Independence Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

In your view, why did Lu Hsiu-lien and many others in her generation become advocates of "Taiwan independence"?

Taiwan independence is a politically-motivated movement who primary aim is to form an independent and sovereign Republic of Taiwan from the lands that are currently governed by the Republic of China (ROC) (modern-day Taiwan) and claimed to be owned by the People’s Republic of China (PRC, China). It aims at renaming the Republic of China to the Republic of Taiwan and obtaining the status and recognition of a sovereign state internationally.

This movement is divided between two major coalition organizations: Pan-Green Coalition and Pan-Blue Coalition. While Pan-Green is in favor of the objectives of the movement, Pan-Blue seeks to oppose ...

ABSTRACT

The people of Scotland will be deciding the future of the country to remain part of the Britain in a referendum on 18 September 2014. There is growing debate on the future of the business in the resulting environment after the referendum. Also, there is debate about the business environment in UK, as a result, when UK votes to separate from the EU with or without Scotland. In the context of Boots, this report is aimed to assess the impact of the either results on the marketing strategy of the Boots.

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- In an essay, explain the process of global decolonization starting with India in 1947. Discuss whether the great colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, Portugal, and the Netherlands "gave" freedom to their colonial subjects - in this regard think of contrasting "struggles" like the French in Indochina and the British in West Africa. Describe the temporary approaches of the British and French to keep their colonies tied to them. Finally explain how the United States and the Cold War effected decolonization.
In India, the nonviolent methods of Gandhi like the famous Salt March of 1930 were instrumental in ...

The Constitution was written and signed in 1787. It, however, entered into force in 1789. It enshrines the fundamental framework of the US system of governance. Accordingly, it establishes the Congress, Presidency and Supreme Court. Besides, it provides for the bill of rights. On the other hand, the Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and adopted by the Congress on July 4, the same year. Accordingly, it preceded the Constitution. In a nutshell, the Declaration of Independence enunciates themes such as equality and inalienable entitlements to all citizens, the philosophy of public governance, legitimacy of ...

The African continent and the Anglophone Caribbean region share a common history. The two regions were colonized. Majority of the countries gained independence, through peaceful negotiation and armed struggle. Evaluating the progress of the two regions in the last five decades of independence is not easy. The task of evaluating becomes objective and reliable when the task is approached from the perspective of African and Anglo Caribbean nationalism, and the expectation of independence. Both the regions harbored complex nationalist. It’s possible for one to; argue that the two regions sought to achieve the objectives of decolonization, nation building, development, ...

Critical thinking

Critical Thinking
This is the intellectually disciplined process of observing, analysing and creating ideas. Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way. The world has very few critical thinkers who always try to live reasonably, rationally and empathetically. They are often aware of human nature and the kind of thinking that emanates from it. If left unchecked, irrational human counterparts are often on a path to destruction. This is where critical thinkers come in. Critical thinkers swoop in and think diligently, analyse the situations at hand and give ...

Introduction

Since the republics in the Soviet Union proclaimed independence in 1991, there have been significant changes concerning the ethno cultural, and demographic situation. The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the major reason behind the creation of the Russian Diaspora. More than twenty-five million Russian citizens found themselves in the midst of newly and freshly created states, which were often redesigned as their new political dwellings (Beissinger, 2008). After some time, the displaced Russians were compelled to either assume a fresh political identity, or to return to the Russian Federation, which was newly created. Assuming fresh political identity would ...

Irish Republican Army: Terror in Ireland

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Regarded as the oldest terrorist group in Europe, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) was initially named as the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) or the “Fenians” on the 15th of February 1858. Its earliest objectives engaged the liberation of the region from the “invading” British forces; in the course of time, the IRB forged a close collaboration with Sinn Fein (“Ourselves Alone”) after the latter’s establishment in 1905. The IRB’s radical wing carried numerous attacks including the “Easter Uprising” onslaught in 1916 under the name “Irish Republican Army.” After a cease fire was concluded in 1923, the ...

Introduction

In the last couple of years, the role of the United States and another democratic government has expanded dramatically. Currently, the government used new and vast roles that lacked in the previous years in an effort to produce a productive men and women of the society. In the past, leaders used totally different methods of leadership compared to the modern leadership styles. New and improved methods of leadership are introduced as the world enters the diverse situation. The society requires a lot from the government, which they must fulfill in order to gain trust from the society. People living in the ...

