous conditions like cancer could spell doom for the people of China (Ho, and Chris 115). Measures to curb the ...

Introduction

In his novel, ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’, author Junot Diaz portrays two of the main characters differently. To achieve this, he employs the approach of love and the ability to get it to narrate a fascinating set of events. Through a series of events and exercises, Diaz succeeds in explaining how self-perception (appreciation) and self-esteem play a significant role in defining what one becomes. There is no doubt, whatsoever, that Yunior is Oscar’s foil. In every aspect, Yunior is everything Oscar is not, the inverse holding true. Through their love lives, the two are portrayed ...

According to the US Drug Enforcement Agency, marijuana is listed under the Schedule 1 drugs. This implies that weed does not have any medical uses that are accepted in the present times and that its potentiality to be abused is high. The DEA considers marijuana to be a dangerous drug mainly because of its addictive nature and because it can cause the user to become physiologically and psychologically dependent on it (Rappold 1). The DEA is not alone in speaking out against marijuana; there are scores of other people who believe that cannabis is harmful for the health and ...

Inflation is the continuous increase in the general price levels of commodities in the economy over a period. It is identified with the market fall of the value of money in a particular economy. This recurring price increase erodes the purchasing power of money creating economic distortions and uncertainty (Sargent 2002). Inflation may also be described as a sudden increase in supply of money in a given economy. This results to each unit of currency buying fewer commodities thus a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money. It can also be viewed as an increase in the supply of money at a rate ...

The Assassination of Kennedy

Lee Harvey Oswald made three shots from the Texas School Book Depository Building “fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally” (“John F. Kennedy assassinated”). Oswald was born in New Orleans in 1939 and in 1956 joined the U.S. Marines. In 1959 he left for the Soviet Union and tried unsuccessfully to become a Soviet Union citizen. In 1962 he was allowed to return to the U.S. with his Soviet wife and little daughter. He bought a revolver and had precedent of shooting at but missing former U.S. Army general early in 1963. Lately he founded pro-Castro organization. Oswald was ...

The ideal and real roles of women depicted in the plays The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Women have been the subject of greater literary interest since times immemorial. They frequently serve as the means to replicate contemporary society. During the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, women were largely portrayed as the victims of a patriarch society. Modern feminism was nonexistent until the 19th century and female voice was completely subdued. “Feminists’ scholars regarded the 18th century author Mary Wollstonecraft as the original harbinger of feminism, a ...

Of all the varieties of conceptual models of the information society, for the purposes of this study, it is important to include at least two aspects: first, characterizing the functioning of culture at the named stage of social development and, secondly, a new type of relations in the system of "individual - society". The first of them is determined by the mosaic of culture, the increasing role of virtualization, media saturation, changing patterns of behavior, loss of a clear hierarchy of values that actually leads to the disappearance of the notion of norm. Second - characterizes crisis of paternalistic society, increase ...

Introduction

The end of World War II has introduced an era where human rights were not only appreciated, but also considered inherited entitled. They were addressed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, as part of the International Bill of Human Rights, in December, 1948 (United Nations). According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 9, no person should be subjected to “arbitrary arrest, detention or exile” (United Nations). However, during wartime, the Fourth Geneva Convention is used, so to define detainees. There are many contradicting viewpoints, as to whether an ...

Introduction

The purpose of the following essay is to explore the fundamental aspects of the Descartes` theory on the distinctness of mind and body as formulated in the Sixth Meditation of a philosophical treatise ‘Meditations on the first philosophy’, as well as to present the objections against the Descartes` statement that the mind is distinct from the body. I would also like to briefly summarize the main points of the Sixth Meditation in regard to the existence of material things and the relation between the imagination and the pure intellection.
In the Sixth Meditation “Concerning the Existence of Material Things, ...

Summary

The Wikipedia Page on composer Steve Reich is factually correct, though some of the information shared is written in deficient manner. This is typified by the shoddy overview in few entries in the page, where his credentials and credited work has been missed out. Though the writer is aware of his achievements and his life work, the superfluous importance to some aspects in the over others is not comprehensible. Despite the quibbles, the writer has included information that is factually true though the manner of interpretation is sloppy that leaves doubts in the mind of the reader. Cross-linking with ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the portrait of sexploitation as it is expressed within the field of sports. The motivation for this essay is the article ‘Sexploitation’ by Jan Borrie who writes upon this issue, trying to explore its causes and main effects. There is a specific piece of this article as follows, which is to be the starting point for this essay and the core of the essay’s theme. Jan Borrie writes in his article ‘Sexploitation’: ‘In recent years through diverse forms of media and publications, an increased focus has been placed ...

