Essays on Contradicting

Chapter 3: Methodology

3.0 Introduction The theory of purchasing power parity is essential for the study of international trade since it argues that there exist a relationship between prices of products and exchange rates. This theory provides a framework for assessing long-term changes in the exchange rates. It states that similar goods and services in various countries should have the same cost in the long-run (Frankel 153). Essentially, the PPP theory is based on the assertion that the exchange rates tend to adjust themselves in such a way that there no opportunity costs for buying particular goods or services in a particular ...

Abstract

This research paper will discuss the different ethical issues within group therapy sessions. A therapist should bear particular ethical standards that are required in group therapy sessions. Importantly, counselors should uphold moral codes that guide the group agenda from the formation to the operational stages of the group. Also, this paper will analyze the distinct traits of individual and group counseling. Group counseling involves one counselor attending several clients simultaneously. On the other hand, individual counseling includes a one on one session between a client and therapist. In group counseling, the members may be shy to share their issues ...

Prenatal Testing and Screening

Prenatal testing and screening have raised the number of ethical issues related to diagnostic testing in relation to special circumstances of pregnancy. The concerns related to the diagnostic testing involve greater ethical concerns for the parents with disabilities that need to be effectively addressed. It is debated that the prenatal diagnosis in contemporary society has enhanced the testing process to make right decisions about the pregnancy. However, there are number of concerns that evolve within our society concerning the cultural, religious and other social pressures. In the case of people with disabilities it is argued that the people often ...

George Herbert (1593-1633) adopted the Metaphysical style of poetry from Donne but in a simpler manner. His famous poem “Death” is an example of the poetry that uses rhetorical forms of writing like a paradox, hyperbole, and conceits. The poem constitutes two parts that have a contradicting view of death. The First part presents death as a fearsome being through the use of hideous expressions and imagery. The second part presents death as a friend and a passage to a better life. The last three stanzas give hope to Christians through the works of Jesus Christ. Through Christ’s ...

Introduction

Social and political order is often a subject that interests political philosophers such as Hobbes and Locke. On the other hand, the understanding of their philosophical perspectives about politics can be summed up into the context of the phrase “State of Nature”. In today’s contemporary politics, the concept of State of Nature had a profound effect in the way policies are created. In this discussion, the context of State of Nature as a political philosophy and it affect the decision that the government makes. In addition, the work of Hobbes and Locke will be interpreted within the described ...

The immorality of body tattooing

Evidence of mummified tattooed bodies shows that the art that people referred to as tattooing has existed for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptians did it, so did the Chinese. Indians, to this day are known for it through their artistic henna tattoos. Even the Samurais of Japan took up tattooing as a means of replacing their armor when they were disbanded (Ink Done Right). However, the question of whether tattooing one’s body is morally right or not is one that is yet to be answered. Many debates and discussions come up especially in regard to religion and tattooing.

Objections to my position

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Even though the Grievant was on the last and final warning, she could not have easily jeopardized her job by smoking in the room. The grievant was well aware of the non-smoking rule and whilst she did smoke, she made sure she did not smoke during the working hours. D, the Grievant and E had contradicting testimonies as to what had transpired on 25th September 2002. B and C during the phone call claimed they had left the room early and none of them smoked and there was no way the cigarette could still be burning at 12.00. F ...

Introduction

The arrest of the three teenage young men over the murder of the three year old boys in West Memphis Arkansas took place in 1994. The three young men named Jessie MisKelley Jr, Damien Echols, and Jason Baldwin were found guilty and convicted for the killings. Both Jessie and Jason were sentenced to life and on the other hand, Baldwin who was considered as the suspected ring-leader received a death sentence. Later in 2011, the three teenagers presumed an Alford Plea which enabled them to come out of jail as time served. The Alford plea was presumed that one is ...

Introduction

The general American identity of people usually base on social cultural basis such class, ethnicity, race and gender. Rarely do we investigate the role played by our culture in our life including the way we relate and interact with each other. Our culture forms the most influential innate thing in our life. I have come to realize this through experience and interaction with several people as I was in the search for my indigenous identity. I trace my identity to European origin having an historic arrival to Argentina in 1502 and most probably this is the time when my ...

Critical Thinking –Argument Support Mechanics

When a certain argument is false, an individual is supposed to be cautious in his opinions. However, the logical validity of an argument is its internal consistency and not the truth value. For instance, when an individual argues that there is a wet wall in the street, but nobody has seen the rain. The argument of this statement is correct since the opinion must accept the argument’s premises truth. Thus, it is extremely hard to refute an argument based on false premise since its truth cannot satisfy all the involved parties. The conclusion of an invalid argument should be firm ...