The Articles of Confederation were indeed important instruments since they created a basis to form a government which included checks and balances, something which was very advanced for the time and notably absent in other countries. The innovative approach included a three tier government which gave certain independence to the states but at the same time, the system of President, House of Representatives and Senate was radically innovative since it allowed neither branch of the Executive or Legislative gain control. This is dealt with in the section in Chapter 18 of Perspectives of the Past particularly in the section on Thomas Jefferson’ ...

Henry David Thoreau and Dr. Martin Luther King are two people who helped to change America for the better with their actions and their words. Henry David Thoreau, in both is writing and in his social practice, developed a new form for citizenship and civic action called Civil Disobedience. He developed Civil Disobedience in response to his government’s support of slavery, but also its support for the Mexican-American War. Over the years, many great leaders of important social movements, both within and without America, have been inspired by the example of the life and social practice Henry David ...

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In the article, The Declaration of States, author Thomas Jefferson tried to rationalize the importance of securing autonomy if only to establish a degree of authority on a particular area. This authority is meant focus only on the improving one’s area of responsibility for effective management and to secure productivity that could contribute to the national economic gains of the nation to which it belongs to. On the other hand, in an article entitled The Way to Wealth, Benjamin Franklin talks about productivity from a different perspective and the role of the government in this effort.
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After the ending most widespread war in the history of mankind - the Second World War, the world entered into the New World Order. With the last shot of this war the European colonial period ended, and began new era –era of the two rival superpowers. Almost immediately after the ending of the war “Iron Curtain” has crossed the continent but not only the continent across the entire world. So let’s analyze to what consequences WWII led and how it impact on positions of all major players in the world. The first major consequence of the Second World ...

- What was the hijrah (emirgration/migration) that Muhammad and his followers made, and why was this such an important event in Muslim history?
The “Hijrah” – is the Prophet Muhammad's and his supporters` flight from Mecca to Medina, where the first Muslim community was founded in 622 AD. Basically, “hijrah” in Arabic language has got a meaning of relocation from one place to another. As a religious term, the word "hijra" is used in cases of relocation of believers who are oppressed in their homeland and deprived of freedom of religion, to other regions where there are more favorable conditions for ...

These letters by John and Abigail Adams describe the important political, philosophical, economic and military issues that were first and foremost in the minds of the American people around the time of independence in 1776. Abigail Adams in particular was concerned about the abolition of slavery, the rights of blacks and women, and better economic and educational opportunities for the poor. Both were strongly opposed to tyranny, despotism and aristocracy, both in Britain and among the gentry and the Loyalists at home, and thought that armed rebellion and a declaration of independence were necessary in this struggle for liberty and ...

Governing the nation

Declaration of American independence and formation of the articles of confederation and eventually the American constitution changed the lives of many people in many different ways. Declaration of independence stated that all people in America were equal and they possessed natural rights which were not to be disregarded by any chance. People are different and there was need for an order which was to be ensured by the government.
Government is an institution that is governed by rules and laws set by the people within the jurisdiction of a country. Rules are laws are contained in the constitution. America ...

The concept of political development seems to be quite a simple one on its face. Without investigating the role of the state too deeply, it is clear to see that in general, there are distinctions between the developmental levels of states around the world; while poverty exists in every nation, there are some that are much more stricken with the problem than others. In addition, relative levels of poverty within a nation is a scalable phenomenon—that is, levels of poverty and the very meaning of poverty can change across different political landscapes around the world. The conceptualisation of ...

Revolution can be regarded as an inevitable part of society’s evolution, whereas following the world’s revolutions one may observe a smooth transition of humanity from the early dawn of civilization to modern progressive and technological face of our planet. It’s necessary to point out that each revolution should be analyzed objectively, without disguising it someone’s favor; otherwise the true historical meaning of the even can be lost. The American Revolution started after Britain applied the seven Coercive (in other words Intolerable) Acts to the colonies, including the closing of the Boston port, and a permission ...

Sexual consent is a concept shrouded in mystery in modern times. It has become increasingly difficult to identify sexual acts guided by mutual consent by the partners’ involved, implied consent, and outright rape. Kate Harding in her article ‘How Rape in Pop Culture Became a Matter of Opinion’ holds the opinion that the notion of rape in pop culture depiction is diluted to the opinion of the individual. Cases of portrayed rape are left to the discretion of individual interpretation, thus, according to Harding, subjecting female victims of sexual assault to normalized abuse, in the face of popular opinion.
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According to Ian Barbour, there are different ways of relating science and religion. His understanding of the relationship between science and religion is based mainly on four ways. These include; conflict, independence, dialogue and integration. Barbour believes that both science and religion should be viewed independently since there will definitely be conflicts if they are all understood under the same perspective.

