...Texts: Rodney G. Peffer, Global Justice, Human Rights, and the Natural Environment (i.e. various published articles and unpublished essays that are components of this work that will either be put on ERES or emailed to you; there’s nothing to buy) David Schweickart, After Capitalism John Rawls, The Law of Peoples Thomas Pogge & Keith Horton (ed.), Global Ethics: Seminal Essays Thomas Pogge & Darrel Moellendorf (ed.), Global Justice: Seminal Essays Will Kymlicka, Politics in the Vernacular (Optional) E-Reserve Essays are in: Phil. 340 E-Reserves: Password = “war” Phil. 338 E-Reserves: Password = “endangered” Phil. 462 E-Reserves: Password = “worldpeace” A. Essays by Rodney G. Peffer (Peffer) B. Marxism, Morality, and Social Justice (MMSJ) I –XXI (Essays) = Essays by other authors divided into Sections All ERES Readings are in my Phil. 462 ERES unless noted otherwise. * = An important component of my next book. Jan. 26 General Introduction to Course Jan. 31 Basics of Political Philosophy/ Peffer’s Theory of Social Justice The following 6 short essays by me are in the “Introductory Materials” sub-folder of the “Essays by Rodney G. Peffer” folder of my Phil. 462 ERES. R.G. Peffer *“On the Nature of Morality” (Peffer – 3) (4th essay from bottom) “ “ “ "Main Types of Moral Theories" (Peffer - 1) " " " "Is Morality Relative?" (Peffer - 3) (or via...
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...Essay August 6, 2011 Written by Joseph Prabagar There Is No Hope of Doing Perfect Research (Griffiths, 1998, P97) Do You Agree? When I was asked to write an essay on the statement above, I went to Google to get an idea. What I found amazed and belittled me all the same. Hundreds of essays were already available on this very statement! And I, having read countless books, had not encountered this declaration made by Morwenna Griffiths on page 97 in her book entitled, Educational Research for Social Justice: Getting off the Fence… until now. Majority of the uploaded essays on the web began by quoting the definition of the word ‘research’ and then elaborated on the definitions before proceeding to agree with the ‘no perfect research’ doctrine proclaimed by Griffiths. One particular essay that was published in TermPaper Warehouse – The Term Paper Factory, caught my attention. It was simple, direct and made absolute sense. The opening paragraph of this essay summarized Morwenna Griffiths’ statement as a realization that, as humans we have the capacity do our best research but we must also accept that it cannot be perfect (Asymphonical termpaperwarehouse.com). Do I agree? Yes absolutely. I recollect the term paper that I did for a Sociology course in college some years ago. The subject matter was on Heavy Metal and the misunderstood fans. My research for the term paper was primarily based on questionnaires, interviews, introspection and observations. As there was a...
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...Project Gutenberg's The Essays of Montaigne, Complete, by Michel de Montaigne This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Essays of Montaigne, Complete Author: Michel de Montaigne Release Date: September 17, 2006 [EBook #3600] Last Updated: September 5, 2012 Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE, COMPLETE *** Produced by David Widger ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazlitt 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS PREFACE THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE I. — To Monsieur de MONTAIGNE II. — To Monseigneur, Monseigneur de MONTAIGNE. III. — To Monsieur, Monsieur de LANSAC, IV. — To Monsieur, Monsieur de MESMES, Lord of Roissy and Malassize, Privy V. — To Monsieur, Monsieur de L'HOSPITAL, Chancellor of France VI. — To Monsieur, Monsieur de Folx, Privy Councillor, to the Signory of Venice. VII. — To Mademoiselle de MONTAIGNE, my Wife. VIII. — To Monsieur DUPUY, IX. — To the Jurats of Bordeaux. X. — To the same. XI. — To the same. XII. — XIII. — To Mademoiselle PAULMIER. XIV. — To the KING, HENRY IV. XV. — To the same. XVI. — To the Governor...
