If this is true that by the same standard, a person who can keep money can also steal it. Thus a moral person would be at the same time a thief. How can a thief then be moral? After much debate, Socrates states that: "So the claim that it's right an Continue Reading...
The problem in having a firm grasp of critical thought is that it can be clouded by many different distractions and affected by variables outside of controllable circumstances. One of these factors is cognitive development. It is evident that cogni Continue Reading...
Reframing of the argument that recently occurred, and likely many of the arguments that we have had would be a highly efficient and I suspect effective way to resolve the communication issue between us. This is especially poignant since I feel that Continue Reading...
Fallacies Logical Fallacies Slippery slope is a logical fallacy where one event is said to lead to another event, which in turn leads to another event, which in turn has significant consequences. For example, a person might argue that if one person Continue Reading...
Weber made appoint of recognizing that, even something so seemingly objective and abstract as the law, was, in reality, a substantive tool in the hands of judges and politicians. Judges are not "automata of paragraphs' (Weber) because they are of ne Continue Reading...
Respect and the Thought Police'": Illustrating Socrates' "Gadfly Analogy" from Plato's Apology Webster's New American Dictionary defines "gadfly" as "a person who annoys, esp. By persistent criticism" (p. 213). By that definition, Socrates' critics Continue Reading...
Propositions Any reasonable topic for debate involves controversy; otherwise the issue would fail to be debatable. The phrase "Inadequate parking facilities on campus" is not even a full sentence. If the statement read, "There are inadequate parkin Continue Reading...
Peter Singer and Chitra Divakaruni each offer a powerful commentary on world poverty. Both of their respective essays, "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" and "Live Free and Starve" demonstrate good writing skills and rhetoric are therefore worthy Continue Reading...
Pure Policy: The Kantian Inquiry System The philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote his treatise, A Critique of Pure Reason, as a way of striking a balance between rationalistic and empiricist modalities of acquiring knowledge. It was not possible, Kant st Continue Reading...
Specifically, Heuer advocated the use of tools that help the thinker to "...clearly delineate their assumptions and chains of inference," and to "specify the degree and source of the uncertainty involved in the conclusions." Thus, Heuer advocated t Continue Reading...
Because fallacies like the ones presented above can cause such problems in all forms of research and decision making, it is useful to have some tools to analyze a given statement. Known as "analytical tools," some examples are the "Devils Advocate, Continue Reading...
rhetoric in modern day proceedings, the topic will reflect the modern day influence that rhetoric has on governmental processes from decision making to laws that are passed in Congress. The paper shall deal with the importance of rhetoric in modern Continue Reading...
Critical Thinking and Divorce Critical thinking refers to reflective thinking whereby a person views an event or incident objectively to develop arguments and then tries to reach some sound unbiased conclusions. The ability to think critically has o Continue Reading...
St. Thomas Aquinas explains his statement, "the soul is man," in two senses or ways. One is that a man is composed of not just the body (or form) but also of the soul. Some suggest that "form alone belongs to the species, while matter is part of the Continue Reading...
Environment William F. Baxter argues in favor of a people-oriented perspective on environmentalism in his article "People or Penguins." According to Baxter, measures to protect or conserve natural resources are only meaningful if they benefit human Continue Reading...
Critical Thinking in Professional Life & Career Using critical thinking skills in my life as a professional develops my ability to become competent and motivated in my work. Critically thinking, for me, is like thinking "within the box." This me Continue Reading...
Wayne Booth is considered one of those principally responsible for the revival of the study of rhetoric, a skill that was valued by the Greeks in their debates and later re-visited by enlightenment-era neo-classicists. His concern for the matter coul Continue Reading...
Prince by Machiavelli [...] what Machiavelli believes are the qualities of the best rulers and of the best states. It will also look at the questions: Why does he support these qualities? Why do they need to have such qualities? Do you think he's ri Continue Reading...
forcefulness, clarity, originality, line of reasoning, use of evidence, way of presenting the conclusion and persuasiveness. This inquisitive essay does not make use of any external source and the analysis is based on original thought pattern, abili Continue Reading...