INTRODUCTION:

The stem cell research has been debated ever since the birth of it. However, the categorization of the stem cell research has been defined in a wrong manner. Moreover, the media is sensationalizing the topic. This has resulted in a wrong notion that all stem cell research is unethical. This is a wrong notion of the research because there are two types of stem cell research. The adult stem cell research is ethical than the embryonic stem cell research. Adult stem cell research refers to the usage of matured cells from mature adult human being without killing the host. On the ...

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Answer to question THREE: Gender Concepts in the Northern and Southern States

Slavery as an institution was a cause for contradicting ideologies between the northern and southern states of America. With the north advocating for the emancipation of slaves and the south standing for the opposite, the American Civil War had been brewing before 1861 when actual combat began. In turn, different forms of literature were produced from the North in retaliation to the Southerners’ ideologies with each approaching the immorality of slavery from different perspectives. With gender emerging as an issue among both sides, there were instances of emerging beliefs regarding ...

Abstract

One of the issues that have garnered massive media attention is terrorism. Terrorists have attacked various places causing massive loss of human life and property. The September 11 attack on America signalled to its administration that it had to re-examine its security policies. It believed that the attack was instigated by its ignominy to control the security situation in within its jurisdiction and undoubtedly the citizens’ overprotection by the constitution. The government made a decision to severely scrutinize the citizens. The previous privacy that the 4th constitutional amendment granted the Americans was later disregarded and president bush took it to ...

Introduction

Same sex marriage has become a polarizing issue in both state and national politics as well as religious platforms. In the United States alone, fourteen states including California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Washington among others, states have legalized same sex marriages either through court decisions, state legislations or through popular votes. Research also reveals that voters in about 10 states in the United States of America passed state constitutional amendments defining marriage as the relationship between one woman and one man. However, some other states such as Alabama, Arizona, Alaska, Kentucky, and Missouri among several others have banned same ...

In his book, Martel is trying to express his views on truth and reason. Through the two different accounts of the survival journey of Pi, Martel tries to explore the nature of truth. In his views truth is greater than reason and sensory capabilities, and sometimes to understand the truth better, one has to go beyond reason and empirical devices. He presents his readers with two stories in order to establish that truth is not all about objective rationality; it is closely linked to how one interprets reality. He unequivocally believes that truth is not always determined by the ...

INTRODUCTION

Hate speech is the free and unrestricted expression towards individuals based on their status in society, race, sex or physical appearance that is belligerent and dehumanizing to the victim and usually leads to their isolation from their immediate community. Hate speech takes many forms, but one thing that cuts across the board, is that it’s directed towards minority groups that have different characteristics to the dominant group and is fuelled by peer pressure (Gould 13). Institutions of higher learning have been plagued by numerous cases of hate speech which have led to violence and hatred among the students ...

Introduction Islam is termed as the fastest growing religion as compared to other religions. It believes in one God who is known as Allah becoming a monotheistic region. It was brought to humanity by Muhammad the prophet who was revealed by God these things. Islam developed in a place known today as Middle-East in the 7th century C.E Islam means surrender and or submission, Allah. Quran is the sacred book of Islam for it contains teachings taught by Muhammad after being revealed to him by Allah. Due to Muslims are characterized by praying five times to Allah in a day. Islam does ...

U.S. Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Fiscal policy

Fiscal policy denotes the use of government spending and taxation in order to steer the economy to the desired direction at a point in time. There are two types of fiscal policies, and they include the contractionary and the expansionary fiscal policies. In contractionary fiscal policies, the government enacts policies aimed at reducing the production in the economy. These could entail an increase in tax and lowering the government expenditure in the economy. On the other hand, the expansionary fiscal policies entail the policies adopted by the government with a view of increasing the overall output ...

The relational dialectic communication theory evaluates the tensions in relationships caused by human contradictions. The theory examines the tensions expressed in dialects of individual parties in interpersonal relationships as individuals express the clash of conflicting wants and needs. The theory explains conflicting needs an individual within a relationship can need or want and the conflicting dialect used to communicate that conflicting position. The theory originated with the work of Baxter and Montgomery began as their studies found repeated conflicting results. The pattern of repeat tensions was first discovered when Baxter completed her first series of interviews. Her study asking interviewees ...

