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role that culture plays in presenting values and that by recognizing and integrating those values, it gives meaning to our lives. I believe culture does fill our lives with wonderful things while integration of cultural values is not always by choice or by recognition of its value. Most often, values are integrated into our lives without recognition by following customs that give meaning to our actions and behavior. Moreover, the recognition of these complex values is an evolutionary process…

This essay is a critical response to Jeremy Waldron’s essay Minority Cultures and the Cosmopolitan Alternative and Will Kymlicka’s Cultural Membership and Choice on the topic of state intervention , in the form of support, should be given to minority cultures. I argue under a liberal and capitalist context that particular communities (that of which cultures,religious, ethnic and minorities sections fall under) are beneficial to subsidised by governments on historical grounds. This is considering…

Culturally Competent Nursing care Cultural competence is dividing into two categories: organizational and individual. According to (Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, n.d.), “Organizational cultural competence requires a set of value and principles and demonstration of behaviors, attitudes, policies, and structures that enable them to work effectively cross-culturally” (Andrews, 2008, pp. 17). According to (American Academy of Nursing, 1992, 1993; Campinha-Bacote,…

As many of us have experienced, decision making is arguably a far more vibrant process than black and white. Morals are what separate us from other species, in which they direct us towards ideas that we find humane and fair to human life. For many of us, we find our morals challenged given certain cases where we like to prove ourselves as good people to the rest of society. For one to make an educated judgement, they must consider the situation they are in to achieve a beneficial outcome. Thus,…

Integrity means to me being right all the time. My life it is nothing like integrity it is totally the opposite, I am like never right over half the time. Being 100% honest isnt me when it comes to being around home, but at school to my teachers, to my friends i'm about 70% honest. I can admit I have done many things wrong and i regret them, but when i do right i still feel like i'm doing wrong. When I have first shot my paintball gun and it hit my car, it felt so wrong to lie and tell my…

I live my life according to my own definition of integrity: do the right thing, no matter the circumstances and understand a situation from someone else’s point of view. One event in my life made me realize that doing things for my own personal gain is not always the right thing to do. In seventh grade I started thinking about other people with a less selfish outlook on life. One situation in particular helped me understand the importance of doing the right thing and following the golden rule,…

The following report will inform the different values in the following paintings; The Disputa – Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael), The Lamentation of the dead Christ- Andrea Mantegna and David- Leonardo Da Vinci. Each painting in any genre and time period contains a number of values connected to the artist and consequently determines its worth. The definition of a value in respects to art is ‘the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something’. And…

Merriam-Webster defines culture as the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group. Culture can sometimes informs the way someone views other people and the world by thinking about cultural stereotypes. In the essay “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee, it discusses the struggles and stereotypes of Indians living in America. Mukherjee wrote, “…I was opting for fluidity, self-invention, blue jeans, and T-shirts, and renouncing 3,000…

Culture is the attitudes, customs, and beliefs of a group of people that make them diverse. A person’s approaches and opinions will influence their perception. Culture is defined as outlooks, views and customs that make people unique, which means that culture influences perception. Culture always influences a person’s perception of the world because traditions and ideas are shaped by culture. Cultural traditions influence a person’s perception of the world. In “My Mothers Pieced Quilts” by…

To start off with, what is culture? Culture is a particular set of customs, morals, codes, and traditions from a specific time and place. Without culture, everyone would be the selfsame and unoriginal. Some examples of culture would be ethnicity, religion, social class, and family identity. But, does your culture affect the way you view others? Many people don’t think about it daily but their cultures do affect the things they do. Culture constantly informs the way one views others and the world…