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Amy Barrientos writes a reflective essay on her struggles as a Non Spanish speaking Latin American woman. Barrientos goes on to explain the typical stereo types she had experienced though out her life including in her childhood and adult education and social acceptance with the Caucasian among many other races and Latin communities including the…

René Descartes was born in 1596 at La Haye. He continued life up until the year 1650 when he was 54. He claimed that his education did not give him any substance at all but only mathematics had given him certain knowledge. In his belief, he joined a group of seventeenth century philosophers including Bacon,…

The postmodernist theory suggests that society has moved away from the modern period, which was characterized by industrialization and materialism. Modernism emphasized science and intellectual thought, while pre-modern society relied on religious beliefs to understand societal norms. In contrast, the postmodern era is marked by uncertain and chaotic social structures. Postmodernists claim that social structures…

Doctrine of Repugnancy From time immemorial, legislative bodies have been enacting laws all over the world. With the enactment of laws by different legislative bodies all over the world, conflict of laws is an unavoidable issue. However, in this article I will mainly be focusing on the conflict of laws with regard to India. In…

The very idea of Filipino philosophy in Mercado: Philosophy or having deep thoughts about the world? Dennis Apolega [2nd Draft] INTRODUCTORY REMARKS When one says “British philosophy” one may refer to David Hume or Bertrand Russell. When another says “French philosophy” one may refer to Rene Descartes or Jean-Paul Sartre. For both there are a…

Society requires us to assist others during emergency situations. However, often we fail to do so. In the well-known Genovese case, 38 bystanders witnessed a woman being brutally murdered, but only one person called the police. Darley and Latane analyzed the reactions of these bystanders and attributed the lack of action to a phenomenon they…

Stupid White Men was supposed to be published in October, but the copies printed in September were going to be shredded, since the publisher thought that humorous attacks on President Bush and his partners would not be welcome after 9-11. There was a quiet campaign to get it to readers, and Harper Collins eventually did…

The Creation Many assumptions have been formed to fully explain the creation story within the first book of the Bible. Even before the evolution theory has been formulated, Genesis already provided a narrative account of origin of the world and most importantly, of the first human. One of these assumptions is the fact that God…

Watson calls caring the ethical principle or standard by which curing interventions are measured (Alligood, 2006). Watson’s caring theory evolves in a global state no longer limited to facility settings. Watson’s theory is the development of a caring fluid experience expanding from the person to the community onward to society. Her six Caritas process uses…

WORKPLACE ETHICS AND ATTITUDINAL CHANGE Learning objectives At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to; – Understand what work ethics is all about and be able to classify decision as ethical or unethical. – Appreciates the categories of ethical questions – Analyses ethical reasoning based on the tools of ethics – Grasp…