Leo McKern

The subject of an experiment cries out, “I can’t stand it. I’m not going to kill that man in there” (Milgram 120), as the experimenter compels his subject to administer deadly electrical shocks to another man. The subject clearly expresses his moral objections to these instructions, yet to influence his subject, the insistent experimenter does not lock the door, nor does he hold the subject at knifepoint- he only requests that the subject “Continue, please” (121). And so the subject continues.…

These Christians would have raised the cross as a banner against Saddam, Hitler, or Mao. There are church members who wanted to use preventative war to stop communist china from making atomic weapons before they could use them to endanger the United States. They would also advocate landing marines in Iraq before the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) got a strong foothold. Such anticipatory actions are based on the notion that our cause is consistently good, while that of our enemies is…

that they encounter in a story in order for the lesson to be better perceived by the reader. The ideas and messages are meant to, in turn, better the reader by learning important ethic principles from the text. One critic, Philippe Radley, explains Leo Tolstoy’s tactic in his writing, “He portrayed cause and effect, in sequence.” Every action always results in either a positive or…

Jonestown Jim Jones was born in 1931; he was from Crete, Indiana. In the 1970’s Jones was a popular cult leader, and claimed himself to be the leader of the Peoples Temple religious cult. Jones promised a utopia to his followers that were dedicated disciples. “On November 18, 1978, in what became known as the Jonestown Massacre, Jones led more than 900 men, women and children to their deaths in a mass suicide by cyanide-laced punch.”(Editors).When Jim Jones promised a racially integrated utopia…

Christians should consider that pacifism, which is the belief that violence cannot be justified under any circumstance, is interpretable from Christianity. While this is a strong stance, there are compelling arguments connecting faith and nonresistance. John Howard Yoder lays out the argument that violence is an offense directly against God that cannot be justified. Just War Theory is often raised as a sway for Christians to commit to nonviolence except in certain circumstances. Even if violence…

In the beginning of his article, Cesar Chavez makes it clear that he is a strong supporter of using nonviolence to make a change. He alludes to well known civil rights movement figures as a way to show that the use of violence is not an effective nor a secure way of solving a problem. Chavez also evokes fear onto his audience to urge them to change their ways of thinking. These methods assist Chavez in getting his message through to his targeted audience and persuade them to avoid using violence…

The lady or the tiger is describing the unhealable wound archetype to illustrate what will happen if destined to be guilty, “if he opened the one, there came out of it a hungry tiger… which immediately sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt”. In the lady or the tiger all being tried know the consequence of opening the wrong door, while some have to trust their instinct, the man trusts the Princess. Looking up at the Princess in such a harsh time exemplifies that he…

What is freedom? Is it being mistreated or doubted for your lack of an education? Is it being kicked to the back of the line because of your skin color or is it being beaten for standing up to what you believe is right. In “The Speech at the March on Washington” by Josephine Baker and “From Letter to Viceroy, Lord Irwin” by Mahatma Gandhi, each article passionately argues about the equality and power of an education along with the mistreatment of those who stand up for what they believe is right…

Virginia Woolf uses eloquent language to present the lasting memories from her childhood in this passage. Truly, she is a woman of great renown with a silver tongue as her work always has a sense of expressiveness. Very easily, she illustrates a scene for readers. Perhaps, due to her mental illness, her sense of vivid writing is heightened as most emotions are for people who struggle with bipolar disorder as she did. Woolf is absolutely descriptive of everything, nothing goes…

In Beachwood, Ohio, on November 11, 1986, a white woman was approached by an African American man who asked about the location of a public phone while leaving her office. After talking to him "under direct light for approximately three minutes," she went to her car to warm it up. She was then attacked by the man who asked about the payphone, and he threatened her with a knife. The victim said she saw him several times after he entered the vehicle. The perpetrator stole eight dollars from her and…