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Quantity v. Quality in Utilitarianism

This 5 page paper analyzes John Stuart Mill's theory of Utilitarianism, how it works and how it evaluates actions, both quantitati...

Scarlet Letter A in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Novel

of the letter "A" We are using the word "symbol" to indicate one thing that stands for another. Xs and Os for example at the end...

Nature in Narratives of Americanness Between 1840 and 1860

beginning of this countrys history. Emerson is also noted for his preference for the simpler things in life and for his love of n...

Notes From the Underground and The Stranger

concerned that his mother died. Likewise the narrator in Dostoevskys story is unlikable from the beginning, establishing his wor...

The Self-Awareness Trap

social and personality psychologists for decades. In the 1970s, studies conducted by Duval and Wicklund (1972) reflected the sign...

Gertrude in William Shakespeare's Hamlet III

In four pages this essay analyzes the character of Queen Gertrude and argues that her state of denial is responsible for her actio...

John Updike/The Rumor

circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...

Adverse Drug Reaction Among Elderly Patients: Impact Upon Costs And Length Of Hospital Stay

population want to be able to take care of themselves, yet they are rarely given the tools with which to accomplish this objective...

Man's Nature and Morality Perceptions of Cicero and Peter Abelard

In five pages this paper examines how this statesman and clergyman would perceive morality and the nature of man and the inevitabl...

Okonkwo's Aggression in Achebe's Things Fall Apart

5 pages No outside sources cited. This paper relates the nature of Achebe's character Okonkwo, who demonstrates distinctly aggres...

'Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey' Number Three

In four pages this paper examines evaluates the acceptability of the protagonists' actions in these classic literary works by Virg...

Animals and the Study of Consciousness

The nature and extent of consciousness in animals has been the source of hot debate in the scientific community. This paper examin...

Attack on Personal Identity by David Hume and Karl Popper's Response

In five pages Hume's attack on the self or personal identity is discussed as represented in A Treatise of Human Nature and also co...

'Mont Blanc' and 'Mutibility' Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley and William Wordsworth

example, he paints a picture of fleeting beauty and dispair about both the frailty and temporary nature of life. He paints a pict...

Supporting Character Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

In five pages this essay discusses the importance of the Chief to the novel's structure, plot, and flow of the action....

Boghossian and Tyler Burge on Self Knowledg

In five pages this paper examines how self knowledge is represented in Content and Self Knowledge by Boghossian and Memory and Sel...

'Self Reliance' and 'Nature' by Ralph Waldo Emerson

be true to oneself in solitude, the hammer of outside voices when in the midst of society tends to sway people toward conformity. ...

Skinner's Operant Conditioning

sound of the food dropping and will begin to go to the tray as soon as it hears that sound (Skinner, n.d.). A small lever is next ...

Self-Management Theories of Dorothea Orem

This paper examines how health care levels are affected by the self management theories of Dorothea Orem in 10 pages....

3 Brain Function Book Reviews

In nine pages this paper presents an annotated bibliography and review of Synaptic Self, A User's Guide to the Brain, and The Prim...

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...

Self Concept and Personality

was. In addition, children from abusive families are likely to grow into abusers themselves. Now, were not intimating that...

Comparison of Toni Morrison and Leslie Marmon Silko

In six pages this paper examines how 'home' and 'self' are conceptually depicted in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko and Beloved by...

Separation between the Self and Other in Toni Morrison's Sula

This 6 page paper discusses the concept of the separation between the Self and Other, as realized by Toni Morrison in her novel Su...

Is Society Selfish?

most vulnerable citizens-low income children-the hardest. (The fact that this move will also make it very difficult for any Republ...

The Relationship between the Self and Wisdom

a phenomenon that depends on the successful integration of mind and character" (Staudinger, Mickler and D?rner, 2007). In order to...

Artistic Expressiveness

ability to move on, or to move forward. I am suggesting that his preoccupation with death and decay, clouded or immobilized his ...

Business Leadership Self Evaluation

I hope to have some day. Values I think that everyone has values, even the dweebs. They have their own values, they just may not...

Assessment of Human Nature

the class they come from. The nautre is open and forgiving, they have short attention spans and any negative emotions are likely t...

Paul Shepard's Nature and Madness

on behalf of those who embrace the concept of "green," including clean air, food and water, nothing much has really changed, eve w...