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Overview of the Bullying Problem
Over the last few decades, there has been a momentous change in the way educationalists observe inter-personal associations between pupils in schools. Children have been caught up in mocking, taunting, humiliating, bullying, pulling each others’ legs since times unknown. They do so “sometimes in fun, sometimes in deadly earnest, to the amusement, horror or indifference of others, whether they be parents, teachers or other children” (Rigby 11). Even though bullying is a usual practice across all cultures, ages, and societies, it displays more prominence in school environments (Tarshis 67). A lot ...

The Tulsa race riot refers to an incident of racial violence that occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma from May 31 to June 1, 1921. The incident was instigated by male members of the white community, which prompted the black community to take defense. There were fatal casualties on both sides, as well as a massive loss of property. Racial violence was quite common in those days, with lynching against blacks and repressive laws to pervade the course of justice or to deny it outright. Large-scale mass incidences of racial violence did occur, but the Tulsa race riot was by far the ...

Introduction

There is no doubt in the fact that the story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a great example of magical realism. The author of the story has beautifully presented that script and has added an element of interest in the story for all the readers. The text is about a couple and an old man with wings whom they found outside their house. The old man was not like normal human beings as he had many wings, but he was covered with mud and was in a pitiful situation. Pelayo and Elisenda inquired about the ...

In today’s society, technology reigns supreme in the minds of children. One only has to turn on a computer, and instantly one is connected to individual who are thousands of miles away. In addition, technology allows for the transmission of information and provides a number of other much needed information. No one is immune to technology. Many individuals admire and respect the use of technology in the society as it is beneficial. Without the advances in technology over the years, the world would not be as productive as it is at the moment. Nevertheless, with all the positive impact of ...

The U.S. Patriot Act
Americans faced one of the most horrifying episodes in their history of the United States. Many individuals watched with horror as the historical landmarks collapsed simultaneously at the hands of terrorists. Who could forget the shock as the terrorist planes embraced the Twin Towers as the terrorist snuffed the lights of many innocent victims? As a result of this horror, the American Congress waited for only forty-five days before passing the USA Patriot Act in response to that fateful date of September 11, 2001. A number of delusion individuals convinced themselves that they reserved the ...

Despite the healthy benefits of inoculating children, parents still ask, “Is this right for my baby?” Since the heightened rate of autism among children, many parents have wondered if vaccines are to blame. Out of fear or the thought of saving their children, parents skip vaccines that protect children from harmful diseases such as tuberculosis, measles, mumps, and several others. Other parents simply believe that vaccines are unnatural and that if the child eats clean and lives healthy their body will naturally resist these diseases. This is all, of course, preposterous. Scientifically speaking, no amount of clean eating can ...

Criminal Justice

Introduction
In the short play written by Billy Goda entitled “No Crime”, he claimed that “a man is innocent until proven guilty by law”. With this statement, Goda maintains that even if a man confesses to commit murder, but the confession was not made before the police or before the court, he must still be treated as an innocent man. It is only the judge who conducted the trial of the accused, who can issue a ruling that the man is guilty (Goda 76).

Point

The quantum of evidence needed for the crime of murder is guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the ...

There is a school of thought that communicating with others by email or SMS (text messaging) is a good thing, because it encourages some people – especially those who are shy or introverted – to communicate more readily and in a less inhibited way, than they would be inclined to do in a one-to-one situation face-to-face. A contrasting view is that whilst there might be some truth in that, the major disadvantage is that the consequent lack of direct personal contact hinders the development of interpersonal skills. It is also less likely that two individuals communicating entirely “electronically” would develop a close and/or meaningful relationship. This ...

Food containing genetically modified organisms or GMOs should be banned in the US. The reason for this is because GMOs pose a great risk to people consuming such products. GMOs are products of biotechnology which makes use of bacteria or viruses to penetrate the cells of plants and introduce genes that would make the plant more resistant to environmental conditions such as drought and insects. The injected toxins are said to be potent only to insects and pests but are safe for human. However, there is a growing doubt about the safety of GMOs. Examples of genetically modified products are seeds ...

