Philosophy Essays

My purpose for writing ‘The Other Side Of Truth’ was simply because I wanted to open the publics eyes. I wanted them to see how hard it is for asylum seekers to find a safe haven and how they go too desperate measures to get there. As I grew up …

As a colony of UK, Hong Kong joined WTO on 1st January of 1995. Despite its small physical size and a population of only 7 million, Hong Kong currently ranks as the 10th largest trading entity in the world, with trade valued at some US$400 billion per year. It is …

Feminism is said to be the movement to end women’s oppression. One possible way to understand ‘woman’ in this claim is to take it as a sex term: ‘woman’ picks out human females and being a human female depends on various biological and anatomical features (like genitalia). Historically many feminists …

Learning through imitation is a form of gaining knowledge through interpretation. Since early youth, humans learn through imitation. “Imitation is natural to man from childhood, one of his advantages over the lower animals being this, that he is the most imitative creature in the world, and learns first by imitation. …

Dennis O’Rourke’s ‘Cunnamulla’ is no exception to this statement. This social documentary shows the everyday lives of a select group of local residents within Cunnamulla, most of whom are ‘misfits’ in the community. By showing only these people O’Rourke has developed the perception that in this small town there is …

Plato, the son of wealthy and influential Athenian parents, began his philosophical career as a student of Socrates. Plato was well educated and had a reputation for being rewarded for his bravery in battle. 1 After the execution of his educator, Plato was discouraged by Athenian politics. In an attempt …

In this assignment I am going to write a detailed analysis of the ways in which the makers of back to the future successfully use the film presentational devices (technician, written symbolic and audio codes) in the opening title sequence to set up the “world” of the story and the …

Genres are continuously evolving to meet the audience’s changing desires so that contemporary films encompass new elements from the paradigm. As older ingredients become less popular a genre must introduce fresh ideas to remain successful and retain their appeal. The horror genre follows this trend closely with some common threads …

The first thought when hearing “biotechnology” is stem-cell research or cloning; however, medications, especially those that increase an individual’s academic or athletic performance like Ritalin, Adderall, or Prozac, are also seen as examples of biotechnology. In J. M. Stolzer’s article, “The ADHD Epidemic in America,” she focuses on the ethics …

Ethics are very much a part of everyday life, with us all having a certain set of morals and values we live by. It therefore makes sense that ethics should play a major part in any research, be it with adults or children. This ensures that the utmost care and …