...cz €);o\t -', , l)*s*xY YUrrur(J Susan Moller Okin "ls Multiculturalism Bad for Women?" Ethics in Society and Profe.ssor o,f.Politiin Western Political Thought andJustice, cal Science atStanford rJniversity, isthe authorofwomen Cender, and the FamilY. Susan Moller Okin, the Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of arise between acceptance of diversity In this article, Okin explores some of the tensions that the rights and well-being of women' (a key telnA of multicultural'ism) and concern for ' As You Recd, Consiiler This: ,'Eeminism" .and "multicultur rtlism" 1. fine each of these terms? aTe two key terms in okin's arlrcle' How does she de- originallypublisheditlheBostonReview,october/November199?'ReprintedinsusanMollerOkin'IsMulticulc' Nussbaum (Princeton: PrinceMatthew Howard' and Martha turalism Bad for women? edited by Joshua cohen, Press, 1999). ton UniversitY Chapter 7 . Gender 287 2. Why, according to Kymticka, do certain minority groups deserve special group rights? 3. \Mhat is the liberal response to Okin's crlttque?'Nhatrejoinder does Olcrn offer to this response? Until the past few decades, minority groups-immigrants as well as indigenous peoples-were typically expected to assimilate into majority cultures. This assimilationist expectation is now often considered oppressive, and many Western countries are seeking to devise new policies that are more responsive to persistent cultural differences...
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...Is multiculturalism compatible with individual rights? Multiculturalism can be defined as a form of identity politics which aims to link personal and social life, seeing individuals as embedded in a particular cultural, social institution or ideological context, advocating equality, rights and cohesion between all different cultural groups. Therefore it is rooted in communitarianism, the idea that we are shaped and defined by the community we live in, and advocates minority group rights. Individual rights are a liberal idea which advances the interests of every individual person, rather than the rights of a group of people. Liberals hold a central belief in the rights of the individual, stemming from the belief that we are all rational, autonomous beings capable of making our own decisions in our own best interests, protecting our own individual freedom. Multiculturalism on the other hand does not specifically extend the rights of the individual, instead, advancing the rights of minority groups as a whole, embedded in the idea of group and social identity. Therefore, Liberals have accused multiculturalists of being ‘just another form of collectivism’ not respecting the rights of individuals. For example, Amartya Sen attacked ‘solitaristic’ theory which underpins multiculturalism. This suggests human identities are formed by membership of a single social group, which can lead to miniaturisation of humanity and increases violence as people identify with only their own monoculture...
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...JSBMHA and HIPAA Case Study Jsbmha and Hipaa Case Study How does HIPAA serve to protect patient rights? HIPAA protects any individual’s past their present and future information whether it be physical, mental or any other condition that affects that person. It also protects anything that identifies the individual involved, that would their name, address, birth date and Social Security number. Nothing should be discussed about any individual that an agency is helping. It should not be discussed with anyone who is not directly involved with the case even if that person works for the agency. If they are not involved then it should not be discussed. What areas of the JSBMHA did HIPAA compliance impact? HIPAA has a great impact on patients rights, all areas of the JSBMHA were affected by these two individuals. They affected the patients, and put the agency in an awkward position. They affected the agency, the grandmother could make others aware about what happened and this could affect the agency negatively. People who are involved with the agency could be made to feel uncomfortable about giving them any information. It would mean that information at the JSBMHA is not secure, the trust has been violated. What actions should the JSBMHA director take about the HIPAA violation? Explain your answers in detail. I feel that both individuals should be suspended, this is a serious violation. The have put the agency in a very bad situation and have lost the trust of the...
