Essays Tagged: "conceptions"

Changing gender roles

learn from their parents and society the conception of 'feminine' and 'masculine.' Much about these conceptions is not biological at all but cultural. The way we tend to think about men and women and ... learn from their parents and society the conception of 'feminine' and 'masculine.' Much about these conceptions is not biological at all but cultural. The way we tend to think about men and women and ...

(20 pages) 1087 3 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Justice as Fairness versus the Principle of Average Utility. On John Rawl's statement.

ult preparatory work is mostly done, in the third step one simply has to layout and explain the two conceptions of justice. Finally, one must apply what is known about the OP to the two conceptions of ...

(10 pages) 325 0 3.9 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Western Legal Tradition

ind, as is the case of the examples given in the assignment. The maindifference between the law and conceptions of law held by the ancientEgyptians, the Mesopotamians, and Hebrew leaders versus rule b ... leaders versus rule by a band ofthieves, is just that- a distinction between love versus power.All conceptions of law in ancient civilizations had one thing incommon: they were all supposed to be enf ...

(4 pages) 75 0 3.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Philosophical interpretation of "reality"

Maya", have tried to declare the philosophical interpretation of the "reality' of the world. These conceptions are helpful in analyzing the importance of our senses and to assess the belief that what ... ide us the complete picture of the world or not, one should consider going through the theories and conceptions of the pioneering philosophers, who have explored this avenue. In this regard, the works ...

(7 pages) 245 0 4.3 Sep/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy

Life-span development chap. notes

Results biased toward only studying European Aristocrats2. Egyptians, Grecians and Romans held rich conceptions of children's development3. Three Philosophical Views* Original Sin (Middle Ages) - chil ...

(2 pages) 238 0 2.6 Sep/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Gender and Child Custody

e 'Gender and Child Custody Determinations: Exploding the Myths', attempts to clear some of the mis-conceptions about the guardianship of children in referring to the father's claim's.Polikoff's argum ... e, making the father seem more attractive as a custodian.' (Polikoff, p.187) The ideologies and mis conceptions about child custody is that judges tend to lend themselves more to the fathers side when ...

(4 pages) 149 1 3.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

What challenges does As You Like It present to out conceptions of gender identity?

Present day conceptions of gender would appear to be different to what they were in Shakespeare's day. Clear cut ...

(5 pages) 117 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Imitation; Truthful or Deceptive? The concept of art to Plato and Aristotle

ato and curiosity in Aristotle. Examining distinctions between the two arguments by their different conceptions of the reality that art professes to imitate, the process of imitation, and the inherent ...

(7 pages) 227 1 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Discuss the significance of sound and silence in TWO poems by Coleridge.

laimed that the definition of poetry and fine arts "are to express intellectual purposes, thoughts, conceptions, sentiments, that have their origin in the human mind..." (Abrams 1971, 48).Many of thes ... ntiments, that have their origin in the human mind..." (Abrams 1971, 48).Many of these thoughts and conceptions were conceived in times of quiet reflection and contemplation. The themes of sound and s ...

(8 pages) 115 1 4.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Le Film "Signs"

s le moniteur de bébé et regarder la télévision et regardent les autres conceptions soignées dans les champs faits par l'extra-terrestre. Prochain, la famille et le ...

(3 pages) 37 2 1.7 Mar/2003

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

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and the Model of Human Occupation.

anation for this view of human behavior. These frames of reference are reviewed in regards to their conceptions of behavior, dysfunction, treatment approach, and their relevance to occupational therap ...

(14 pages) 518 0 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

In the Name of Science - An Examination of H.G. Well's Disapproval of Modern Science's Directions.

on was no different in late-19th century, during which a young H.G. Wells was formulating his first conceptions of where the scientific world was headed, the accelerating achievements of which intrigu ...

(4 pages) 60 0 4.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

American push for Independence, Puritan Work Ethic.

deas of what that Independence was and what it would mean over time.This paper will examine the two conceptions of Independence to the Virginian and to the New Englander. Using primary documents of th ...

(10 pages) 125 0 4.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Discuss the concept of the 'sublime' advanced by 'Longinus' in "On the Sublime." How may we recognize it? What are its five sources? (Brief 'Works Cited' page included).

th immortality.? Longinus provides five sources of ?the sublime?, namely the power of forming great conceptions, vehement and inspired passion, formation and use of figures, dignified diction and last ... nd definitions for each are given. These are: (i) Splendor of thought or the power of forming great conceptions; (ii) capacity for strong emotion or vehement and inspired passion; (iii) suitable use a ...

(8 pages) 44 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

John Galsworthy.

mily property played the major role in their life. For that reason, I would like to define what the conceptions of Forsytes family life are, whether they are based on love or property, and what their ...

(4 pages) 34 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Why is there so much disagreement about the meaning of the rule of law? Illustrate your answer with reference to at least two rule of law theorists.

everal main approaches to defining the rule of law including formal and substantive, and functional conceptions of the rule of law. In this essay I am going to explore the formal and substantive conce ...

(8 pages) 179 1 2.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Is British politics undergoing a process of Europeanisation?

ied by Buller and Gamble's rejection of the five current usages of the term. In brief the different conceptions are:1.The process of European-level institutionalisation ie. development of institutions ...

(8 pages) 97 0 4.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

On because I could not stop for death

not stop for death "is one of her classic poems.Through the analysis, this essay clarifies infinite conceptions by thedialectical relationship between reality and imagination, the known andthe unknown ... serene tonethroughout. In it, Emily Dickinson uses remembered images of the past toclarify infinite conceptions through the establishment of a dialecticalrelationship between reality and imagination, ...

(6 pages) 165 0 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Capitalism;this explains capotalism in more detail then an y other paper. As you can see it is very long. That is good though. my teacher took the assigent and graded it. I recieved a 90 percent to.

mocracy. However, when examining the evidence of the relation ofthe two, let us not use the altered conceptions or versions of theseterms, but rather analyse them by their base meanings as we have com ...

(12 pages) 189 2 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

My Three Shylocks A study of the character, Shylock

lain requires the least amount of theatrical talent for an actor. All of the pitiful, anti-Semitic conceptions of a typical Jew would be employed. A false nose accompanied by loud, Yiddish accented ...

(6 pages) 20 1 4.5 Mar/2004

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