Irrationality

In “Guns Before Butter” Private Kniptash, Private Donnini, and Private Coleman are prisoners of war with Corporal Kleinhans as their German guard. The POWs make a habit out of exchanging and creating recipes together while the corporal scolds them for thinking about food while they are on such low rations (Vonnegut, page 75). The corporal begins to identify with the three men through food and as they slowly bonded over food, the corporal accepts punishment for having Donnini and Kniptash’s…

talk to that gives a damn about us,’” (Steinbeck 14). There is nothing wrong with them differentiating themselves from other workers, however, this is his reasoning for why they are going to someday be in a position to buy land and a house. The irrationality of it is called out by Crooks, when he is still angry with Lennie after he came into his room. He says, “Jesus, I seen it happen too many times. I seen too many guys with land in their head. They never get none under their hand,” (Steinbeck…

The idea that grief is motivating dates back to the time of Arthur Schopenhauer. He was of the opinion that suffering is the “agens” of philosophical thought meaning that suffering acts as a starting point and as an engine which pulls an individual towards greater heights. Schopenhauer pioneered the idea that suffering boosts creativity. He drew an analogy between human suffering and a rose. He believed that just like a rose grows out of thorns, similarly great works of art are achieved after…

This paper presents a supplemental exploration on the Eighteenth century feminist philosopher, Mary Wollstonecraft. Specifically, it argues that Wollstonecraft’s political and sociological views are radical for her time. Additionally, this paper hypothesizes that Wollstonecraft’s vision suggests she believes the classic contract theorists include women in their conceptions of the social contract theory on the basis of their unfounded claims that women are irrational beings and deserving of…

Circumstances in which Restrictions on Citizens’ Liberty can be Reasonably Justified Rawls accepts that in a politically liberal society there will be circumstances where certain liberties conflict; indeed, he expects this to be the case, since it is entailed by the fact of reasonable pluralism of comprehensive doctrines that political liberalism assumes . However, Rawls is clear that infringements of basic liberties cannot be reasonably justified, or compensated for, by greater social and…

Rational choice theory (RCT) and situational crime prevention (SCP) are two different things, but they go hand-in-hand. The two articles discussed in this paper are surrounding this topic. The first article written by Hayward criticized RCT and SCP, while Farrell’s article countered Hayward. Farrell’s argument was more compelling than Hayward’s stating that RCT and SCP are the best theories to follow, although they do have room for improvement. First let’s define what rational choice theory,…

Self-leadership and sense of responsibility is one of the attributes of an effective leader. Self-leadership refers to the process of leading one’s own actions and mindset with behavioral and cognitive strategies (Manz, 1986; Manz & Neck, 2004; Neck & Manz, 2010). It includes self-understanding, self-management, self-reflection, self-monitoring, self-cueing and self-talking. Responsibility means the ability to choose one’s response to a situation and consider one’s behavior as a product of one’s…

THE GREAT BLUE is a screenplay inspired by the Moby Dick fable. However, the script offers the audience a new twist: it’s Moby Dick in space. It’s an intriguing concept. The movie ALIEN took “Jaws” and created a successful film in space, thus giving this script merit. The script is driven by themes about second chances, fate, and destiny. The script features the characters from the famous tale. The goal is clear and the stakes are high. While there are some very exciting moments in this script,…

The human mind is an incredibly complex structure. Today’s psychologists try to understand all of the mechanisms and processes of the mind, but it is still a puzzle. It is difficult to understand the complexities of each person’s individual thought processes, and how those processes influence human behavior. Even before the field of Psychology was formally introduced, people have studied how the mind works. Some of those people were writers like Edgar Allan Poe. Poe was extremely gifted at…

indicated that we hold back because we are weak. The second problem is some people allow emotion to dominate their reason. Descartes explained that the problem is people have been misled and deceived by superstition for example like religion with irrationality, tradition, and authority for example like church. As a result, Descartes explained that too often what people believe to be truth is really only opinion. The sixth question what is the Solution? Descartes explained that the solution is…