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...The first article that I read was titled Public school Law: Teachers’ and student’s rights by Martha McCarthy. The author highlights the legal rights of the teacher and student alike. A court can determine that An educator is liable if he or she could have “foreseen and prevented the injury by exercising proper care†as documented in the Negligent Tort Law (McCarthy & Cambron-McCabe, 1992). Furthermore, the same law states that the duty to protect is a crucial component of the teacher’s role in the classroom. This highly sensitive responsibility includes taking all of the necessary precautions to ensure the safety of students that are being supervised. As a result, if an accident or injury occurs which could have been prevented or predicted by any member of the staff and proper supervision was overlooked then the law declares that negligence has occurred. However, if a poor choice or non-compliance with classroom rules by the student contributed to the incident, it can be classified as contributory negligence in which the teacher can no longer be held liable. Often the factors of development and age appropriate ability are evaluated closely in attempt to establish contributory negligence. In addition, various other components are addressed when a claim of negligence is investigated. These other contributing factors can be the certification and professional training of the supervising instructor, the surroundings in which the incident took place, and the nature...
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...close your mouth. That is the golden idea. Everyone has the right to openly voice his or her opinion and thoughts but sometimes that is not what the world needs. Sometimes in order to achieve global change, stepping back, looking through all the bullshit and absorbing other cultures, ideas, and opinions is the best thing. Look through each persons culture, religion, and political position and just focus on his or her human right; the rights that each person in the world is born with regardless of his or her background. Perceiving individuals as humans who deserve rights that protect them from persecution and judgment is the only way to achieve the evolution of the “new” civil rights. Although majority of people believe it is impossible for every individual in the world to be equal the truth is that that is the only way the “new” civil rights are going to evolve because in order to achieve this everyone needs to drop the covers they put up and just listen. Achieving the evolution of the “new” civil rights is a mutual responsibility and in order to do so finding common ground is essential. In this mutual responsibility, it is society’s job to ensure that lawmakers realize the problems and then demand change. “The real solution lies in all of us citizens, not in the tiny subset of us who are lawyers.” (Yoshino 487) Lawmakers are there for society and unless society voices a concern or demand for these “new” civil rights nothing is going to happen. In order to give society a voice...
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...organization of the colony, set up the procedures for election into the assembly, created twelve counties, and guaranteed certain individual rights for free men. This Charter required that every election that took place be held every three years for the election of representatives for each of the colonies that were part of the assembly. The voting procedures were created by male property owners and the free men of New York City. The charter also relisted traditional English rights such as trial by jury and the security of property, as well as religious toleration for all protestants. Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that emphasizes the moral worth of the individual. This idea was very important and was the basis to the change that society was going through during this time. The Charter of Liberties and Privileges of 1683, Massachuset Body of Liberties of 1641, and the Independent Reflector of 1752 all shared a common characteristic. They established rules within the English colonies during the late 17th and early18th century. There was a lay out of political organization of the colonies, which set up the steps for groups of people to meet. Individual rights were being guaranteed to colonists that lived there, under the general court that legislated and dictated the authority of higher officials. Peoples rights were being protected under the establishment of legal codes, which were a code of laws adopted by a state or nation. On the...
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...Module 5: Final Synthesis “Fieldwork” Paper Upon reading Arloski’s text and reviewing his tools for exploration, I have designed a Life’s Basic tool for exploring wellness that has a personal meaning to close family as well as friends and myself. Arloski’s tools for exploration number six, “The Welcome Packet”, inspired me. I wanted to create a tool that was not only powerful, thought-provoking, and intriguing, but a tool that held meaning to an individual that allowed them to find purpose and what one would need to do in order to feel accomplished in life. In the process of completing this tool, I began with my boyfriend’s life experience. Since he has been incarcerated and recently released from prison, I thought he would be a good candidate to help get some ideas with the design of my tool. During our initial conversation, I asked him what concepts he thought was essential to life’s basics. He described three things. The first concept was to understand how to dream and uncover what one really wants. The second was to understand how to get rid of self-sabotaging mental chatter and negative beliefs. Last, but not least, knowing how to make and keep commitments to oneself around ones body, career, money, and relationships. I found these concepts to be very intriguing and was really surprised at the response I received. While in prison, he explained that he had a lot of time to dream about what he really wanted out of life and what things he needed to do once he got out...
