Essays on Mcpherson

Soldiers differ from political officials as appropriate targets of terrorist attacks because soldiers are considered as combatants driven by the political motives of the officials in charge. Soldiers are considered to be guided by the interests of those in power and their threatening nature compels terrorists to act against them. Therefore, orchestrating attacks on military personnel is considered ethical. On the other hand, despite political officials being considered as the agents of regimes thought to be oppressive (Walzer 7), they are noncombatants hence attacking them is not justifiable. Also, the political code stipulated prevents political officials from being targets ...

Background

Successful modern business marketing lays emphasis on meeting the needs of the customers. This focus is a departure in the opposite direction from the traditional business whose major concern was selling its products or services. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one way of meeting not only the direct customers’ desires but also the needs and expectations of all the stakeholders of a business (Ortenblad 2016). Unethical profiteering practices of large companies and customer awareness due to free flow of information have forced many companies to make CSR a key strategic focus in their conduct of business. Besides enabling a ...

Influence of American Revolution of the Civil War

Influence of American Revolution of the Civil War

Introduction

The American Revolution and the Civil War are two wars that have shaped American history and the American society. The American Revolution started with 13 colonies forming the Continent Congress declaring their Independence from the British rule in 1776 and ended with the Loyalists winning the Revolutionary War (Becker, 2013, p. 5). The Civil War was started when Southern states declared independence by seceding from the Union. South Carolina was the first state to secede in 1860 and they were later joined by Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, North ...

Creative teaching strategies are considered important aspectsof the learning process especially the audience. It calls for an effective communication and proper feedback during the process of learning. While introducing the topic of study, the audience is expected to pay a close attention and grab the crucial concepts obtained in class. The strategies are also useful in enabling the critical thinking among students and general populations that are needed in the everyday activities. Critical thinking is useful in the real world applications and even career developments which are mostly obtained through the creative teaching (Parncutt & McPherson, 2002) A number of ...

Discussion

Yahoo Amazon.com FIFA video games The World Wide Web has supported the functioning and establishment of Yahoo by providing an international directory and search engine for every interested user and Amazon.com by registering interested parties prior to buying goods online. It has also provided a fan base for FIFA Video game websites where video game lovers can access the online games available (McPherson, 12). I think the World Wide Web has made it easier to start new businesses since it provides a broad customer base, a good networking platform, and a broad range of business information. I think the ...

Introduction

Climate change is among the significant factors impacting ecological diversity on a worldwide scale. The growth of industries and the increasing human population globally have resulted in a rise in the volume of greenhouse gasses, which scientists have argued are the greatest contributors to the menace. The Florida Keys is one of the ecological treasures of the U.S. that continues to be impacted negatively by climate change and anthropogenic activities. This ecological treasure, which is located at the tip of the state of Florida, comprises about 1,700 islands that stretch for more than 200 miles to the west ...

In order to understand the way, the history of the United States in the timeframe and after the Civil War, has represented the conflicts and inconsistencies between the principles and ideals in the Declaration of Independence and reality of life in America before the Civil War, it is essential to outline the brief history, reasons and the outcomes of this war and the major postulates of the Declaration of Independence It is claimed by the experts that the founding document of political tradition in US is the Declaration of Independence. The major argumentation for this statement is that it ...

Calculating Present and Future Values

Some of the primary factors that one must consider when calculating present and future values are annuities (ordinary annuity and annuity due). The other qualitative factors that contribute to making the decisions of both present and future value includes the frequencies (number) of payment, or of payments and the time at which the person makes the payments. In most cases, people make payments either at the start or end of every period payment. These are the variables that one has to consider when making Present and Future Value calculations. In the case of flexible interest rates, he or she ...

Introduction

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas was written by Douglas, not only as a means to recount his story, but in order to raise awareness about the predicament of the people who suffered from slavery. It was his belief that through his works, people will have a better understanding of the slavery and the need for its complete abolition. Douglas thought that, being a former slave himself, he was in the best position to tell the truth about slavery. Accordingly, the author provided some arguments in his books, a) he argued that slaves must be allowed to ...

Section

The Bidding Charterparty invited tenders for the construction of a new cruise-liner, to be called the Ocean Carpathia. Donelly was invited to tender. However, the person responsible for receiving tenders left work early.

ISSUE: WON Donelly Brothers can compel recognition of its bid? HELD: Yes

DISCUSSION: Similar to the case of Blackpool v Blackpool, it is the duty of the entity requesting for bids to inspect all those which have been submitted. In the case at bar, MC Donelly was actually able to submit its bid on time. It is not the fault of the bidder that their documents were not received in time, as it was the responsibility of the ...

Annotated Bibliography: African American History

Mayer, R. (2000). "Africa As an Alien Future": The Middle Passage, Afrofuturism, and Postcolonial Waterworlds. Amerikastudien / American Studies, 45(4), 555-566. Palmer, C. A. (1995). From Africa to the Americas: Ethnicity in the Early Black Communities of the Americas. Journal of World History, 6(2), 223-236. According to Ruth Mayer’s Africa as an Alien Future (2000), there remains a connection between the African Diaspora community and the motherland. In the author’s words, African culture remains evident even in contemporary works such as “literature, installation art, [and] pop music” in which the passages between Africa and ...

Modern America is in a situation of global transformation in all spheres of life. This is most clearly manifested in the radical change in traditional family values ​​and marriage, which leads to the erosion of semantic values ​​of the American mentality, the historical model of social change in the institution of family and marriage. “There is evidence, however, that the structure of social relationships in the United States has shifted in recent decades” (McPherson et al., 354). This paper discusses how television broadcasts family values ​​and patterns in American society during a few decades. In the 1950ies American family ...

The XIX century was a period when there were some profound societal, political and economic transformations in the USA. Some of the movements such as abolitionism or women’s suffrage would not have been successful, if there had not been strong advocates in the civil society. One of such figures was Angelina Grimke, who was White, but the racial issues did not stop her from participating in the public debate concerning slavery and women’s rights. Her activity was unconventional for the mid-XIX century and it is important to investigate why her name should be written in the U.S. ...

Implications of Equal Protection under the Law

Introduction Ability grouping is a common educational practice that is now commonly utilized in the US. The practice is used in order to enable the use of different instruction methods in schools. This is done with the intention of meeting the educational needs of different students (McCarter, 2014). The presence of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution raises the question of whether ability grouping of K-12 students is legal or illegal. The purpose of this essay is to delve into the effects of equal protection under the law in relation to ability group ...

The Battle of the wilderness was fought from May 5-7 in 1864 and it took almost two days. This battle was between two Generals of the Civil war namely Ulysses S. Grant and Robert Lee. The battle was the beginning of U. S. Grant’s overland operation in opposition to Richmond. Actually it was his first war in the Virginia region as well as his first war in opposition to Robert Lee. The war was fought near the town of Richmond town which was being protected by General Robert Lee. The major objective of Grant was to capture this ...