...Henry David Thoreau’s essay titled Civil Disobedience consisted of him proposing revolutionary ways of looking at our moral obligations as Americans. This thesis is supported by three contentions. First, while the traditional views of government involved expanding it, Thoreau believed in limiting it. Second, as more American citizens became involved in the Mexican-American War, Thoreau criticized the supporters and those involved in the war, as well as those who opposed but did not speak out against it. Finally, as support for the continuation of slavery grew, Thoreau not only refused to sustain it, he vehemently damned any use of it. First, while the tradition views of the government involved the expansion of it, Thoreau believed in the...
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...plastics, rubber, glass, and textiles (Wiener, Jhen, et al.). Recycling can eliminate landfills, too. In the United States there are 13,091 landfills, and there are 261 landfills in each state. A landfill is a location where people dispose recyclable materials. Out of the 13,091 landfills 10,000 of them are already filled up (Kraft). The U.S makes 220 million tons of waste per year (“EPA Report Shows Progress”). Yet, where does...
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...culture as well as pride in being an American. Additionally, I have learned that diversity in our past, and present will continue to grow and shape our society in the future, thus benefiting us by allowing us to see beyond the lines of color and difference. Nonetheless, diversity in the past and present has helped me to also believe that although we are all different in some type of way we can overcome those differences and live peacefully amongst each other, thus growing as a whole. On the other hand with diversity there comes great challenges and struggles because we lack knowledge of other cultures and let our differences divides us as people. Such division can cause challenges like negative stereotypes, prejudice behavior and discrimination to list a few. In addition, I have learned that not only did the African Americans suffer but also the Native American Indians, Asian Americans and my own culture. Such suffering in the making of our great nation was the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarch by force and taking of our land as well. Nonetheless, although my book did discuss much about my culture, these are facts that I already knew because we were taught in Hawaiian history classes. In addition, there really is not much about the Hawaiian culture that I do not know about because we were taught at a young age how to play the ukulele, dance the hula, and celebrated the Hawaiian traditions and the wearing of Lei’s...
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...culture as well as pride in being an American. Additionally, I have learned that diversity in our past, and present will continue to grow and shape our society in the future, thus benefiting us by allowing us to see beyond the lines of color and difference. Nonetheless, diversity in the past and present has helped me to also believe that although we are all different in some type of way we can overcome those differences and live peacefully amongst each other, thus growing as a whole. On the other hand with diversity there comes great challenges and struggles because we lack knowledge of other cultures and let our differences divides us as people. Such division can cause challenges like negative stereotypes, prejudice behavior and discrimination to list a few. In addition, I have learned that not only did the African Americans suffer but also the Native American Indians, Asian Americans and my own culture. Such suffering in the making of our great nation was the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarch by force and taking of our land as well. Nonetheless, although my book did discuss much about my culture, these are facts that I already knew because we were taught in Hawaiian history classes. In addition, there really is not much about the Hawaiian culture that I do not know about because we were taught at a young age how to play the ukulele, dance the hula, and celebrated the Hawaiian traditions and the wearing of Lei’s...
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...Child Obesity Child obesity is a social epidemic presenting challenges to the Government, society and the American family today. It crosses a variety of ethnic, geographic, economic and social environments. Obesity is causing an increase strain on the healthcare system, contributing to the $150 billion annual cost of healthcare provided, which is a breakdown of almost 10 percent of the National medical budget. Obesity increases risks for diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and even cancer. (National center for the chronic disease prevention and health promotion, division of nutrition, physical activity and obesity, 2011, p. 1) “Approximately one in six children are obese in the United States today”. (National center for the chronic disease prevention and health promotion, division of nutrition, physical activity and obesity, 2011, p. 1) “80% of obese adolescents will be obese as adults”. ("Childhood Obesity Prevention," 2014, p. 2) According to a study released January 2014, only “1 in 4 teens are participating in one hour of moderate activity every day”. (Doheny, 2014, para. 1) “Obesity levels for American Indians and Alaska Natives are increasing. Obesity among children in these ethnic groups showed a rise of about a half percentage point each year from 2003 to 2008. For 2008, obesity was highest among American Indians and Alaska Natives, with 21.2 % being obese. Hispanics were second, with an obesity rate of 18.5%. Whites came in third, with 12.6%...
