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Further, this essay is also noteworthy and very prophetic, since Kant hints at the distinction between hypothetical and categorical imperatives which became more prominent in his thought as he developed his philosophy. One ought to do this or that and not some other things.’ This is the formula under which every obligation is proclaimed. Every ought presents a necessity of action and is qualified for two meanings: either I ought to do something as a means if I wish something else as an end, or…

purpose of the analysis. • Identify all uses of the concept. • Determine defining attributes. • Identify a model case. • Identify a borderline, related, contrary, invented, and illegitimate case. • Identify antecedents and consequences. • Define empirical referents. Coughlan, M., Cronin, P., & Ryan, F. (2013). Doing a literature review in nursing, health and social care. Los Angeles, CA: Sage. Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2015) defines stress as a state of mental…

self-efficacy, and job satisfaction. Social career cognitive theory states that job outcomes are a result of goal-orientated behavior, personality, and contextual factors, such as work conditions and/or interpersonal relationships. Chang and Edwards ' empirical study of nurses in Taiwan found that high self-efficacy leads to use of problem-focused coping resulting in higher job satisfaction,…

During this paper I will discuss Kant’s ideas on moral freedom. I will also discuss the defense of these ideas in the face of three critiques by Andrew Ward. I will then conclude with my remarks and thoughts upon the subject matter. Kant was a firm believer in moral freedom. Kant proposed that we have moral freedom through two different worlds. These worlds are the phenomenal world and the noumenal world. The phenomenal world is the world in which we live; this is the world of appearances.…

The Age of Empire is a very well-known historical analysis of the “Age of Empire”, written by Eric Hobsbawm , the time period from 1875 - 1914, right before World War II.1This historical analysis talks about the happenings of empire, colonialism, and imperialism, why they came forward, and how they impacted society in the late 19th and early 20th century. There is no simple one or two reasons why the age of empire was so prevalent, there are lots written in this article itself, however the…

There is now substantial evidence of the negative effects of gender inequality on economic growth. Gender disparities, whether in education, pay or employment, (seem to) harm the growth of all countries, both developed and developing. So far, the economic case for gender equality and female empowerment has gained stronger attention in the case of developing countries where women enjoy far less rights and opportunities compared to developed ones. Over the last decades in particularly, women in…

In my IB English class, we are studying Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, in which the main character, Gregor Samsa awakes one morning “from agitated dreams” and finds “himself, in his bed, transformed into a monstrous vermin” (Kafka 1). In the first pages, as Gregor contemplates his reformation personally before revealing himself to his family and boss outside his door, the fact that he has transformed into a bug remains known solely to himself, therefore existing as personal knowledge. In this…

Descartes’s goal is to look for necessary truths by examining beliefs based off of our senses. To do this, he must prove that sense perception is not a trustworthy source of information, as well as anything that proves some uncertainty as well. For instance, Descartes states that, “if I am able to find in each one some reason to doubt, this will be enough to justify rejecting it”(Descartes 73). This shows Descartes’s belief that if there is some uncertainty in the conclusions which have been…

Stereotype and prejudice has been the focal point of empirical research in the field of social psychology. Specifically, the effect of racial stereotypes on human behavior has received tremendous amount of scrutiny. Numerous studies had identified the influence of racial stereotypes on human behavior (Dion, Kawakami and Dovidio, 1998; Amodio, Hamilton, 2012). Dion, Kawakami and Dovidio (1998) revealed that people who were highly prejudiced had faster response times to black stereotypic words…

general theory-laden perception. As moral theory-laden perception is just a special case of the general theory, both concerns still hold in the moral domain. First, theory-laden perception, just like the moral sense organ hypothesis, is a bold, empirical conjecture. I take it that we don’t normally, in ordinary discourse, think that cognition penetrates perception. If I believe the sky is red and gaze upwards, I won’t see a red sky. But, as I noted earlier, theory-laden perception is committed…