A Complicated Kindness

His bewilderment even strengthens when Kim juggles being the lama’s disciple and playing the Game. He becomes aware of his isolation from “either side of his head”, although he keeps receiving kindness and care from a group of people like the lama, Mahbub Ali, Creighton Sahib and Mr. Lurgan. Kim ponders, “I owe to the lama here. Also to Mahbub Ali—also to Creighton Sahib, but chiefly to the Holy One. He is right—a great and a wonderful world—and…

and believe them to be true. Therefore, meaning that meta ethical subjectivists believe that moral judgements are just the vocalisation of taste, however the taste for ‘wrong’ things such as wanton cruelty is not considered worse than a taste for kindness (Reason and Responsibility, Feinberg and Shafer-Landau, 2015, part 4, chpt. 2,…

A geriatric care worker is a health and human services specialist who acts as a guide and advocate for families who are caring for older relatives or disabled adults. The growing population is increasing the number of elderly individuals due to America’s advanced medical facilities and advancement in medical research. The eldercare workforce stated that “America faces an unprecedented challenge. The number of people reaching retirement will double in number by 2030, accounting for an increase…

Introduction As I had the opportunity to look through approximately 25 years of journal articles cited in Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, an article stood out to me that I wanted to read further. That article was entitled Wisdom and/or Dementia: Is This the Choice American Society is Mired In? I have been working in Aging and Disability Services at Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet for the past 7 months and have encountered my fair share of seniors with a variety of aging…

The Power of Fear Mary Shelley's Frankenstein relates one of the most chilling, thought-provoking novels narratives of all time. Two centuries of enamored readers have pored over her deliciously-twisted story. Shelley's novel highlights a myriad of themes exploring ambition, revenge, moral obligation, and familial bonds. We, as readers, are introduced to Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant scientist who unearths the secret to innervating dead matter. He assembles a massive creature from…

trained and the psychological part of it, and depending on the person it could be for the better or worse. Our environment is where we pick everything up from so that contributes to how often a person lies and their reasons. Lies can become very complicated depending on the situation, there are different lies. People also lie because of the good of their heart whether they know if it’s bad or not because sometimes people don’t have a definition of the difference of the two. They want to avoid…

Glendower, who will grant them a wish when he woken up. This is the second book in the Raven Cycle series. I enjoyed reading and learning more about the characters especially Ronan Lynch. This is because I think he is the most interesting and complicated character in the book. Ronan doesn’t like to tell lies and will always give you blunt truths, even if you don’t want to hear it. However, from reading in between the lines, I could see that Ronan puts on a mask of insolence. He pretends he…

Over time, a hostage victim may come to believe that the abuse he or she has endured was done out of kindness or love on the part of the captor. It is important to remember that SS develops subconsciously and on an involuntary basis. This “survival strategy” is a developed instinct as an attempt to survive in a threatening and/or controlling environment…

The dialogue between Socrates and Meno revolve around a fundamental issue: whether virtue can be taught. However, Socrates indicates that it is unfeasible to answer this question without knowing what virtue really is. He is interested in knowing the intrinsic nature of a virtue and what makes all instances of virtue, virtuous. In other words, the reason why something is a virtue. Although Meno produces his first faulty definition when he says, “If you want the virtue of man, it is easy to say…

A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson’ is a book that represents sovereignty and kindness from God. There are certain apparent strategies are being used in the story of captivity narrative, these enable the story to have a positive connection attaches to the audience.‘The Crucible’ is also a book that was determined as a ‘highly dramatic and powerful’ play receives from the audience. Both of the books are considered very successful due to the public reactions.…