Essays on Phillip

Introduction

Human society has been based on mere moral factors that are the basis of governing the behavioral aspect of any particular society. However, it is quite intriguing to look into the doctrine of doing and allowing and this basically narrows down to the moral threshold that has been set forth in any particular society. Therefore, this brings to light the concept of whether, there is a fatual difference between actually being the perpetrator and carrying out the particular act or being a mere observer and letting the particular harm escalate among the people. Moreover, based on the doctrine of ...

Modern society is known for its advancements in technology and for being a 24/7 environment, but how does this impact parenting? Parenting is both a joyful and at times a difficult task. Parents throughout the centuries have struggled with issues specific to their time, and the 21st century is no different. The rise of social media, globalization, and changing demographics are unique to our age. Children are maturing earlier and suffering more from diseases that only affected adults in the past such as obesity. There is more expected of children in today’s world. They are tested earlier and ...

Price discrimination refers to a business practice which involves selling of similar or near similar products to consumers at different prices during a certain period (Stole and Lars 2221). There are two main motives why businesses engage in the practice. Firstly, the business may be aiming at becoming a monopoly in the said market segment. In this case, the business could sell certain highly priced goods at a low price to a certain market segment that the business wishes to control. The second and the main reason why businesses engage in price discrimination is to take advantage of consumer ...

Memory is easily one of the most precious facets of any individual’s life. Memory is the culmination of life experiences, both the good and the bad and is unique to every individual alive. For many people there are memories that they would be happy to forget, while there are others who wish they had different memories, or better ones. However, for the average person that concept eliminating bad memories or creating better ones is a matter of wishful thinking and the popular concept of modern science fiction. One such story is "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” ...

Introduction

The 17th Chief Justice of the United States, Mr. John Roberts is one of the most controversial, yet charismatic figures on the legal agenda of the United States of America. Appointed in 2005 by President George Walker Bush, John Roberts is one of the classical examples of strong judicial leadership and stalwart adherence to the canonical standards in case lawmaking (Hoffer &, Hoffer & Hull, 2007). This research aims at analyzing the leadership profile of John Roberts in his capacity as a Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Although his somewhat untraditional approach to leading the United States Supreme ...

“The ecological crisis is very real, and it is getting worse at exponential speed. However, there is a silver lining on the current cloud of global gloom: The ecological crisis is interconnected with a global economic, political, social, and cultural crisis due to the fact the treadmill of production is failing to meet most people’s needs. The failure of the old paradigm of constant economic growth, combined with the reality of constitutional democracy in nations like the United States, will lead people to take the political actions and support the public policies necessary to build a sustainable world”. ...

Empathy is present in both the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and in the film Blade Runner based on this novel. Phillip K. Dick’s story is used to reveal a dystopian society in which humans and replicants cohabitate and these androids are detected by The Voight-Kampff test. However, it turns out that androids are capable of developing empathy as well as humans and that not all of them are the same, just like not all the people are the same. Humans possess empathy, but there is also a possibility of androids to acquire it. This point ...

There have been far too many headlines lately regarding a dangerous phenomenon that has become all too common. Police Officers caught in the act of treating suspects in abusive, inappropriate and lethal ways without any reasonable provocation. This shocking problem has existed for some time, but as technology increases and video is difficult to avoid, it is now only making it to the general public. Instances like these have inspired horror, anger, protest and, in many cases, retaliatory violence against random officers. The people all across the United States are losing their trust and faith in their police forces ...

Salvation: The Power of Personal Essay to Explore Disillusion

Good story telling is an art. The story teller has to relate to the reader, and build a relationship with him/her in order to create a great essay that makes a good point and touches the reader emotionally. In The Art of the Personal Essay, Phillip Lopate gives instruction on ways that a writer can create a good essay, which does those things. He specifically gives examples of, or introduces strategies like: relating to the reader, entering into dialogue between characters, and being honest, among others. These can all be seen in “Salvation,” by Langston Hughes. Hughes’s short ...

Module: Forensic Investigation CSI

Min Word count 950 words Weighting 50% (of overall diploma) Deadline: See Course schedule Key Points Answer what you are asked. DO NOT WRITE OFF-TOPIC. If you do, you will waste time, waste words and irritate the examiner. This goes for formal exams as well. Answer only what you are actually asked. Do not plagiarise (pass other authors’ work off as your own). Plagiarism will carry penalties. Any time you use a quotation or reference, use a proper citation (i.e. make it clear which book or author or article or newspaper etc. you are taking the quotation or reference ...

Introduction

Culture is traced to the origin of human life while laws emerged later due to human interactions. Hence, from the historical perspective, formulation and implementation of legislation usually adhere to the already existing culture. From this view, laws are primarily amended to control changes in culture. Rules cover all social and cultural institutions in human life such as family, property and individuals. This paper discusses culture as law and shows how the two elements are inseparable. The essay also focuses on the power of culture and law and how they relate. It leads to a conclusion that laws and ...

2016-04-09

References 12 Introduction As we know, the labor resources are the main resource of enterprises. The results of the company and its competitiveness depend largely on the quality and effectiveness of the above mentioned resources. The difference between the labor force and other types of resources lies in the fact that each employee may waive the conditions offered to him and can require changes in working conditions, retraining or even voluntary redundancy. The concept of “labor resources of the enterprise” characterizes its potential workforce. Employees can be organized in labor unions and to act as a separate subject of ...

The American Civil War led to the reduction of government revenue and large debts amassed from the financing of war operations. One strategy that the government implemented was using taxes to raise the funds from the public. This approach led to certain products being taxed, for this reason, one of them being tobacco. However, with time, these taxes were effectively recalled with the exception of cigarette taxes, which have remained to the present time. Tobacco has been identified as one of the oldest crops in the U.S and has also been cited as one of the most successful enterprises, ...

An Annotated Bibliography

Berman, Russell. “Warren G. Harding's Terrible Tenure.” The Atlantic. (2015): 1. Web. < http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/warren-g-harding-nan-britton-affair/401288/>. Harding’s presidency has been recalled by many scholars and historians as a complete and total failure. However, recent letters have been released that shares that while the man’s political success may have been poor; he had a very active love-life. At least that is what is construed in Berman’s article detailing some “steamy live letters” between Harding and one of his mistresses. Granted this article does not speak to his presidency and the policies he did or did not pass. However, ...

Cannibal in the Mirror. This pictorial book by Paul Fleishman pairs photographs from modern life with quotations from ancient culture or descriptions of traditions that hearken back to ancient times. For example, a photograph of a wedding cake with the bride and groom figurines on the top is paired with a description of a Javanese wedding tradition. For centuries, on their wedding night, Javanese couples have placed figurines of a bride and groom at the foot of their bed before spending their first night together. The practice began because of a fear that a predatory spirit would come during the couple’s wedding night and snatch ...

At the moment, my personal perception of the Global Christianity is very vague. I am a Christian Catholic, I visit church with my family from time to time, but I cannot say that I am much into religion. On the other hand, I think I can answer this question on the basis of my background knowledge, some internet research and media coverage of the topic. Although national Christian Churches and Branches of Christianity, like Baptism, Orthodoxy and Anglicanism differ from each other in interpretations of the Bible, canons of worshipping, depictions of saints, decorations of churches and languages of ...