Mary Magdalene: Legend to history
Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the early centuries of Christian history the circles that led to the development of the official Church focused on her role at the crucifixion and the tomb. She was praised by many of the early group, called the Church Fathers, such as Tertullian of Carthage (ca. 160-225), Origen of Alexandria...
A call for change : Socio-economic and political causes of the French revolution
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The French Revolution was a decade of political and social upheaval in France between the years of 1789 and 1799, which affected not only the French society and government, but had considerable repercussions for the rest of Europe as well. The primary changes that occurred as a result of the...
The Cathars and Mary Magdalene
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Cathars were an alternative Christian or semi-Christian group who were condemned as heretics by the Roman Church. They lived and practiced their religion in the Languedoc, an area of what is now southern France, from the tenth through fourteenth centuries. Because the Cathar scriptures were...
Doomsday cults
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Of over ten thousand new religious movements across the globe, less than twenty are considered destructive cults. The contemporary definition of cult refers to a relatively small group of people whose religious beliefs and practices depart from the conventional standards of society. Most cults...
A discussion and analysis of community health in Manchester
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The aim of this essay is to show an understanding of community health. For the purpose of this essay the community, which will be discussed, will be Priory ward in Sale, which is part of Trafford in Manchester. The role and function of agencies and professionals in the delivery of health and...
The public health environment in England: Focus on specific policies
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The nature of major causes of work-related ill health makes occupational health fit more closely than ever before into the public health agenda. The government has been quick to recognize the role of occupational health nurses in reaching the public health targets set in recent public health...
Mary Magdalene: The woman who needs no introduction
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The writers of the New Testament gospels introduce most of the characters in the stories to their audiences. For example, the reader of Mark is told that James is the son of Zebedee, his brother's name is John, and Zebedee and his sons are fishermen (Mark 1:19-20). The Gospel of Luke reports that...
The status of Women in first-century Jewish culture
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Traditionally Christian scholars have argued that women held a low status in first-century Judaism and their situations improved in Christianity. This argument ignores the fact that Christianity was a sect of Judaism, not a separate religion, through much of the first century. Jesus was Jewish,...
Employee rights from behind the veil of ignorance
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In this paper I intend to create an analogy between the workplace and society in general, so that principles used in determining political and social systems of ethics in the social sphere might be applied to the work place. I will specifically focus in on John Rawls's theory of justice as...
The systematic failings of the prison system
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The prison system has held a legitimate place within society for so long now that it is difficult for us to imagine that there was a time when it did not exist. However, just because there has been a complex system of correction and social control put in place for centuries does not mean that...
In search of a new metaphysics: A summary and critical analysis of the ideas of E. F. Schumacher
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The human species faces an unprecedented number of problems now that we have entered the 21st century. Global warming, overpopulation, food and water shortages, pollution, economic crises, resource depletion, and various other issues make up the agenda which concerns politicians and the public...
Evaluating western religion via Rosenzweig's template
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Franz Rosenzweig began his career in philosophy by discussing the origins of German Idealism and the philosophies of G. W. F. Hegel, who is “generally regarded as the culminating point in the development of post-Kantian idealism in Germany” and “unquestionably one of the most...
The virtue of humanism: Refuting Ayn Rand's anti-altruism through Sartre's existentialism and Rorty's concept of contingency
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The writing of Ayn Rand is given little to no regard in most academic circles, yet it remains one of the most persuasive and popular endorsements of ethical egoism in the world today. Consider, for example, that both Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead are respectively placed first and second on...
Contrasting the Prince and the Sovereign: Considering Hobbes's political theory with reference to Machiavelli
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This approach contrasts with Hobbes's Leviathan, in which his focus is drawn more towards the social conditions and state of nature which leads a plurality of people to elect the sovereign. Whereas Machiavelli gives little consideration to the state of nature or the fundamentally contractual...
Religious roles of women in the republican period of Rome
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The role of women in Roman religion during the period of the Republic was integral to Roman religious practice, and the vitality and import of feminine roles in Republican religion should not be underestimated. Although women did not always participate as directly in public religious practice or...
