Essays Tagged: "natural tendency"

Why Tocqueville believes that equality leads to a love of centralized authority.

ntralized authority is simple. In ages of equality, human behavior tends towards individualism. The natural tendency is then to focus on individual life, rather than that of the community. It is only ... to the individual's concerns in every political area because "Every central power which follows its natural instincts loves equality and favors it. For equality singularly facilitates, extends, and se ...

(1 pages) 59 0 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

"forgiving my father" by Lucille Clifton.

n nature to hold emotions inward and uphold a proud countenance; however, those who go against this natural tendency will exert a rebellion of sorts to any and every falsehood. In the poem "forgiving ...

(4 pages) 103 1 3.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

Osmosis, of potato chips, got real good mark.

(e.g. from distilled water to concentrated sucrose solution). The reason for this is because of the natural tendency of water to spread from regions of high concentration to regions of low. This sprea ... his, the membrane becomes damaged and the cell dies. Plant cells do not normally become plasmolysed naturally because they are never usually in such strong solutions but they can be plasmolysed with i ...

(13 pages) 118 0 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

"When Good Men Do Nothing"- various forms of evil present in various character in the story of Billy Budd.

esentative in the story of Billy Budd. Claggert bears malice for Billy for the sake of evil and his natural tendency to detest the good; Squeak ignores the importance of goodness, justice, and honesty ...

(6 pages) 59 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Exchange Rate

izing the financial risk inherent in such transactions. As managers of large global firms know, the natural tension that such sales create between the marketing and treasury functions of a firm can ca ... unctionThe seller must make a choice about the currency in which it will invoice its customers. The natural tendency for a manager focusing on the financial implications of the transaction is to prefe ...

(5 pages) 177 0 3.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

The Role of Obligation in a Proper Moral Theory

ers, is the most basal of motivations. Self interest, as it shall henceforth be referred to, is the natural tendency for animals to perform behaviors which will, in their assessment, create the greate ... ndamental aspect of Hume's moral theory. Hume distinguishes between two types of rules of morality: natural and artificial. Natural rules of morality are those such as benevolence which conceivably co ...

(11 pages) 34 0 3.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Anabolic steroids

They only aid in muscle growth. Steroids basically speed up muscle repair and slow down the body?s natural tendency to break down muscle. Popular media has insinuated to the public about horror stori ... responsibilities are needed when choosing to take them.Anabolic Steroids are a synthetic for of the naturally occurring hormone, testosterone. Anabolic steroids are used to promote accelerated muscle ...

(8 pages) 41 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Humanities : Good Deeds Gone Wrong

Human beings have the natural tendency to seek reciprocity when serving others. No matter how selfless the act, humans hol ...

(2 pages) 19 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Achieving a “Universal Goal”

ost function, is clearly affected and sometimes overwhelmed by achieving some type of group goal. A natural tendency of someone put into any group situation is to accomplish something. Whether your gr ...

(11 pages) 1259 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal

e, a bunch of bodies piled on top of each other, without a sunflower, and without peace.Even though natural tendency desires revenge to those who have hurt us, refusal to forgive only brings about mor ...

(3 pages) 19 0 1.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

TOPIC 9: Financial Instability Research question: Analyse the ways in which globalisation has contributed to increased financial fragility

unions and the government regulation that had been created for the precise reason of controling the natural tendency of private markets to self-collapse. Modern economic history, by reflecting also as ...

(6 pages) 10 0 0.0 Oct/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Personality Paper

ology is that people are innately good. Mental and social problems result from deviations from this natural tendency. Psychologists with a humanistic approach look at human behavior not only through t ...

(14 pages) 9 0 0.0 Nov/2012

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology