Pragmatism

Proposal #2: Money and Politics: A Citizens United Story One of the most controversial court cases that has pitted the main political forces against each other this past decade has been the controversial Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission. The background of the case, as taken from the website of the FEC states the following: “The Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) prohibits corporations and labor unions from using their general treasury funds to make electioneering…

Constantly evolving, constantly transforming. A place where any outsider has to prove themselves before being welcomed with open arms, where fame or riches is not the predominant factor instead communication is the main concern. Art is such a dexterous community, with countless of people from different backgrounds, ideals or beliefs, as a result, it doesn’t belong to only one culture alone and it becomes a form of communication that can reach multiple people regardless of the language boundary…

“During the twentieth century positivism was a dominant philosophy used to make sense of natural and social science. Many scholars made sense of their work using the tenets of empiricism and derivative philosophies, such as positivism, behaviorism, pragmatism and instrumentalism. Pragmatists and instrumentalists, such as Charles Sanders Peirce, William James and Dewey employed some of the tenets of Comtean positivism during an…

In the post-war age, the imagery of the American Dream started to shift into the cliché of the suburban family with the white picket fence. While many people belonging to marginalized groups found themselves feeling jaded towards the idea of American Dream and its level of attainability, white women of the middle and upper class were not among the skeptics. Rather, they felt a discontent with their lives that they found hard to articulate. Betty Friedan, the author of the book that sparked the…

they need support. In other word, humans are “dependent creatures” (Heywood, 2011). As in nature, people believe that conservatism is natural where society is to be unequal. Conservatives used their principles on specific beliefs such as Tradition, Pragmatism, Hierarchy, Authority and Property. To elaborate more about conservatives, they are more suspicious of changes in the political system. We can call it as a “paternalistic conservatism” (Heywood, 2011). It means they want the things to be…

The Divine Sacrifice Although it is believed that ancient Greeks did not practice human sacrifice, the concept itself occupied a large space of Greek drama, which raises questions about its meaning(s), function(s), and how it has contributed to the human-deity relationship in Greek Drama. Human sacrifice, as a thematic frame, is common within the works of the three Greek tragedians, who employ it as a mean to create a dilemma in their plays, add a layer of meaningful depth to the human death…

228-283). Sweden scores with a 29 and thereby is considered to have a low preference for avoiding uncertainty and a very relaxed attitude towards the future and what might happen (Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations, 2010, S. 194). Pragmatism The dimension of pragmatism describes how society connects with its past while dealing with the future (Hofstede, Lokales Denken, globales Handeln, 2005, S. 289-329). Sweden scores 53, which is the middle of the scores and means that the Swedish do not…

Teen pregnancy has been a health issue in America for years now. Even though there has been an overall decline in teenage pregnancy throughout the previous two decades, it seems as though there are still high numbers of teens who are engaging in intercourse and becoming pregnant whether it was an accident or unplanned. A key period of sexual exploration occurs during the adolescent phase and that is when many teens become sexually active. Although sexual intercourse is common in youths, a…

The Voyage According to Plato the famous philosopher Socrates once said "The greatest good of a man is daily to converse about virtue, and all that concerning which you hear me examining myself and others, and that the life which is unexamined is not worth living" (Plato, Apology). This course, which is a diploma in the psychology of counselling, has contained within it a module on personal development and self awareness. This module challenges us to examine our core values, beliefs and…

Anyone who follows my site and my twitter feed knows that one of my all-time favorite actors is Brennan Elliott, and in many ways, I have him to thank for bringing the enchanting Madison Brydges to my attention. He is the one who announced that she was portraying his daughter in the upcoming Hallmark film Love you Like Christmas, and I immediately contacted her for an interview. Quite ecstaticly, she agreed and shared a bit about how she got started as an actress, her current and upcoming roles,…