Ian developed an independence model of understanding religion and science. In this model, it is assumed that each is (religion and science) a sphere of realism or autonomous field of study with its own language and sole rules independently. ...

The Anglo Caribbean refers to the former British colonies of the Caribbean region. They are English - speaking countries. The Anglophone Caribbean was colonized by the United Kingdom. Colonialism has left its lasting mark on the Caribbean states in terms of race and social stratification. The Caribbean society is full of class consciousness and struggle is always defined by race. The Caribbean is identified by whites, Blacks and Brown. Beside race, an individual’s social beliefs and cultural associations define classification.

Fifty years after independence hostility still exists between the browns and blacks who were oppressed during colonial times. ...

The Atlantic Revolutions were a wave of social breakthroughs taking place between the 1770s and the 1820s in the Atlantic World, empires having the access to the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic Revolutions stroke Europe as well as South and North America, mainly influencing the social life in the United States, France and French-controlled Europe, Spanish America. Smaller revolutionary acts arose in Switzerland, Brazil, and Russia. Being the strong push factor The Atlantic Revolutions gave a start to the independence movements in the New World, which began with the American Revolution in 1775–1783 and finished with gaining independence by ...

It is an ascertained fact that adolescence, that is typically associated with the teenage years, is a transitional state during which an individual is likely to experience numerous psychological and social issues which may lead to crisis situations. In actual fact, "adolescence can be a stormy period in which teenagers are struggling for independence, yet are still in need of guidance and emotional support" (Kanel, 2015, p. 119). According to Kanel (2015), during this transitional period, teenagers tend to "engage in self-destructing behaviors" in order to meet their special needs and requirement of society (p. 119). Crises related to ...

Argument with Evaluation

There are some talented authors who managed to portray life as they saw it with all the white and dark strips. One of such gifted natures is surely an Irish dramatist Lady Gregory. She was not interested in things and abstract ideas but preferred to depict the complicated inner life of people’s feelings and emotions. The Rising of the Moon is her remarkable one-act little play that was widely praised for its consummate dramatic technique. It was written in 1904 and proved that harmony and loyalty could be found in the most intense situations ever. Thomas Hogan named ...

I found it interesting for Peter Williams to state that most of the gospels were not written in Israel which gives them independence and reliability that they are true accounts of Jesus’ life. Williams states that Mark was written in Rome, John in Ephesus, Luke in Antioch and Matthew in Judaea which shows that the writers had a high degree of independence and the fact that the gospels contain highly similar accounts of Jesus is reliable evidence. I also found it also memorable how Jesus Christ becomes a central figure in all aspects who was poised to save the ...

The American Revolution was not a pure conflict concerning the Americans and the British; it was rather a global conflict. The consequence of this conflict changed the colonial power balance and determined the destiny of the American colonists. The struggle for American independence irritated the most dominant colonial powers of Europe. The colonies’ discontent and the involvement of Europe, all occurred at the end of a period characterized by extreme imperial rivalry. To be specific, the occurrence of the war between the American colonies and Britain was twelve years after the Seven years’ war.

Nature of Colonists Reactions to Britain’s Policies

The American Revolution came by ...

"No president since the founders has done more to shape the character of American government," this is according to Alan Brinkley in his outstanding biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States of America. The presidency of Franklin Roosevelt was marked with several ups and down during the early years. It is mainly because he assumed office at a time when the U.S. was undergoing through the Great Depression, one of the worst if not the worst financial crises ever to face our country. Roosevelt started his political career in 1910 after being elected in the ...

In the book Emile, Rousseau borrowed a lot of thinkers that came before him. He had the arguments of John Locke on teaching and education. Still, he quite remarkably combined the arguments of the preceding philosophers to form a coherent and comprehensive teaching system. Using the medium of the novel, Rousseau was able to dramatize such that they reached a wide audience. Rousseau saw the system of education as married to nature that had characteristics of harmony, and concern for the learner as well as the learning process itself. The premise of this argument was the preservation of the original perfection of ...

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Paine uses the term “material injuries” to refer to British exploitation of American resources. According to Paine the Great Britain enriched itself through commercial activities in America. The continent provided both goods and market for trade. Therefore, they had to protect their commercial interest from other competing powers such as France and Spain who also had an interest in American resources. The argument about material injuries has got both merits and weaknesses. The British was exploiting American resources for their own benefits. The exploitation did not benefit the Americans who were the owners of resources and also ...

