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Essays 1981 - 2010

Jean Watson, Nursing Theorist

move in concentric circles of caring--from individuals, to others, to community, to (the) world" (Vance, 2003). Caring science inv...

Scarlet Letter/Sin of A Guilty Heart

its mothers shame has come from the hand of God," and, in so doing, works upon the heart of her mother, both giving her joy and pr...

Cultural Diversity/Religion in South Africa

doing, we become fully human, but that humanness is reliant on our connections with others. When these connections are good, embra...

Readings/Educational Philosophy

the teacher would be naturally drawn to the Socratic method of instruction, which relies on the teacher attempting to bring forth ...

An Ethical Model for Teaching

AIDS education is something tied to a disease that has only surfaced at the end of the twentieth century and may have no relevance...

Perfectly Virtuous Medieval City

to be happy, but to be happy he has to know what happiness is and how to achieve it (Alfarabi, p. 35). Here we come to the idea of...

Three Essays on Philosophy and Ethics

made to render the greatest happiness for the greatest number. That is all that utilitarianism is equated with. There are differen...

Hegel, Phenomenology and Existentialism

the use of the term "existentialism" as a term to describe a "distinctly human mode of being" (Honderich, 1995, p. 259). Phenom...

Proactive Approaches to Street Racing and Underage Drinking

is bothersome to the point of creating fear and ask for their help in reaching a resolution. From this interactive encounter, the...

Kant, Utilitarianism and Consequentialism

every objection. What is perhaps striking is that Mills theory is applicable to a variety of situations. Unlike Kant for ex...

Religion, Metaphysics, and Philosophy

no date). The senses are most attuned when the metaphysical component of time is involved, with a brief moment remembered f...

Friendship Breakdown, Morality, and Logic

friends, but whose definition of "friendship" differs. For instance, person A strongly believes that trust is an essential element...

Al Qaeda and Bin Laden's Hacker Terrorism Models

term. He points out that "There is no organized body of legislation one might call the law of terrorism, and there is no inherent ...

What is Philosphy?

we have to consider what we mean by "everything," and if is it ever possible to identify everything. Would we have enough time to ...

Nursing Philosophy and Occupational Focus

theorist Jean Watson, who developed her Theory of Human Caring in the late 1970s. As a result of Watsons efforts to bring greater...

Classroom Observation Analysis

Slattery and Steinberg, 1999). Dewey promoted social experiences and having students solve problems in group settings (Kincheloe...

Fallacious, Informal Proof Argument Defending A Grade

a B by virtue of having the same answers as the student who actually did his own work on the final (Cohen, 2004)....

Polybius's Philosophies

In five pages this paper examines the ancient Greek philosophies of Polybius and whether or not they are applicable to the contemp...

Deontology and Utilitarianism

direct encounter with value occurs in the experience of pleasure. Delight or felt satisfaction was, according to his official vie...

African Philosophy Bantu

In five pages universalistic and particularistic perspectives are employed in a discussion of African philosophical aspects as rel...

Philosophy, Ideology, Theory and the Teaching Profession

always move from there to a philosophy that incorporates helping students learn as its main objective. That is, they are trying to...

Frankl: Choice in Three Literary Works

This 3 page paper discusses Viktor Frankl's phrase"Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human fr...

Humanism in Adult Basic Education

endorsed, but personal development is practiced; Brookfield wonders why the contradiction exists, and finds his answer in the text...

Time Capsule: Renaissance & The Age Of Baroque

Architectural fetishism came of age during the Renaissance. Classified as a magically empowered inanimate object, a fetish may ta...

Donald Trump as a Leader

and TV star, most people are either enemies, bastards, sleazebags or stone-cold losers" (Fitch, 2006; p. 56). Those for whom he h...

Miller/Deep Healing Workouts

Somewhat surprisingly, I find this very difficult to do. This suggests to me that stress and tension, constantly worrying and thin...

My Educational Philosophy

are something that they do not have to stop and think about in order to use. This, and spelling, are one of the few instances in w...

Guatemala and Political Freedom

In six pages political freedom in Guatemala is analyzed with the assistance of the philosophy of Jean Jacques Rousseau and the wri...

Art, Philosophy, and History of the Renaissance

also equated with humanism, a movement that put man at the center of the universe, as opposed to God (Honderich 375). While the hu...

Machiavelli and Socrates and the Notion 'All Men Should Act Justly'

In a paper consisting of three pages Socrates' philosophy that men should always act justly is in stark contrast to Machiavelli's ...