Essays on Caplan

As afore identified, mental health forms an area of concern in as far as the achievement of overall community health is concerned. The health outcomes of an individual are majorly determined by their state of mental health (Jorm, 2012). Mental health issues such as stress and depression have an enormous impact on an individual’s quality of life. These issues affect many spheres of life including; social, economic and health (Thoits, 2013). This being the case, there is the need for a health promotion intervention purposely intended to promote mental health. Achieving an optimal level of mental at a ...

An ethical dilemma is often referred to as a complicated situation which involves two conflicting mental ideas. In most of the cases, the issues addressed in the conflict are often based on moral imperatives. This, therefore, creates a situation where honoring one ideology means that the other one will have to be disgraced and in the process causing a great misunderstanding between the two parties involved. In some occasion, a situation like this is called an ethical paradox (White, 1992). In some of the cases, ethical dilemmas are often invoked in a bid to refute the moral code in ...

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Mild forgetfulness is common in many people as they age. However, memory loss, especially with younger individuals, can be a sign of a more serious problem called amnesia. This condition is defined as the “inability to recall information that is stored in memory” (Nordqvist). Often times, people with amnesia are depicted in contemporary movies, such as Lucy from the film 50 First Dates. However, the stories of people with amnesia is not as easy and funny as it seems. In order to get a better understanding of this disorder, it is imperative to take a look at ...

The issue of gene patenting is an interesting one, bringing up concerns about the extent to which we ‘own’ our cells, and what rights we have with them. While some believe that, for instance, organ donors do not have the right to tissue that they have donated, others think that there must be some sense of bodily ownership that must be accounted for in issues like these. To that end, the work of Schleiter (2009), Caplan (2010), Satel (2008), and Rubin (2010) will be examined in order to see the ways in which organ and tissue donation intersect with ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), stroke is the fifth leading illness that causes death in the United States. It is described as one of the primary causes of adult disability (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Approximately 800,000 people in the U.S alone suffer from a stroke annually. This figure translates to one American dying after every four minutes (Caplan 19). Owing to the serious prevalence the disease represents, the illness has received requisite attention regarding prevention and treatment techniques in an attempt to reduce its incidence. As a result of its quick ...

Why union officials are likely to oppose flexible work hours and other innovative work schedules

Over time, union officials have vehemently opposed flexible work hours and other innovative work schedules. On the face value, it would seem that such flexible work hours are a boost to both the officials and the workers. One would easily be misled to think that workers get to benefit more if they opt for flexible work hours. This is wrong. In fact, accepting this approach has various negative effects, hence the reason why union officials are against it. The main reason as to why such flexible and innovative schedules are opposed is based on the possibility of elimination of ...

Milford Industries is a company that sells its products via the partners’ retail stores. It is of great importance for the company to set up reliable relations with the buyers, have a good product layout in the stores and a large number of locations where the products can be solved. Therefore if Milford Industries is going to maintain or grow its customer base, it should pay more attention to the sales people that are responsible for the communication with the buyers and increasing the sales figures. Distribution of the company is divided into the regions and districts, but the ...

The science of human cloning is one of the most fascinating entities of the 21st-century biology. The announcement of a cloned sheep ignited an international debate in the late 1990s; two and half decades later, the debate is still very much alive (Li 1-2). The researchers at the Roslin Institute, Scotland, announced that they had fruitfully cloned an adult mammal (Caplan 1-3). The procedure used in cloning is called somatic cell nuclear transfer. It involves the transfer of the genetic code from the cell of an adult organism into an enucleated organism egg. Over the years, the science of ...

The debate on whether to consider aging either as a natural and inevitable process or as a disease has been raging on for decades. Those who consider aging a natural process such as Callahan (1990) and Fukuyama (2002) argue that the quest to extend life does not necessarily imply a better life or is inconsistent with human nature (Caplan, 2005). Conversely, contemporary scientists are increasingly adopting the view that aging is a disease because it fits the biological definition of a disease and has a distinct cause and recognizable signs and symptoms (Bulterijis, Hull, Bjork, & Roy, 2015). The fact ...

The question of minimum wage introduction for low-skilled workers offers conflicting research findings. Some theorists suggest that the introduction of minimum pay for low-skilled labor may affect the whole employment. However, the general model of competitive market for labor assumes that the introduction of minimum wage will cause job loss among the low-skilled employees. This report is dedicated to the economic analysis of this model.

What Economic Theory Predicts Will Happen

The simplest approach includes the analysis of one separate labor type. In such market, the minimum wage that overshoots the competitive equilibrium in the market causes harm to employment from two standpoints. First of ...

For quite some time, there has been an international debate as to whether it is possible to bring peace to regions affected by conflict without instilling justice. Though the sequence of peace and justice is debatable, there is no doubt that peace cannot be attained without justice. While it is easy to attain peace, that peace cannot be maintained without justice. The best case study that highlights the fact that justice provides stability in a region in Liberia. Liberia is a small country found the western part of the African continent. Like many other regions of Africa, Liberia has ...