...a quest to stop a raging blizzard which threatens the girl’s village. I feel that what sets this game apart from other platformers is the heart behind it. The creators were obviously passionate about wanting to communicate the culture through the art style, form, and background knowledge included in the game, which I feel they succeeded in doing. Before playing the game, I heard from classmates who had started playing Never Alone that the controls for PC were not in the best shape. I think that I had a better experience than they did by having an Xbox One controller available to play with. Even then, I felt that the game could have been better from a mechanical standpoint....
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...nasty, brutish and short"? Provide a short (1-2 paragraph) critique of this view. The Hobbesian state of nature is how Hobbes believe mankind would operate without any form of government. This state of nature is incredibly tumultuous, dangerous, and volatile. In Hobbes opinion, humans are naturally prone to conflict. Hobbes also believes that humans are all created equal both intellectually and physically, which contributes to this conflict. Since they are all equal, no one possess enough power to keep them in “awe”. It is for these reasons that Hobbes believes life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”. I disagree with Hobbes regarding his ideas that everything a man does benefits himself in some way. We can see this time and time again in human nature. A great example of this is when people donate a kidney to a loved one. They gain nothing from this, but are still more than willing to do it. This selflessness is so engrained in us, it can even be seen in our movies and TV shows. The classic scene where someone jumps in front of a bullet to save their friend has been acted out hundreds of times. Another point of contention I have with Hobbe’s view of the state of nature, is his idea that a strong ruler must exist to swiftly punish those who defect from the state. I favor Rousseau’s view that this harsh ruler is not necessary because people will not naturally want to defect from the state. They gain the most while cooperating, so there is no reason for them to defect...
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...Jasmeet Singh English 1100 (R 16) 100328555 Critique- Violent Media is Good For Kids by Gerrard Jones In “Violent Media is Good for Kids” by Gerard Jones, Jones stated that violent media has a positive effect on children. Jones uses his own experience with his son and some other’s to show and support that violence is a good thing for kids. When a violent act occurs, the first thing people do is to place the blame on violent media; such as movies, television shows, video games, and comic books. People direct their attention to murderous, gruesome, horrific acts that occur in those types of media. They only want to blame certain media outlets because it is easier to find a reason. Gerrard Jones thinks quite the opposite. He tries to persuade the audience that in spite of all the people’s negative intensions about violent media and things they say about its effect on society, violent media is actually beneficial for the younger ones. His main argument to support his thesis is that violent media has certain benefits and positives that most people outlook. His thesis expresses that violent media is not a bad influence on children, but it does however; allow them to better express themselves. The purpose of his argument is to show the benefits of exposing our children to violent content. Violence helps mould children into an individual who can control their rage better and can even become well rounded individuals. He deems superheroes as acceptable forms of violence because...
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...The Ethics Game Simulation Tamika Nimely Monday, August 23, 2010 G-sport is a company that provide nutrition supplement for sports to customers. The company meets the FDA standards with their products. The lab tests reveal of contamination on the sample tests, so the products should be return and resolve the issue. The responsibility of this issue lies in the Quality control manager to decide on how to resolve this problem and come to a conclusion to the solution. The simulations the QC manager presents two issues, these simulations has challenges in moral and ethical areas. Case of Fair Warning The first issue revolves on case of fair warning. The issue would be whether to warn and what information to provide consumers about containment. With the lab test coming back with containment nation, some of these products are already in the hands of consumers so the decision is to take the products off the market, so nobody else gets a hold of the product. The rights/responsibility lens helps the quality control manager to determine G-Biosport ensures the ingredient labels s and provide accurate information to replace defective product and give the consumers fair warnings and danger of the product. The rights/responsibility lens helps the Quality control manager to determine G-sport ensures the ingredient labels and provide accurate information to replace defective product and give the consumers fair warnings and danger of the product. The result lens determine impact on stakeholders...
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...agnosticism to represent faith and claim that while Hume challenged conventional religion, he himself believed in God. In this paper I will attempt to refute some of these claims by briefly highlighting some of Hume’s most compelling arguments against religion and showing how they leave little room for belief. I will also delve into some of the context surrounding Hume’s work to show how speaking against religion was a dangerous game in those times and restricted Hume’s ability to speak freely. Some of the primary sources used for this paper include Hume’s most famous works on religion, including The Natural History of Religion and Dialogues concerning Natural Religion. Secondary and tertiary sources include scholarly critiques of Hume’s texts as well as reviews and journals interpreting his work one way or another. To start with, lets have a look at an excerpt from, The Natural History of Religion, published in 1757. In the following passage, Hume summarizes his views on religion as “sick men’s dreams”: What a noble privilege is it of human reason to attain the knowledge of the supreme Being; and, from the visible works of nature, be enabled to infer so sublime a principle as its supreme Creator? But turn the reverse of the medal. Survey most nations and most ages. Examine the religious principles, which have, in fact, prevailed in the world. You will scarcely be persuaded, that they are any thing but sick men’s dreams: . . . . Hear the verbal protestations of all men: Nothing...
