"That trip formed my beliefs of the importance to change the perspective of the young before they've had their minds set a certain way," Oyelade recalls, adding that his view of his own community developed and was altered through the interpretation of Sir Joshua Reynold's piece of Art. Although minimal, Raphael Oyelade's view of his community was changed by an illustration of two pre-pubescent characters hunting with miniature wooden bows in an unknown forest painted over 250 years earlier, but the themes and messages represented by this illustration had the influenc...

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Lincoln believed that whites were fundamentally superior to blacks and was opposed to them holding office, the right to vote, and the right to serve on a jury in the years before the Civil War. ... These contradictions would be involved in Lincoln's evolving thoughts on how to come about stopping the expansion of the slavery in America as he thought them to be created equal, citing the Declaration of Independence, but thought it unrealistic as even opponents of slavery in the North were absolutely opposed to a full integration of freed slaves, or viewed integration, at least, quite skepti...

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Wilson views the problems of the fragmented, disadvantaged classes primarily through the prism of adverse economic factors and governmental policies which affect each fragment of the group similarly. It is imperative that each element of the entire class recognize its particular situation more as a corollary to those economic factors which affect the entire class as opposed to a particular problem contained wholly within and specific to the particular group within the class. ... As neither group is likely to compromise on this issue and as black Americans generally view affirmative action as i...

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Thus human rights are culturally relative and are certainly not universal in many states which have opposing views to the West, despite being international law. ... This view advocates the idea that in extreme cases of human rights abuses, the international community has the responsibility to protect civilians from 'genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity' where states fail. ... In March, the UNSC passed Resolution 1973 in response to Gaddafi's threats to massacre the 'rats and cockroaches' opposing his rule – grossly violating the r...

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The more classical and neo-classical viewpoints would rest in favour of the effects globalization and the opposing viewpoint would derive from that of the radical/Marxist perspective. ... 'Glocalization' is a controversial process and seemingly would be opposed to by the Radicals/Marxists as in George Ritzer's thesis of "The McDonaldization of Society" he describes 'McDonaldization' as "the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world." ... It would seem t...

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Many small factions of Israeli society however, do not share this view, seeing the occupied territories as an unnecessary hinderence. ... The "PLO team" signed the Oslo Peace Accords in 1993, an agreement to create a de-facto (as opposed to de jure) Palestinian state in Israel, and therefore upholding the possibilities of this agreement are of particular significance to them, if not for themselves, then for their legitimacy in the eyes of the Palestinian peoples. ... This view can be seen with increasing terrorist attacks in Israel leading up to the general election of 1996, in order to have t...

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Augustus attempted to raise the tone of the senate, reducing the number of senators to 600, hence Augustus was able to remove many senators who opposed him and many who supported Antony, curbing the senate's ability to work as a focus for opposition. ... However, according to Tacitus, who states 'Under Augustus there was no opposition' the remaining senate failed to oppose Augustus, probably as any senators with opposing views had been removed. ... Hence, it could be argued that under Augustus, the senate did not act as a focus for opposition to the emperor, especially as most ...

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Developed from the attitudes and values that each individual place on their health and view about the importance of having a healthy routine can be influenced by genetic factors. ... For example, those who live in rural locations are disadvantaged as opposed to those who live in urban areas. ...

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Walton's ten rules for building a successful and reputable business advocates hard work, creating a sense of teamwork, high goals, and diverse points of view. Among several ideas the core of Walton's ten guiding principles include: committing and believing in your line of work (passion), the act of sharing profits with associates-remaining a cooperation: however, behaving as a servant leader, motivating and challenging partners in order to encourage competition and spontaneity, communication to expand understanding and information, showing appreciation with words of approval, celebr...

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Aristotle's teleological view holds that "whatever is the end-product of the coming into existence of any object, that is what we call its nature" and the ultimate end-product is eudaimonia or a virtuous life. ... Politics functions so as to allow individual members of the community (as opposed to simply citizens) to achieve a life of justice that is a life directed toward the "good" and to undergo a personal development that strives for moral fulfillment. ... Aristotle takes the polis to be the defining end-product from which prior partnerships can be viewed and their functional purpose...

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Because the author supports Greenpeace, he provides evidence that Greenpeace is successful in its campaign because "In 72 hours, more than 700,000 people viewed an online spoof video featuring the moment Ken discovers that Barbie is involved in rainforest destruction.... From the logical standpoint, the author succeeds in using logos and supporting his argument that Mattel's ways of destroying rainforests are unethical and should be opposed by the audience of the article. ... Therefore, both diction and parallelism are two very strong devices used by the author to oppose Mattel...

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Almost nothing has remained constant in Egypt for the past three years; positions have changed, alliances have changed, and the Egyptian people's overall view of things has changed, not necessarily to the better. ... All that in addition to their clear attempts to monopolize the entire political scene, by threatening to shutdown opposing media outlets and engaging in petty vandalism and arson of opposing parties' headquarters. ...