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...Regulation Individual Assignment: David Jones Adam Golding S3468032 Words: 2156 Executive Summary This essay examines the example of two former directors of retailer David Jones – Leigh Clapham and Steve Vamos. The two directors made the decision to purchase shares in the company during a delicate period for the company and while decisions were being made about it’s future. Discussion on the damage this decision caused to David Jones and the ensuing fallout, whereby the two directors and the chairman of the board were put in a position where they had no choice but to resign. This essay will address the role of a board within a company and the value-add component, as well as addressing the requirements for a company under the Corporations Act 2001. We will also examine the issue of insider trading and whether the actions of these board members could amount to a breach of the law, as well as speaking about ASIC and their investigation into the men. ASIC conducted a thorough, two month long investigation, only to find themselves no choice but to declare no further action could be taken. The area of risk management frameworks and whether the David Jones board members even followed their own stated frameworks, as set out in their constitution and printed yearly in their annual report were followed to the best of their ability. Finally, continual disclosure as a provision of the Corporations Act and the issue of David Jones’ board decision not to disclose...
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...story is about Mary, her family and their problems. In this essay I will find out what could cause the problems. To support my claims I will make an analysis and interpret the short story “A journey” in which I will put my interpretation into perspective with this to other items. The story starts in media res where we get introduced to Mary the protagonist, and her son David. At the beginning of the story there is a flashback. The flashback is from David’s childhood. Suddenly the story moves on to present time, where Mary picks her son up from the hospital and drives him home. Almost the whole story takes place in the car. Mary is an ordinary married woman and it seems like she has an unhappy and depressed family. She lives with her husband Seamus and her son David, in the house her father gave her at her weeding. David is suffering from a depression and Mary does not know why, neither can she figure it out. Mary seems to be a good and careful mother “She dreamed for a second that they had not sold it and thought that working there every day might help David” Even though if it seems like Mary has been a good mother, she still has not spend a enough of her time with David when he was child. “Mrs. Redmond, who lives in a nearby cottage and whose husband died just after David was born, came in every day to help and babysat at night if they wanted to get out” This might indicate that it was not Mary who raised David, but Mrs. Redmond. Mary also seems like a quite, selfish...
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...Essay - “A journey” by Colm Tóibín The relationship between parents and their children is very different from one family to another. Many parents are looking gladly forward to having a child, but as soon as they actually get it, many of them becomes scared and ask them self the question, if they are good enough to raise a child. What does it takes to have the energy to take care of your children and still be able to realise yourself. The exact same thing is happening to Mary in this short story by Colm Tóibín. Taking care of others, communication, the past against the present and identity is some of the themes that Colm Tóibín uses in this short-story about a woman called Mary, her husband, Seamus and their child, David. A third person limited narrator tells “A journey”, that starts in medias res and the viewpoint is on Mary. Colm Tóibín uses a technique called Stream of consciousness, where thoughts gets depicted as they arise at Mary and the short-story and becomes one long associated stream of consciousness. We do not get to know where the story takes place, but it might be in a small village, since Seamus is principal for a small country national school. “Their house was just beside the small country national school where Seamus was principal” (p. 2, l. 16-17). Mary is driving on her way home with her son, David, on the backseat. He had been hospitalized because of a depression. Mary is unsure of her self and was afraid of becoming a mom, and after David have...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Initial Essay Submitted to Dr. William Brown in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of EVAN 505-B01 Introduction to Church Planting by Nicholas L. Fonseca May 17, 2015 Contents Introduction 1 Experience in Ministry 1 Conclusion 2 Bibliography 3 Thesis Statement Church is a group of people that are collectively and individually fully devoted to living a Christ like life together, despite the fact that they are imperfect beings. Introduction I attend Ni River Community Church has a population of 500 people whose ages range from infancy to mind 70’s. I am currently an Elder, to be an effective leader and good steward of the office of Elder and to fulfill our Lord Jesus’ command to make disciples I must first apply His direction, teaching, and inspiration to my own life so that I can inspire others to do the same. Experience in Ministry I have served as an Elder for almost two years now and it has been both challenging and rewarding at times. However, recently our church has undergone a serious attack from our enemy the Devil and a horrible tragedy. The old Youth Pastor had an inappropriate relationship with a minor under his charge that resulted in him being sent to jail and being identified as sex offender. This horrible and tragic circumstance has caused the church to experience a lack of trust in the leadership, emotional distress...
