Propaganda of the deed

When Light Pierced the Darkness by Nechama Tec “Altruism: Concern for the welfare of others, as opposed to egoism; selflessness” (American 99). In her book entitled When Light Pierced the Darkness, Nechama Tec asserts that people who aided Jews during the Nazi Holocaust may have acted altruistically; however, they did so under a modified definition of altruism. Furthermore, she offers her own definition of altruism within the context of the Holocaust and designates six traits, which she found

Jacob Hane Ms. Houle English 9H-3 May 7th 2015 Abrahamic Religions and Violence On, February 25, 1994, an armed Israelite, Baruch Goldstein, entered into a mosque in Hebron and open fired into a group of Muslims during their holy month of Ramadan. Goldstein, baring a Galil assault rifle and training from the Israeli army, killed twenty-nine muslims and wounded countless others (Wiles). His actions later inspired riots throughout the streets of Hebron, which resulted in approximately sixty deaths

The view that religious beliefs were behind the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is predominantly incorrect. While the Puritan culture’s strong Christian beliefs did dictate the behaviour of New England society, for the authorities that instigated the Witch Trials, religion was a mere justification for their actions that allowed them to gain support by instilling in the masses the fear of a higher power. Their true motives lay in the political and social issues of the time, with Salem Town’s division due

Plato wrote the Republic in 380BCE and one of the key themes in the book is the theory of justice (C. D. C. Reeve, 2004). In this essay, we will follow the three main views of justice set out by , Glaucon (Ademantus) and Socrates highlighted in Plato’s The Republic. Whilst Thrasymachus explains a very simple and easily understood view of justice, seeing it as the laws created by the rulers of a city, there is no input from anybody else (Lampert, 2010, p260) In my opinion, Glaucon has a much stronger

The Newsfeed: Analyzing the News in an Era of Lies 1. The Media’s Agenda-Setting Role: Barcelona Terrorist Attack The terrorist attack in Barcelona was a tragedy that sparked endless debates, generated fear and confusion, and overtook the news. In CNN’s August 2017 coverage of the Barcelona attack, the reporters first introduce us to the issue by mentioning ISIS and a death toll of thirteen people – a very eye-catching lead that will for sure garner the most attention (Griffiths). After all, in

The Lucifer Effect: Philip Zimbardo on Psychology of Evil Michelle Joseph CJUS 3700 Reflection Paper 1 Professor Belshaw There are events and phenomena complicated to explain, understand or even to handle. Sometimes it seems that people living in the XXI century reached the highest peak of civilization. However, no technological progress or any other achievements or benefits can reduce violence. Why does it happen so and how evil arises in people are among the questions, which Philip

Although the project was being supported by the president and the U.S. government, they relentlessly continued to attack and tarnish those in charge of the housing project and the idea of the project itself with television, radio, and newspaper propaganda. Still, the project continued and Housing Authority sent notices to the residents to coerce them and offer them money for the land; Frank Wilkinson also hired an architecture to plan the building of a couple thousand units worth of apartments on

Over four hundred years after The Merchant of Venice was first written, the debate rages on about Shakespeare s intentions regarding the character of Shylock, whether the play is anti-Semitic or a criticism of the Christian anti-Semitism of Shakespeare s time, and even whether the play should be taught in schools. Anti-Semitism, often called  the longest hatred,  is both an age-old problem and a current challenge. For centuries Jews have been accused of treacherous acts, including the murder of

INTRODUCTION The Australian Government has long stated that information gathered at public expense is “a national resource and should be available more widely to the public” because “[a] community that is better informed can participate more effectively in the nation’s democratic processes” . According to the current (2016) Attorney General, George Brandis: “Freedoms are some of the most fundamental of all human rights. They underpin the principles of democracy, and we cannot take them for granted

II THE SOULS OF WHITE FOLK High in the tower, where I sit above the loud complaining of the human sea, I know many souls that toss and whirl and pass, but none there are that intrigue me more than the Souls of White Folk. Of them I am singularly clairvoyant. I see in and through them. I view them from unusual points of vantage. Not as a foreigner do I come, for I am native, not foreign, bone of their thought and flesh of their language. Mine is not the knowledge of the traveler or the colonial