Essays on Emotions

In the paper “Desire and the Human Good,” Richard Kraut states that the theory used to defend pluralism, Desire Satisfaction Theory, is weak and cannot be able to provide the defense required, because of this, he offers an alternative.  In the paper, Kraut presents an argument against the Desire-Based Theories...

Logical Fallacies and Their Definition Logical fallacies are defined as the methods in which a person intentionally neglects the laws of logic and fall into erroneous reasoning. They are both inductive and deductive in nature. According to Beverly (184), logical fallacies are ideas within an argument that commonly cause a mistake...

Introduction Knowledge is everything and anything that human beings understand or perceive through human senses such emotions, reasons, and justified reasons. Moreover, doubt entails all things that incite the mind of human beings towards questioning perceptions thus stimulating the process of thought of attaining knowledge. Uncertainty originates from doubt while knowledge...

Spirituality is critical in the delivery of care since it affects the decisions made and patient’s perception on the care plan.  Spiritual evaluation is the procedure of determining patient’s spiritual needs concerning health. The process assists caregivers to understand patients’ faith, needs, values and biases as linked to health care....

Confidence is one of the most significant factors in determining effective leadership. However, there are numerous traits which adversely affect most leaders in exploiting their greatest height as far as excellent leadership is concerned (Northouse, 37). Therefore, the purpose of this essay paper is to discuss some of the notable...

George Carlin describes soft language as mild terms that are used by people to cope with life problems is a sugarcoated way. Carlin states that “Americans have trouble facing the truth, so they invent the kind of a soft language to protect themselves from it.” Soft language can also be...

Ability to expand one empathetic potential Ability to expand one empathetic potential comes along with leaving the comfort zone and also working on improving the moral universe. In the real world situation, empathy is the ability to step into other people's shoes and understand their opinions and feelings towards a particular...

Betrayal and Trust Betrayal is undoubtedly one of the most devastating low points that a person can ever experience. To be betrayed, the betrayer must have earned your trust. Apparently, it is fairly impossible to be betrayed without having trusted someone in the first place. Trust, the foundation upon which all...

Shakespeare prominently used recurring themes throughout his work, particularly those of love, betrayal, hate, revenge, jealousy, deceit, politics and race.  The play, “the Tragedy of Othello” is mostly about love and hate. These are two great themes in literature.  Although the two are opposites, in the play, they are closely...

HA! The Science of When We Laugh and Why By Scott Weems. New York: Basic Books, 2014. 190 pp The Efforts in Explaining a Joke The efforts in attempt of explaining a joke has been considered futile. This has made thinkers over the ages to come up with theories explaining comedy. This was...

Ethics in Personal Relationships Ethics is defined as the entirety of rules of properly noble conduct correlated to the ideology of a particular partnership or association (Eduard). A Discussion on Honesty in Personal Relationships as an Ethical Dilemma since personal relationships between individuals are also ethical relationships. Ethical relationships by definition...

Cause: Using technology and letting it take people places we don’t want to go. Effect: Use of the virtue world by people to learn about themselves and identity Effect: Devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication.             Turkle asserts that for the past 15 years she has studied people, both...