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...my writing skills and get some experience about writing. In my opinion, the most important thing in writing is thinking. I am sure that a good idea is more important than good writing skills. Now, when I write essay, I would not write immediately. But I will research the background and collect many information about the essay. Then, I will think and reclaim all information so that I can have my own ideas. For this three essays, was my favourite,because I spend a lot's of time on it. This was my first time to read such long article in my life. I need to pay attention to understand the writer's idea and try my best to find the main idea, main sentence and supporting sentence. Obviously, there are many misunderstand words, but I learned to catch the information what I understand and guess the main idea. So that this essay influence me to learn new writing skills. For my prompt, I was happy to my instructor to give us a chance to visit historical place. I went to Massachusetts State House in weekend, I learn that if you want to write a good essay, you should open your eyes. That's can help you to accept new ideas and easy to absorb different opinions. At last, the Beauty essay make me learn that everything has different side based on different angles and values. In this essay, I tried to describe my opinion which is the beauty is not mean beautiful. The beauty is produced by cultures, value standards and customs. I am happy to take this course in my second semester, I believed I have...
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...Essay Spontaneous speech is an exotic world of unrehearsed, unplanned, emotion exposing form of language. It consists of a lot of ‘talking on the spot’ and improvising. Spontaneous speech will include a lot of informal language sometimes depending on what situation a person is in.it can range from everyday casual conversations to being on a interview on TV.I will be evaluating two interviews; one will be about a dialogue between simon cowell and piers morgan on his show and the other will be the interlocution between David Cameron and David letterman. You can see that both DC and DL use an informal level of communication as the interview progresses. for example DL expresses the question “ umm, first of all, rule Britannia, err written by whom?” the language here is so informal that it almost distracts you from the fact that he was cleverly trying to test DC as politicians tend to do. The word ‘whom’ indicates of a direct subject as in this case he is verbally trying to get to the direct point of the subject and disguise his determination to catch David Cameron out on the spot. The fact that he uses a non –lexical filler before the sentence- which was “umm”-displays the fact that he himself was giving himself a chance to think through what he is going to say so he doesn’t come out to look like a fool whilst trying to make David Cameron seem like one. In my opinion, David Cameron lacked in informal language in the interview. You can see this demonstrated in the quote “I think...
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...Compare and contrast the Biblical creation myths with other creation myths from Greece and the Ancient Near East. This essay will compare and contrast the Biblical creation myths with other creation myths from Greece and the Ancient Near East. It will first discuss the initial creation of the universe followed by the creation of mankind and finally the recreation of man whilst drawing parallels to Sumerian and Babylonian texts, The Old Testament and Hesiods Theogony. In paying particular attention to the chronology of each myth it will be shown that the creation myths regarding the universe and mankind evolved from as far back as the Sumerian stories. From the fragmented Sumerian tablets discovered throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries , (that date back as far as the third millenium B.C.) Sumerologists, such as Samuel Noah Kramer, have deciphered the oldest cosmogonic concepts ever found . Kramer explains that because the Sumerians lacked "scientific methods of definition and generalization " to make sense of the origins and the working of the universe they attempted to provide explanation through the use of poetry, epic tales and hymns . The only scientific information they had access to was what could be seen around them, that being Earth, Air, Heaven and Water , and according to the Ancient Sumerians it was through these essential elements that the universe came to be and it begins with Nammu, the primeval sea. From the primeval sea was born...
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...AS Philosophy & Ethics Course Handbook 2013 to 2014 [pic] OCR AS Level Religious Studies (H172) http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/gce/hss/rs/index.aspx OCR AS Level Religious Studies (H172) You are studying Philosophy of Religion and Religious Ethics and will be awarded an OCR AS Level in Religious Studies. The modules and their weightings are: |AS: |Unit Code |Unit Title |% of AS |(% of A Level) | | |G571 |AS Philosophy of Religion |50% |(25%) | | |G572 |AS Religious Ethics |50% |(25%) | If you decide to study for the full A Level you will have to study the following modules at A2: |A2: |Unit Code |Unit Title |(% of A Level) | | |G581 |A2 Philosophy of Religion |(25%) | | |G582 |A2 Religious Ethics |(25%) | Grading | ...