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...Is cheerleading a sport? Somehow everyone is still talking about is cheerleading a sport, I guess they aren’t convinced yet. Cheerleading is something that is active and just about any and everybody can participate in, others think it is not a sport because it is not as active as track, football, and basketball. This sport can give people courage and can bring out the best in you and it can make you feel great inside and make you want to work together with people and as a team just like any other sport. Teamwork is the dream work. Cheerleaders are commonly seen on the sidelines at football and basketball games supporting their teams. Fans just see them as other people supporting their team. However, the cheerleaders have to go through rigorous training and practice all the time to perfect the routines displayed at games. Along with cheering on the sidelines at games, most cheerleading squads participate in heated competitions to show their athleticism. Although it is not officially defined as a sport by the NCAA, it obviously should be for many different reasons. Dictionary.com defines a sport as "an athletic activity that requires physical prowess or skill and often a competitive nature. Cheerleading is defined as” the action and skill of a cheerleader.” So what is a cheerleader? A cheerleader is’ a person who leads spectators in traditional or formal cheering at a pep rally and athletic events. Cheerleading definitely fulfills this criteria maybe even better than other activities...
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...and “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits”. By examining their articles, I will provide a personal opinion of which of their economic models should be the leading model when it comes to business and corporate social responsibility. Summary of Articles Author R. Edward Freeman’s article “Stakeholder Theory and The Corporate Objective Revisited,” emphasized a response to a piece put out by Sundaram and Inkpen titled “The Corporate Objective Revisited” by clarifying misconceptions about stakeholder theory and concluding that truth and freedom are best served by seeing business and ethics as connected (Freeman, Wicks, & Parmar, 2004). Freeman supports the above statement by providing the following three main critiques: 1) the mischaracterization of stakeholder theory; 2) the primacy of creating value for stakeholders, and; 3) the real issues of economic and political freedom (Freeman, Wicks, & Parmar, 2004). In response to social responsibility, Freeman clarifies that stakeholder theory claims that no matter what the ultimate mission of the corporations or any form of business activity, managers and owners must take into account the legitimate interest of those groups and individuals that can affect their activities (Freeman, Wicks, & Parmar, 2004). The importance of creating value for stakeholders, also, encompasses social responsibility in that it creates value to shareholders. This allows for managers to create products and services that customers...
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...leaders are faced with dilemmas and have to figure out how to work as a team to keep the automobile manufacturing plant up and running smoothly. According to Western Washington University (2011), there are many different sociological differences between the Japanese and Americans. Most importantly, the views of conflict and conflict resolution differ greatly. In the United States, conflict is seen as something that is inevitable, or bound to happen, whereas in Japan, conflict is considered dangerous to all relationships and should be diffused before it begins or avoided at all costs (Western Washington University, 2011). This fact along plays a major roll in the struggles between the Americans and the Japanese at the automobile manufacturing plant in Gung Ho. The American workers almost seemed as though they were looking for conflict to solve, but the Japanese executives were quick to avoid it at any cost possible. Culture also plays a major roll in determining how the characters approached and completed tasks presented to them. In the movie, a few of the American and Japanese main characters argue about their differences in spending time with family. The Japanese say that their job is their life; it is most important so they can provide for their families. For the Americans, they preferred to spend as much time at home as possible with their families, even if it meant time away from work which provided money to support those families. Matsuzaki (1995) presents in her article that...
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...persisted with the observed trends of 80s. Scenario II are the projected estimates for 1994-95 if IMF dictated policies are followed. It is not the budget that Finance minister may present. In scenario IV, alternative budget proposal has been detailed out with a real fiscal correction. It has been assumed that the policies are in place for five years. The scenario III is the first year of transition. Changes in taxation both direct and indirect have been done to raise revenue. Expenditures for various sectors have been estimated and the overall impact on the economy has been explained. A comparison between the revised estimates of 1993-94 and alternative budget 1994-95 (Scenario IV) has been done. Finally, the critique has been given with the responses to the critique by Arun Kumar. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND Financing of economic development through taxation- Kalecki Assumptions: There are two classes in society: capitalists and workers Workers do not save. Consumption is equal to their income. Therefore total savings is equal to the saving out of the profit of the capitalists. Economy is divided into two sectors: Department I, Investment goods and department II the consumption goods. The value of production of each sector will be split...
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...The United States is often referred to as the richest and most powerful country in the G8 and the world. So one would wonder how the U. S. A. could be in debt for billions. The current state of events has most citizens asking, where did all the money go? The U. S. economy has suffered blows in the past, like the Great Depression in the 1930’s and a list of other recessions and panics. But for a country to prosper and grow as America does, where could all of the money have went, how is the American currency value less than the Euro? Inflation and other misuses of the money could be the answer to the problem. Or is it a lot deeper than just that? Some might suggest or suspect that it is a conspiracy; others might feel as if the money was not wasted or misused. This paper will help determine who’s right and who’s wrong, and most of all, where all the money has gone. Today, we are currently in a recession brought on by the irresponsibility of the Bush-Chaney administration. But if you take a deeper look, are Bush and his incompetent administration to blame for the current recession? The United States is well known for its consumption of resources and “big spending”. The “American Dream” is to have a big house, two cars, beautiful wife or handsome husband, and of course the 2.5 children. When in reality, that is almost impossible for every American citizen to achieve. There are just not enough resources and wealth for everyone to have an even portion. Someone has to suffer in order...