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...This topic is a very debatable one because, in my opinion, there is no perfect solution. For a democratic government to protect either only individual rights or only collective rights would be wrong so there definitely has to be a line drawn somewhere across this equation. My opinion tends to lean more towards protecting the collective rights of citizens though. I believe in fairness and equality so it seems like more of a viable option from my point of view. There will always be flaws in the system with perfectly functioning people that decide to stay at home and not work while getting money from the government but as said before, there is no perfect solution, just one that would be better overall. As Dahl said in his book, “the issue is not whether a government can design all its laws so that none ever injures the interests of any citizen ... [It is] to do less harm to the fundamental rights and interests of its citizens” (Dahl, p.48). That being said, having a program that promotes fairness and equality might not be perfect for everyone, but it is definitely the less harmful and better option overall. I do not think that the more fortunate should have to pay an incredible amount of taxes to compensate for the ones who are capable of working hard and decide not to but I do believe that the wealthier should hold a certain responsibility towards their fellow citizens. A fair chance of succeeding has to be given to both the person born in a wealthy family and the person born...
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...fair for their civil right . 1.2. Topic sentence: With the development of human processing pursuit of civil right will succeeded . 1.3. Thesis statement: In my opinion , establishing the policy and laws is the way to protect homosexual for discrimination. 2. Body-1: 2.1. Topic sentence: The acceptance of homosexual themselves changed from self-abasement to self-respect. 2.2. Supporting detail: 2.1.1. In medical aspect homosexual themselves realized that they are no significant difference with normal people. 2.1.2. The blank civil right ,encouraged homosexual themselves to chase the equal civil right as normal people. 3. Body-2: 3.1. Topic sentence: The public's attitudes had changed with the development of medical concepts and the fair job opportunity. 3.2. Supporting detail: In hundreds years ago, people didn't like to live together with the homosexual with the time past, people fair all homosexual not so many variations between them. 4. Body-3: 4.1. Topic sentence: It is quite different between the old days with current days. There are more protective for the homosexual groups than the past day. 4.2. Supporting detail: 4.2.1. In 1977,more than half halved that homosexuals should have equal rights in job opportunities Only a third believed that they shouldn't. 4.2.2. Adding sexual orientation to a list of categories against which discrimination is prohibited by civil rights law. 5. Conclusion:...
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...other words, there is no clear law prohibiting children from accessing sites with ‘adult’ content as their parents are generally held responsible for the kids’ behavior. This paper, by referring to a number of scholarly articles and sources, discusses the effect of Internet on children, arguing that modern legal and social system fails to adequately protect youngsters from the adverse affects the Web has on the kids. It may be appropriate to restrict children's access to the Internet with the help of software, which does not permit connecting to certain World Wide Web (WWW) sites from a particular personal computer (Subrahmanyam, Greenfield, Kraut, and Gross 24). This restricts the rights of free expression (i.e., the person offering such material on the Web). Accordingly, one individual's personal right is restrained in the hope of protecting a...
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...In a final analysis, I will elaborate on Finkelstein’s arguments on the Self and Other to shed light on the question posed by Philips on whether cloning was the death or apotheosis of individualism, and suggest that cloning has the paradoxical outcome of reinforcing individualism even as one seeks uniformity. Cloning is supposed to lead to conformity and uniformity, the absolute sameness. Phillips argues that cloning is appealing to society because it seems to represent a cure for “the terrors and delights of competition” (90-91). What is interesting, however, is the eventual admission by Phillips that this absolute sameness is impossible as “people, in actuality, can never be identical” (94) due to the difference in our individual histories and environment - among other factors which influences our individuality. This admission by Phillips prompts us to further ponder a question he poses in his essay: “Is cloning the death or the apotheosis of individualism” (88)? If we consider cloning as...
