Louis Althusser (1918-90) was one of the foremost Marxist theorists in the Western world, and advocated an especially orthodox version of Marxism that was always close to the Communist Party line. He regarded Bertolt Brecht as one of the great Marxis Continue Reading...
According to Griffin, the Odyssey is a didactic poem that delights precisely in its own lesson about human fate and its own rhetoric. Thus, as Griffin emphasizes, the Odyssey teaches its reader that the end of human life and of all the disasters, mi Continue Reading...
Ginsberg in fact spent some time in a psychiatric ward and his poem Howel makes the implication that his and his contemporaries madness is caused by the madness of society which, due to its infatuation with technology, has become a demon far worse t Continue Reading...
Two main aims of the zoos are highlighted by the author in the article. Firstly, zoos provide the environments that are suitable and represent some level of wilderness. Secondly, the zoos must provide entertainment to the visitors. But the zoos have Continue Reading...
Kant would certainly agree with Cohen, but there are many who criticize that view as outdated and inhumane. Kant's views do not acknowledge that animals could have feelings. Singer continues, "[W]e know that these animals have nervous systems very Continue Reading...
One of Kilby's contentions, however, was that Australia's hypothesis that increased economic growth would result to poverty reduction is a framework that is not responsive to the realities of poor, developing countries, which are almost always the r Continue Reading...
Further Consideration of the Issues: Actually, Singer's use of the term absolute affluence is not perfectly analogous (because the corresponding analog to the conditions of absolute poverty are those of extravagant wealth not working class wealth), Continue Reading...
Aid The United States has been one of the most affluent countries of the world. Because of this fact, the country has established a history of providing aid and comfort to other groups around the world who are suffering because of economic, agricul Continue Reading...
Ethics and Morality -- Ethics and Development The problem of "development" (or, perhaps "progress" and "advancement" also fits in this context) is that while many millions of citizens of the world have been blessed by dramatic progress (technologica Continue Reading...
Therapeutic Use of Embryonic Stem Cells in Humans Moral issues relating to the therapeutic use of embrionic stem cells in humans Moral issues relating to the therapeutic use of embryonic stem cells in humans The inception of the idea of research o Continue Reading...
Although these stem cells are only a few years old, they possess unlimited potential in terms of clinical research. Specifically, scientists are focusing their potential uses in transplant medicine in order to significantly reduce the level of both Continue Reading...
Piracy Over the last couple of years the issue of internet piracy has become extremely heated, both because piracy has become easier and copyright holders have become more determined to stop pirates. Because copyright holders like the movie and reco Continue Reading...
Is Ahimsa workable? The author on the one hand says that the Jains are ideal in respecting the sacredness of life but one the other hand they are too impractical. Even Gandhi himself claimed to follow ahimas yet he had to allow use of DDT to kill Continue Reading...
However, by looking at the eyes of an animal, one can find compassion or hate because predators do not require good eyesight, peripheral vision or binocular focus. David killed the numerous baby black widows not because they had tiny eyes that could Continue Reading...
In terms of Singer's work, although his solutions are not practical in the sense of Paehlke's work, his call for a change in the political system does make sense. Political leaders should be called away from their isolated mentality and use their p Continue Reading...
Singer would also claim that there is no actual utility in abusing animals in this way, and that it does not promote the greatest good for the greatest number for either the animal or human communities. Even if an individual animal has no inherent r Continue Reading...
She has committed herself to helping people in difficult circumstances help themselves. While in prison Stewart volunteered at the Women's Venture Fund, teaching poor women how to start their own businesses, and has continued to show an interest in Continue Reading...
Blues music however did not cross racial lines, with the majority of famous blues musicians still residing in New Orleans and various other well-known black music entertainment venues of the South. Gospel music has been an African-American church t Continue Reading...
Infanticide in Australia Infanticide is the act or practice of killing newborns or infants. It has been committed or performed in every continent and in every level of culture from the poorest hunters and gatherers to the richest and most advanced c Continue Reading...
Q1. List ten real-world common property resources with which you are familiar. Describe an example of one of these common property resources that is not (tragically) overexploited (use the term “institution/s” in your discussion). The so Continue Reading...
