Berkeley Pit

Nathaniel Bacon led one of the most memorable uprisings in history. As a 29-year-old, he led a thousand Virginians to rebel against Virginia Governor William Berkeley. There were many tensions that led to the rebellion, many people who were included in the rebellion, and a few long term consequences of the rebellion’s failure. During the 17th century, many new settlers and indentured servants came to Virginia, which eventually caused tension between white freed men, indentured servants, and the…

Berkeley thought that the distinction between qualities invites all sorts of skepticism. If we know only our own ideas, how can we trust them without ever comparing them to unmediated reality? The solution is simple: deny the existence of matter. If an apple…

Kant’s Categorical Imperative According to Kant, we should always act according to the individual 's duty, not anticipating any consequences ahead. If each individual act accordingly, I believe that there will be less negative events occur and more positive outcomes. For example, sometimes doing negative things is wrong, such as lying. If we were to lie for a positive outcome, then it proves that if each individual act accordingly, then there will less negative outcome and it also proves that…

After reading about John Locke’s empiricism, I think that he is right about the tabula rasa. Locke believed that human beings were born with a blank state mind, just like a blank white piece of paper that has no words or ideas to it. He stated that everybody enters the world with no previous knowledge nor understanding about anything, and the only way to gain knowledge and furnish our brain is through experience. Locke claims that in order to come up with conclusions and grasp an understanding…

George Berkeley, also known as “Bishop Berkeley” was an Irish philosopher best known for the theory called “immaterialism”. This theory denies the existence of material substance and says that objects like tables and chairs are only ideas in the minds of preceivers and cannot exist with being perceived. Berkeley is also known for his abstraction. Berkeley was born in his family home Dysart castle. Near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He was the eldest son of William Berkeley and little…

triggered by the corrupt House of Burgesses, the effect that high taxes had on people, and the unity of people. Each of theses causes in turn ended up changing after the rebellion. Politics in Jamestown were very corrupt at this time. Governor Berkeley had removed voting rights from landless freeman which took up around 50% of the population. Also, because he and the elite had an agreement with the Indians to get furs, they ignored the requests of the frontiersmen to attack the Indians. The…

Bacon's Rebellion was started by a man named Nathaniel Bacon, who arrived in Virginia in 1674. Nathaniel Bacon was a landowner and had two properties with his wife, Elizabeth. The opposing force of the rebellion was the governor of Jamestown, Govenor William Berkley. Berkley and Bacon were actually cousins but the family bond didn't help much when it came to keeping peace. Govenor Berkley was at a great fault. He had done many things that the public did not agree to. First, Berkley made…

events along the Potomac River not only started an eventual revolt but also started two different wars as well. A war against both enemy and ally Native Americans as well as a civil war against the loyalists of the Governor of Virginia, Sir William Berkeley. (Rice, 2014)…

What is the benefit of understanding the Baldridge Criteria when conducting a Homeland Security Assessment for an organization? First we must have an understanding of just what the Baldridge Criteria is and where did it originate. Both public as well as private business organizations have been using a criterion that was developed for performance excellence by Malcolm Baldridge. It was founded in 1987 as an internal self-assessment to measure their organizations performance excellence against…

Welcome to Berkeley, probably still the best public university in the world. Meet your classmates, the best group of partners you can find anywhere. The percentages for grades on exams, papers, etc. in my courses always add up to 110% because that’s what I’ve learned to expect from you, over twenty years in the best job in the world. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you have been the victims of a terrible swindle, denied an inheritance you deserve by contract and by your merits. And…