Corruption Perceptions Index

Comparative Study "Physiognomy" refers to to the study of a person's character or personality from his or her outer appearance; mainly using the face. The word comes from the Greek “physis” meaning "nature" and “gnomon” meaning "judge" or "interpreter”. Studies into the science reveal that human kind have evolved an impulsive ability to make judgements of people based on their appearance. What began as a survival skill, assessing efficiently if the person before us friend or foe, has…

Many studies that have been conducted show that different colors have the ability to pass meanings to an individual and also potential to influence individual’s perception through the color priming effect. This usually occurs when exposure to a single color stimulus affect the way individuals respond to other stimuli. This is to say that exposure to a particular color can influence the way we react emotionally either positively or negatively. Numerous attempts have been done for years to…

This paper will talk about a theory known as Divine Command and the problem that hampers it which is known as the Euthypro Problem. To start off the paper, I will explain what the Divine Command Theory is and the main idea behind it. Next, I will talk about why this theory is so enticing to many people. After, I will reveal the problem with the theory called the Euthypro Problem, why it is titled Euthypro, and why it causes a problem within the theory. Later in the paper, I will discuss how the…

One action does not reveal the whole story. Often actions are only judged based on the result of such events, however, the context in which they derive often reveal much more about the character they are made from. While some actions are hastened, done out of spite or anger, other actions are done with rationality. This is precisely the case in Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, as the monster was not an abomination, but rather a neglected creature that acted justly in response to the…

There are moments in life that can be overwhelming. Sometimes it feels like a bad dream that we cannot escape. It is like no matter what we do, we cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel. When we encounter these types of situations, the best thing to do is take a deep breathe, take a step back, and look at the bigger picture. That is exactly what the narrator in Langston Hughes’ “Life is Fine” had to do. In the beginning, the narrator experienced a hard time and felt like he could not move…

First of all, let’s start with the definition of Dream Hypothesis. “The dream hypothesis is to claim or demand that it provides some basic evidence and the senses we trust to differentiate reality from illusion cannot be trusted completely, and therefore, any thought that we think or feel or have senses should at the very least be carefully examined and rigorously tested to determine whether it is, in fact, a reality” (From the abstract). Basically, we have to revise rigorously before we make…

A person’s natural identity can be lost for the purpose of social progress since the overall social status of an individual can cause them to neglect their persevering characteristics. Throughout the story Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and the film Gattaca it is evident that John the Savage and Vincent Freeman are best representations as to how their own personal identity was lost through social progress. Throughout both of these stories, the reader is introduced to two different aspects of…

Ron Carlson’s short stories, Bigfoot Stole My Wife and I am Bigfoot, provide two different perspectives of a situation, in which readers can try to differentiate the truth from reality. The statement given describes that not every truth told is what actually happened, instead it is subjective to a person’s opinion of what is occurring and what they choose to believe. Reality on the other hand is objective, where it is not impartial to one side, separating what is created from imagination and…

deliver new information to you. Now you are alone in a room with a computer that only recycles old information. The computer or mind is unable to develop more information about the work without the help of the internet or the body. Sensation and perception are two major keys to comprehend why the mind and body must work together in order to…

never determined and can be altered at any given moment in time? While my theory, and the approach to which I took out of the movie is not the same perception to which someone else could have taken from it. To Hall, the aspect of to which culture and the media play attempt to have on us as audience members isn’t always the right or same perception to which we might walk away with. To Hall, genre theorists miss out on the harsh reality that the encoded message trying o be applied, isn’t…