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Technology As A Function Of Religion And Science

Essay - 2 pages - Educational studies

The rising usage of technology in the society has raised questions about the relevance of religion. Advancement in science has enabled man to play roles akin to those described as being in the exclusive domain of God. For example, cloning and inter-genetic crossbreeding in contemporary times...

14 Apr 2015
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Kant on moral autonomy - Ethics and Privacy

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Ethics are concerned with right and wrong in a particular society (Reamer, 2013). The definition literally means there are different definitions of ethics depending on the society. For example, there are assessments based on the intention of actions as well as on the outcomes of the actions. For...

13 Apr 2015
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Racism as a cultural phenomenon-South Africa and France

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Racism as a cultural phenomenon In recent times, the aspect of culture has emerged as central in the debate about racism. Due to its mode of transmission, culture has a direct impact on the interactions of the current generation. For example, the Japanese population within the United States only...

13 Apr 2015
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Drone Warfare in Pakistan - Effects on Civilians

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

the recent past, the US has increasingly replaced manned aircrafts with drones in the ‘Fight against terror'. The drones are preferred to manned aircrafts because they reduce the risk in soldiers' lives, they are much more accurate than people are and they have the ability to access...

13 Apr 2015
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Facts about Overseas Outsourcing

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Market forces are the main determinant of outsourcing. For example, there is an increase in the need to lower the costs of production in order to produce similar changes in the costs of products. Companies are forced to move to overseas countries by market forces because they need to remain...

13 Apr 2015
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Astronomers of Golden Age of Islam

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The golden age is dated from the mid-7th century to the mid-13th century when people affiliated to the Islam religion prospered. The golden age of Islam is associated with political leadership and produced Cultural Revolution in all areas controlled by Muslims. Therefore, the domain of the...

13 Apr 2015
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Article Analysis: The Environmental Issue from Hell by Bill Mckibben

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

McKibben evaluates the notion that degradation of the environment creates public policy problems (McKibben Par 1). He sets out to show that while people are debating the best approach to solve the problem, it is escalating and its severity is bound to catch them by surprise. For example, the...

13 Apr 2015
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Why is the incidence of obesity increasing in Ireland?

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

In contemporary times, obesity is a global problem. It has grown to be among the leading causes of death in the developed countries. In Ireland, there is a high prevalence of obesity. The rates of overweight people are 61% in adults and about 14 percent in children between the ages of 12 and...

13 Apr 2015
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Against human rights - Slavoj Zizek

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Slavoj Žižek proposes an argumentthat goes against all the basis on the contemporarysocieties. He proposes that human rights are not as relevant as they are made to be. He uses the belief that human rights rests on three assumptions, reducing the ability of political leaders to have...

13 Apr 2015
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Relevance of humor - The Comic Dimension of Human Experience

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

This paper will explore the concert about the presence of gender and sexual stereotypes in popular sitcoms in the country. Specific references will be made to the popular series Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory. The paper will show that appreciation for these sitcoms emanates from their...

13 Apr 2015
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Rehabilitation of the Chinese Loess Plateau

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Management was the key political strategy used to solve the problem of environmental degradation in the loess plateau of China (Tsunekawa, 2013). The process had many phases and many levels that integrated local and national leadership (Liu, 2012). For example, the objectives of the restoration...

13 Apr 2015
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Rent Control - Renters' rights, the basics

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The desired benefits of rent control include protection of tenants from exploitation by the property owners. For example, due to the incidence of unequal bargaining power between the property owners and the tenants, property owners often have many alternatives while job placement and convenience...

13 Apr 2015
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Realism Vs German Expressionism

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Art is a form of expression. Artists express themselves in many ways, including literary works and paintings (Finkelstein 71). This paper will focus on paintings as a form of expression. In addition, the Genres of realism and German expressionism will be compared to each other and contrasted....

13 Apr 2015
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Rapid Economic Development in China

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

China is among the fastest growing economies in the world. The rate of economic and political growth in China is so great that it has threatened world order. For example, the Chinese economy has overtaken all European economies and is catching up with the United States at a fast rate. This paper...

13 Apr 2015
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Reconstruction of the Parthenon temple

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The Parthenon is a temple that was constructed in honor of the goddess Athena in ancient Greece. It is situated on a rocky mount in Athens called the acropolis. The original temple was constructed about two thousand five hundred years ago. Its construction commenced in 447 BC when the Athenians...