Every human being has a right to life. He starts his argument by a strong pathos to capture the readers’ feelings (Fletcher, 12). He asks how one would feel if their ability to live was taken away without their consent. He goes ahead and states that, annihilating a fetus simply because they are not in apposition to make their own decisions and control their lives is wrong and a selfish practice that should be fought at all costs.
Many other solutions are safer than abortion. He goes ahead and asks an emotional question: “Why choose abortion over adoption?” Medics establish that there are ...

The Vietnam War is widely acknowledged as one of the most contradictory wars in American and worldwide history. It has been a historical incident whose causes, effects, interpretation and role in the evolution of world affairs has never stopped causing heated debates, still leaving lots of questions unanswered or half-answered. Like any contradictory event, the Vietnam War hurt lots of people, destroyed numerous human lives, tore America apart in terms of its heated supporters standing against its heated opponents and brought nations on the front step of dealing with one of the world’s worst historical pages. If history is ...

Introduction

While they claim that a picture is worth a thousand words, it may portray different meanings depending on culture. Music is extraordinary; it is a universal language that is poses minimal cases of discrimination. Music is a language that conveys emotion across all cultures. Regardless of the previous exposure or culture, individuals can watch or listen to a song and detect whether a song contains happiness, fear and sadness. The lyrics, the dance, melody and tone bring people to unity. For this, we can refer to the Shakira’s Waka Waka song in 2010. The song was a hit all over the world despite being sung ...

Efficient communication is essential to enhance effective co-ordination of the activities within any given setting. It requires the transmission of a clear and understandable message from one individual/office to another. The use of words or rather speech is one of the modes of communication. To be able to pass information in an effective manner, one needs to express the opinion of the majority especially in the political realm. This is particularly essential in political forums. The rhetoric aspect of speech is also considered essential especially when deriving a meaning from a given statement. From a clear understanding of these two aspects, speech is ...

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Comment letter
Exposure Draft ED/2012/5 – Clarification of acceptable methods of depreciation and amortization
Proposed amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38 (‘the exposure draft’)
We are responding to your invitation to comment on the exposure draft on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Following consultation with members of the PricewaterhouseCoopers network of firms, this response summarizes the views of member firms who commented on the exposure draft. 'PricewaterhouseCoopers' refers to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity.
We agree with the principle of the proposed amendments ...

Introduction

Nietzsche Friedrich is a German Philosopher borne in 15th October 1844.His works of art were mainly based on critics of religious studies, contemporary culture, and morality. He focused his energy on life forces. The key focus of his work was related to the objectivity of the morality of truth and values. He criticized any value that is related to the source of life .He strongly criticized morality and religious issues.

Arguments:

His argument on the “death of God “made people to criticize all his work terming them as paradoxical. He claimed that God no longer exists because the people have forgotten ...

In ancient Greece when someone committed a murder the weapon was destroyed because the Ancient Greeks believed that fate was decided by the gods so the murder was not as responsible for the crime as the weapon itself. Instrumentality when used in reference to weapons is the hypothesis that the increased availability of weapons in a certain area also increases that areas likelihood of weapon based offences. Essentially the increased availability of guns increases the chances that a criminal will choose a gun as their weapon of choice for committing crimes, not to mention this also increases the range of crimes this criminal ...

Introduction

Financial crisis has become a global issue because it has affected many countries in the world. It is important to understand its meaning in order to know how it has affected the economy of various countries. Financial crisis is a situation in which the financial assets in a country loss value. During this period, the currency becomes unstable (Irving 2009). In this situation, the country becomes affected adversely because financial problems become unbearable for most investors. The main reason for this is that there are no foreseeable returns from the investments made in the country due to hard financial times experienced.
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In ancient Greece when someone committed a murder the weapon was destroyed because the Ancient Greeks believed that fate was decided by the gods so the murder was not as responsible for the crime as the weapon itself. Instrumentality when used in reference to weapons is the hypothesis that the increased availability of weapons in a certain area also increases that areas likelihood of weapon based offences.
Essentially the increased availability of guns increases the chances that a criminal will choose a gun as their weapon of choice for committing crimes, not to mention this also increases the range of crimes this ...

In ancient Greece when someone committed a murder the weapon was destroyed because the Ancient Greeks believed that fate was decided by the gods so the murder was not as responsible for the crime as the weapon itself.
Instrumentality when used in reference to weapons is the hypothesis that the increased availability of weapons in a certain area also increases that areas likelihood of weapon based offences.
Essentially the increased availability of guns increases the chances that a criminal will choose a gun as their weapon of choice for committing crimes, not to mention this also increases the range of crimes ...