Technical Security Recommendations for ABC Healthcare IT Infrastructures ABC Healthcare has been facing a multitude of challenges ranging from the security of the IT infrastructures to the compliance of regulatory policies. In the United States, the Continue Reading...
Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities of Database Application In the contemporary business environment, private and public organizations are increasing using database applications to store employee and customer records. Similar to private organizations Continue Reading...
Cloud Computing The computing and internet paradigms have been advancing very rapidly over the last decades. During much of the advancement, the real word computing and the online computing part of the equation has largely been separate. While peopl Continue Reading...
Teleworking: The Employee Impact Within the Organization Telework (or telecommuting as it is normally referred to), has been around for quite some time now. More so, this is a work option that is bound to grow and increase in the future. Teleworking Continue Reading...
Operating Systems Protection Operating systems are the collection of programs that assist users operating computer hardware to control and managing the computer resources, providing the user interface and enforcing security measures. An operating s Continue Reading...
online how does that change corporate decision making and strategy? According to the predictions of Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, the entire world will be online by the year 2020 (Gross 2013). This is a bold statement, given that the Inte Continue Reading...
Outsourcing Alternatives There are three alternatives in this situation. There is a re-org that has been proposed for the IT department. There is the view of the CIO, which is that no re-org is necessary, so essentially the status quo option. The t Continue Reading...
Business Forecasts CEO The first thing to keep in mind is that what happens internally is a different matter from the outsourcing decision. A decision on maintaining an internal IT department is something that can be made at any time. Thus, most of Continue Reading...
Management Information management is essential for FedEx. The company uses information in a number of ways. On the operations side, data drives decisions regarding the scheduling of assets. Every piece has its own delivery time guarantee, for examp Continue Reading...
Threats to Ownership and Copyright of Intellectual Property The intellectual property (IP) is defined as an original creative work, which may be tangible or intangible form legally protected by law. (Raman, 2004). The intellectual properties include Continue Reading...
Building Linkages Between Nursing Care and Improved Patient Outcomes: The Role of Health Information Technology Health IT (HIT) is capable of transforming care quality and establishing connections between patient outcomes and nursing care. This arti Continue Reading...
Information Systems on Policies and Student Learning Technology has pervaded the twenty-first century classroom. Textbooks are replaced by tablets, and students can now research virtually anything they desire on their smartphones. Technology use ha Continue Reading...
Cyber-Crime, Cyber-Terrorism, Cyber-Espionage, and Cyber-Warfare Threats, Risks, and Vulnerabilities In the contemporary business and IT (information technology) environments, increasing number of business organizations are investing in the IT tool Continue Reading...
Work Flow Analysis Workflow of Answering a Telephone in an Office Workflow is a series of tasks that an organization undertakes to achieve the desired outcome. A workflow analysis assists an organization to automate, streamline and improve efficien Continue Reading...
Electronics Health Records System at a Rural, Mid Size Hospital Human resources (HR) managers at midsize hospitals in the Midwest are faced with some significant challenges in formulating optimal organizational strategies that reduce operational co Continue Reading...
Cyber Terrorism Incidence: The Estonian Denial of Service Attacks of 2007 There are different forms of cybercrimes including data theft, system compromises and DoS (denial of service) attacks. The motivations behind such internet attacks are varied. Continue Reading...
SSID & NETWORKS SSID's & Networks The author of this report has been asked to answer a few brief questions as it relates to the security and safety of networks. The questions that will be answered include how one would design, develop and i Continue Reading...
analytics professional, with comprehensive experience in delivering high quality Business Intelligence and Analytics solutions, highly knowledgeable in all data and reporting areas as well as leadership and team development, with an excellent sense Continue Reading...