13 Apr 2015
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Power - The Earthsea trilogy

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Power is considered one of the most desirable human traits. People all over the world strive for power, they fight for it and they work for it. However, literature suggests that the quests for power are not as attractive as human senses make it to be. One of the reasons why power is so appealing...

13 Apr 2015
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On Mao Zedong: a Chinese Icon

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Mao Zedong was a leader in the transformation of China into a communist nation. He was influenced by the predominant conditions in the country and the increasing inferiority of the country compared to others. In addition, he sought to eradicate the problem of social inequalities in china as well...

13 Apr 2015
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Professional Roles and Leadership in nursing

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Legal differences: these two perform differently because they have different jurisdiction. For example, it is the obligation of the regulatory authority to set the minimum requirements for nursing qualification. The professional authority on the other hand ensures that these regulations are...

13 Apr 2015
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Civilization and Its Dissatisfactions - Western Culture Review

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Luther was dissatisfied with the role of the church in controlling knowledge and dictating the efforts that people had to make to be considered clean in religion, he wrote the first bible in German and used the printing press to reproduce it for the masses. The effects of the work of Luther was...

13 Apr 2015
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Legalization of marijuana and its impacts

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Today, there are many calls for the legalization of drugs, particularly marijuana. The campaigns are all around, from the Hollywood movies to the popular Jamaican dance hall music. The popularity of this genre of films implies that the society is ready for the legalization of the drug. In...

13 Apr 2015
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Local Emergency Preparedness

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Disasters are a natural part of life. The history of humankind is littered with major catastrophes that altered the change of history. These catastrophes sometimes have devastating effects and show the weaknesses of the response teams put in place to mitigate them. In recent history, two events...

10 Apr 2015
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Leading and managing remotely

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Management of human resources is a very dynamic concept whose excision requires a delicate touch. Human resource refers to the mass of staff within an organization. It is from the synergistic effect of these members that the organization is able to formulate a vision, develop strategies and...

10 Apr 2015
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How to get over the differences and conflicts between cultures?

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Culture is a specific set of attitudes and perception that direct the way a community lives. There are very many cultural groups and orientations in the world today. These groups are based on specific homogenous attitudes or values shared by a community. From the definition, the factors may...

10 Apr 2015
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Dictatorships - Human Rights

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Violations of human rights are a common feature in forced rule. In the book A Lexicon of Terror, the author shows the methods used to create to empower the illegitimate leaderships and suppress their opposition. The book also proceeds to show how in these regimes, violations of human rights are...

10 Apr 2015
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Thesis Statement and Outline on John 8:1-11

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The script (although this would imply a bias already to its validity) is an account of a woman who was caught by the Scribes and the Pharisees committing an act of adultery and brought before Jesus. They present case as a legal issue seeking precedence from the directions of Moses that the...

10 Apr 2015
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Formal and Contextual elements about Holocaust

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The Holocaust was the period of the World War 11 which caused various negative effects on the involved countries and its people and especially the Jews. Different authors had to write and publish books that concerned the Holocaust. Among them was Simon Wiesenthal who wrote, “Sunflower”...

10 Apr 2015
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Critical Review, Globalization - Good or Bad

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Globalization refers to increased economic integration as a result of increased trade and investments which then leads to increased movement of people, goods, services, capital, and ideas across the world. The author of the article “Globalization - good or bad?” under review has...

10 Apr 2015
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British Petroleum Company - free market, Sustainable Management Futures

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

The free market theory postulates that there should be numerous participants within the same market engaged in the buying and selling of numerous and varied products. All such producers have the opportunity to take part in production activities and, therefore, share the profits present in...

10 Apr 2015
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Seaton's Japan War Memory

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The stories of World War II remain more alive and widely argued about in Japan than any other of the nations that was a major combatant in the war. Seaton focused on the time between 1972 and 2005 when Japan held the 60th anniversary commemorations. He outlined that Western media generally...

09 Apr 2015
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Israel and Palestine Conflict Essay - Based on Oz and David Grossman Readings

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Understanding the Israel-Palestinian conflict has been one of the most difficult things in the world. However, after reading the books, In the Land of Israel and The Yellow Wind by Amos Oz and David Grossman respectively, one starts to get some insights onto why the conflict began in the first...