Welfare is established in order to maintain the well-being of the general public within a society. These establishments, in turn, present institutions that are put forth in order to satisfy this agenda of maintaining a certain level of its citizen’s livelihood. However, many of these programs tend to cause more trouble than they alleviate. While there are options that allow for the financial protection of individuals, it is difficult to implement the large scale institutionalization of these programs. Furthermore, there are not significant benefits to the cost of their implementation. For this reason, the only option is that all forms ...

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) refer to a group of several neurodevelopment syndromes that havedisorders having a poorly understood etiology. Mental The term ASD has been used by several mental health professionals use the term ASD to represent not only classic autism but also Asperger syndrome, Rett syndrome, CDD and PDD-NOS (NHS 2012)—disorders that refer to syndromes that share the same impairments (Romero-Munguia 2013).HYPERLINK "http://en.plagiarismdetect.com/plagiarism/index/8c2ae26f5e9428176d21bb1f0bea960009307af6/25242?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ablockabove.com%2Fwhy-fluency" \t "_blank"Romero-Munguia 2013). These are autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome (AS), and pervasive developmental disorder – not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), also known as atypical autism (NHS 2012). ASD is characterized by developmental ...

This report was elaborated to evaluate the incentives for private sector growth and business opportunities in Colombia. The country has been chosen not only because is one of the best positioned economies in the region, but also has lots of underdeveloped areas where a solid international company could have a great impact on the communities located there. Nonetheless, given that Colombia is still on its way to full economic development, this report will evaluate demographic, cultural, political and institutional factors to determine the main elements that could constrain business growth in order to help the company make informed decisions to maximize ...

Shakespeare writes his play in an era where males are not accepting of women in power and authority. While the Elizabethan Age had Queen Elizabeth at the throne, many critics did not accept women in these positions readily. As a result, Shakespeare’s works reveal women in both negative and positive ways. Males controlled aspects of the society such as power and authority while women were expected to be submissive or weak and follow the orders as stipulated by these males. This submission was important to their survival in the society and within their families. During the Renaissance period, the ...

Response 1

The first discussion post clearly describes Jefferson, from his days as a child to his days as the president. It opens by presenting a young Jefferson who roamed the woods in Virginia and read books. Of importance to note is that Jefferson was an educated man. According to Bernstein (16), Thomas Jefferson was a respected lawyer who graduated from the College of William and Mary. The post also outlines Jefferson’s role in American history by noting that his writings shaped America’s political philosophy. Jefferson believed in the separation between the church and the state, freedom of speech, abolition of slavery ...

Since U.S. was established as a nation, its citizens have been reluctant to give the government too much power. Many a time, they have expressed massive suspicion of the politicians. However, the Americans have often turned to the government for help during times of need, over the course of American history. They have also strongly given the government unwavering support in times of war. The government’s power started expanding in 1933 in order to meet the crises that were created by crash of the stock exchange market in 1929. Congress passed legislation which brought American government into the businesses of ...

The County Sheriff’s Leadership and Management Decisions in the Local Budget Process Revisited

The article revisits the research by LaFrance and Placide and confirms the participation of elected sheriffs in the leadership rather than the management of their system. The article takes the view, which is deduced from the research and analysis that, elected sheriffs would corporate with the legislative assembly for the solution of budgetary deficits and or problems. This serves to illuminate the critical issues incident to the introduction of election of sheriffs as opposed to appointment of Sheriffs. The article propounds a number of reasons that support the election rather than the appointment of sheriffs. It runs short of declaring ...

Introduction

The revolutionary war was basically an independence war in the United States. The war was between the thirteen colonies and Great Britain where it grew gradually into the world war. This war was between Britain, the United States, France, Spain and countries like Netherlands. The result of this war was the recognition of the European recognition of independence of US as well as the American victory.
The revolution war resulted from the American Revolution. The British based their concentration on taxation of the colonies in order to get the finances to facilitate the war .This became very expensive ...

Entry One: When I Am Old, I Shall Wear Purple

The first thing I thought of when I considered the idea of aging issues was a poem by Jenny Joseph, who wrote Warning, the first lines of which are, “When I am an old woman I shall wear purple/ With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me” (Sachteleben 2009). Joseph was born in 1932 in England composed this ode to being elderly in 1961. Although she grew up in a different generation, Joseph’s poem still resonates. In some ways, there is a certain freedom for the elderly. Many people spend their younger lives trying to do the right thing, ...