In ancient Greece when someone committed a murder the weapon was destroyed because the Ancient Greeks believed that fate was decided by the gods so the murder was not as responsible for the crime as the weapon itself.
Instrumentality when used in reference to weapons is the hypothesis that the increased availability of weapons in a certain area also increases that areas likelihood of weapon based offences.
Essentially the increased availability of guns increases the chances that a criminal will choose a gun as their weapon of choice for committing crimes, not to mention this also increases the range of crimes ...

This is a subject that has for years caused a great deal of debate. There are those who simply dismiss the possibility of a link between violence on the TV and consequential effects on the younger TV viewers. In contrast, there are parents who refuse to permit their children to watch any TV programmes that might portray violence as a “normal” part of their content.
The possible adverse effects on children, especially if they are given the freedom and the opportunity to watch unlimited “violent” television with little or no parental guidance, may be considered to include the danger that they become ...

When Genetically Modified (GM) foods were first introduced they gave the public the impression that the world was about to be saved from famine. Those genetically altered crops were trumpeted by vested interest groups as not only producing much higher yields but also to eradicate poverty and hunger in many parts of the world. Numerous exaggerated claims were made by multinational corporations regarding properties of the GM crops, such as their resistance to pests, disease and drought conditions, and their ability to adapt to harsh climatic conditions in countries across the planet.
The science of genetically modifying technology ...

Philosophical context

Indeed, the question put forth excites any citizen into critical thought. This comes in the wake of President Obama’s assumption of office for his second and final term. The question as to whether one should support his economic agenda borders on whether one has got preferences as to any economic policies. Philosophy requires of us to exercise critical thought and look at the wider spectrum despite our own internal preferences. The question could thus be put forth more precisely by noting that despite the differences in ideology, and for the sake of the common good of the citizen, ...

Question 1

The Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, in many of his works, tends to celebrate the idealized relationship between man and nature. He feels that nature is absolutely beautiful and powerful, and is connected to man through the divine spirit of God. In "Mont Blanc," he refers to God when talking about the titular mountain and the Arve River, and in "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty" he cites a "spirit of beauty" as something that us the source of all truth and joy (766). "Ode to the West Wind" utilizes a terza rima format for its five cantos of text - here, it ...

1) Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's many poems, plays and novels poke subtle fun at the Victorian mainstream, addressing the faults and the problems inherent within that society. Many of his works deal with the decadence and beauty of the Victorian upper class, as well as how empty and duplicitous that society is. By painting detailed portraits of flawed and overly vain characters, he shows the Victorian aristocrat as someone nearly inhuman, and far from sympathetic. In many ways, it transcends the nature of the Victorian mainstream by holding a mirror up to it and pointing out its flaws, whether ...

Approaches of SHRM

Human Resource Management (HRM) encompasses undertaking management practices and decisions that have a direct impact on human resources of an organization. The market environment has become increasingly competitive characterized by a plethora of complex and dynamic operating environments. To maintain sustainability and competitive advantage, firms have to develop strategies focusing on the core competencies and points that differentiate them from their competitors (Becker, and Huselid, 2006). This form of using strategy to improve the competitive advantage is Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). While HRM focuses on the general management of human resources or people in organization, SHRM focuses on the effective ...

Morality of Abortion

Before judging the morality behind the act of abortion we must emphasize on ‘what is abortion’ and ‘why it is generally performed’. The act of abortion can be defined as the removal of immature fetus from the womb of a human female with her consent. It is, no doubt, an unpleasant action but the doer has more than one reason to perform it. The act itself dates back thousands of years back and it will continue till Jesus comes with certainty. As custodians of our health, doctors have had the privilege of carrying out this process on whosoever desires. The ...

The Hostage Crisis, a Key to Understanding Modernity

In the history of human civilisation, there were very few ages characterised by stability and even less as peace. As no other species humanity can be characterised by warfare and conflicting nature of behaviour. There is probably no such region in the world, where there would not be various conflicts and were war did not take place. On the other hand, there are those regions where conflicts are transferred with mother's milk. The region of Middle East is the best example of such region. The Arab-Israeli conflict was a cornerstone of regional, interstate relations for almost two millennia. That is ...