...A Call to Ethics Jon Renegar Montreat College A Call to Ethics As our Western society continues down the path of moral turpitude due to an absence of spirituality, followers of Christ are called upon to become leaders to invoke a change in our fallen society. Review and Analysis of Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn’s address in 1978 was not only to a group of graduating students but, more so, to the politicians, intellectuals, media personnel, and others who play a role in the framework of our society. His address was dynamic, however it presented as a warning of our society’s gradual erosion primarily because of our spiritual decadence. A few of his main arguments included that the United States has became a hyper legalistic society, American’s ideology for our “pursuit of happiness and freedom," along with our fundamentals of journalism. One of the main contributors to our society’s erosion is due to the Enlightenment philosophy that man is the center of existence and there is no higher power to which he is resigned. Basically, man is ultimately accountable only to himself. “When the modern Western states were created, the following principle was proclaimed: governments are meant to serve man, and man lives to be free and to pursue happiness” (Solzhenitsyn, 1978). In combining the Enlightenment philosophy with the freedom to pursue happiness, it has given us a false sense of security. Because of this philosophy, Americans have put aside...
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...Everyman’s ego demonstrates his ego most notably in these lines. His id demands him to keep his money and continue his frivolity, while his superego desires him to earn salvation as idealized by the church influence. His ego emerges to offer Death this bribe of money to allow both parties to achieve a semblance of their aims. In their 2006 article "Material Economy, Spiritual Economy, and Social Critique in Everyman," scholars Elizabeth Harper and Britt Mize further urge the significance of this bribe. They assert, “Everyman’s attempt to escape his summons with a bribe is an important backdrop to his interaction with Goods. At a moment a moment of some tension…the moment at which he will learn directly and finally that he has valued most will...
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...Development’ is a concept which is contested both theoretically and politically, and is inherently both complex and ambiguous ... ... Recently [it] has taken on the limited meaning of the practice of development agencies, especially in aiming at reducing pov- erty and the Millennium Development Goals. (Thomas, 2004: 1, 2) The vision of the liberation of people and peoples, which animated development practice in the 1950s and 1960s has thus been replaced by a vision of the liberaliza- tion of economies. The goal of structural transformation has been replaced with the goal of spatial integration.... ... The dynamics of long-term transformations of econ- omies and societies [has] slipped from view and attention was placed on short-term growth and re-establishing fi nancial balances. The shift to ahistorical performance assessment can be interpreted as a form of the post-modernization of development policy analysis. (Gore, 2000: 794–5) Post-modern approaches... see [poverty and development] as socially constructed and embedded within certain economic epistemes which value some assets over others. By revealing the situatedness of such interpretations of economy and pov- erty, post-modern approaches look for alternative value systems so that the poor are not stigmatized and their spiritual and cultural ‘assets’ are recognized. (Hickey and Mohan, 2003: 38) One of the confusions, common through development literature is between devel- opment as immanent...
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...conflict. Religion can provide an explanation when science is unable to do so and science provides an explanation where religion is unable to do so. If the assumption is that science and religion are incompatible, then it simply means that it is highly unreasonable to accept simultaneously the claims of modern science and the claims made by religious doctrine. The initial premise that one might think is that these two would more than often contradict each other, however, science exist to explain the natural world, that is, the world around us. Religion tends to explain the purpose and meaning behind the natural world. It is the difference between physical and spiritual realities that each represents and tries to explain. As science focuses on the physical truth, religion examines and focuses on the spiritual truth. Until the modern period, science was not a separate discipline from philosophy. Generally, most scientist were known as natural philosophers, or experimental philosophers. Their primary mission was to gather data about observable phenomena in nature, to categorize that data, and to generalize from specific observations to more general ones...
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...we are just physical, smart animals, made millions of years ago because of natural causes and processes. They believe in mind/body monism, which is the belief that there is only the material world. Behaviourism is the type of psychology concerned with explaining everything through material causes. Behaviorists believe all human thought and personality are just results of physical interactions of the brain. Modern day secular psychology is often called third force psychology. This type of psychology says that humans are mostly good, physical beings who are mentally healthy when focused upon achieving self- actualization and are able to make their own choices. The first force was behaviorism and the second force was based on psycho-analysis, the thought that our conscious behavior is shaped by our unconscious recollection of our past experiences. The idea is to resolve a patient’s psychological problems by uncovering and discussing their unconscious, unfulfilled or repressed desires. Self-actualization is the goal. At the end of the day, secularists just want to meet their full psychological potential. Ivan Pavlov describes Marxist psychology as this: only science, exact science about human nature itself, and the most sincere approach to it by the aid of the omnipotent scientific method, will deliver man from his present gloom, and will purge him from his contemporary shame and the sphere of inter-human relations. Marxists believe that human development is an unavoidable...