The relational dialectic communication theory evaluates the tensions in relationships caused by human contradictions. The theory examines the tensions expressed in dialects of individual parties in interpersonal relationships as individuals express the clash of conflicting wants and needs. The theory explains conflicting needs an individual within a relationship can need or want and the conflicting dialect used to communicate that conflicting position. The theory originated with the work of Baxter and Montgomery began as their studies found repeated conflicting results. The pattern of repeat tensions was first discovered when Baxter completed her first series of interviews. Her study asking interviewees ...

Movie review: I'm in love with a church girl

I’m in love with a church girl is a 2013 drama film with a Christian theme. Steve Race directed the film that stars Adrienne Bailon (Vanessa Leon) and Jeff “Ja Rule” Atkins (Miles Montego). The film involves a love story between Miles, formerly a drug dealer and Vanessa, a church girl. The following is an analysis of the film.

The film has some contradicting or controversial biographies and promotes a controversial culture. Since it is an interracial film, there is the likelihood that viewers can take the use of Miles to play a drug dealing character as an acceptance of stereotyping that African Americans overwhelmingly engage ...

Philosophy questions

- St. Anselm in the 11th Century proposed the first ontology on the existence of God. In his argument, St. Anselm proposed that God’s existence is derived from the concept of, “being than which no greater can be conceived,” (“Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy,” 2011). Therefore, a being that no greater than it can be conceived is God. However, his argument shows that it is necessary to belief in God, but does not, in fact, prove the existence of God.

Work cited

Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy . “Ontological Arguments”; 2011. Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ontological-arguments/ on October 13, 2014. - Luke Tracy (2012) on ...

Regardless of the reason for which it occurs, lying allows the creation of a world in which individuals would want to live. The girls from “Girl, Interrupted”, the women from “Notes on Scandal”, Humbert Humbert in “Lolita” or William Styron in “Darkness Visible” all appeal to lies for creating the reality that they envision or for depicting the world in which they think they live. Juxtaposing two worlds, the imagined and the real one, the characters of the above mentioned readings and films balance their existence in the two worlds by appealing to lies, for justifying their dual existence. For ...

SOCIAL ISSUE Is the Inequality prevalence a contributing factor to poverty?

SOURCES Clemens, Jason and Niels Veldhuis, ‘Inequality is fundamentally misunderstood’, Fraser Institute, Nov. 2012 Pp. 1-56 Mackenzie, Hugh, ‘Why the 99 percent still Matter’, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Jan. 2013. Pp. 2-36 OPPOSING VIEWS: YES Mackenzie says; “Those at the top of the scale lead healthier lives. When they need health care, they capitalize on connections. They enjoy the resources to go elsewhere to get to the head of the line. They even live longer; a case that is contradicting what the other 99 percent go through. ” NO Clemens Jason and Neils Veldhuis say; ...

The mythical presence of Socrates and his legendary acceptance of the poisoned drink have always fascinated the philosophers and historians alike. What makes the historical and philosophical character of Socrates even more elusive is the fact that Socrates himself did not write any big volumes of philosophy and the sole vessel to his philosophical contributions are the reminiscences of his equally gifted student Plato. Due to this indirect nature of the knowledge being passed down, one can never be sure of what Socrates really believed in as there are many conflicting views presented by other philosophers who were directly ...

Part I

Considering the theory of diffusion of innovation and other change theories such as Levin’s Change Theory or King’s Theory of Goal Attainment what, do you perceive as the various strengths or weaknesses of each when considering change projects in the workplace? Why would you choose the use of one theory over another? Diffusion of innovation theory has the following strengths. Rogers the inventor had the ability to evaluate thousands of studies enabling him to integrate a huge volume of empirical data, which has ensured relevance even in the modern age. The theory is consistent with most conclusions ...

Discussion: ““In our contemporary world, it is impossible for one person to change a government or a culture.”

The topic of the current research is of the most interest nowadays, as the questions like these provide the examples how the people can change under the influence of the external factors, especially the factors of globalization. An intellectually and culturally developed person nowadays cannot associate himself/herself with a common country, nation, culture etc., as the number of different characteristics and elements of personality is outstanding, all the details not only complement each one, but contradict themselves also. What I`m trying to say that the people has become so developed, progressive and diverse nowadays that they are not able ...

