...come across a deeply committed humanitarian organization that provides an ecologically sustainable answer to global hunger and malnutrition. The sad reality is that Monsanto is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and perhaps one of the most unethical corporate giants in the world today. In this essay, I will argue that Monsanto is on a power trip, and that they have a hidden agenda that has nothing to do with compassion, ecology or human hunger, and everything to do with greed. In the following paragraphs, I will provide a brief history of Monsanto. Then I will examine some of the promises made in their marketing propaganda, and provide evidence that these promises are little more than blatant lies.Monsanto is an agricultural biotech corporate giant that genetically modifies animals and crop seeds. On their website, they come across a deeply committed humanitarian organization that provides an ecologically sustainable answer to global hunger and malnutrition. The sad reality is that Monsanto is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and perhaps one of the most unethical corporate giants in the world today. In this essay, I will argue that Monsanto is on a power trip, and that they have a hidden agenda that has nothing to do with compassion, ecology or human hunger, and everything to do with greed. In the following paragraphs, I will provide a brief history of Monsanto. Then I will examine some of the promises made in their marketing propaganda, and provide evidence that these promises are little more...
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...Accordingly, Roland “gains an almost mystical understanding of how it is possible to know a work of literature without imposing subjective meanings on it,” (Polvinen). He realizes that every reader has a different understanding of an author’s work, and that their interpretations could have no meaning to all the other readers. Nevertheless, he also recognizes that a piece’s context could change and expand with each additionally reading. Roland uncovers a secret of literature: readings can appear “wholly new….followed by, almost immediately, by the sense that it was always there” (Byatt 512). He concludes that interpretation of literature is dependent on perspective, which is different with every person. Yet, he concedes that some things are hidden between the lines, waiting to be found, analyzed and shared with the world, like the affair between Ash and...
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...Heidegger emphasizes knowing reality means knowing being. The view of each philosopher as well as arguments and counterarguments with respective examples are examined. In order to understand objectivity, Husserl asserts that the answer is found in perception and consciousness. Through investigation of our mind we can know reality. In order to understand reality one must understand phenomenology and phenomenological reduction. Phenomenology is a category of Contemporary Continental Philosophy that rejects the practical Kantian notion that the thing itself cannot be known. Husserl, unlike Kant, believes that the phenomena do reveal things themselves. He believes that by going “back to things themselves,” one can grasp an aspect of a thing’s true essence, and accordingly objective reality. Phenomenology embraces realism, which is the revelation of the existence of an objective reality outside or apart of one’s mind. In principle, Husserl supposes that the world is objectively real and that it is not a creation or illusion in one’s own mind. Thus, Husserl argues that things can be known through the phenomena; the manifestation of things themselves. To counter this argument, Kant may suggest that you cannot know things themselves, and we have no empirical access to objectivity. He would say one can know the world of appearance by accessing it through one’s senses. However, we have no way of getting into contact with reality because our consciousness distorts reality. For example, Husserl...
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...responders to see aspects of human experience in new ways. Mark Raphael Baker, in his 1997 historical memoir, The Fiftieth Gate, deliberately chooses a fragmented, polymorphous structure united within an overarching narrative to embody how the disparate aspects of past human experience can be understood through the symbiotic reconciliation of the once polar oppositions of history and memory. Like Baker, Joe Kubert, in his graphic novel, Yossel April 19, 1943, deliberately chooses a raw drawing style and fictionalised recreations of silenced voices of the past to embody the subjective reality that is omitted from documented history. Both...
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...in elementary school are immense, and perhaps the most important is that of pushing women into STEM careers. Throughout history, women have been oppressed because of their gender, and, unfortunately, this has caused a tremendous gap in both income and gender demographics in certain careers. In a recent study, published in the Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, analyzing women in science and technology, and the influences behind the lack of women, it was found that “women are still under-represented in science and technology;” in fact, “women constitute 40% of the university graduates in science, mathematics, and computing, and 32% of all career researchers” (Dimitriadi). This problem is urgent, as today society is in demand of more people...
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...needs to evaluate the history of Marxism. Heilbroner described Marxism as being “inescapable” (Heilbroner, 15). Marxism is credited with the contribution for uncovering an unsuspected level of reality beneath the surface of capitalism. His mode of inquiry for uncovering the hidden reality of capitalism is through his own invented process of socioanalysis. Because of Marx’s legacy of revealing the reality of capitalism, Heilbroner compares him to Freud and Plato, all whose works are inescapable for the truths they have unveiled. Freud and Plato both unveiled hidden realities. Marx shared a further similarity in the sense that his “combination of insight and method permanently altered the manner in which reality would thereafter be perceived” (Heilbroner, 17). Marx’s works in his book Capital is still more relevant today than Adam Smith’s renowned work Wealth of Nations. Marx‘s book placed importance on technology and crises and social tension, and more importantly, undertakes the task of critiquing the political economy. However, the problem of Marxism is within trying to define it. Heilbroner believes that there exists a set of premises that can assist in defining Marxist thought, “so that any analysis that contains these premises can be properly classified as Marxist” (Heilbroner, 20). There are four main premises as described by Heilbroner; the dialectical approach to knowledge itself; the materialist approach to history; the socioanalysis of history; and commitment to socialism...