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...John Stuart Mill and Benito Mussolini: On the Nature of Social and Economic Progress of a Nation. Eric Joo April 27, 2015 SS 102 Professor Marr Word Count: 1659 -Mill: As for the matter of liberty, it’s clear that individual liberties must be upheld as of utmost importance. Its diminution comes at the price of social, economic, and political progress. -Mussolini: What about the state interests? Is that not of utmost importance to you? Social and economic progress can only come when the individual serves the interests of the state. All other alternatives simply a hinderance to the notion of progress. -Mill: It is actually USEFUL for society if its individuals have maximum diversity and variety of opinion. Even if those opinions are dissenting or outright “wrong.” All opinions have value in that they all lead to social progress....
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...improved in a rapid pace over the past 30 years. The role of women changes with the growth of awareness of gender inequality, in which brought the rise of concern on women’s issues. The Hong Kong government has been implementing the conventions in order to eliminate discrimination against women by both Basic Law and local laws. With the well-established legal system in Hong Kong, right and quality of women are enshrined to a large extent. The formation of Equal Opportunities Commission in 1996 and the Women’s Commission is 2001 helped the development of policy infrastructure for gender equality. Besides, plenty of non-governmental organizations also help promoting gender equality in the society. Gender equality is an indicator of the progress of social development. While both genders appear to be equal in Hong Kong, hidden sex discrimination is still common, restricting the development of women. (Women’s Commission, 2012) Since there is no legal prohibition of sexual orientation-based employment discrimination in the private sector, gender discrimination is being hided to a large extent in private organizations and companies. This paper discusses the current situation of...
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...backgrounds. Terms of Reference: The principal has asked that I make proposals in relation to a policy on the wearing of religious garments in the class room. I am required to consider the feasibility and implications of such a policy for the school. Background: As a health care professional I have worked for many years with professionals of various ethnic groups, and got to know their families through social occasions. More recently my home town was selected for the relocation of refugees from Serbian Kosovo conflict. Most of the refugees have made Baltinglass their permanent home; subsequently their children attend local schools. All of them are of the Muslim persuasion. I have observed some of the teenage girls practice the tradition of covering their hair. It has not posed any problems, generally accepted by all. Deeply appreciated I would imagine by teachers looking at some hair styles and colours they are faced with in Modern day Ireland. Methodology: * Reading report on Luton Borough Council 13 February 2004. About a two year legal wrangle with no outcome of benefit to the person in question, re wearing of religious garments in school. * Reading through the “The other side of the veil”; North African women in France response to the Headscarf affair. * Interview with my neighbours who are refugees now settled in my hometown....
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...Propaganda is something that has become deeply ingrained in Russian culture. Russian counter-information features several harmful, key components. The most harmful component is anti-intellectualism. This paper will focus on the rise and effects this has had on not only Russian culture but on scientific values in Russia. The research will investigate the effects this has had on scientist and also the effects on regular people’s day to day lives. It will also attempt to find the source and the “why” for this rise. The research will also aim to examine how the anti-intellectualism propaganda has hindered or helped Russia’s scientific progress compared to other countries. To understand the intellectual discourse in Russia’s culture, one must...
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...MERITS AND DEMERITS OF CASTE SYSTEM Merits of caste system: In spite of various demerits, caste system in India has been proved to be a stabilizing and interacting force. It cannot be denied that since its origin it has served the development and preservation of Hindu community. According to K.M. Panikkar, “The Hindu people constitute one of the oldest integrated societies of the world. For over two thousand five hundred years the Hindu have been a people. They had, broadly speaking, an organized social system the main characteristic of which were the same from Himalayas to Cape Comorin, No doubt the Dharma Shastras and the Griha Sutras which embody these principles applied only to certain dominant classes and beneath them were many communities professing a wide variety of customs and practices. And yet it is one of the miracles of history that loosely knit though it was, Hindu society has survived over two and half millions and remains today an active and vigorous society ready to make its place, in the world. Some of the principal merits of Indian caste system are mentioned as below: Harmonious Division of Society: Classification of society is indispensable in every country. In ancient India such classification existed in a perfect form. The whole society was divided into four classes namely. Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishayas and Sudras. These classes were not rigid and closed. No one was Brahmin by blood nor was any one Sudra by birth. Everyone was free to attain the...