[Client’s Name] [Client’s Professor] [Client’s Subject] 2. One day you receive the following letter:

I am in the process of putting together a must-read list of great philosophers. Some of the works that have been recommended to me are Plato’s Phaedo, Descartes’ Meditations, Berkeley’s Three Dialogues, Kant’s Prolegomena, and Schlick’s “Positivism and Realism.” I understand that you have recently studied these works in depth, and I would value your opinion. Please choose one of these works and tell me whether you think its philosophical content justifies putting it on my ...

Introduction

Same sex marriage has become a polarizing issue in both state and national politics as well as religious platforms. In the United States alone, fourteen states including California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Washington among others, states have legalized same sex marriages either through court decisions, state legislations or through popular votes. However, some other states such as Alabama, Arizona, Alaska, Kentucky, and Missouri among several others have banned same sex marriages by constitutional amendments and state laws, or constitutional amendments or state laws only. The polarizing views on gay marriages can also be witnessed on religious groups with some ...

Executive Summary

Technology is one of the best scientific developments that have brought about economic, social, and political change in most of the world’s economies. Nevertheless, there are varied reactions on the effect of technology on the environment, the economy, religion, culture, and politics among a host of many social, economic, and political phenomena. Conversely, these factors also affect technology in different ways as will be discussed in this paper. Nevertheless, selecting technology for a specific situation depends on a list factors that either support or oppose such incentives.

Introduction

Science and technology are the current century’s most influential challenges since it affects ...

The paper explores the issues that revolve around leadership and maintaining ethical standards. Leaders should maintain the strict ethical standards imposed into corporations codes of conducts. Several factors determine the success of young leaders in achieving ethical standards of business. Inadequate experience in the business subjects many leaders into difficulties when dealing with issues inside the organization. The paper seeks to describe the importance of standards in monitoring the organization’s codes of conduct. The paper explores on impacts on the level of experience in determining success of a business. However, some scholars hold contradicting opinions on maintaining strict ethical ...

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Written by Forster Edward, A Passage to India narrates the ideas and events that unfold around Quested Adela and Mrs. Moore from the point they depart England for India. In India, they meet other English nationals working in the country and with whom they are quickly acquitted. However, the Indians in the novel are not quick to befriend the English people in their area as according to them, “the English are a comic institution” (25). On the other hand, the English men have a stereotype associated with the Hindus and do not shy ...

Psychology

Abstract There have been increasing notions on matters regards to the essentiality of in-class experiment on the students’ performance. Historically the researchers have offered varying analogies on the respective entities in regarding the issue. The various historical claims made on the value of laboratory work in schools have been based on both perspectives and facts that various researchers have established. The commonly contradicting notion by various stakeholders in respective to the issue argue that the students are basically unaware of some of the essence experiments. They argue that some of the experiments by the students they have no ...

Edinburgh, Scotland: Canongate Books, 2007

Summary The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream is a book that can be categorized as an autobiography of the first African American president in the history of the United States. This book that was written and released shortly before announcing his presidential bid, the then Illinois senator’s second book addresses a collection of topics, which was considered by several political analysts as a means of paving way for himself in the looming presidential campaigns of that time. In this book, the author gives a detailed account of his journey through politics: he explains the driving forces behind ...

Homicide crimes occur to people who are unaware that they are the target of a criminal individual. Most of these crimes happen in homes and often results in death of the victims. Homicide crimes are mostly committed to people-by-people who are close to them or share a certain relationship. Mostly the perpetrators are people known to the victims. This paper will show I intend to conduct my interviews on the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Ruth Nelson and their daughter Elizabeth. I intend to prepare for the interviews by making myself conversant with the surrounding area around which the crime ...

Book VII - On Shadows and Realities in Education

SOCRATES - GLAUCON AND now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: --Behold! human beings living in a underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will ...

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and a scientist. He wrote on a range of things that included physics, poetry, logic, politics, biology, and ethics among other things. He was an example of an all round philosopher. The works of Aristotle on ethics have been influential since their introduction and most of it has been rejuvenated in the outlining of the modern virtues and ethics. He got his knowledge from his teacher Plato, who started an academy in which Aristotle attended. A gay is a person who is sexually oriented to someone of the same biological sex or same gender identity. For Instance ...

Corporate Insolvency

Australian Corporate Insolvency Law Introduction Thesis statement Does the Australian corporate insolvency law provide too much advantage to secured creditors? Aims and Objectives This study aims to determine whether the Australian corporate insolvency law is providing more advantage towards secured creditors given that the law is supposed to insinuate equality, orderly procedure and equitable distribution of assets. The objective is to evaluate the law and identify the different aspects of the law that lead to the speculations of giving more advantage to secured creditors. Part of the objective is to consider the realities of ...

