Essays Tagged: "Decency"

Symbolism in Camus' The Plague

no god, and essentially that human beings need to be responsible fortheir own lives, happiness, and decency. Through the eyes of all of his characters, theauthor answers questions like: 'Why be optimi ...

(1 pages) 97 1 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Boxing: Down for the Count

the one inevitable conclusion: considering boxing as a respectable sport just flies in the face of decency and civilization and therefore, it should be banned.Somehow, boxers and supporters have delu ...

(6 pages) 99 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

A two page dissertation on abortion and its evils.

humans can have such an utter disrespect for the lives of their fellow humans. This lack of common decency for human life penetrates our daily routines. It's amazing how easily we fall into this mind ...

(2 pages) 161 4 4.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Ethics in marketing

g such as the use of misleading or half-truths used to win customer and the subjective standards of decency often used to limit by the ever-present sexual exploitation of women to sell everything from ...

(16 pages) 926 0 3.2 Nov/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Business Ethics

g such as the use of misleading or half-truths used to win customer and the subjective standards of decency often used to limit by the ever-present sexual exploitation of women to sell everything from ...

(14 pages) 634 0 4.6 Nov/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Power of Illusion- an essay about "The Purple Rose of Cairo"

Allen's more subdued films, and for good reason. He is truly keeping with the 1930's code of moral decency by using overly tame ideas and actions throughout the movie. An example is when Tom challeng ...

(4 pages) 43 0 4.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Finely v. the National Endowment for the Arts: One Battle in America's War over the Arts

d the status quo. In an eight to one decision the Supreme Court upheld that Section 954(d)(1), the "decency and respect" clause, passed by congress in 1990. On the surface this judgment is a settlemen ... the criteria by which [grant] applications are judged." And take into account "general standards of decency and respect for the diverse beliefs and values" of the public when granting funds supporting ...

(7 pages) 85 0 4.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

"Violence in sport is taught and rewarded"

ce, educate and promote our children to commit acts of violence? Where do our morals lie? Is common decency not an issue anymore? Sports are commonly thought of as a character building, fun way to tea ...

(8 pages) 126 0 4.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Media and Date Rape With the rise of feminism in the last few decades, there has been a newfound sexual freedom among both men and women. However, this freedom is costly, causing daterape.

xual intercourse or oral sex. Camille Paglia's "It's a Jungle Out There" and Susan Jacoby's "Common Decency" have written their opinions on date rape. Though Paglia feels that "Rape is an outrage that ... cannot be tolerated in civilized society" (Paglia 538); she speaks differently to Jacoby's "Common Decency" that men should understand the word "no." A woman should not rub off a situation as if it n ...

(4 pages) 98 0 4.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

How far do Creon and Antigone fit Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero.

to an extent represents nobility. Furthermore the person must be a person that embodies virtue and decency according to Aristotle. From the beginning of the play Antigone earns the respect of the aud ...

(10 pages) 88 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Analysis and Comparison With Other Scholars Analysis.

scheme. In this tragedy Seneca digs into the human mind and pushes it past the boundaries of moral decency. Many scholars have analyzed the works of Seneca. In this paper I will analyze and interpret ...

(9 pages) 69 1 3.4 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

This is a review and examination of Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. It concerns the Spanish Civil war, specifically from the side of the POUM.

nity (POUM) to fight against Fascism, and if asked why he was fighting, would have said for "common decency". Orwell went to Spain with the intention of doing some writing for various newspapers and j ...

(4 pages) 42 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

This essay is about Freedom of Expression, whether or not Marshall Mathers freedom of expression was violated by him not being able to perform in Canada

ter with censorship, people respected others and morals but now they do not.Community standards and decency did once exist. Until about 40 years ago society was willing to improve and protect communit ... exist. Until about 40 years ago society was willing to improve and protect community standards and decency throughout society. Now people don't protect anything, they could care less about society. P ...

(2 pages) 43 1 2.2 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

King Lear - Shakespeare "Loyalty Within King Lear".

is a noble quality, so long as it is not blind and does not exclude the higher loyalty to truth and decency." Putting one's faith in something that is not real is worse than putting one's faith in not ...

(15 pages) 125 0 2.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

A charactor study of Cordelia from Shakespeare's KING LEAR

een herself and her sisters and also establishes Lear's shallow and rash nature (the love test).Her decency is highlighted in Act IV, Scene VII, when she is at Lear's side and he slowly awakes and thi ...

(4 pages) 73 2 4.6 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Fellowship of the Ring is the first part of the trilogy film. This film anaysis is completely detailed and reviewed.

ast lands of many dangers.Sean Astin ........................... Samwise "Sam" GamgeeHe personifies decency, simplicity, honesty and loyalty. He is the ultimate hobbit. He is a man of the land. He is ...

(7 pages) 65 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Critical Analysis on the movie "Do the right thing" by Spike Lee.

ially racial ones), and under this kind of pressure no one behaves according to common courtesy and decency. The entire film is a chain of uncontrolled outbursts of anger that lead to everyone's miser ...

(9 pages) 130 0 2.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Ending Re-Write for "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" by Evan Hunter. Written from Laura (Andy's girlfriend's) point of view.

een him. Someone must have walked past and noticed the puddle of blood surrounding him. Is there no decency to help a guy out? Apparently there is not. The funeral was on Tuesday. Only eighty-n ...

(2 pages) 18 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Ignorance of Man. It's a Persuasive essay. My teacher gave me a 5, (which is a 90% on her scale). Comment was "Excellent Work! Very articulate with strong opinions!"

t our world is growing beyond the control of the government; that music has lost all but a shred of decency; that clothes and television are becoming more and more revealing, and while we may be the s ... other names some male rappers are calling them. It sickens me to know that they give not a care for decency and honor. A few days ago, my friend was telling me how she was sitting on a bus riding to s ...

(5 pages) 177 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Lord of the Flies

ever, he contrasts such characters with those who possess the human spirit, that is, a humanity and decency that can survive the most extreme circumstances. By contrasting characters of Jack and Ralph ... alph, Piggy and Simon are good characters, who possess the human spirit, in that their humanity and decency survive under the most extreme conditions. By contrasting characters, such as Ralph and Jack ...

(3 pages) 18 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers