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Are Humans Inherently Evil
Evil
To be a good person is to be kind, to have the ability to emphasize with others, show and feel compassion for them, to have the ability to be selfless in times of need and put other people’s needs before your own. Being good is being able to see beyond everything superficial and respect the…
Is the Author Really Dead?
Epistemology
human communication
Science
Must the author be dead to make way for the birth of the reader? In his essay “The Death of the Author,” Roland Barthes asserts that the author is dead because he/she is no longer a part of the deep structure in a particular text. To him, the author does not create meaning in the…
Kant and the Categorical Imperative
Categorical imperative
Kant
Kant’End Matchs Begin Match to source 1 in source list: http://sguthrie.net/kant.htmcategorical imperativeEnd Match forms the basis of moral justification. His categorical imperative defines core his moral philosophy. Kant’s ethical theory lies on the fact that whether the action is morally right or wrong. Kant has proposed a method for determining morality of an action. Whether…
Case Conceptualization
Adolescence
Aggression
Anger
Clinical Psychology
Human development
psychiatry
Identifying Information Giuseppe is a 14-year-10 month-old, Latino male in the 8th grade referred for counseling through AB3632 from Hollywood Senior high School under the Los Angeles Unified School District. Giuseppe’s school counselor indicates Giuseppe has difficulty controlling his anger towards peers. She also shares that Giuseppe fights with his peers leading to a suspension…
Barry Lopez on Entering a New Place
Cognition
Human Activities
In “On Entering A New Place” by Barry Lopez, preconception and the stages of it are shown. He shows how you first initial thoughts of certain activities and events can be wrong. He also shows the stages you face until you realize to Just grab the bull by the horns and go with it. In…
The Father-Son Relationship in Tobias Wolff’s Short Story “Powder”
Culture
Narration
Thought
No one is perfect, They all have their own way of living, thinking and just simply being themselves. It is definite that it can sometimes create conflict with others. People don’t always see things from the same perspectives. Some people may be very creative and others may be more unimaginative, yet that‘s who they are….
Free Will in Saint Augustine’s Confessions Analysis
Augustine
Saint
The Judeo-Christian tradition believes that God had given human beings free will, or the ability to select from among a variety of options. This conviction was intended to show how history followed a divine plan of salvation. Despite bestowing humans with the capacity to make their own decisions, God was aware of the judgments…
“Glory and Hope” by Nelson Mandela Analysis
Ethos
Nelson Mandela
Persuasion
He conveys his appreciation and message through his word choice, tone, sentence structure, and use of rhetorical devices. Nelson Mandela’s word choice helps him convey his gratitude towards the audience and message that they must continue to work together to build and better society. He begins by addressing his audience with “Your Majesties, Your Highnesses,…
Cosmological argument
Critical Thinking Skills
Existence
Logic
Metaphysics
Reasoning
Universe
The cosmological argument has many variations of which only one will be explored in the following paragraphs. The argument is stated thus: the world (or universe) exists, and since it exists, there must have been a cause for its existence; therefore, some being, namely God, must have created it. The following will systemically explore…
The Word Idea Is Used in Many Everyday Languages
Dictionary
Idea
Throughout my research there have been interesting ideas that are possessed. There are some about the different dictionaries that are used and how every definition is different in each and every book. I have also found that the word idea is used in many everyday languages and used is many different articles and poems. Finding…