Philosophy Today The final chapter of Soccio's Archetypes of Wisdom brings philosophy into the present day, by discussing several current practioners of philosophy and hinting at applications that can be made of their ideas. I would like to discuss Continue Reading...
As Baigent and Leigh point out, von Stauffenberg's co-conspirators were "aristocratic" men who despised what they now knew to be a murderous regime (26). However, it was Stauffenberg who was "the most active leader in the conspiracy against Hitler," Continue Reading...
Like other aspects of Trinidad Carnival, the political and social circumstances of the times played a role in influencing the Carnival. In more recent times in the 20th century, the Carnival has continued to play its role as a social and political c Continue Reading...
Theatre: English-speaking versions of Hamlet vs. European versions The many contemporary interpretations of Shakespeare enacted on the modern stage underline the fact that Shakespeare was a playwright for the ages, not simply a man of his own time Continue Reading...
Instead of focusing on spectacle, the music is taunt and lean. The "Toreador Song," sung without a chorus, seems more like Escamillio's anthem of defiance than an exotic piece of Spanish culture. The musical staging of the work feels more realistic Continue Reading...
Saint Thomas Aquinas was a thirteenth century Dominican monk: Soccio notes that "Dominicans were dedicated to education and to preaching to common people" (Soccio 219). It is this learned quality which permeates Aquinas' approach to building a Christ Continue Reading...
Human Cloning Should be Allowed to Continue Human cloning is an issue involved in much debate, with the majority view being that cloning should not be allowed to continue. While the argument against human cloning is persuasive, it is also an argume Continue Reading...
Plato, Thomas Aquinas and Jeremy Bentham have exerted great influence over our ideas of justice and have spawned various schools of thought. This paper compares views on justice by looking at their writings on the ideal state and what constitutes mor Continue Reading...
Immigration Ethics and Social Responsibility: Immigration and Amnesty in the United States The question of immigration, especially in this country, is ever-present. From our past, and well into our future, the United States will be a nation of imm Continue Reading...
" (Carson, 2) That the correlation between these collected symptoms and the use of pesticides in our predominantly agricultural towns had yet to be recognized at this point in history is important to consider. Though today it still receives troubling Continue Reading...
As technology and the capability of removing artifacts from recordings improve this area of the law will be likely to be revisited in the future. This last revision to copyright law raised more questions than it answered. For instance, was it accep Continue Reading...
60). We condemn someone as immoral who refuses to help a motorist by the side of the road, but not someone who refuses to help a child with his or her extraneous cash -- personal 'gut' instinct in virtue ethics is prioritized morally over the end res Continue Reading...
Utilitarianism The author of this report is to offer a fairly extensive essay about three general questions relating to utilitarianism. The first question pertains to John Rawls and his deconstructions of utilitarianism and what came to be known as Continue Reading...
Abstract When writing an Abortion Pros and Cons Essay, it is important to maintain a balanced perspective—which can be tricky because abortion is such a polarizing issue for many people. This article shows how to maintain that balance, Continue Reading...
Perdue Farms Personal & Organizational Ethics Perdue Farms practices are in question for being inhumane. In my opinion, their form of advertisement is deceitful and false advertisement. It is advertised in this manner to instill trust in the co Continue Reading...
These abilities are inclusive of memory emotion, belief, desire, intentional actions and an awareness of the future. With these things being understood this theory asserts that mammals not only have physical bodies that are alive but they also funct Continue Reading...
Global Poverty The World Bank (2012) points out that "…nearly 1.3 billion people remain below the extreme poverty line with an income of U.S. $1.25 or less a day." The global financial institution further points out that "another 2.6 billion l Continue Reading...
Euthanasia The power to control the destiny of another person's life is an opiate which no person should have the ability to ingest when the control is over the persons life, or death. While medical technology has been creating new conditions by whi Continue Reading...
Vegetarianism: A Serious Issue Fraser's choice to become a vegetarian in college because she was "broke" and could not afford meat dishes and because it was a nice "identity" to construct for herself (an alternative to identifying as, say, a "lesbia Continue Reading...
Certainly in nature, one who was too ill to move would not last long. They would certainly not be placed on a feeding tube, having a machine breathing for them, mechanical devices doing all but forcing their heart to beat. Does having the power to e Continue Reading...
