Dichotomies

give one's projects, goals, and relationships. But those things are precisely what make life valuable; thus, altruistic ethics denies the importance of the very things that are valuable. Rachels dismisses this argument quickly because it is a false dichotomy; having obligations to others does not entail that one give up all of one's…

The rule of Law (ROW) is an ambiguous concept and has been defined differently by different scholars. However, all agree that it forms part of the three principles that dominate New Zealand’s constitutional law. These principles are parliamentary supremacy, the separation of powers and the ROW. Although ambiguous, the main attribute of the ROW is the clear placement of restrictions it creates on arbitrary power. Rule by law instead of rule by man. This form of restriction occurred in Entick v…

Most frequently; “What is history?”. This question is not truly a question or inquisition into the subject, but rather said to have the reader ponder an answer and to spur thinking. At the completion of her essay she sets up a dichotomy; either history “is an open wound and each breath I take in and expel healing and opening the wound again, over and over” or “a long moment that begins anew each day since 1492”. She clearly sides with the preceding not the latter, as seen by her…

) Marx and Angle stated in the Communist Manifesto: “ The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” Marx defines class by the ownership of property. This ownership is what gives power to said person in such a way that it excludes others from the property and to use it for personal purposes. Therefore, class in the eyes of Marx is indicative of ownership instead of income. The status of property is then determined by the consumption of goods, which is a…

The gothic novel, Jane Eyre, focuses on the life of a young, orphaned girl, who learns to balance her precarious station in 19th century England- a society whose culture is dictated by rigid social castes and protocols. She grows up in household of her Aunt, Mrs Reed, after the death of her parents, where she experiences neglect and estrangement until she moves to a charity school at the age of ten. The novel briefly narrates the story of her cousins, Georgiana and Eliza Reed, through brief…

only aid him/her self, but also aid his/her external surroundings. Hence, it would be just to state that Raskolnikov has pervasive moral ambiguity because his actions depict him both as compassionate and misanthropic. Therefore, Raskolnikov’s moral dichotomy reflects his schism in his behavioral personality, and these two sides of the character are crucial to the…

We often create a false dichotomy to make sense of the world around us. We assume that you cannot be strong and also vulnerable or that you cannot be smart and also failing all of your classes. This concept of creating a dichotomy out of two things that are not mutually exclusive applies to leadership as well. Leaders are rarely just transformational or just transactional; they usually inhibit both qualities to create a duality in their leadership. Johnson, Brockovich, and Belfort all display…

People are often quick to make assumptions about other people before they truly meet them. Although, in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick the narrator of the story provides an unbiased look into Gatsby's life. Gatsby, the protagonist of the novel has one goal in his life, to marry Daisy. There is one problem with this- Gatsby is poor, and Daisy is rich. Therefore for Gatsby to win over and impress Daisy he will have to change his social status, and love Daisy more than her…

definition, this term refers to “a person who hunts stealthily” and creates connotation to the image of a predator – a symbol of dominance in nature – to imply that the cop is in a role with equal authority (OED). Through this characterization, a dichotomy with the speaker of the poem develops in which they are in the role of prey. Just as prey is “seized by a predator,” to be consumed, it is by confessing the details of their rape, that the speaker is likewise put at the mercy of the cop.…

self-actualization. She states that the dichotomy of freewill and determinism is resolved by art in terms of both the artist’s self-expression and the receiver of artistic expression, In that both of these individuals may be understood to utilize conscious and unconscious aspects of themselves in order for artistic expression and reception to ensue (Olson, 2013). Ann Olson also states that the conscious and unconscious go hand in hand with free will and determinism dichotomy because conscious…