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Gulliver Travels Jonathan Swift
2,111 words... an Swift: Misguided and Incorrect Criticisms Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) is quite possibly the greatest satirist in the history of English literature, and is without question the most controversial. Infuriated by the moral degradation of society in the eighteenth century, Swift wrote a plethora of bitter pieces attacking man's excessive pride, and the critical reception has been one of very mixed reviews. While few question Swift's skill as a satirist, his savage, merciless attacks on the f...
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Belief In God Karl Marx
630 wordsKarl Marx developed communism. He believed that all people are like science, and react the same. He believed that in the future his type of government would rule, and then even farther in the future, anarchy would commence. His theory was that the workers would revolt and would start a communistic government. Karl Marx's ideas on communism are incorrect based on his ideas of economics, society, and government. Karl Marx's ideas on communism are incorrect based on his ideas of economics. He belie...
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Greater Can Be Conceived Existence Of God
1,591 wordsThe Ontological argument is a group of different philosophers arguments for the existence of God. "Ontological" literally means talking about being and so in this case, that being is the existence or being of God. The main component of the Ontological argument can be found in the Anselm's "Proslogion" which is a short work that tries to demonstrate both the existence and the nature of God. His main aim in writing the Proslogion is not to directly prove the existence of God but to moreover, to sh...
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User Interface Computer Aided
2,145 words... d 27 November 1992, was, like all major failures, blamed on a number of factors. These include inadequate training given to the operators, commercial pressures, no backup procedure, no consideration was given to system overload, poor user interface, not a proper fit between software and hardware and not enough system testing being carried out before hand. Claims were later made in the press that up to 20 - 30 people might have died as a result of ambulances arriving too late on the scene. Ac...
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History Of The Sixteenth Century
1,438 wordsBeing a historian and researching popular culture in the sixteenth century is a task that is almost impossible to do with any measure of certainty. This is due to several reasons, mainly that two thirds of the peasant population was illiterate, which creates an enormous problem in terms of historical documentation of the time period. If there was any literature written on popular culture, it was done by people of a different social background, mainly the wealthy or dominant culture. Because of t...
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Appearance And Reality Value Judgments
1,494 wordsIn spoken or written language, words are used to express thoughts. Words provide humans with an effective way of transferring and communicating thoughts. But can thoughts exist without words? If there are no words to convey thoughts, do thoughts really exist? Can language be used to manipulate other disciplines? After a careful analysis it becomes clear that thoughts can not exist without language, making language the ultimate tool for controlling all other disciplines of knowledge. In order to ...
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Western Hemisphere Peace Conference
1,409 wordsIn the never-ending human quest of knowledge and truth, there is one certainty which serves as the foundation for all intellectual growth and progress. This certainty is that in life, and therefore in the intellectual outpourings of mankind, there lies a certain degree of bias. Although one who professes to be conscious of this bias attempts to remove it, this can never be done. The reason is very simple. Any new knowledge gained by an individual is gained usually through logical proof of a fact...
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Human Resource Management Hr Managers
1,484 words... applicants and 'promote' the organization to gain a competitive edge other rival organizations (Schuler et al, 1992, p. 166). In relation to external recruitment, advertisements are seen as the most effective tool for recruiting (Compton, Morrissey & Nankervis, 2002, p. 60; Stone, 2002, p. 180). However, there has been criticism towards the effectiveness of advertising particularly in print media, with most advertisements remaining "passive in construction and execution" consequently fai...
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Correct Reasoning Requires Beliefs About Incontinence Arabia
1,159 wordsEDUCATING ETHICAL BEHAVIOR: ARISTOTLE'S VIEWS ON AKRASIA Deborah Kerdeman University of Washington "Can the teaching of ethics really help cleanse the business world of shady dealings?" Asked by Newsweek magazine during the height of the recent Wall-Street scandals, 1 this query resonates with perennial concerns about whether or not virtue can be taught and how such instruction might best be effected. The problem, Newsweek declares, is not that students lack ethical standards or are incapable of...
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Data Warehouse Electronic Commerce
1,829 wordsQuestion 1 (A) What is a data warehouse? A data warehouse stores data from multiple application systems by means of an online data dictionary. The data has multiple indexes and can be accessed a variety of different ways. A data warehouse is a consolidated repository of data as opposed to multiple smaller data bases. A data warehouse can be organization wide, nation wide, or industry of sic code wide. The data warehouse standardizes data format across organizations or industries with each user w...