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...The definition of "protest literature" is obviously fluid. Deconstructionists might argue that all literary writing is ultimately a form of protest. Social and historical critics might argue that literary protests must contain a specific political aim, such as changing a law. A Marxist critic might argue that literary protest should disturb the social order in terms of the relationship between social classes. A feminist critic might argue that protest does or does not promote a gender bias. A psychologist might see literary protest as a manifestation of the subconscious. A traditional literary critic might argue the moral relationship between aesthetics and the political message of protest literature. In African Literature culture and experience rather than language becomes the essence of literature. Subalternism is clearly evident in African writing as pattern of “slave narrative” writing is seen. The ‘other’ or the colony is mostly representational. The informative and representative function is seen in Leopold Sedar Senghor’s writing as it shows that Africans share certain distinctive and innate characteristics, values and aesthetics. In the poem ‘New York’, Senghor argues that the black community of Harlem should ‘Listen to the far beating of your nocturnal heart, rhythm/ and blood of the drum’ and ‘let the black blood flow into/ your blood’. The word nocturnal is interesting because it refers to the image of night. By using the imagery of night, Senghor is asserting that...
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...Concept Comparison and Analysis across Theories UOP Theoretical Foundations of Nursing NUR/513 Concept Comparison and Analysis across Theories Nursing theory is relatively new and as such, it continues to evolve as new knowledge is gained. There are numerous theories of nursing, each of which took years to develop and most of which continue to evolve and adapt. There are commonalities between and among the existing theories although each may focus more heavily on different aspects of responsibilities. It has to do with the philosophical foundations for each theory. Moore, (Moore, 2008) reported a nursing metaparadigm of four basic concepts: "person, health, environment, and nursing." Another author suggested the core concepts of nursing theory and practice are caring, assessment, teaching and learning, collaboration, managing care, communication and professional behaviors, (Opperman Med Law Consulting, 2008). These core concepts as identified by these authors can be found in some fashion in all nursing theories. Orem commented that nurses could do nursing but they could not explain what nursing is (Hartweg, 1991). She was also interested in what conditions had to exist for a person to seek help from nurses (Hartweg, 1991). The first answer she determined was that people sought help when they could not care for themselves (Hartweg, 1991). Orem's work was inspired by those she considered big thinkers, like experts in philosophy, metaphysics and action...
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...imagery is central to both bodies of teaching." In their article, "Are Jesus and Buddha Brothers?", by Carl E. Olson and Anthony E. Clark (This Rock, Volume 16, Number 5, May-June 2005), the authors note that Jesuit Father Robert E. Kennedy . . . holds Zen retreats at Morning Star Zendo in Jersey City. Further, "the St. Francis Chapel at Santa Clara University hosts the weekly practice of 'mindfulness and Zen meditation.' Indeed, the number of Buddhist retreats and workshops being held at Catholic monasteries and parishes is growing." The article also mentions additional books espousing this viewpoint: * Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit * The Place of Zen in Christian Life * Going Home: Jesus and Buddha As Brothers. On a spiritual level are Jesus and Buddha quite similar? In this article we will look at this question broadly, covering the areas of moral behavior, spirituality, beliefs about the nature of reality and of God, the illusion/reality of sin and evil, and the degree to which variations from their...
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...Conscious Capitalism: A Reader’s Reflection In their collaboration, Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, both John Mackey and Raj Sisodia outline and discuss the problems plaguing sizeable business, while sharing their own knowledge and experiences. Throughout, they also continuously encourage socially responsible values in all business organizations. Citing decentralization and stakeholder empowerment, Mackey and Sisodia argue that mans’ inherent goodwill can not only sustain capitalism, but grow with it. The authors formulate their contentions into four models, also known as ‘Tenets,’ which are interconnected, yet interdependent: Higher Purpose; Stakeholder Integration; Conscious Leadership; and, Conscious Culture and Management. The first tenant, Higher Purpose, focuses on searching for meaning, and nurturing the business’ guiding principles. Its purpose is to guide stakeholders with clarity and conviction, but only if the value is simple and clearly defined. Though the authors note ‘purpose, mission, and vision’, they further clarify the distinctions by citing Jerry Porra, quoted in Lan Liu’s Conversation on Leadership: Wisdom from Global Management Gurus: Purpose refers to the difference you are trying to make in the world, mission is the core strategy that must be undertaken to fulfill that purpose, and vision is a vivid, imaginative conception or view of how the world will look once your purpose had been largely realized (47). This...