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...My Place - The Place for Diversity Multimedia Analysis Human diversity is a social and psychological reality. Diversity refers to the identification of the person for whom each is as it is and not as we would like. His identity. This recognition is what sets human dignity. So is talking about diversity of identity. Identity is what allows us to distinguish ourselves from others. Who we are. Every aspect of that identity puts us in a human group. The language we speak, the things we eat, our hobbies, our physical or mental characteristics or history with which we identify are some aspects of that identity. The multimedia emulator "My Place" is a tool that shows how people just see the look or a brief summary of its history, a person labeled. Although for me it is very important not only to evaluate the book by the cover. The exercise of matching people with their biographies was very interesting and educational well as curious. Often my biggest problem was pairing race with the site of origin. He did not remember and with the global mixing is not only a German white with blue eyes for example. It can be any descent and born there. Just as religions that have spread worldwide an Islamic person is not just a Catholic Arab. We are all unique and increasingly mixing cultures have created a global citizen. Personally different viewpoints are good in all cases, whether in information systems or any other profession. A profile that caught my attention was that Tammy did not seem...
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...that someone they love and hold dear in their heart will ever be murdered or taken away from them? The answer to this question for nearly anyone who is asked this is unbearable to think about. For poet Natasha Trethewey, the reality of it all is too much to bear however, she turns to poetry for a way out. In Natasha Trethewey’s book of poems, Native Guard, Trethewey integrates her personal challenges and experiences with those in history. In section one particularly, Natasha Trethewey communicates her thoughts and feelings towards the loss of a loved one, disappointment, and abusement. In one of the first section poems, “What is Evidence”, Trethewey creates this image of domestic abuse and the daunting effects that it can cause...
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...reflecting on the purpose of life i.e., why are we here? What does it mean to be a human being? Are we the product of a random evolution of atoms and molecules clinging together or part of a bigger plan? How are we measuring up to our evolution or creation? Revelation responds to these questions by taking the position that everything in the universe is part of a meticulous plan being executed by the First Cause - God - who is the Creator of all, each with sustenance and purpose (11:6). He has created humankind[2] not in vain but to serve as His agents / trustees / viceroys on the earth (6:165; 35:39; 57:7). In this capacity, they are required to manage the resources of the earth such that all benefit equitably[3] and the original balance in creation is maintained (55:7-9). To this end, they are bound by a covenant with God (7:172; 20:115) and every action that they undertake with the intention of fulfilling that covenant constitutes an act of worship (51:56-7). Thus the temporal and spiritual are inextricably linked from an Islamic perspective. There are several other unique features of this God-human relationship. First, the Principal here is the One, Incomparable, Sovereign, Eternal, Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Active God Whose Will reigns supreme in the universe. It is by His Will that human beings have limited free will and agency to operate the trust. In this larger context, humankind are in reality mere slaves of God dependant on His grace for every moment of their freedom and...
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...Week 2 1. Which of the following is true about the development of the intercultural communication area of study? a. it originated with scholars looking for practical answers to help overseas workers. 2. Which approach to intercultural communication has the goal of initiating social change? b. critical 3. Which of the following approaches to intercultural communication views reality as external to humans? c. social science 4. Which methods are primarily used in the critical approach to intercultural communication? d. text and media analyses 5. the social science approach is also called the e. functionalist approach 6. researchers using a critical perspective attempt to explain f. how macro contexts such as political structures influence communication 7. one limitation of social science approach is g. the possibility that the methods used are not culturally sensitive 8. The goals for the social science approach are h. describe and predict human behavior 9. the study of how people use personal space is called i. proxemics 10. Which dialectic of intercultural communication addresses the fact that some of our cultural patterns are constant and some are shifting? j. static-dynamic dialect 11. The privilege-Disadvantage dialectic recognizes that k. some people are disadvantaged in some contexts and privileged in other contexts 12. Which of the following might explain why early...