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...ENGR 482 – Engineering Ethics 1st Response Paper Rought Draft Modernization: Friend or Foe? Engineering Gender Trends in Qatar By Karim Yacout Aggie Honor Code “On my honor, as an Aggie, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this academic work” For many years gender discrimination between men and women in Engineering has been the converse of many authors and researchers; each trying to search for a reason for its continuation and possible ways to decrease the existing gender gap. The purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach to understand and limit gender discrimination in Engineering. The approach consists of three components if they are present they will help decrease gender gap in Engineering. These components are a strong economy that is driven by the need for engineers, a culture that encourages and supports the development of women in engineering, and lastly the abundance of engineering opportunities. In this paper I will be using Qatar as a case study for my arguments because I believe that Qatar managed to include all three components and the results showed a real decrease in gender gap in engineering. Strong Economy Many studies have been carried out by authors arguing that economic gender inequality is likely to decline with economic growth. Numerous arguments believe that gender discrimination in employment and wages involves extra costs for companies, but in the presence of an economic growth that would limit it (Cuberes...
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...every generation faces different issues that must be politically dealt with in ways that are modern and efficient. Our Constitution, the document that was created around 230 years ago and currently resides under a glass bubble at the National Archives, can be amended and changed with the times, however, the amendment process is long, exhausting and most of the times unsuccessful....
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...framework for identifying cultural differences that was presented during the cross cultural team presentations. Cultures have different views and reasons for setting their goals in negotiations; for example in North America the goal of any business negotiation is to reach a substantive outcome; time is money and the outcome of reaching an agreement is quick and formal. In Italy, quite the contrary is true; the goal for a negotiation is to focus on building long lasting and trustful relationships. Don’t expect to reach an agreement quickly; negotiations with Italians take long, fostering trust comes before reaching an agreement. Communication, both verbal and non-verbal play a very important part of the negotiation process and can hinder the progress of a successful negotiation if one or both parties do not know or understand things such as...
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...Anti Bias Childhood for an Anti Bias Adulthood As America progresses, we encounter many forms of bias but still demand equality. In our country, it is a constitutional right to be treated equally. We encounter forms of bias in our every day to lives in the simplest forms, but it is the human self that decides what a fair course of action or thinking is. Being judgmental begins with the way we people are brought up. If being educated about the progressing world around us helps to keep negative judgments to a minimum, we could slowly make our way up on the “Happiest Countries” list. We call it equality and unfortunately, we are far from perfect when it comes to treating out neighbor like we’d want to be treated. The way to achieve such a feat can only be done by educating the public about their innate bias towards others. However, success is not achieved overnight. We get a little closer to total equality every day, even if it is a slow journey. The first step to make progress in this journey is for people to be educated. An anti-bias curriculum needs to be implemented into classrooms nationwide because it will lead to greater understanding between mainstream America and non-mainstream America, promote acceptance of diversity, and allow the already diverse to accept themselves. Bias is everywhere. It is impossible to live life without some form of bias. However, what anti-bias education seeks to do is enlighten people about the differences and similarities between different...
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...IDEALISM AND EDUCATION A. WHAT IS IDEALISM? In the Idealist tradition, * the spiritual and the ideal are central to man’s experience and to our interpretation of reality * ideas are of ultimate importance: they are primary, matter is secondary (less important) * matter is perceived through senses, which are not always reliable * ideas are only grasped by the mind, and therefore more reliable * whatever is known is known through the mind, in the form of ideas B. THE MAIN TENETS OF IDEALISM Views about reality * only the mental or the spiritual is ultimately real * the world is an expression of a universal Mind * ideas are real, material objects are less real than the ideas that refer to them * the world of the mind and ideas is eternal, permanent, unchanging and orderly * truth and values are absolute and universal (the same everywhere) * a human being has a material body and an immortal soul (mind) * the soul is durable and permanent Views about knowledge * the human mind has latent ideas at birth (ideas that are present, but not developed or fully formed) * Plato believed: knowledge is merely remembering (reminiscence) what is already in the mind * true knowledge is gained through strict mental discipline, mainly through Maths, Philosophy and Logic * senses are important as points of contact with the material world, but they are not always reliable. * the mind is the most important part of a person’s being * whatever...
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