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...English assignment 4/11 2011: A journey. A travel from one destination to another. Undergoing a difficult process of personal change and development. Both sides are depicted in Colm Tóibin’s short story “A Journey” from 2006. The story revolves around a mother and a child and it depicts how deep chasms in life’s key relationships can be. Neglect, depression, life and death and looking back upon it all are some of the key themes that this essay will deal with. The mother, whose name is Mary, is the main character and it is her thoughts the narrator gives us insight to. The narrator is therefore a third person narrator limited to the mother. The geographical setting remains unclear from the start of the story until it ends: We are never given any sign of a specific place in the world. What we do know, however, is that the story starts with a flashback to David’s childhood. The flashback begins In Medias Res: “”Mammy, how do people die?” he had asked, and Mary had explained how the soul left the body and then God … well, God … took your soul because he loves you”” (l. 1). This is the only flashback of the story although there are other points at which the mother looks back on her life and the choices she has made over the years. One could argument for the case that the mother’s quick glances at the past were also flashbacks, but then they should have been narrated from a different point of view, not explicitly being narrated as Mary looking back on her...
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...Building Self-Esteem Essay PSY-460 Fundamentals of Counseling July 21, 2013 Self-esteem is the part of our personas that includes the positive and negative of self-assessment or evaluations, and speaks to how we feel and/or think about ourselves. In other words, the attitudes, ideas, and convictions we have about ourselves can determine who we are, what we can do, and who we can become (Mann et al, 2004). It incorporates the aggregate of our overall beliefs, opinions, understanding(s) and awareness of the personal qualities and characteristics we possess. In life we will experience a lack of assurance or confidence at some time or another, however, those persons who experience low self-esteem are not happy; and are often sad or dissatisfied much of the time (Burton, 2012). We find that self-esteem is a significant psychological component that influences our well-being, as well as enhances the value and quality of our lives. Many in the medical field concur that a healthy self-esteem can offer an advantage to professional success, eliminate many psychological disorders, as well as contribute to better overall health and social behavior. This paper aims to discuss how a simple retooling of a person’s system can alleviate negative views of themselves and/or situations leading to possible psychological disorders. The development of self-esteem and/or how we feel about ourselves begins at a very early age and never stops until we close our eyes in death. In other...
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...David G. Fisher Professor Hallawell English 249 (Linguistics) 25 October 2011 Reading between the text message lines: How a culture becomes dependent on electronic communication and changes language skills forever. They are everywhere, in schoolyards, high school halls, businesses and even our own homes and they are having an effect on our culture at this very minute. You may even be reading this on one right now. They are cell phones and more and more they are being used for more than just talking; they are being used to send e-mail, text, and instant messages. What originally started out as a way to have more communication in case of emergencies and to have a way for teenagers and adults to stay connected to what is going on in each other’s lives has become a barrier to language abilities. (Bauerlein) In the immediacy of our consumer society we have become too reliant upon instant information and it has affected our way of communicating. A cell phone is now a device that can keep us continually linked to the internet, e-mail and text messages. The price for this convenience is that we have lost the ability to communicate effectively face to face or in writing, thusly loosing parts of our literacy level in this country. When the miracle of cell phones first came into popular use, most people were not that interested in the text message mostly because there was an extra charge associated with using the feature. After more time and as the phone plans began to...
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...Running head: ARISTOTLE Aristotle Lakeela McClinton, Daniel Ogden and Casara Williams University of Phoenix Aristotle For many centuries there have been many philosophers that are remembered throughout history. Some are remembered only for their small impacts years later through books and secondhand information. Philosophy still holds a special place within society due to many philosophers that have spanned one’s lifetime current and not so current. This biography will focus on the philosopher Aristotle. The views and contributions of this man will come into play through this essay along with background information including birth, birthplace, and teen years leading to his last days. Aristotle will be described through his learning during the most critical years including his key concepts and style of philosophy during the period in which he resided and his key influences through his lifespan and the effects that he has on society today. Bright Future In 384 BC Aristotle was born in a small town called Stageira, Chalcidice around the fourth century in northern Greece. Aristotle was born to Nicomachus who was a very well know physician in his era. Aristotle’s father Nicomachus personally attended to King Amyntas of Macedon. During this time Aristotle became suited to be trained and educated like a member of Aristocracy through the will of his father due to their stature in the society, being they were middle class individuals. There is no clear and reliable source for...
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