To What Extent Should We Be Responsible For Wartime Actions

Existentialism when looked in a dictionary means a philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their development through acts of the will. This theory emphasizes on the existence of man as an individual and how every choices exerted by him determines a different course of action for him. Existentialism when looked in a lexicon implies a philosophical hypothesis or methodology which accentuates the presence of the distinctive

Conformity and Nonconformity, What Will You Choose? Timothy Findley’s novel, The Wars, presents a thought-provoking narration of World War 1 occurrences which follows a 19-year--old Canadian officer, Robert Ross, who responds to the dehumanization and horror of the trench warfare with deeds of sedition that could be interpreted as life-affirming acts of love and heroism. Ross enlists himself in the world war in 1915 as an aftermath of the death of his older sister to escape the social norms and his

The First World War left much of Europe in complete disarray however the USA, having only joined the war in its last year, suffered much less physical and economic damage. There is still debate over whether World War One was the main reason for the boom in America or whether it was due to other factors. Potter is convinced World War One acted as a catalyst for the boom by causing growth in industry, accelerated productivity and the laissez faire attitude of the federal government. Conversely, although

because he is Roman Catholic and I am Agnostic-Theist. Therefore, I believe he could be more conservative on moral issues because of his religion. For that reason, expectantly I am receptive to new ideas. To begin with, anyone should have the right to decide when their life should end in view of the fact that a person may be feeling intense physical or emotional pain for the average person to bear. Even the word “euthanasia” from the Greek language means

Misleading the Public: A New Kind of Public Relation “It’s all, you know…thinking ahead. Thinking ahead. That’s what producing is. It’s like being a plumber. You do your job right, nobody should notice.” These words are script from the movie ‘Wag the Dog’ which directed by Barry Levinson. Have you ever thought that your beliefs are manipulated? The movie ‘Wag the Dog’ is about the U.S. president’s story which has an election in a few days and causes sex scandal with a high school girl who visited

second approach the CCP took was the orders instructed to the army were to be kind and understanding to the peasants, thus gaining rapport and affiliation with them. The Red army’s code of conducts included “Do not damage crop” and “Pay fairly for what you buy” presents the impression that they are the protectors of the peasantry class. Furthermore it shows that the CCP understood to take control over the government of China, it was necessary to gain the majority of support from the peasants. In

Introduction………………………………………………………………….page 3 Historical perspective on the evolution of journalistic ethics……………….page 4 Deontology and Utilitarianism………………………………………………page 5 Ethical Dilemma: Should reporters ever leak and/or publish classified information in a time of war? Arguments in favour……………...page 5 Ethical dilemma: Should reporters ever leak and/or publish classified information in a time of war? Arguments opposed………………page 6 Applying principles of Deontology and Utilitarianism to the ethical

specially when such contributions speak for themselves like in the case of “Rosie the Riveter”. Starting from the Second World War when the 'fairer sex' took hold of a country's ropes while the men were away fighting, women have been taking bold actions to gain equality for their gender. "Rosie the Riveter" was coined for the first time in 1942 by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb when they wrote a song incorporating it. Since then, numerous artists have offered to record the song because of which

Carl von Clausewitz once said: “No one starts a war—or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so—without first being clear in is mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.” One hundred and forty years later Dr. Fred Charles Iklé, a noted sociologist and expert defense strategist, authored Every War Must End where he shares his insights on the difficult process which wars have been brought to a “close” and how those lessons learned from the past failures to duly

War literature derives much of its impact from the fact that many readers will never have (and are never likely to) experienced the subject matter themselves. It has been postulated that poets such as Ciardi have been damaged psychologically by what they have seen and felt. In his case much of the evidence for this lies in his abandonment of his war diary, leaving it unfinished. Readers derive meaning from the unwritten words and see it as evidence of the concept that war is an exclusive experience