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...Lennon, an ex-member of the famous Rock band Beatles, is also a gifted composer. He had admitted that he was influenced by “The Time Are a Changin”. In the journal “Bob Dylan and John Lennon's Weird, One-Sided Relationship”, Scott Beauchamp and Alex Shephard states that Lennon commanded that “For three weeks in Paris, we didn't stop playing it. We all went potty about Dylan” (Beauchamp and Shephard). After Beatles disbanded, Lennon started to compose his protest songs. By releasing the song “Give Peace a Chance”, he successfully demonstrated his ideas about peace and showed it to the world. As another protest song singer after Dylan, he came out the songs as good as Dylan’s. In the journal “John Lennon 1940-1980: History Professor Jon Wiener...
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...History is nothing but the literary work of writer who presents the past to the present reader for adventure. For example, Homer selected the Trojan War as a theme in his epics Iliad and Oddessy, Shakespeare selected historical themes to produce his famous dramas, and Voltaire and Rousseau created history by writing literature with historical themes. Historians like Herodotus, Thucidides, and Gibbon have presented their history in literary form, in a romantic style of novelty. George Macaulay Trevelyan argued that history is nothing but a collection of facts, the events happened. Against this, Theodore Roosevelt sharply attacked on Trevelyan for damaging the historiography for superficial approach to history. Though there is a close relationship between history and literature, history is based on facts, time, place and it has specific setting whereas literature can be highly imaginative without...
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...were being questioned by the new beginnings of science. Although many of the accomplishments during this “scientific revolution” were in astronomy and mechanics, very important advances along the whole borders of knowledge were also taking place. The revival of skepticism, brought about by these new concepts, had many philosophers seeking answers to questions such as: Do we know anything at all, and do the sciences give us knowledge of reality? Rene Descartes, whom many consider to be the father of modern philosophy, sought to kill skepticism for good. He gave his Cartesian quest for certainty the center stage in his epistemology, or theory of knowledge. Following Descartes, later in the 18th century, David Hume also broke away from the religious dogma of the day to explain knowledge on a non theological basis. However, His epistemology dismisses Cartesian methods as both unworkable and barren. Instead, he adopts his own theories which counters the ideas of his of predecessor, and casts a different view on the levels of certainty humans can The Content and Objects of Knowledge--Rene Descartes According to Descartes, we each contain within ourselves the criterion for truth and knowledge. Although he does not reject the idea of God as a creator, he believed that the responsibility of obtaining knowledge rests on the individual and no longer on medieval ideals such as priest, popes, or kings. Descartes believed that in order to obtain knowledge, there must be ...
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...initial focus in his ‘Allegory of the Cave’ is almost entirely transcendent; he is concerned not with knowledge, but rather with the nature of reality. Socrates, speaking to Glaucon, describes a group of prisoners chained to a wall in a cave who have been there since birth. Behind them is a fire, which lights the cave, and between this fire and the prisoners is a road where people carry all sorts of human, animal and other forms, which are then reflected onto the opposite wall of the cave. Unable to turn their heads, the prisoners are only able to see the shadows that these forms cast upon the wall and Socrates makes the point that such men hold that the truth is nothing other than the shadows of artificial things. Plato makes an interesting point about human nature in this case, emphasizing the idea that human beings have a tendency to accept the reality that they are presented with. He goes on to say that, upon being introduced to the world outside of the cave, a man would be at a loss and believe that what was seen before is truer than what is now shown, a natural human reaction when facing the realization that one’s entire concept of reality has proven to be false. After his discovery of the world outside of the cave, the man would begin to adjust, first he’d most easily make out the shadows; and after that the phantoms of the human beings and the other things in water; and, later the things in water; and later, the things themselves…then finally I suppose he would be able...
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...medieval literature revolved around Christianity and chivalry, while Renaissance literature focused on man himself, the progress of arts and sciences, and the emergence of humanism. Medieval and Renaissance literature were influenced by two completely different eras in human history. During the Middle Ages, (A.D. 1066- 1500) the toils of daily life affected the mindset of those at this time. As a result, these ideas found its way into the making of Medieval literature. However, after the great rediscovery of the classical civilizations during A.D. 1500- 1660, men began creating what is now looked upon as Renaissance literature. Though they are both forms of writing, their history as a part of society greatly differed from contrasting philosophies of life, leading to two different personalities. Medieval Literature During the Middle Ages, a great emphasis was placed on the blend of fantasy and reality. Though characters were given human characteristics, their personalities transcended to those of fictitious figures (God, Saints, and revered leaders). Additionally, these stories incorporated the codes of romance and honor, reliving the ideals of chivalry in writing. Furthermore, there was a religious overtone hidden in these works. Because only monks could hand- copy these manuscripts in monasteries, only a few were made available to the rich and noble. As for the peasants, the only way to pass down these stories from generation to generation was by words of mouth. Renaissance...
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