Objectivity

On August 29th 2011, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. During an interview with Dean John B. Attanasio, she discussed her confirmation process and commented on the different milieu's that candidates have faced when nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court. Ginsburg explained that “[Between] 1993 and 1994, the climate was so different from the way it is today...The vote on me was 93 to 3. Today my ACLU connection would most…

Critical Overview # 1: Chomsky One common theme is Chomsky’s criticism of intellectuals and his interpretation of the basis for United States’ intervention. Chomsky argues that the basis that US intervention is largely based on strategic interests and that often intellectuals will perpetuate the idea the that pursing US interests is virtuous. Chomsky provides several valid critiques about the intellectual’s rule in supporting government propaganda and through their dismissal of those who…

discussions with the possibility of not understanding the reasons behind their failures to achieving this notion towards life. With their words in mind a philosophical attitude should play the role of stimulating oneself with consciousness on the objectivity and subjectivity in this world. In one of Plato’s dialogues called Euthyphro, Socrates and Euthyphro, are discussing the challenges that both are facing in fulfilling the ability to be of piety, in other words doing good in the eyes of the…

. Edward Powell is a pediatric nutritionist and is recognized as one of the country's leading experts on the effects of nutrition and exercise on childhood obesity. He has conducted many years of research on the negative effects of obesity on the health and well-being of children and has been a leading advocate of national policies to encourage children to maintain a healthy weight. Dr. Powell is currently the head of a university research center on the topic of childhood obesity. The center…

organizational participants (i.e., employees). In order for an organizational team to be cohesively productive, motivated, and main high levels of morale it must communicate with all its employees on, not only subjective matters, but also with objectivity as a whole. Every company desires that their personnel sustain substantial high performance work practices (HPWPs), without rebuttal, and only contribute to these same qualities expectant of employee capability, commitment, and productivity…

Researchers are tasked with choosing the most relevant method to study a particular phenomenon. In the planning stages of a study, the researcher must decide whether to collect data that is quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods. Quantitative research is defined by Creswell (2014) as “a means for testing objective theories by examining the relationship among variables” (p. 247). Quantitative data is typically collected in numerical form and analyzed using statistical analysis. Furthermore,…

Faith and religion have a multitude of meanings across peoples, cultures, and times. However, one thing that has remained unchanged over millions of years is our conflicting subjective views of it. Whether we embrace or reject the concepts of faith and religion on a personal level, there’s no denying that these concepts have had a major influence on shaping our societies and philosophical thought throughout time. Dissenters of the ‘religious status quo’, Soren Kierkegaard and Fredrich Nietzsche,…

aspects of object (e.g. size, length, density) remain the same even when other aspects of the object’s appearance have changed. Moreover, their thinking becomes more flexible in terms of understanding multiple layers of the same problem. Logic and objectivity also increase so that they are able to classify or group things in a logical way. (Cole, Cole, & Lightfoot, 1989) Conservation – a term that Piaget used for the understanding that some properties of the object remain the same although…

Fake News Breakfast I do not like to watch the Fox News or CNN in the mornings because now we are misinformed, there are media or political bias, and they clearly want to control what ideas you believe in. I would like to share how difficult it is for me and probably for many others to maintain an opinion on any situation happening around the world with this culture that we have right now in the media. Thousands of newspapers and magazines, dozens of radio and television talk shows resound with…

gratitude we should express towards nature. Moreover, my work makes reference to several of the stories she retells about herself, Native American folklore/culture, and how they connect to science, despite the ways colonization tries to sever it with objectivity and how nature is regarded. My piece begins with a microscope in the center of my work, a reference to a painting in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s lab and her studies as an ecologist. The microscope is a similar color to the background and…