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Act utilitarianism is defined by J.C.C Smart as "...the view that the rightness or wrongness of an action is to be judged by the consequences, good or bad, of the action itself"- or, simply that a person's act is morally right if, and only if, it results in the most happiness of everyone concerned. ... Hence in a rule, utilitarian point of view the choices are limited to a finite number of possibilities due to the constraints of the aforementioned rules. ... In the view of a rule utilitarian however, ending the life of any human being, whether a criminal or an innocent, is in...

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Cronon places emphasis on the fact that although the Native Americans and English colonists viewed and interacted with the environment differently, neither one of the groups supersedes or outplays the other. ... Chapter 4, pages 55-58, Cronon will magnify the different views about the importance of land and ownership between the Native Americans and English colonists. ... The Native Americans' perspective on ownership directly opposed the perspective of the English colonists. ... Despite the different views and adaptation patterns, each group managed to survive within the New England ecos...

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However, despite the political division achieved by the Catholics, the Catholic minority that still resides in the predominantly Protestant region of Northern Ireland and that remain unsatisfied with only an Irish Republic that does not cover the entire island, still seek for an independent and united Ireland, whereas the Protestants stand firm in their views to remain a part of the United Kingdom. Therein, within the diminutive region of Northern Ireland, the opposing religious sects have chosen to pursue and continue the medieval war of the conflicting faiths through commando and terrorist ...

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Dayton's theory that the children would be better off not knowing more than one way of seeing things directly opposes the current method of "teaching the controversy" and best exemplifies the way that the teaching has changed throughout time. ... The continuing theme of the Scope trial is one of tolerance and how as the times continue to change generations will have to accept the fact that what they grew up learning may not be correct, or more importantly that while what they say may be correct it might not be the only way to view an issue or universal truth....

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The use of alliteration in 'lush and lusty' evinces an affirmative perception of the land through an association with feminine sublimity as opposed to the sarcastic and mocking prose of the latter character, where the juxtaposition of color imagery hints at the inhospitality of the land. Prospero's vision for the island with 'cloud-capped towers and gorgeous palaces' agreed with Gonzalo's utopian view, though he later deems as an 'insubstantial pageant'Through these interactions, it is suggested that Shakespeare is highlighting the attitudes prevalent...

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In some cases, repatriates have seen their career opportunities diminish, as opposed to expand, due to their time overseas.2 Some skills and expertise developed in in the host country may not be seen as useful in the home country which can often lead the repatriate to feel a sense of boredom or under-utilization. ... The initial step Wynn should take under this orientation is to conduct a post-assignment interview with the repatriate and spouse to review their views of the assignment in Macua and address any repatriation issues. ...

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In England in the 17th century, during the Great Rebellion, Englishmen in the New Model Army of Parliament began to debate liberal ideas concerning extension of the suffrage, parliamentary rule, the responsibilities of government, and freedom of conscience. The controversies of this period produced ...

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Liberals advocate for social change in order to beget a more egalitarian society in the same way that conservatives are opposed to change in order to preserve the hierarchical structure of society; therefore, as Jost et al. point out, "to preserve the status quo has typically entailed entrusting the present and future to the same authorities who have controlled the past" (343). ... The aforementioned correlations are in and of themselves related simply because avoiding uncertainty involves being intolerant of ambiguity since ambiguity embodies uncertainty, and together both variabl...

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Analyzing the basic personality, Pierce composes that this battle has as its sole protest " the settlement of opinion " around an actuality as opposed to knowing reality of the truth itself; he reminds us that a "true conclusion would remain true if we had no impulse to accept it." ... He composes that in spite of the fact that " this method is far more intellectual and respectable from the point of view of reason than either of the others its failure has been the most manifest," noting cases where conclusion has been created self-assertively and conflictingly, thus leaving its rationale unde...

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Willingness and strong eagerness to perform besmirch and lack of synoptic views with Prussia ran all over Austria and this played an important influence on the failure of Germany failing to unite before 1860. ... This strength of two diametrically opposed stances was a severe and influential obstacle and reason as to why Germany failed to unite before 1860. ...

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To better understand the effect of Enlightenment ideas on contemporary society, Bronner contends that it is necessary to break down the metaphysical idea and view it from both ideological and political aspects. ... He defines this idea as "the foundation for opposing contemporary infringements" created by capitalism supporting institutional power and the expansion of individual freedom. ...

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However, he does believe that history can be employed to modernity when adopting only the "strengths of the past" as opposed to historic weaknesses (Nietzsche, 34). ... Because Nietzsche expresses strong individualist views throughout the Genealogy of Morality, he believes society must be rid of this idea of universal truth and inherit ideals of individual truth. ...

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" thus implying that he views their prophecies a folly, and is not yet allured towards the power. ... Therefore, the growing nature of their longing for one another signifies how their conditions influence their desire, as opposed to innate predisposition. ...

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