Bob Marley: A Little Island, A Big Voice
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer, musician, and activist born February 6, 1945. He died on May 11, 1981 and during his short tenure of life he composed and focused his energy on his ability to communicate to the masses, through music, his ideology of non-violence and peaceful resistance to the...
The role played by power in professional relationships
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
All humans are created equal and have the ability of agency according to Locke. The experimentalist perspective also advocates an extensive degree of personal agency and responsibility to sustain equality throughout life (Steven's, 1996a, p.195-201). However, the social constructionists...
The importance of communication in nursing practice
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This assignment explores the importance of communication within nursing practice and identifies the different aspects, such as verbal and non-verbal communication and the barriers which may be encountered and overcome. It will examine and explicate the different concepts of communication and the...
What lessons can Britain learn from health care systems in other countries?
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The market for health presents a number of market failures and equity issues which advocate a role for government in its provision. What role this is however, how precisely the government should attempt to tackle these problems is debatable. There exist a spectrum of approaches to both the...
A discussion of key models of health promotion
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Health is a broad concept, which can embody a huge range of meanings, from the narrowly technical to the all-embracing moral or philosophical. The word health derived from the Old English word for heal (hael) which means ‘whole', signaling that health concerns the whole person and his or her...
Who deserves health care?
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In order to do this each patient requiring expensive treatment is assessed according to a quality adjusted life years (QALY) score¹. This is an equation that measures all of the aforementioned criteria and is used to assess the cost versus benefit of a particular treatment. If a patients...
Timothy McVeigh: An American anomie
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
One could ask any American citizen old enough to remember the year 1995, and they will undoubtedly be able to recall the incident of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Most would be able to identify the man responsible for the devastation: an unremarkable, young, middle class white man named Timothy...
A paper examining the controversy that surrounds the question of what Judges are doing when they are deciding cases
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
If we accept the hypothesis, that judges do indeed make law through their decisions, we need to look closely at the judges themselves to decide whether they are capable of performing that function. Judges are not, in this country, elected, as are the other law-makers (the legislators). If judges...
Christian fundamentalism as a social movement
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
There are hundreds of different sub-groups within Christianity. One of the most interesting is Christian fundamentalism. This group of Christians is also one of the hardest to define. According to Paul Merritt Bassett, “Fundamentalism is a term popularly used to describe strict adherence...
Heterosexism in college classrooms: The effects of 'invisibilization' and overt discrimination
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Heterosexism is used as a tool to reinforce the norms of the status quo and maintain rigid gender roles (Eguchi, 2006). Heterosexism has been used to deny marriage and employment benefits to same-sex couples (Eguchi, 2006). Same-sex individuals of domestic abuse are less likely to receive full...
Narcotics control: The permeating aspects of the Narcotic Trade and how history and current policy have affected Canada's ability to regulate illegal Narcotics
Thesis - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In 1961 the Canadian government passed the Narcotic Control Act. This was Canada's first governmental acknowledgement of a need for federal drug control. Repealed in 1996, the initial act was replaced with the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Detailed and specific, the latter act...
The sociological and economic effects on aging women and their health
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
It is reasonable to address health with reference to socio-economic status because healthcare is a generally expensive privilege. Those in a higher socio-economic bracket are often able to care for themselves with a more comprehensive healthcare plan, including preventative practices throughout a...
Reasonable accommodation as outlined by the Canadian Charter of Rights and freedoms, its uses, perception and applicable examples
Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was established as a result of the Constitution Act of 1982. Its precursor was the Canadian Bill of Rights, dated 1960. The Charter was enacted to guarantee basic human and civil rights for the people of Canada. The earlier protectionism treaty, the...
Racism in the census: Effects on the Judicial System
Thesis - 14 pages - Social, moral & civic education
What does it mean to be racist? For a person, it would mean having various prejudiced sentiments and a belief that one race is superior to another race. But what does it mean for an institution to be racist? While an institution does not have a personality and is made up of a group of people,...
Dorothy Day: Catholic Workers and the Vietnam War
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The United States is often depicted as a giant stew of people: a large mishmash of various heritages, backgrounds, and religions. How then could a tiny band of Roman Catholics affect an entire nation's opinion of the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was a period of major unrest and public action in...