Assignment 2.3 After reading the chapter on Collaborative Planning, please explain what a consensus meeting is and why they are useful for strategy formulation? Consensus groups are one of means of systematic approaches to strategic planning (Mohammed and Ringseis, p. 321). In a wider methodological system, it can be compared with focus groups, with one particular difference, consensus groups are more interactive and participative, and the outcome of discussion depends on participants' agreement towards its acceptance and not due to moderator's decision (book of reading, p. 46). Unlike in surveys, participants modify statements they vote on in such a way so ...

The influence of the western culture on the history of the world is an undeniable fact. The concept can be used to describe modernist movement in the arts, the different cultural tendencies and cultural movements associated with it. The factors that are considered to have favored modernism include rapid growth of cities and development of industrial societies, and honor of the First World War (Stangos 23 – 45). While the ore modernist period is characterized by a sense of order and stability, with deep understanding of the nature of faith, personal and cultural identity, and social values, the modernistic period presents a ...

Abstract

Dealing with a critical health condition is one of the social issues that required well collaborated and efficient multidiscipline personnel who have to dedicate their utmost effort in providing medical care, moral support as well as ensure the necessary remedies are enacted. Such cases where different personnel from various interdisciplinary background come together to solve a critical problem at hand will require a sense of trust, understanding different personalities and at the same time tolerate each other both professionally and socially so as to find a solution to the problem involved. The process may however involve challenges of social problems such as conflicts ...

Compare and Contrast

The Contradicting Perspectives of the Future of Generation Y and Gen Z I. Introduction Every child is born in a particular generation of individuals, which encompasses similarities in characteristics. Surprisingly, people born in different generations have different perspectives of their future particularly in terms of education. Parents often imagine the future of their kids having to finish their college degrees and land a decent job. However, parents at some point do not understand that their children are born in a separate generation in which the perception of their future in education is different from their parents. The contradicting notion about ...

Article review

Over the last four decades, there have been major trends in the criminal law sectors. Criminology has revolutionized from the basic notions proposed by Aristotle to the contemporary laws and regulations proposed by the modern authorities in the field of law and criminology. More so, there have been major changes in correction centers, authorization of sentencing, and other sectors involving the criminal handling. Additionally, article review includes relating a piece of writing in criminology to the modern world and trends that are taking place in the modern world perception of the justice system. Still criminals have become more advanced in ...

Madeline Neumann

The parents are guilty of causing the death of Madeline Neumann. The death was caused by recklessness on the side of the parents. The 11-year-old child was suffering from diabetes and the parents could not seek medical assistance. The girl had experienced several days or weeks of deteriorating health condition caused by diabetic ketoacidosis, which is readily treatable. The parents believed that the worsening condition was spiritual warfare between Jesus and evil forces. This made them believe that resisting worldly medicine would save her. The child died of neglect and child abuse by her parents. Every child is granted ...

Dhimmis in the Ottoman Empire

In ancient history, several records indicate that religious groups have migrated into nations from time to time to escape persecution. In the Middle East, the dhimmis or the non-Muslims became prominent in several Islamic regions as they migrated from their homelands due to persecution. However, like other religions, they were considered a separate entity from the main state due to their conflicting religions. Nevertheless, the dhimmis gained various treatments while in the Muslim territories, which is notable even up to the Ottoman Empire. This paper focuses on the nature and influence of the dhimmis in the Ottoman Empire's quest for ...

Sherlock Holmes is a mystery-action film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional masterpiece of the same title. The movie hit of 2009 was directed by Guy Ritchie starring Robert Downey J.r as Holmes and Jude Law as his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson. The movie is set in a 19th century London where Holmes is a famous detective. He is known for his logical reasoning, disguising ability and forensic science skills used in solving difficult cases. One of the baddest villains in the film is Lord Blackwood portrayed by Mark Strong. The real mystery in the story is how Blackwood was able ...

Mormonism is a religion that was founded by Joseph Smith Jr. This religion is practiced by members of the Latter Day Saint Church and this church has more than 6 million members. The mormons founder Joseph Smith reportedly claimed that he received visions from God through an angel called Moroni that he was going to be used to restore the Christian church because it was lost after the death of the original apostles. Smith was put in jail on June 27th, 1884 after there word spread that he had introduced polygamy in Mormonism. He was later assassinated by mob and ...