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...Title VII of the Civil Rights Act Abstract Title VII of the civil rights act was a hard won victory for civil rights activists and workers in 1964. In securing this act, they ended the decades of ‘separate but equal’ treatment that had been used as a justification for discrimination against black Americans, and wrote into law precedents that would affect change in the labor market undercurrents that subtly discriminated against women. The text of the Civil Rights Act made it unlawful for an employer to hire or discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his/her compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, because of an individual’s race, color, religion, sex or national origin. This act covers hiring, firing, promotions and all workplace conduct. “The history of the 1964 civil rights act, and the series of events through which the need for the act evolved, is the longstanding conflict between those who would make employment related decisions based on bigotry, and those who believe that our country stands for freedom for all peoples, regardless of race, color sex, or national origin. After the civil war, slaves were free, but still unable to participate in many American cultural events because of lack of education, or lingering discrimination. In 1920, the 19th amendment prohibited exclusion to the right to vote to all Americans based on racial or gender identity. In 1963, the equal pay act guaranteed...
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...unfair, arbitrary, or unreasonable treatment of an individual. A more simple explanation is that due process refers to the rights of any citizen to certain procedural actions prior to the denial of their civil liberties. Due process actions trace back all the way to when kings and queens ruled the people in our nation's history. Although, then due process may have simply been constituted by shouting of, "Off with his head!” While the term may easily be defined and summarized in a book, the actual concept of due process has changed quite dramatically as generations have progressed. Even with the provision of due process in the Bill of Rights, due process laws were only applied in the federal processes. The states were not required to comply with due process until 1866, when the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted. At that time, people felt that it was necessary for the Constitution to require due process because slaves had been denied any facade of it for such a long time. Many due process decisions of the Supreme Court have been issued since that time in our history, but due process has always been and will probably remain a heavily discussed area in law enforcement, courts, schools, legislative processes, and other areas of criminal justice. It seems as though for each individual person, due process means something different. One major problem that has seemingly always surrounded due process is how to extend the rights deserved by the public without interfering with...
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...Tutor Course Code/ Title Date of Submission Outline Thesis Statement: No Late Work Accepted Policy seeks to ensure that individuals remain focused on an assigned role. Introduction 1. Definition of the no late work accepted policy 2. Applications of the policy Body 1. Primary intention of the No Late Work Accepted Policy 2. Situations when the No Late Work Accepted Policy may not be applicable 3. Advantages and disadvantages of the No Late Work Accepted Policy Conclusion 1. Current status of the No Late Work Accepted Policy in organizations No Late Work Accepted Policy ‘No Late Work Accepted Policy’ is a plan of action adopted by an institution or an individual in order to make firm the manner in which individuals manage their roles (Jha 22). The major aim of the policy is to ensure that individuals complete a task assigned within a given deadline. The policy has many merits. Primarily, it ensures that an individual keeps time. Thus, time management forms an essential ingredient of the No Late Work Accepted Policy and is particularly crucial in managing an individual’s career, and the improving an individual’s life (Jha 24). The No Late Work Accepted Policy seeks to ensure that individuals remain focused on an assigned role. The primary intention of the No Late Work Accepted Policy is to prohibit individuals from misusing the leniency previously accorded to submission of assigned tasks. Many people treat late tasks as an exceptional occurrence...
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...patient has the right to make his or her own decision regarding treatment — including the right to refuse treatment — without being coerced by medical staff or family members. The principle of autonomy does not guarantee a person the right to do harm to oneself, due to the fact that even though the individual has the rational choice to make decisions in the best interest of his or her well-being, doing something harmful to oneself is not in the interest of the individual's well-being, and this harmful act tends to affect others in a negative fashion. An example of this concept, would be an individual severely lacerating his or her face with a razor, this situation will cause a great deal of money to have to be spent in relation to their medical treatment, even if it is spent by their health insurance company, due to the fact that the premiums of other individuals will go up due to excessive usage of insurance coverage. In addition, family members will also tend to suffer emotionally from an individual's self-mutilating actions. Time, effort, and medical supplies, will be used by healthcare professionals in response to this harmful act as well, so a harmful act to oneself, is also harmful to society at large. It is quite clear that an individual has no right to do something that is harmful to others based on the principle of autonomy, because an individual's freedom to make rational decisions in reference to their self-determination, does not give them the right to decide whether...
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