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Essays 541 - 570

The Welfare State of Today and Andrew Carnegie

In six pages the industrialist and philanthropist who did not believe in giving alms is considered in terms of his ideas, the mode...

The New Indian Generation Moves Away from the Practice of Arranged Marriages

In a paper that contains ten pages the changes in attitudes regarding Indians that relocate to the United States are examined in t...

Yin Yang and Taoism

In six pages this essay examines Yin Yang's history and considers its similarities to Taoism in terms of beliefs and principles. ...

Father Devine and James Cone

In five pages these two black community religious leaders are contrasted and compared in terms of leadership style and beliefs. T...

Feminist Social Ethic and the Life of Jane Addams

This paper addresses the beliefs and social ethics of feminist Jane Addams. The author discusses Addams' various social and polit...

Part One of Erotism Death and Sensuality by Georges Bataille

In nine pages this paper examines the controversial theories of Bataille including his analytical emphasis upon taboo and transgre...

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...

The Nature of Machiavelli

forces which existed during his time. Some of those forces could be interpreted as evil, as could the impact they had on Machiave...

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...

Emotions and Health

in a joint effort by the American Psychological Association and the Mayo Clinic demonstrated that there are significant advantages...

A Comparison of Machiavelli and Hobbes

idea of a virtuous republican citizen similar to how one might consider a citizen today. To give power and authority to the indivi...

Modern Religion Evolution

have been formulated that propose how religious observance may have come about. One of the first theories proposed pertaining to ...

Ancient Greece and Death

death (Religion and Death). According to Greek philosophy, the god Hermes led the soul of the person to the river Styx which sep...

Allen Ginsberg's Life and Poetic Art

that its bizarre poetic form could also be attributed to Ginsbergs love of jazz music. The coffeehouses which reached their popul...

Development of Attitudes

the way that attitudes can be altered, and as a result of these alterations the individual increases knowledge and the way in whic...

European Transitions from Ancient Times Through the 18th Century

also comes with other ideals and towards the end of the eighteenth century, things changed immensely. Trade had already opened new...

Religion in the United States

impartial form of government: the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. One only needs to look at the Amendme...

Border Between US and Mexico and Tuberculosis's Cultural Aspects

needs to be explored as to why such a high number of cases exists." 2.0 Complicating Factors...

The Government According to Aristotle

that when things were fully developed, and had naturally reached their conclusion - or ending - they were simply following their n...

Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'Self Reliance' and 'Nature' Essays

or change as well as "identity or rest...the first and second secrets of nature: Motion and Rest. The whole code of her laws may b...

Martha Graham and James Joyce

about the time of the life of Beethoven, artists needed the patron to support them in order to have the freedom to pursue their ar...

A Dialogue on Believing in God's Existence

argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...

Aloofness and Human Disinterest of the Greek Gods

them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...

Lutheranism Overview

always existed whether it was called "Israel or Christian" (Snyder, 1997). Luther argued that it was not he who had broken away fr...

Afterlife in Christianity and Buddhism

the way it was lived" (BBC World Service, 2003). If an individual has lived a bad life, refusing to accept Jesus as Savior and God...

Animism Religion

that a spiritual reality exists. "The concepts that humans possess souls and that souls have life apart from human bodies befor...

Black American Perspectives on Death and Dying from a Religious View

traditions carried down through the generations (Ruark, 2003). Dr. Ronald K. Barrett has spent many years studying how African Am...

Njabulo Ndebele's The Prophetess

a good character is that they are three dimensional. They are that curious blend of good and evil, saint and sinner, and have the ...

Culture and Social Change in China

introduced many economic reforms which took into account global markets and the output of China increased nearly four times. Overa...