Sample Essays

There has been a debate on the state of man-made global warming. Scientist, and

government officials such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, believe that global

warming has catastrophe effects towards the environment. Others believe that it is untrue or it is

exaggerated. In this post, I will investigate the public opinions on Global Warming in order to

investigate why the public does not trust the government or the scientific community.

John Rawls argues that the conception of justice is fairness. Rawls attempts to solve the

problem of distributive justice, which can be defined as the distribution of goods in society. This

is similar to the notion of a social contract, which can be defined as a social contract or a political

contract that justifies the legitimately and authority of the state over the individual. In this

argument, the individual have consented to surrender some of their freedoms to the authority, for

the greater good, as in survival, security, and safety (Rawls, 572). Thus, he believes in a social

welfare state. Some sacrifices of a few individual freedoms, ultimately is for the greater good.

The government would know what is best in order to benefit society as a whole, and this would

ensure that everyone is equal. Rawls also claims that people's conception of justice is chosen behind a veil of ignorance, meaning that people do not know their place in society, their class, position or status, nor know how to distribute resources, skills or intelligence (Rawls, 547). He claims that this will lead to a concept that will be fair to all because what is good for society is

best for individual self-interest. According to Rawls, there is two principles of justice: (1) the

liberty principle and (2) the difference principle. The first principle is basic freedoms, such as the

right to vote and freedom of speech. The second principle is that policies must redistribute

wealth in order to benefit the least advantaged and that offices and positions must be open to

every class. He claims that the first principle is less important than the second and could be

overlooked, especially in a dire economic situation or stagnation (Rawls, 580).

Personal values and beliefs play a big part in shaping a professional nursing identity.

Personal values are not just cognitive beliefs, but include emotional responses in everyday life in

multiple situations (Liaschenko, (1999, p. 35). It is the morality of one's character and it

determines the care for your patients. Personal values help build a moral vocabulary which we

evaluate others and shape intimate relationships with our patients (Liaschenko, (1999, p. 35).

Healing does not only come from medicine or surgeries, there is a human factor, an emotional

link. In this paper, it will prove that personal values play an intricate role in the healing process

and care in each of the nurses' patients.

In the article India, by Perri Klass, she argues that there is a big difference between the

third world and the U.S, mainly due to the fact that people die from preventable diseases in the

third world. The author describes one of the female patient in having a muscular dystrophy, a

genetic disease carried on by the Y chromosome but it almost never occurs in girls (Klass, 2007,

p. 101). She recently came back from India, in order to test her skills in a third world country,

outside the United States. Her cultural limitations prevented her from thinking clearly about her

patients. It meant that she could not identify her patients by looking at their clothing, speech or

appearance. (Klass, 2007, p. 103). This was crucial in making medical decisions back when she

was in the United States since some diseases were more prevalent in some races or in different

economic statuses. It turns out that the child had tuberculosis meningitis and the patient had a

rare side effect. Klass had seen very few cases of this disease since she came from the U.S and

they rarely had any cases.

Kant argues that pure natural science is possible because of our experience teaches us

laws about nature and we generally accept these laws as fact. Kant divides knowledge into two

categories, priori, or knowledge we can know independently of experience. There is also

posteriori knowledge, which we gain from experience. There are two types of judgment,

analytical and synthetic. A synthetic judgment is information not contained in the subject and

analytical skills are analysis of the subject. He supports his claim by stating that natural science

is a well-established field and we except the laws of nature as fact and how we got those laws

was by other scientists proving these laws. For instance, Isaac Newton's law of gravity, what

goes up, must come down, and the concept idea of time and space. In our everyday lives, we

sense that there is time and space and grasp the concept of it, but we cannot know anything about

time and space in itself or try to explain it in great detail. Kant also supports his claims by stating

that there are judgments of the senses, which are based on sensation and judgments of

experience, which are laws developed by our experience.

Despite being one of the most powerful city- states in Greece between the 8th and 4th

Century B.C.E, the Spartans came to their demise because of its weakness in their internal

institutions, mainly the reliance of the helots. As Plutarch describes, the Spartans depended on

the slave population, the helots, with a much larger population, and was used primarily as

agricultural and household labor. 1 The helots consistently posed internal threats to the Spartans

and due to this threat, the Spartans trained at a special military academy at a very young age. 2

The helots roles changed from a submissive slave community into a rebellious slave population,

which subsequently disrupted the continuity of the military training and the stability of Spartan

society.

Primary source documents are exceptionally valuable to historians because they examine

the writings and interpretations of historical figures who experienced events as they unfold.

Primary source documents represent the sentiments, interpretations and opinions of the author

but unlike modern scholars, they do not benefit from hindsight. By examining primary source

documents from Megasthenes, Arrian, Didorus, Alberuni, Marco Polo and Francois Bernier, the

ancient Greeks, Persians, Mongols and Europeans believed that India was a virgin nation

untainted by foreign invaders because of its geographical seclusion, and was filled with natural

resources. The imagery of India, which these authors illustrates, depict India as an beautiful land

brimming with civilized people similar to themselves and this new alien culture has distinctive

social classes divided by the caste system. By examining India's caste system, this paper will

prove that the lower castes were not oppressed by upper castes.

Treaties and alliances are vital for the survival of nations, but especially before, during

and after World War I. Throughout the start of the war on July 19th, 1914, the Allies (Britian,

France and Russia), were at a stalemate with the Central Powers (Germany, Austira-Hungary,

and the Ottoman Empire). What broke the war was that the Americans entered the war in April

1917. The Americans did not enter the war because the 28th president of the United States,

Woodrow Wilson, viewed the war as a European War and isolated America from the rest of the

world. 1 Wilson was a pivotal figure of World War I because for his political contributions after

the war, which include the negotiations with Germany during the Armistice, his development of

the Fourteen Points, his efforts to create the League of Nations and his contributions in shaping

the Treaty of Versailles.

From Forager to Political Activist

Richard Lee is a renowned Anthropologist who had obtained his B.A and M.A in Toronto

and PhD, in California. He started studying the Ju/'hoansi of Dobe (Botswana) tribe during the early 1960s and his dedication has earned him unique insights in the tribe's everyday life

including "integrating cultural, environmental, medical, biological and historical perspectives

into his account". 1 As hunter gathers, the Ju/'hoansi people must adapt to the harsh conditions of the African landscape. Not only did they have to adapt to the forces of nature, but also the forces of modern civilization. This essay will prove that the Ju/'hoansi people successfully transformed their community from a forage society, into a modern civilized society, by the use of political

activism.

Descartes Mediations I and II

Written in 1641, Descartes Mediations describes three stages of doubts in all his beliefs.

His method of doubt states that all doubts should be reasonable and systematic. Second, the

beliefs that survive the method of doubt should be saved and the rest should be thrown away.

Descartes uses the analogy of sorting through a barrel of apples in order to get to the good ones.

Third, the surviving doubt tests the beliefs and would be used later in the reconstruction of

knowledge. They will serve as a foundation for knowledge. Later, he describes his doubts into

three stages.