Prison population is vulnerable to a considerable impact of their prison environment which often has a negative impact on both men and women serving their terms in prison. At the same time, the prison has the negative impact because prison environment consists of offenders serving their terms in prison and the personnel of the prison. […]
Crito in Plato’s dialogue tries to persuade Socrates to escape from prison, where the philosopher is awaiting his punishment. In this essay we will analyse Crito’s arguments and Socrates’ counterarguments. Crito’s arguments are mostly based on a basic premise that the opinion of the many must be taken into account by the individual. Hence, the […]
Modernism, as a new trend in artistic practice, appeared in the early 20th century. Modernism played a special role in the development of artistic consciousness; it meant a complete break with previous trends of art (Home & Design, 2012). Culture of modernism was associated with permanent artistic search. Different artistic trends developed in parallel within […]
How does social class matter? This issue has been widely discussed in our society. For many years, it has been a common assumption of many experts, including sociologists, economists, historians and political scientists that social class really matters a great deal. Social class does exist in America today, because many Americans realize that income and […]
‘Black No More’ is considered to be a 1931 satirical novel by George Schuyler that greatly focuses on the United States’ race issue by pointing out what would happen if Max Disher, a black man, could undergo a procedure to be turned white. Max Disher as one of the main characters of the story adheres […]
It is not a secret that one of the major sources of fallacies is the media, e.g. television, radio, magazines, and the Internet. However, we experience some arguments in our daily life that can be viewed as another source of fallacies. There are three distinct informal logical fallacies I have experienced in the media and […]
The museum of Hoax offers a variety of hoaxes which stirred the public in the past. At this point, the hoaxes depicting images of the Loch Ness monster, which are mainly unclear black and white photos depicting what was presumably treated as the Loch Ness monster. However, neither photo has been approved by scientists that […]
The argument chosen for this analysis is named “Guns in America: freedom from the fear of firearms” by Chad R. MacDonald. The issue considered in this post is the recent shooting in Fort Hood and the debate on whether guns should be legally allowed or prohibited in America. The premises of the argument listed by […]
Based on the information presented in this chapter, to what degree are poor people in the United States responsible for their poverty? In the United States, poverty is one of the major social problems. This fact means that it is not a new phenomenon in the global context as there are many poor people in […]
In actuality, the contemporary education system and approaches to teaching are vulnerable to severe criticism because of their imperfectness. Critics normally appeal to change the existing education system at all levels and place emphasis on changing in principal purposes of education and philosophy of education. In fact, such a view on the contemporary education implies […]