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MacIntyre, Dependent Rational Animals

the fact that humanity discounts its relationship to the natural world, but then MacIntyre shows how "even someone as perceptive a...

Hendrick Hudson v. Rowley (1982)

the States must fulfill in order to receive federal funds under the Education of the Handicapped Act (subsequently referred as "th...

The Right Stuff & Technology

conquer it. The focus of the film changes when it shifts to dramatizing the successful launch of the Soviet Unions Sputnik and i...

Ethnic Conflict and Comparative Politics

In ten pages two conceptual methods of examining and explaining what causes ethnic conflict resulting from comparative politics ar...

Club Chaos Case Study Evaluation

assistant and sister in law Jan (Bray, 2001). Cathy resigned and while Rocco took over, there would be a large turnover (2001). C...

Process of 'Big Bet' Business Risks

The author of this article went on to point out companies in Canada that had made and succeeded on big bets (such as Nortel on opt...

Human Relations and Professional Burnout

In a paper consisting of seven pages this paper discusses human relations professionals' workplace burnout from Adlerian, rational...

Behavior That is Rational vs. Irrational

Jason was only seeking his own gratification. He wanted to have it all. His intent was to gain both power and social standing by...

Two Questions Pertaining to Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem by Erich Fromm

and intolerant of commonly accepted methods. This negative connotation of individualism - which is to maintain an independence fr...

Enron's Accounting Practices Assessed

made available to all of the outside world including Wall Street analysts. The news of its financial problems came as a surprise ...

Perspectives on Human Nature

the pagan world, sex was considered a divine gift and it carried none of the sense of sin and punishment that became associated wi...

Architecture of Early Greece and the Rational Perspective

gods" (Lansberry, 2005). However, as rational thought and rational perspective began to enter into human intellect "we could no lo...

Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy as a Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

put into place active behavioral modification plans, and require the use of pharmacological support. Understanding treatment opti...

Changes and the Responses of the Vermont Teddy Bear Co.

Partners, 2003). Traffic World wrote that it is the delivery strategy that drives growth for this company (ebusinessforun.com, 20...

Absurdity and Humor in Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

In 7 pages this paper celebrates the humor contained within Catch 22 by Joseph Heller which puts life and war absurdities into a r...

Aggression Considered in Three Views

can result in aggressive responses" (FAT, 2004). A triggering event can frequently be something insignificant, such as a joke, ges...

Teleology and Proving God's Existence Through Reason

thought and action are connected, bringing to mind the view of science and how it demonstrated the same evidence. Character...

David Hume on Causation and Rational Belief

In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...

Sanity of Hamlet

In five pages this paper evaluates the sanity of Hamlet in Shakespeare's tragedy and whether or not he had lost it or had never be...

Iago and the Human Unknown

In seven pages this paper examines how Iago in Othello by William Shakespeare represents that elusive 'human unknown' factor that ...

Child and Adolescent OCD

In eighteen pages Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is examined in an overview of the diagnosis as described in DSM IV with a literatu...

Rationally Analyzing Public Policy

In five pages the framework developed by Fisher is applied to a rational analysis of public policy with practical, social, and rea...

Epistemology and Rene Descartes

In five pages this essay discusses how rational foundationalism is explored by Descartes in his Meditations on the First Philosoph...

Good and Evil According to Immanuel Kant

one belonged. Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, n...

Plato's 'Republic' and a Consideration of Rational Intellect and Emotions

good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...

Existence and the Philosophies of Simon de Beauvoir, W.E.B. Du Bois, John Rawls, and William James

were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...

5 Business Dilemmas

retain quality and control, they may be encouraged by the fact it was a lack of control that was ultimately responsible for the fa...

Performance of Employees and Motivation

attempting to induce others to accept certain goals and/or standards (Accel-Team.com, 2004). There are important caveats managers...

The Film 'A Thousand Acres' Four Psychological Theoretical Reviews

Cordelia character actually evolves as more of a villain than victim. Dramatic Interpretation From a dramatic perspective, it is ...

Arguing in Favor of Stem Cell Research

culturing of human embryonic stem cells (Gottweis 444). The research was hailed by the scientific community as revolutionary, as i...