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Psychology of Lying

with kelp and other debris in order to appear to be something they are not, which means they also "lie" in order to fool predators...

Open Society's Promise

a utopia. Everything would be better. People would be happy. Of course, most people today do not support the communism ideal. The...

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner and Italics

cohesive literary glue that holds it all together. One of the ingredients of that glue is the use of language. His particular use ...

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...

John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism and Immanuel Kant's Ethics

this principle, Kant directly addresses the topic of lying by posing the question: "When I am in distress, may I may a promise wit...

Literature and Issues of Gender and Race

how Over three thousand die in the Macondo massacre, and the only surviving witnesses are Jose Arcadio Segundo and a small child. ...

Medical Ethics and Plato's Noble Lie

higher than those with iron. Plato argued that this deception was necessary in order to maintain a stable society, and we ca...

Pros and Cons of Lie Detectors

2006). There are also individuals who claim that the use of lie detectors is actually an invasion of privacy (Keogh, 2006). In one...

English Legal System and Inquisitorial and Adversarial Approaches

may be more equal than others, having the funds to hire the most experiences and persuasive lawyers that will not only be able to ...

"Heart of Darkness" and "Apocalypse Now"

become a renegade, a murderer, and set himself up as a sort of king over the natives of the region. Conrad makes the exploitation...

Uncertain Vision in "Oedipus the King" and "Othello"

woman who was now a widow, he fell in love and married her-his mother (Sophocles). Apollo curses Thebes and says that the city wil...

Sexual Harassment in the Police Department

Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which says that sexual harassment is: Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and ...

Criminal Procedure And Evidence

evidence, such as a written contract that proves the terms of the agreement. This type of evidence is validated by a witness or so...

William Faulkner's Writings and Fire Symbolism

In thirteen pages this paper discusses the fire symbolism featured in William Faulkner's Light in August, The Sound and the Fury, ...

Socrates and Immanuel Kant on Lying

was that all humans are born with an inherent worth which he labeled human dignity (Mazur, 1993). He further felt that human dign...

Connecticut Rules of Law, Extortion, and Attorney's Role

the client might produce (on top of what the client already has given him) would determine a significant enough breach of ethics i...

Philosophical Views on 'Wrong' Lying

a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...

StepTwo, Frito Lay and Questions on KM

However there is also an additional aspect, knowledge is not limited to the exiting in company sources and part of the knowledge m...

Characterization of Addie Bundren in William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying

In five pages this paper examines the impact of Addie's death at the beginning of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying to present the...

Joanne Greenberg's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

In 5 pages this text is discussed. There is 1 source cited in the bibliography....

Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner and Their Fictional Depictions of Women

In five pages the fictional representations of women featured in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dying by Will...

Questions on Society and Economics

In six pages interrelationships betwen fiscal policy, international affairs, and the concerns of the layperson regarding the econo...

August Wilson and Leo Tolstoy

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the protagonists of The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy and Fences by August Wilson. ...

Lies and Whether or Not it Can Ever Be Considered Commendable

In five pages this paper examines how lying is represented as commendable by the character Lord Shaftesbury in the Henry Fielding ...

Life Choices in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors

In a paper consisting of 5 pages this film is analyzed in terms of how the lies of the protagonist affect both himself and his vic...

Lying and the Categorical Imperative of Immanuel Kant

In five pages an evaluation of the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant, which contends that there is never an ethical justific...

Personal Philosophy of Nursing

individual is an "open system," which includes "distinct, but integrated physiological, psychological and socio-cultural systems" ...

Agreement With Tannen's Article "Sex, Lies And Conversation"

create and maintain friendships by exchanging secrets; similarly, women regard conversation as the cornerstone of friendship...Bon...

Pseudologia Phantastica - Pathological Lying

"told lies that were so abnormal and out of proportion that they deserved a special category" (Dike, 2008, p. 67). It was also Del...

Eva Stachniak's Necessary Lies

to new ways of doing things, and to a more liberal atmosphere. Their ways are not the ways she is familiar with, nor the way in wh...