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Analysis Of Michael Shermer Fallacies
1,466 wordsAnalysis of Michael Shermer's Fallacies In Why People Believe Wierd Things, Michael Shermer discusses many issues such as pseudoscience and superstition, which continue to permeate our modern society. He describes twenty five fallacies that have lead people to believe in things that are not true, and are often completely illogical. Two of these major fallacies include the idea that the unexplained is inexplicable, and that people do not correctly put the burden of proof where it belongs. These a...
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H Dos Not Yt Dos Not Yt Socrates
2,271 wordsWhat Thodorus Knows Plato discuss this of knowledge throughout his famous dialogue, th Thattus. H discuss many different ways of learning and attempts to did knowledge. Plato dos this through a conversation btwn a fw characters: Socrates, th famous philosophy; Thodorus, an agd find and philosophy of Socrates; and Thattus, a young man who is introduced to Socrates book a discussion. On act of knowledge which thy review is perception. It is did and xplaind by Socrates, to th young and innocent Tha...
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19 Th Century Trial And Error
679 wordsWhen Womens Brain Womens Brain When you look up the dictionary, the definition of Science is a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws (Websters dictionary). In order to make a truth, many scientists take the time to observe or test with scientific method. In nineteenth century, there are some incorrect truths even if it looks like truths logically arranged by scientific method because the scientists un...
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Wang Lung O Lan
639 wordsTaoists often use anecdotes to describe and present lessons of life. For example, The Missing Axe teaches that people see only what they want to see. Another important Taoist story, The Lost Horse, proves the falseness of first impressions. Similarly, Pearl Buck expresses this idea of false impressions in The Good Earth. When Wang Lung makes judgments about other characters throughout the novel, Buck shows how one? s first impressions of others can be wrong. One of Wang Lung? s first impressions...
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Today Society Lesbian Or Gay
2,090 wordsThe conception that lesbians and gay men may be parents is frequently perceived in today? s society as impossible or immoral. Gay men and lesbians are often viewed as excluded from having children because sexual reproduction is related to men and women only. My approach to this uniquely controversial topic of gay parenting will be that of attempting to analyze the Pro side first. Gays and lesbians are human too and who is to say that they don? t deserve equal rights in society. Society has to re...
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Y 2 K Year 2000 Problem
2,764 wordsHOW A BILL BECOMES LAW THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS This paper deals with how bills in the state of California become laws, otherwise known as the Legislative Process. It will trace the process of a bill from the inception of an idea, to the outcome on a particular bill. Since I am majoring in Electronics Technology, Computer Repair here at American River College, I have chosen a bill related to that field. This bill is Assembly Bill 1710, Liability, and computer failures. The failur...
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Soup Kitchens Morally Acceptable
2,078 wordsIs Moral Egoism Correct? Moral Egoism states that one never does wrong if one does whats in ones own self-interest; its always morally acceptable to just look out for number one (Barcalow, 295). I feel that I should do what is in my own self-interest for the most part, but not for everything, thus making moral egoism incorrect. When many people take a look at the definition of moral egoism, they may first think it is correct. People say, of course I am going to do something if it benefits me. Th...
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Negative Aspects State Sponsored
1,049 wordsSo many new ideas are at first strange and horrible though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination (J. B. S. Haldane). Whether parents are censoring material for their children or the media is presenting to the public only the things it deems newsworthy, a nearly infinite amount of censorship's are being exercised every day around the world. More significantly, every legislator or person of political power must consider carefull...
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January 1 2000 Y 2 K
617 wordsThe Y 2 K problem affects almost every computer system in some way. Because of the age we live in, it is safe to assume that Society rely on computers to a large degree The problem started out innocently enough. Well intentioned programmers using two digits to represent the year instead of four. Using the full four digits would have expanded the date field by one third at a time when memory was very expensive. The practice continued to maintain compatibility with older systems and data. The Year...
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Cultural Relativism Moral Code
832 wordsJames Rachel's article, Morality is Not Relative, is incorrect, he provides arguments that cannot logically be applied or have no bearing on the statement of contention. His argument, seems to favor some of the ideas set forth in cultural relativism, but he has issues with other parts that make cultural relativism what it is. The first mistake is in his comparison following the example of there being different moral codes. In outlining and explaining the cultural differences argument, he gives a...
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