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...First name Last name Lecturer Date Spiritual Life needs Critical Mind The core postulation of the Buddhist doctrine is the assumption that all is misfortune, our irrelevant souls are at bay forever in a confusion, and the exclusive way to avoid the misfortune is via a specific route to open mindedness, which changes with every communion of Buddhism, which always entails adherence to different attitudes and behaviors (Carrier 1). In correlation, the core postulation of Christian doctrine is the assumption that we completely have imperishable spirits which are barred by the fault of Adam and individually enjoin condemnation not only to suffering and evil in this universe, but to an endless of life in heaven, but the exclusive means to avoid this doom is through accepting that Christ was the offspring of the Almighty and liberated us by His death on the cross (Carrier 1). Besides that, Christian communions alternate with account to the correct entry demands for eternity home but they are all likely to concur that heartfelt and true belief in the aforementioned main thesis not only advance to a liveliness of goodness and happiness in this universe, but to endless life. According to Carrier (1), to disallow one of the two allegations is to disallow the entire validness of the indicated religions. In fact, even to propose that these allegations are inappropriate or of only secondary significance are to disallow the entire validness of these communions, because everything they enlighten...
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...of policymakers to include its teaching in high school science classes, and legal action, either to defend such teaching or to remove barriers otherwise preventing it. The movement arose out of the previous Christian fundamentalist and evangelistic creation science movement in the United States, and is driven by a small group of proponents. The overall goal of the intelligent design movement is to overthrow materialism and atheism. Its proponents believe that society has suffered devastating cultural consequences from adopting materialism and that science is the cause of the decay into materialism because it seeks only natural explanations, and is therefore atheistic. Many believe that the theory of evolution implies that humans have no spiritual nature, no moral purpose, and no intrinsic meaning. They seek to defeat the materialist world view represented by the theory of evolution in favor of a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions. The overarching goal of the Institute in conducting the intelligent design campaigns is religious; to...
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...principle terminal diagnosis on the hospice claim. Claims submitted with these diagnoses would be returned to the provider (RTPd) for a more definitive hospice diagnosis. However, Debility and AFTT can and should be listed on the claim as secondary (related) conditions to support prognosis if indicated. CMS states that disallowing these diagnoses is not a new position, which comes as a surprise to most of us in the industry (otherwise why does CMS’ Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), Palmetto GBA, have an LCD guideline for AFTT?). Why is CMS making this clarification now? According to the Proposed Rule, CMS is taking action because of the growing number of patients admitted to hospice with these ill-defined conditions that are inherently symptom syndromes, not actual terminal diagnoses. This is born out by National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) statistics, listing Debility Unspecified as the leading non-cancer diagnosis in hospice, comprising...
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...Student Publications Student Scholarship Spring 2013 Oppression, Sexual Violence and Their Effects on Native American Women Isabella J. Baxter '15 Gettysburg College, baxtis01@gettysburg.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship Part of the Native American Studies Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Baxter, Isabella J. '15, "Oppression, Sexual Violence and Their Effects on Native American Women" (2013). Student Publications. Paper 87. http://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/87 This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution. Cupola permanent link: http://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/ 87 This open access student research paper is brought to you by The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. It has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator of The Cupola. For more information, please contact cupola@gettysburg.edu. Oppression, Sexual Violence and Their Effects on Native American Women Keywords Native American Women, Sexual Violence, Oppression, Colonization, White Feminism Abstract This paper is a response to the chapter “Sexual Violence as a Tool of Genocide” in Andrea Smith’s book Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide. Smith argues that U.S. colonial culture strategically uses sexual violence against...
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...receiving consent from tribe members and having no plan to utilize the results to benefit the tribe (“Havasupai Tribe and Lawsuit Settlement”). One of the topics they explored was the genetic component of schizophrenia within the tribe (Drabiak-Syed 217). Simply studying the genetics of schizophrenia in isolation of the many other contributing factors can label the tribe as “inherently broken and mentally ill” (Drabiak-Syed 217). This can harm the tribe by altering the way they view themselves and their relations with other communities, leading to impaired mental wellness and possible isolation from other...
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...who believed that they could achieve what they wanted by gradual reform of the existing political structure were socialists while those who believed that the old order needed to be completely replaced by force were communists. Others rejected the socialist emphasis on international class politics and proposed nationalism as another alternative to individualistic capitalism. Unlike socialists or communists, nationalists believed that there was nothing inherently wrong with capitalism. They just thought it should be regulated and made to benefit the nation as a whole in addition to the few individuals who owned the means of production. In either case, political philosophies that emphasized nation and class were responses to a changing world that had uprooted old social beliefs. Communism, which is also described as "Revolutionary Proletarian Socialism" or "Marxism," is both a political and economic philosophy. The Communist Manifesto is widely regarded as the founding documents of modern communism. It provides an analysis of the limitations of capitalism and class struggle, and it presents the main principles of communist ideology in detail. Marx and Engels viewed the capitalist development which had taken hold in England, Belgium and to a certain extent France as revolutionary. It could destroy the old feudal societies which still dominated much of Europe and it could lead to...
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