The theory of realism

Realism is commonly perceived as the “orthodoxy” of international relations.  Realism emerged as a critique of inter-war idealism and came to full prominence after the outbreak of World War Two and the failure of Wilsonian principles.  The theory is based upon the works of philosophers such as Thucydides, Machiavelli and Hobbes. The traditional definition of … Read more

HAVE FAITH IN: A PERSPECTIVE

The question somehow seems ticklish and behooves a thorough explication of most individual perception of essence being who have desire for/ to be in faith or less obvious feelings submerged in belief force of the conscious mind. In trying to know the mean by which it is done, and this reckoning would have to be … Read more

Underdevelopment and foreign aid

After the Second World War, development economics emerged with the aim of narrowing the gap between developed and underdeveloped through the implementation of foreign aid. While the impact of aid on economic growth has been well-documented, there has been increasing calls to look at the effectiveness beyond the economic growth criterion (Feeny, 2005). Since its … Read more

Multiple intelligences theory

“It is of the utmost importance that we recognize and nurture all of combinations of the varied human intelligences, and all of the intelligences.”(Howard Gardner, 1987:5) In an ideal, utopian world, every student would learn the same content in exactly the same way. Teachers could teach a lesson once and all students would understand and … Read more

Natural Moral Law

Formally introduced by the 13th century philosopher Thomas Aquinas, Natural Moral Law (hereon NML) proposes that goodness can be achieved by discovering and acting upon what is natural. Everything has a purpose/telos, and by fulfilling this purpose, it is thought that goodness can be reached. Aquinas builds his argument upon the synderesis rule: “Good is … Read more

Connection amongst legislative issues and space

Background of the study Lefebvre in his book on Production of Space argued that space is created by human in which they make their lives. These are shaped by interests of classes, experts, the grassroots, and other contending forces such as interlinkage of geographic, environment, symbolic meanings and routines of life. Space is neither simply … Read more

Legal status of non-Christians

How did conceptions of human nature influence the ways in which medieval canonists and theologians defined the legal status of non-Christians? Conceptions of human nature were ever-present in medieval discourse from the Summa theologiae of Thomas Aquinas to the canonistic commentaries of the school of Bologna. The legal, broadly understood here as the ordering of … Read more

Consumer ethics

During the past years, many internationally questioned scandals (e.g. Watergate, the Chernobyl disaster, the Dutroux case, Enron/Arthur Andersen fraud, Kerviel and the SociétéGénérale Banking scandal, Europe horsemeat outrage) have surfaced. These have been the drive to wide-ranging range serious questions about the role of ethics in today’s business and society. Also academicians of the marketing … Read more

Ocularcentrism

Introduction In this paper, I would like to critically reflect and analyze the apparent ocularcentrism, that is, its hierarchical privileging of sight over the other senses, observable in the history of Western culture. To begin with I will attempt to examine the origins of this hegemony of the visual sense. Following which I move on to … Read more

Kant – Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Kant, in Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, presents an argument for the existence of a Moral Law, referred to as a Categorical Imperative (CI). He claims that this can have 3 formulations : the ‘Universal Law’ formulation, the ‘Kingdom of Ends’, and the ‘Formula of Humanity’ (FH) (Guyer, 1995). I examine the last, and … Read more

Plato’s reply to Glaucon’s first objection

I will argue that Plato’s reply to Glaucon’s first objection, that justice is no more than a compromise, is correct and efficiently deconstructs Glaucon’s objection. In order to understand Plato’s reply, we must first understand Glaucon’s objection, hence that will be what this essay will cover first and foremost. Next, this essay will evaluate Plato’s … Read more

Schizophrenia Crisis

Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder that is defined by severely impaired thinking, emotions, and behaviors. Those individuals diagnosed with this illness tend to lose contact with reality and start to experience manifestations such as hallucinations and delusions (Rajesh & Tampi, 2018, p. 82). Psychosis is the main feature of this disorder and can cause an … Read more

Major Depressive Disorder

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is characterized by both anhedonia and sustained sadness, and is one of the most common mental health disorders in the United States (APA, 2013). Over a one-year period, an estimated 15.7 million adults living in the United States suffered from at least one episode of MDD (Kessler et al., 2005). Similarly, … Read more