Philosophical Investigations

t’s common knowledge that power leads to corruption. The desire for power causes people to act in ways viewed as “evil”, and once someone gains power, they face no consequences for their actions. However, along with theses negative consequences, this fight for power can have some positive outcomes. The desire for power is an instinct that lies in the “animal soul” (Anchor Text). However, as David Bergstein puts it, “the animal instinct is not necessarily evil, but merely focused solely on…

Identity is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. Our identity allows us to depict what is important to us and what is not. It defines who we are as a person, how we react to situations and how we treat people. We develop our sense of identity at a young age, an idea of how we like to treat other people and things, and how we view ourselves. Most of the things we identify ourselves with are based on how we are raised, and what we are told to believe is the right thing from a young…

The Webster definition of identities is “the distinguishing character or personality of an individual”, however I believe a personal identity is much more than that. In my own words, a personal identity are both characteristic of the individual, as well as events that have molded them into who they are today, and what has caused them to act, or think the way do. I created my project as a metaphor to show my identities that I portrait on the outside, as well as the ones that are less visible to…

Identity is a person’s own sense of who they are; most simply a major part of their individuality. A person’s identity is developed from adolescence to adulthood and becomes part of their culture. It is the image that a person shows the world; through the unique factors of family, personal, and social identity. Identity is viewed as complex if a person is different from what people refer to as the norm. Since the beginning of North America being Caucasian has been stereotyped as the “normal…

People from all around the world heard the saying “nobody is perfect” and it is true, we are all humans, we all make mistakes, but to what extent does someone stop being clement when that person has endured all the hardship a person gives them after they are condoned several times. There is a certain point in life when some people do not deserve clemency because every time that person is condoned, that person takes advantage it because that person knows they will receive forgiveness. There is…

Psychological behavior in arsonists Arson is a crime that occurs worldwide, it has an immense impact on the victims and the community the arson takes place in. Arson leads to major financial damage, serious injury, or even death. In many cases in attempting to link psychiatric abnormalities to the arsonists have been focused on sexual motivation for firesetting. This psychiatric flaw has been linked to urination, homosexuality and cruelty to animals in the childhoods of firesetters have all…

Introduction Fire investigators have many different types of technology and equipment available to them today to assist in the investigation process. Accelerant canines are becoming a more commonly used piece of “equipment” used by fire investigators today. Accelerant canines have many uses in fire investigations and other investigations as well; they do require specific training in order to do this work however, also; there are some challenges faced with accelerant canine findings in the court…

The perceived possibility of consequences for confessing might decrease the number of false confessions developed. The consequences would also mirror the situation of a criminal investigation more accurately, strengthening the implications of the study. The effects of participants’ individual characteristics would also be an interesting next step. For example, having a participant fill out a personality inventory would allow researchers…

terrorist attack has taken place, it is sometimes it is difficult to differentiate the two (international and domestic) unless you analyze the terrorist who perpetrated the attacks. The first definition we look at belongs to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which defines…

Series, 10859. In this article, the author (Abadie) takes a different approach to country terrorism from that considered by most scholars that always focus their research on transnational terrorism. On his part, Abadie provides an empirical investigation of the determinants of terrorism at the country level by using a new measure of terrorism that covers both domestic and transnational terrorism. The author borrows heavily from prior studies on the…