Dichotomies

Thomas Sowell’s dichotomy of visions: Thomas Sowell suggests that people have two different basic beliefs: whether human beings have the limit of potential capacity. Therefore, people establish their moral view based on their own assumption of human being’s capacity. He concludes that “constrained” idea leads to the conservatives who focus more on individual happiness, while the liberals who value social harmony are inclined to believe people are unconstrained. The framework can describe some…

Social movements are about ensuring political equality, about creating positive change and about ensuring social justice. Discussions in class have enhanced my point of view about social movements and how they are the mainstay of any successful democracy. If it were not for the Abolition movement, Women’s Suffrage movement or the 1960s Civil Rights movement, this country would not have progressed and evolved the way it has. These movements resulted in transforming the country into a better…

war. Voltaire has always been a large proponent in the anti-war movements in eighteenth century England. His disposition against war is clearly displayed in his novel “Candide.” Voltaire utilizes the techniques of comparison, satire, imagery, and dichotomy to display the many idiosyncrasies and follies of war and through his attempts of displaying war he often also criticizes the human nature and nobility. Voltaire Satirizes war many times and many ways in Candide. The first instance of it…

The bombardment of professionally photoshopped women in magazines and the number of chocolate-eating women and burger-eating men seems too much for the American psyche. Authors Riddi Shah and F. Diane Barth write about the quirks of the social dichotomy of gender in American society today. Advertising in American magazines has lead to women envying others and overall the genders separating themselves needlessly. Due to the pervasiveness of advertising and its empirically shown effects on the…

The idea/expression dichotomy theory is used to recognise copyright subsistence in the work in some cases. For example, in the United-Kingdom, the requirement of fixation involves that idea that is not reduced into writing or into some tangible form is not copyrightable. But this theory is also used to determine if a substantial infringement occurred, because a court must consider whether it is an idea of an expression of the idea that was taken in the infringing work. For Bently and Sherman,…

The Renaissance, which began in the 1300’s and lasted up until around the 1600’s, was a movement which sparked an enormous increase in artistic experimentation and emphasis on the human figure. During this time, many paintings contained Christian imagery and connotations, whether outright or implied. Two paintings during this time that illustrate several concepts and depictions are Sacred and Profane Love by Titian (or Tiziano in Italian) and Velazquez’s Venus with Her Mirror. These two…

Introduction Machines are used everywhere nowadays, however, there is a huge difference between typical machines and artificial intelligent machines. “Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the capability of a device to perform activities, which would otherwise only be expected of human brain” (Keswani, 2013, p. 348). For example, robots in malls and hospitals, our smart phones and some programs, and big machines in huge industries that work without a human operator. According to Health Research…

holds. Contrarily, if one does not hold the incentivizing belief, the act is understood as bloodshed. First, the Israelite people likely considered Samson’s murder-suicide an act of war while Philistines saw it as unjust manslaughter. This dichotomy is exemplified in modern times when Jihadist use violence as a device of holy war, and others view it as a senseless massacre. Some may argue that Samson was provoked through being blinded and imprisoned, merely fighting against those who…

One theme that constantly appears in A Streetcar Named Desire is a contrast between the reality and fantasy of love. This dichotomy is represented by Blanche and her grasp on life. Blanche attempts to supplement the hard times in her life by creating fantasies where everything is going her way. While playing cards with Stanley, she states, “I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is fifty percent illusion” (WIlliams 36), proving that she likes to fabricate the world around her. When…

In the modern management system, it is very difficult to make strong dichotomy between convergence and divergence. The best HRM practice will certainly universalize in the days to come. But the perspective of HRM in a particular culture may not suit in another culture. Similarly it defers from company to company because all companies do not have same motto and they are not operated in the same context (Pudelko and Harzing, 2007). Furthermore Hofstede’s country comparison portrays the cultural…