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Aristotle and Plato Critiquing Education

as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...

A Financial Perspective of Globalization

to $336 billion (Capital goes global, 1997). That trend slowed some after the advent of the Asian currency crisis in 1997, but it...

Different Perspectives on the Prison System

prisoners when they went into the courtroom resulting in the death of the judge, the main perpetrator and others (CACC Newsletter,...

Senility and Aging

allowing the elderly to stay mentally alert is: "a sense of belonging and purpose"...

Exploring Three Different Philosophical Dilemmas

in such a case: 1. They can tell the child what happened. 2. They can pretend that they dont know what happened. 3. They...

The Causes of Civil Wars and Solutions

to the end of World War I. This was a war which affected the entire world. It was a war which centered on nationalistic ideolog...

Frame Concept and Cinematic Representation

surprise twist at the end - the camera, representing the subjective perspective of the audience, is "run over" by a car rather tha...

A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy History

be able to point out faulty thinking, something that can free a person from the desire to act a particular way. Such acknowledgmen...

Telecommuting Advantages and Disadvantages

said, reduced to wage laborers. Everything comes down to billable hours or what one has to do based on an outside agency such as a...

Differing Views of Tragedy by Assorted Philosophers

of the tragedy is that it is connected with the heros activities and it emphasizes human vulnerability (2005). To Aristotle, trage...

The Subjects of Virtue and Beauty

2003). Restating that: sentiment is beauty and virtue; and if the sentiment we feel when we see beauty is instinctive approval, ...

Analyzing Universal Doubt

known. Basically, Descartes questions whether or not someone is dreaming. If one is dreaming, they sometimes believe that they are...

An Industrial Progress, Darwinism, and Social Darwinism Overview

has a cause" (Hodgson, 2003, p. 85). This does not mean that causes are entities unto themselves; they still need to be explained...

A Discussion of BMW

2005). 2. Recent article Taylor reported an interview with Helmut Panke, Chairman of the BMW Group. Panke, who has been chairma...

Critiquing Peter Senge's Leadership and Learning

basis of his concept pf learning is that we are gradually taught or learn not to learn. Senge quotes Deming when looking organisat...

Ideals of Plato and Contemporary Education

employee believes a child is abused, they must call the authorities. If a child has a fight in school, the latest trend is to file...

A Comparison of Gandhi and Machiavelli

are implications in relation to political leaders and others who rule. Clearly, Machiavelli sees politicians differently than he s...

Are Fuel Prices Correlated with Elections

higher due to inflation. There are many tests we can undertake using this data, but for the comparison of data sets to asses if t...

The Argument for Progressive Taxation

the people. For many individuals, the idea that resources should be redistributed, and that the very wealthy should be made to sh...

Federalist #51

of the new United States, the theory went, was far too large to be governed by a central federal authority; it should be left to t...

Problems and Positive Aspects of Bureaucracy

is difficult to complain about a worker and get results because the system seems to allow for mistakes. In some way, while this ma...

A Plan to Rehabilitate the Congo

a better standard of living than does Congo, and that with the cooperation of developed nations, it may very well be that Congo be...

Parable Of The Sower By Octavia E. Butler

hostile world. She prepares for the day she will leave. She seems to have also learned that even if she survives the journey she p...

Bertrand Russell: "On Denoting"

a denoting phrase: it "may be denoting and yet not denote anything, e.g., the present King of France" (Russell, 1905). Here, the p...

Linguistics and Vygotsky's Theories

Vygotsky is one. Vygotsky came up with the ideas of the Zone of proximal development (ZPD) and scaffolding ("Lev Vygotsky," 2006...

The Concept of Individualism

and what is the problem with it? Individualism is "the degree of individual or group orientation" (Bing, 2005). It "refers to the ...

The Reason for the Holocaust

is important. It suggests that Jews were victims of a campaign based solely on prejudice. Yet, it is not just during the World War...

How Hitler Designed "Mein Kampf" As A Blueprint For What Would Soon Follow

as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew" (Hitler, 1969, p. 293). Propaganda reflects the attempt to...

Using Examples to Illustrate Meaning

that type of personality: they love the feeling of danger and speed that comes with riding a bike. They also tend to be individual...

The Case of the Solar Trash Compactor

already. The market is large, in 2000 there was a total of $1.2 billion spent on trash receptacles, and in 2001 $2.1 billion was s...