Oil as Both a Blessing and a Curse in the Middle East As global society enters an era where oil is no longer the dominant source of energy‚ many oil producing countries face a challenge dealing with the loss of what is often their most profitable export. Many nations developed modern infrastructure mainly through oil profits. Years of interference by western countries seeking oil profits greatly influenced the development of governments‚ occasionally for better‚ but usually for worse. While most
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“A MULTI-CULTURAL SOCIETY IS A BLESSING” – REALLY? “A multi-cultural society is a blessing”. This is an assertion alleged by many. But is it true? Does the old regulation “The more‚ the better” really count here? And what on earth is a multi-cultural society? A multi-cultural society is a society containing several representations of different cultures. To understand it better‚ we also will need to be aware of what both a society and a culture really is. According to Wikipedia‚ a society is: a
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As my grandmother always told me‚ "Ignorance is only bliss until you learn the truth." We’ve all grown up hearing both phrases "ignorance is bliss" and "knowledge is power" but we’re never told which is more valid. In my opinion‚ both are true as general principles‚ but there are exceptions to every rule. Ignorance is bliss‚ yes indeed. Ignorant people can be happy because they only need to see one side of an issue. Those who are ignorant choose to have no idea what is going on around them. When
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Ian Kershaw writes in his book “Hitler‚1889-1936:Hubris” that Hitler was ‘wholly ignorant’ of economics but he knew how to achieve public support. That being said‚ the general view is that Hitler was one of the most powerful economic reformers in the 20th century. To support this‚ Sebastian Haffner said that Hitler as Reich Chancellor changed the unemployment of six million people to full employment without inducing inflation. In contrast‚ Kershaw argues that this view is nothing but a fallacy. He
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Cohabitation – Blessing or Destroy the relationship? One of the most dramatic trends of recent years has been the tremendous increase in male-female couples who choose to live together without marrying‚ a practice called cohabitation. According to the 2000 Census‚ there are eleven million unmarried people living with an unmarried partner in the United States today‚ and this number has grown 72% in the last decade alone. While many people like David Popenoe‚ a Professor of Sociology‚ on his essay
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I agree with John Rawls that creating a hypothetical contract behind a “veil of ignorance” is the ideal way of viewing justice. First‚ Rawls argues that this method creates “principles of justice untainted by differences of bargaining power or knowledge” (203). To clarify why I also believe this is the correct position to take‚ I will define what Rawls means by a “veil of ignorance.” He explains this term saying‚ “[Parties] do not know how the various alternatives will affect their own particular
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Ignorance is the root cause of fear. The Webster dictionary defines fear as "the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger". We fear whatever we perceive as potentially threatening our physical or psychological well-being. With almost no conscious thought‚ we constantly categorize things‚ either as safe or as threatening‚ based on our knowledge of the world and previous experiences. Our judgment is far from infallible‚ though. More often than not‚ the anxiety we feel is irrational
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One of the most memorable and meaningful Socratic quotes applies well when in context of Sophocles ’ Theban Trilogy. "The unexamined life is not worth living‚" proclaims Socrates. He could have meant many things by this statement‚ and in relation to the play‚ the meaning is found to be even more complex. Indeed‚ the situation of Oedipus‚ king of Thebes‚ the truth of this statement is in question. Would Oedipus have been better off if he was blind to the knowledge of his birthing and the fate which
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A major theme of the classic Greek theatre production Oedipus Rex is the conflict between knowledge and ignorance. This is shown most strongly within the conversation held between Oedipus and Tiresias‚ the blind seer. Despite the prominent trait within the old man‚ rendering him unable to visually see his environment‚ he was very well-respected and revered by the people of Thebes for his ability to communicate with the gods‚ being given prophecies and answers to questions in doing so. This is seen
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Mobile phones have become ubiquitous in our society. In fact‚ telephones have been around for several decades in some form or another tracing back to the invention of telephone way back in 1870s by Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander Graham Bell’s success with the design of telephone came as a direct result of his attempts to improve the telegraph which was the most widely used electronic communication device. The technology began to take shape in the late 1940s‚ when the idea of a mobile phone was
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