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Ethical Views of the Movie Saving Private Ryan

the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...

Bleak House by Charles Dickens, National Identity, and Language

so adept at writing about them (Daunton). In the following we see Dickens describe the conditions and environment of Jo: "It is a...

Processes of Gay Identity Development

has returned home for a visit with his mother and to reintroduce her to his lover, Wayne, who joins him at his childhood home. Nei...

Humanities Makes Life Worth Living Through the Study of Literature, Art, and Music

their own various ways of struggling for coherence, for a compelling faith, for social vision, for an ethical position, for a sens...

The Social Movement of Animal Rights

behind progress in other areas. I. Introduction When a Bichon Frise was thrown into traffic and killed early in 2000, due to ...

Capital Punishment and American Political Changes

be the greater injustice. It can be contended that Socrates was correct, that the death penalty is an important tool for insuring...

Plato's 'Phaedrus'

Platonic love reflects the deepest love possible between two people, in that it does not abide by the notions of restriction, jeal...

Life's Service and Disservice According to Friedrich Nietzsche

lessons. There is an old saying that claims that those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it. And although most ag...

Identity Searches in Literature

A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would see...

George C. Wolfe's 101 Dalmations, Toni Cade Bambara's The Lesson and Identity

girl who has no real identity aside from that which is perhaps preconceived by her and her community. We see this young ignorance ...

Candide by Voltaire, The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, and Insights Gained

In four pages this paper examines the philosophical insights each of these works offer. Five sources are cited in the bibliograph...

National Indian Identity and Mughal Emperor Akbar's Contributions

shrewd advisor who protected him and insured his safety, it is without doubt that the young prince would have seen another birthda...

Boeing Company and Theories of Ethics

2004). John Stuart Mills, in his book Utilitarianism, further stated that not all forms of pleasure were of equal value (Free-Defi...

The Influence of Border Films

drugging and kidnapping his wife, whom he subsequently frames on drug charges (Touch of Evil, 1995). Vargas, and justice, prevail ...

The Adolescence of Anne Frank

is the equivalent of Freuds anal stage, is when a toddler begins to assert his or her individuality. The rest of the stages, and t...

Assimilation, Identity, and Jewish History

consistent throughout the centuries of the Diaspora. In order to remain Jewish, individuals could not adopt the customs of their h...

Perception and Logic in Philosophy

conclusions. Most logical claims can be refuted. Thus, logic in some way is not much better than perception. At least, one can say...

European Cinematic Depiction of Gender from the 1920s to the Twenty First Century

story, mise-en-scene, editing, and music, they collectively provide a common theme that speaks of the uniqueness of the feminist e...

Expansion of Paper on Nursing Delegation and Shared Governance

of the patient (beneficence); * does not perform functions that can do harm to the patient (non-malficence); * practice fairness...

Ethics and Biogenetics

to heart disease and diabetes (Webster, 1999). Thanks to biogenetics, in fact, researchers can grow human cells in the laboratory ...

Gender Identity and the Impact of Video Games

In sixteen pages this paper discusses how gender identity and roles are influenced by various video games. Twenty sources are cit...

Operating Efficiency in the Bethesda Mining Company

From these values, the common approach to calculating ROE can be altered to effectively multiply ROE by 1, in the form of multiply...

On Germany by Madame Germaine de Stael

writer/tutor reviews Staels text in chronological order, the student researching this topic may wish to contrast and compare the ...

Fight Club Film and Crisis of Identity

whisper sweet nothings, carry a womans purse in a store, and change a babys "poopy" diapers (and be able to say the word, "poopy" ...

Stanley Cavell and the Truth of Skepticism by Fergus Kerr

natures regiment. As such, familiarity does not lend itself to unaccountability or being troublesome to understand. Why, then, w...

Identity Issues

certain choices in life. They make communion and choose a new middle name. They go to school, and their degree is attached to that...

Identity Search of Huckleberry Finn

scene that demonstrates the main thematic thrust of the story, Huck writes to Miss Watson telling her of Jims whereabouts. After w...

Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, American Identity and Education

the preamble to the Constitution even faster than Bailey" (Angelou). In essence, we see Margaret excited and bearing no feelin...

A Coroporate Morality Case Study

the company as well as its profitability is important to him. Ellis will likely want to go for the deal but the situation does get...

A Corporate Morality Case Study

the company as well as its profitability is important to him. Ellis will likely want to go for the deal but the situation does get...