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The Influence of Kant and Rousseau on the Enlightenment
Categorical imperative
Kant
The eighteenth century was a time of rapid change and development in the way people viewed humans and their interaction with others in society. Many countries experience revolution and monarchies were overthrow. People began to question the values that were ingrained in society and governments that ruled them. Two of the biggest philosophers of that…
Fostering Aggression to Establish Dominance Hierarchies
Aggression
The theory of sexual selection focuses on evolution and adaptive behavior (Copping, 2017). Copping (2017) believes that this theory stems from the differences in reproduction between males and females: “Males must compete for access to females, fostering aggression to establish dominance hierarchies, suppressing challengers, and removing threats to reproductive success. For males struggling to access…
Organisation’s culture is the organisation’s personality
Culture
Personality
TO WHAT EXTENT IS A DETAILED Understanding OF ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE ESSENTIAL TO THOSE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING A MAJOR CHANGE INITIATIVE? Introduction: Administration ‘s civilization is the administration ‘s personality. Culture involves the organizational members ‘ premises, touchable marks and behaviours. An administration ‘s civilization can be equated with a system where the inputs may affect…
Beyond the Repressive Hypothesis: Power as Power
Economy
Michel Foucault
15The economy of powerI would like to suggest another way to go furthertowards a new economy of power relations, a waywhich is more empirical, more directly related to ourpresent situation, and which implies more relationsbetween theory and practice. Michel Foucault, 1982Beyond the repressive hypothesis: Power as power/knowledgeFoucault never attempts any (impossible) definition of power. At…
The Vulnerability of Innocence Short Summary
Envy
Literature
“Billy Budd, Sailor (An inside narrative)” by Herman Melville uses John Claggart as a foil to Billy Budd in order to draw attention to the vulnerability of innocence. This can be seen clearly throughout the relationship of Billy and Claggart, as their relationship is an obvious struggle between good and evil, as well as the…
Comparing Socrates to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King
Socrates
Two men are separated by two and a half millennia. Yet, these two, Socrates and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. could not be obscured by such a considerable span of time filled with the unfolding of great events and the development of lofty ideals. Their deeds and accomplishments are timeless. As such, to compare their…
Nature or Nurture: The Debate of How Humans are Shaped
Nature
Nature Versus Nurture
Nature Vs Nurture
Nature versus nurture is a debate that has been had for many years. Both sides bring valid points of view to the table. Evidence shows that they both shape who we are as individuals through the genotypes and phenotypes we acquire from conception and our continual development as humans. In my opinion I feel we…
Stockholm Syndrome
Aggression
Crime
Social Issues
Stockholm syndrome derives its name from a 1973 incident at Kreditbanken in Stockholm, Sweden. In this event, four bank employees were held hostage by two robbers from August 23 to 28. Surprisingly, the captors developed an emotional bond with their victims and even protected them. Presently, this syndrome is recognized as a psychological reaction to…
A Time to Remember
Time
It all started in 9th grade, as I was traveling to first period I saw her standing at the lockers. She was extremely cute and soft spoken when I started talking to her, and it seemed like we had a lot in common like music and video games. After class we decided to hang out…
Fukuyama, Huntington, Barber
Civilization
Communism
Cultural Anthropology
Nation
Political science
Socialism
Fukuyama, Huntington, Barber, Katzenstein, and Keohane all have diverse observations on the contemporary world situation. By comparing cultures, government systems and the general lifestyle of different groups, each of the essays attempts at summarizing the present-day day global climate. Although there is no one view that can completely capture the contemporary world state, Barber’s Jihad…