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Corporate social responsibility, cognitive dissonance, and preserving the environment.

Inasmuch as "dissonance theory applies to all situations involving attitude formation and change" (Cognitive Dissonance #2), the m...

God's Existence Arguments

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

Social Attitudes and the 'Mirror' of Religion

its way into common acceptance among the general public. While the current attitude toward this practice might still view it with...

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...

Overview of Islam

a supreme being and endeavor to live by his word s recorded in holy scriptures. Westerners are frequently surprised to learn that...

Research Results on Ghana, West Africa Case Study on Breast Cancer

Research Report, 2002). Figure 1; Respondents Age Group Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid Age...

Death, Religious Faith, and Resurrection

memorial prayer for the dead: "O God full of compassion, who dwell on high, grant perfect peace under the wings of the Shekhinah, ...

Charles Taylor's The Ethics of Authenticity

concept of disenchantment is related to what Taylor argues as the "the primacy of instrumental reason" (5). Essentially, Taylor i...

Social Bond Theory in the Development of an After School Program

pupils that want to learn about cars. For those who have a less physical interest there may be a class on building computers and w...

Faulty Basis for the Cold War

had been "brainwashed" during their captivity in Korea (Tibbets, 1997). In fact, brainwashing became "the ultimate Cold War fear"...

Practical Wisdom Search and Buddhism

Buddhists believe that the mind is non-physical and is reborn in another form after the brain dies. pragmatism: pragmatic philos...

Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche on Joy, Will, and Knowledge

knowledge is not as important as faith. That is a significant difference between the two. At the same time, neither admits that hu...

Messiah Jesus Christ and Christology

including "Aaron and his successors" and "Moses and the Prophets" (Maas). Paul pictures Christ as being above the choirs of angels...

Acme Sales Finance

Here, she gives some insight into her current role and the form that leadership takes in managing Acmes financial affairs. The Int...

Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and Women

study the Vedas. This particular Hindu book says that women "are entirely worthless creatures" (Dharma Universe, 2010). Even so,...

THE QUESTION OF CULTURE: LIA LEE, THE HMONG AND WESTERN MEDICINE

on p. 262 of her book. "However, I have come to believe that her life was ruined not by septic shock or noncompliant parents but b...

Evangelical Theology

the loose that no one today seriously fears." Sweeney was not saying that everyone in the world should be afraid of this movement,...

Chaucer and the Church

The Chaucer we envisage here might regard this tale as valuable for its religious elements, for its depiction of a valiant woman w...

Survey of Two Religions

we are born in the Holy Spirit (Callaway Assembly of, 2009). * Pentecostals believe that people must repent their sins, be baptize...

Iraq, North Korea, and American Ill Will

the United States (Culture of North Korea, 2010). The capital of Pyongyang, which had been severely bombed by the United States d...

Comparison of Two Humanisstic Theories

such as the environment, culture, biology and even luck but in the end, they must take responsibility for their own thoughts and a...

Willy Loman's Role of Father in "Death of a Salesman"

Willy Loman as Failed Father Figure in Millers "Death of a Salesman" Research Compiled for The Paper Store, Enterprises Inc...

Islamic Hatred of the United States

This 4 page expository essay explores a history of hatred against the United States based in two Islamic cultures, Indonesian and ...

Philosophies about Leadership

personal values, personality, and on other beliefs. A leaders philosophy of leadership will be observed in his leadership style an...

Plato's Allegory of the Cave: A Metaphysical View

would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images" (Plato, 1969. p. 409). He then likens the philosopher to a prisoner who ...

Evidence and Knowledge: How Do We Know?

that it sometimes seems as if no possible argument could elicit even the consideration that those beliefs could possibly be wrong....

Carl Rogers Approach

a heavy emphasis on psychoanalytic and behaviorist models of therapy. Rogers offered an alternative. It was revolutionary at the t...

Comparing United Methodist to Russian Orthodoxy

"in the sacrament of Confession with a priest" ("The Sacraments, 2010). As with many Protestant sects, the United Methodist Chur...

Is the Law Based on Morals?

guide the making of the law. In applying this to the study of the law and how it is made there...

Diddle and Denham (2010)/An Article Summary

on Calvinism. The discussion describes and links the values of the people to their spiritual beliefs, which includes fatalism, tha...