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The Philosophy of Krishnamurti

Indeed, he questions the value of empiricism itself, stating that one can "never have a total view of any object" (Nicoletti, 1994...

Moral Decision Making

the consequences. Gender role was also explored. Gender role refers to the degree of femininity men have and the degree of masculi...

MIDLIFE CRISIS IS NOT A FALLACY

Fear of aging, loss of independence and being looked at as old and doddering all preys upon the mind and can instigate the need to...

Reasoning, Intelligence, Culture

always taken risks, just not with money so the experiment is flawed. Also, I am likely to risk amounts less than $100 dollars depe...

The International Monetary Unrest in the Late 20th Century

This 8 page paper discusses the reasons for the financial turmoil of the late 20th century. The writer argues that the unrest star...

Enlightenment Values in the Character of Phaedra in Euripides’ Hippolytus

what is bothering her, Phaedra seems to describe the Enlightenment philosophy in her observation: "We understand and recognize wha...

The Issue of Change and Reistance to It

stakeholders in a government department and assessed their views of change, especially in terms of how they perceived the impacts ...

Essay: TV Bad for You

The Reasons Television is Not Good for You Research Compiled for The Paper Store, Enterprises...

International Trade Theory in the Real World

1 using the SITC categories. All figures given are in $ millions unless otherwise stated. Figure 1 Imports and Exports of chemica...

Main Points of Barberis' Article Concerning Psychological Influences on the Causes and Continuation of the Financial Crisis

The salient points from an article by Nicholas Barberis titled Psychology and the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 are summarized. Th...

Happiness as found in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

make rash judgments. Also, there could very well be exceptions to this happiness rule. Why did Aristotle believe that reason is eq...

Airport Security, Long Lines And Solutions

arrivals at all major airports in the U.S. is between 70 and 75 percent (Howarth and OToole, 2005). And, there are other reasons....

Adverse Drug Reaction Among Elderly Patients: Impact Upon Costs And Length Of Hospital Stay

population want to be able to take care of themselves, yet they are rarely given the tools with which to accomplish this objective...

Alcohol and Depression

drinkers life (work, marriage, finances) is not too great, it generally can be reversed or at least prevented from progressing aft...

GAP: Where Paul Pressler Went Wrong and Advice for the New CEO

cost cutting, but it should not be indiscriminate. The cost cutting may be argued as taking the cuts too far and impacting on the ...

Questions On Medical Ethics

further examined by comparing the moral reasoning with the stages laid down by Piaget, with more complex and mature reasoning only...

The Pros and Cons of Wearing Seat Belts

teens in the study reported always buckling up as both drivers and passengers" (Study: Only 42% of teen passengers report wearing ...

Society's Obsession With Celebrity

reported elsewhere, or the writer personally knows the content is true based on news broadcasts or other knowledge the writer has....

Advertising Fallacies

a product for a tough man (Poucher). Other products also appeal to male consumers with ads that are "riddled with logical fallac...

The Importance Of Nehemiah

out by Nehemiah in two sets, initially and then, upon his return (Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897). The Book of Nehemiah informs t...

Differences in Communication Between the Genders in the University Setting

politeness in womens communications, for example, that is often lacking in mens communication. Holmes (2005), in fact, describes ...

U.S. Bombing of Japan

politically expedient to do so; Russia was about to enter the war, and Truman felt that dropping the bomb would show the Russians ...

Mechanical Philosophy's Changes and Important Elements

dominated by Aristotelianism (McMullen, 2002). Due to the dominance of Aristotelianism, the idea of mechanical philosophy did not...

Carl L. Becker's Rejection of Popular Eighteenth-Century Philosophers

the chance to break free from such constraints. The global society was ready for a tremendous change in direction following the t...

Fact and Fallacy Regarding Body Language

only when the observer is very familiar with the culture of the individual being observed and even with the individual themselves....

Why did Barings Bank Fail?

the research on why businesses fail. A study by Moulton (et al, 1996) looked to identify the reasons for business failure. This st...

Fallacious, Informal Proof Argument Defending A Grade

a B by virtue of having the same answers as the student who actually did his own work on the final (Cohen, 2004)....

Why Dot-Coms Failed in E-Commerce

A paper addressing various reasons why dot-com businesses failed for a period of time. The author presents data about the number ...

The Fall of the Song Empire

them into thinking That this place is the other one we knew in times of peace. There is, at first blush, some validity to the as...

Shakespeare's Use of Emotion in Othello and Macbeth

emotion, to act. But what is Iagos motivation? It could in fact be that he is envious of Othello. At the same time, in reviewing...