Pragmatism

In this paper, I want to focus on how society talks about pets and the ethical concerns around owning different animal beings. Through my experience of owning a turtle, I have realized he is not what anyone would consider a “pet” because society doesn’t regard him as a normal “pet”. I will argue the social construct of “pets” is harmful because it results in humans treating animal beings unequally. Childhood stories, fables and television portray turtles as being slow and cautious, which gave…

Introduction The great sociological changes in the society after World War Second result in the appearance of a new assortment of the genre of novel, Campus Novel. ‘Campus’ is conventionally a land on which a College or University and other institutional edifices are located. David Lodge states, ‘The ideal type of a human community, where work and play, culture and nature, were in perfect harmony, where there was a space and light, and fine buildings set in pleasant grounds, and people were free…

Introduction My name is Phannith Peth and I was born on the 3rd of April, 1992 in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia. I have four brothers and one sister, and I am the youngest son in my family. My parents are Pon Peth and Sokheang Prom. My father passed away from a serious sickness at the age of fifty four in 2008, when I was about sixteen years old. Since then my mother had played an important role as a breadwinner trying extremely hard to earn money to support the whole family. My…

all, the French language was the central element of the Quebecois identity, and it did seem to be at risk in the 1960s and 1970s, with immigrants adopting English as their language of choice, and many Francophones learning it out of necessity or pragmatism. Since then, however, Quebec has managed to secure the French language’s future by enacting strict language laws, and as a result, the French language is arguably healthier than it has ever been in Quebec. It has been possible for Quebec to…

The Supreme Court case United States v. Seeger stemmed from an issue within Section 6 (j) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1958. In Section 6 (j) an exemption was offered for conscientious objectors from military service. Their belief of a “Supreme Being” had to be parallel to that of a person believing in a god and fulfilling their duties to that god. Daniel Seeger held a sincere belief that war would damage his soul for having to kill other men. Instead of claiming belief…

There has been growing discussion surrounding the United States’ social welfare policy and programs in recent years as the viability of the current policy comes into question with the ever growing federal deficit and projected social welfare demands depict a bleak outlook. One voice in the social welfare discussion in support of a shift from current policy to the implementation of a guaranteed income policy is the R.H. Brady scholar, Charles Murray. Murray outlines a unique guaranteed income…

The man’s brown eyes are focused and determined as he surveys the crowd standing before him. His throat is drier than the Great Victoria Desert; his body, tense with anticipation before he utters his first word. He takes a deep breath, blows it out, and begins his speech. He concentrates on his delivery like a dedicated gymnast on their routine and tunes out the noise of the audience in the background; the muffled hum of the crowd sounds like the buzzing of a far-away bumblebee. He has trained…

From taking the Jung Personality Test, the results indicate that I have an ENTJ type of personality. I am “moderately preferred” to Extrovert and Intuition, I am “barely preferable” to Thinking as opposed to Feeling, and I am “marginally more” inclined to Judging than Perceiving. Extroversion “is one who prefers to deal with the world outside of oneself.” Intuition “is one who sees the big picture and thinks more about the future implications of an action.” Thinking “is one who judges their…

International relations, like most things in the political arena, is influenced by ideology which is at the root of the competing impulses driving U.S. foreign policy, internationalism and unilateralism (Kaufman, 2014). The decisions political leaders make are often influenced by their preconceptions about how the world works. These preconceptions are often created from theories. In his “One World, Rival Theories”, Jack Snyder makes the case that out of the three dominant theories guiding…

Her mind wanders as she drags her pudgy form across the hatched navy carpeting, but her eyes remain fixed on the girl perched on the edge of the threadbare sofa, feet dangling within inches of the floor. And when the girl plants herself firmly on the ground and strides down the hallway in the opposite direction, the toddler’s innocent face fills with admiration. But her own feet quiver beneath the weight of her infantile body, rendering her incapable of standing on her own; she looks up to her…