Introduction

“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition”, said Marilyn Monroe as she was defining the power of women thru their charms and presence, and not thru equal work with men. This concept, according to which femininity is the aspect that most empowers women in relationship with men was developed in various writings of the nineteenth century and comes as a contradiction to the binary relationship man – woman, which suggests that woman is placed on the negative side, as she is disempowered. Three novels, “The Awakening” (Kate Chopin), “Mrs. Spring Fragrance” (Sui Sin Far) and “Maggie: A Girl ...

Introduction

Foxconn Technology Group is a Taiwanese company that manufactures and assembles many products of Apple, including iPad and iPhone in China (Hays, n.pag.). The number of people employed by the company is over 0.1 million. However, the company has been in news recently for being alleged of unethical human resource practices and inappropriate treatment of employees. The objective of this paper is to understand the pros and cons of Foxconn issue through article review.

The paper is divided into four sections. The first section deals with analysis and evaluation of arguments in favour of the issue through an identified article. ...

Talk About Haiti

All human beings have a right to freedom and they have the capability of overcoming oppression and injustices such as Authoritarian leadership and slavery just to mention a few. The revolution in the Caribbean is a classic example of how united and focused humans with a common good, can achieve their goal. Ada Ferrer makes a valuable argument that the archives are biased since they are influenced by state powers, but facts have a way of exposing themselves in one way or another. This is evident in the various channels used to extrapolate information on the Haitian revolution such as letters, word of mouth, and ...

Introduction

Sociology is the science that deals with societies. A society is composed of a group of people with shared norms, who usually live within one geographical or virtual boundary. Sociology studies various aspects of a society including its dynamics, structure, stratification and institutions. With increasing economic liberalisation and advancement in communication technology, societies are interacting and integrating globally. This global interaction makes it imperative to understand the society and institutional framework in other countries. The paper attempts to understand the profile of a country and its five key institutions, education, religion, government, family and economy.
China has been identified for this ...

My response in writing the essay is to have a critical analysis on a famous work. I intend to look at the work and understand the deeper meaning. After internal synthesis, I can come up with a comprehensive analysis which can be used by others. I intend to give a deeper understanding to the work.

I had an insight into the plight of the American people at the time. In a broader context, I came to understand what can propel people to do what they do at given times. I sought to know the motivations behind people’s actions. This was exactly what I ...

Gender roles and gender-related stereotypes are often depicted in literary works. For example, Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” could be considered misogynistic because it promotes the stereotype that women are the root of all evil, manipulate men for their selfish needs, and create chaos because all female characters in the play show that form of behavior. On the other hand, it is also possible to notice the lack of stability and logic in the main character Macbeth who is depicted as a naïve, indecisive, and dependent character. In “Candide,” it is possible to notice that Voltaire depicts the vulnerability and ...

Gender roles and gender-related stereotypes are often depicted in literary works. For example, Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” could be considered misogynistic because it promotes the stereotype that women are the root of all evil, manipulate men for their selfish needs, and create chaos because all female characters in the play show that form of behavior. On the other hand, it is also possible to notice the lack of stability and logic in the main character Macbeth who is depicted as a naïve, indecisive, and dependent character. In “Candide,” it is possible to notice that Voltaire depicts the vulnerability and ...

Abstract

Business ethics is a form professional ethics that addresses moral problems that arise in business environments. Ethics in business encompass avoiding breaking the law, avoiding actions that may result in legal suits being filed against the business and avoiding actions that may damage the image of the company. The scandals that rocked several American companies in early 2000, revealed rampant self-dealing, mismanagement, erroneous accounting procedures and other unethical business practices. In an attempt to restore investor confidence, congress initiated the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act in 2002. This paper seeks to critically analyze the business ethics issues as contained in the SOX ...

Person-Centered, Existential, and Gestalt Therapies

Carl Rogers discovered person- centered therapy in 1930. He held the belief that a patient should be seen as a client. His theory asserted that the client and the therapist were on the same level unlike before where a therapist was given an upper hand. This theory also held a different view from Freud’s theory in that, it asserts individuals behaviors are motivated by the urge to attain high potential and the good in them. Rollo May and Victor Frankl introduced existential therapy. This theory attempts to explain why human beings exist. It mainly focuses on issues such as death and love ...

Introduction

To begin with, code of ethics for nurses can be contented as being one of the universally and globally agreed set of laws and rules that are internationally applicable to all nurses all over the world. Basically, nurses can be debated as having four significant and essential responsibilities and duties in the medical field: First, they are responsible to ensure that patients, families and communities remain in healthy conditions all the time irrespective of color, age, locality, gender, political background, physical disability, nationality, sex and tribe. In addition, nurses are expected to prevent, avert and obviate illness, sickness, disease ...