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...Health Information Critique Identifying a community problem. There’s a public health crisis and many people, especially those of younger ages, are being affected by it on a daily basis; it is known as pediatric or childhood obesity. The popularity of obesity has doubled among adults in the United States and has tripled in children and adolescents within the last twenty years. The popularity of obesity has risen to 17% for 6 to 11 year olds and 20% for 12 to 19 year olds, indicating that early childhood is a critical period of time for the establishment for healthy lifestyle behaviors (Chen and Escarce, 2014). Obesity is the leading health public concern in the United States, due to unhealthy lifestyles and weight gain, children are at high...
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...Grant Seamster 3/20/12 Walter Lowe The Hollow Men: Headpiece Filled with Meaning Out of madness springs The Hollow Men, one of T.S. Eliot’s critically acclaimed poetic masterpieces. This poem has been analyzed over and over, and is so full of references to texts that it can be confusing to find a launching point. Just like most things in life, the beginning is a good start. T.S. Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended Harvard, and went overseas to England for graduate school. It was here that he settled down, becoming a banker, and more importantly, writing poetry (Nobelprize.org). In the early and mid-1920’s, Eliot suffered from numerous nervous breakdowns, and during one of these breakdowns in 1925 the poem The Hollow Men was written. Using the archetypal literary school of criticism we will magnify the archetypes of hopelessness, desperation, misery, and despair throughout the work. The archetypal school of literary criticism determines a text’s meaning using cultural and psychological myths. Commonly used symbols such as crucifixion or the snake serve as a marker to delve deeper into the reading. Carl Jung, whose theory of a “collective unconscious”, has been accredited with founding this school of literary criticism. This Jungian theory claims literature imitates the “dream of humanity”, not life. Archetypal criticism splinters from the Formalist or New Criticism schools of literary criticism by approaching the work in the context it is read in, instead...
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...near the plant and the three regional warehouses. Julie Berry, vice president for sales, point to increasing complaints from regional sales manager about poor customer service. Regional warehouse managers, stung by complaints from sales managers have responded by increasing their order size from the main warehouse and maintaining larger amounts of safety stock. According to managers of regional warehouses, their orders to main warehouse aren’t being ship or if shipped, it has smaller quantities than requested. Jimmy Joe, manager of the main warehouse says his policy that he prefer to fill direct orders from actual customers rather than warehouse order that might simply reflect warehouses trying to replenish their safety stock. II. CRITIQUE About the persons involve in the Grill Rite like Mac Wilson, the company president. He is an effective and efficient in terms of taking care of his employees. Yes, he is responsible in the problems arises in his own company but I think his making his responsibility well....
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...Violence in Media As young adults, we experience the exposure of violence in all mediums of communication, such as TV shows, movies, video games, and music lyrics. We may have stopped counting how many crime investigation shows are in primetime or how many ways of killing people are in the Saw series. We just keep consuming those materials and even look for more violence as excitement. As we become so obsessed with the genre, we may have forgotten the importance of awareness to the issue. Statistics give us a better idea about the big picture. According to Media Education Foundation, researches indicate that about 89 percent of the top-selling video games contained violent content, almost half of which was of a serious nature. Two-thirds of Hollywood films released in 2001 were rated “R.” (Media Violence Facts, 2005) In September 2000, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that 80 percent of “R” rated movies, 70 percent of restricted video games, and 100 percent of music with “explicit content” warning labels were being marketed to children under 17. With this amount of exposure, researchers estimated that by the time the average child is eighteen years old, they will have witnessed 200,000 acts of violence and 16,000 murders. (TV-Turnoff Network, 2001) Those numbers reminds us to think about the issue. Is it too much? What effect does it have on our life, especially for children and adolescents? As we are still looking for the correct answers, multiple cases have showed...
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...International Security Lecture 1 March 30th, 2015 The politics of security knowledge What is international security? We could start thinking about the security council of the UN But also about the invasion of Afghanistan (chapter 7 UN in order to secure the international security) We can also think about security in terms of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. This was a unilateral act of war, but sure it can also mean other things We can think of the national security agency, the agency in charge of spying all the signals and communications to a certain extent. What’s interesting about the NSA, it is seen as a threat to the security of the privacy. Lately, with the reports of the UN development programme, we start talking about HUMAN security (not military security, but rather the security of individuals, having a livelihood that’s acceptable). Whether security is international or not, it can be a rather confusing word The protection of values we hold dear. We search for it, we pursue it, we achieve it, we deny it to others. * what is to be secured? Is it the security of states? Or individuals? * What is the actual threat that we’re facing? Primarily to be dealing with military threats, or are there other types of threats we are facing. Essentially contested concept A concept that ‘inevitably’ involves endless disputes about their proper uses on the part of their users – Walter Gallie There can be ambiguity (one persons freedom-fighter is the other’s...
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