In high school, I took a graph design class and we were learning about pictures and how each picture out there is made of small pixels that you cannot really have a picture without, and you need to zoom in and focus to see these pixels but each pixel alone does not have any meaning. Only when you put these pixels together that is when you start to notice the small details that makes the bigger picture.…
La Haine is a story about three guys who have a friend ling in coma after being shot in a riot. Vinz, Hubert, and Saïd live at the suburbs of Paris and suffer with the violence committed by the police. Vinz finds a cop's gun and decides to kill one if his friend dies. Hubert is boxer and had his gymnasium burned in the riots. However, he does not agree with Vinz.…
In the passionate essay, “On Compassion,” by the respected Barbara Lazear Ascher, the author convincingly depicts her view towards how she feels about why people show compassion. Ascher’s purpose is to demonstrate to the reader the different classes of society and allow the reader to think about how people may appear compassionate but naturally have a fear that causes them to carry out compassionate acts. The author effectively and steadfastly builds the essay by utilizing an observant and speculative tone, a series of figurative language and an emotional appeal in order to convey her outlook towards the homeless and compassion.…
Having a service like yoga that can benefit caregivers of older adults with dementia is essential because it ultimately can mean that caregivers are in a better physical and mental state which then means they can better care for their loved one as well. In addition self-care for caregivers is important because “over time, the stress of helping others can cause symptoms like anxiety, sleeplessness and irritability that interfere with everyday life. This response is often referred to as "compassion fatigue." Left untreated, compassion fatigue can lead to burnout and other conditions that may not go away on their own” (2014). Thus, it’s important that caregivers strive to avoid burned-out and implementing yoga for caregivers at adult day centers…
In "Dispensing Morality" (2005), Ellen Goodman asserts that she wants people to have strong moral grounds ("To each his own conscience...") but they have to understand other people’s moral grounds and priorities and not meddle into other people’s personal lives ("But the drugstore is not an altar. The last time I looked, the pharmacist’s license did not include the right to dispense morality."). Goodman illuminates how conscience clauses starts to increasingly empower and gives people opportunities to make choices based on their moral beliefs to the point of inconveniencing people; It starts with laws of exempting doctors in 47 states who don’t perform abortions which the author believes is fair as “Doctors are not automatons who leaves their…
Nussbaum that describes two different sides of compassion. Throughout her essay, Nussbaum argues that compassion can either be positively charged or lead to narrow mindedness. Her argument revolves around several factors which include human dignity and judgement. There are many aspects about compassion that I took away from this essay. For instance, from the start of her essay, Nussbaum states that compassion, “shapes civic integration, but given, too, its obvious propensity for self-serving narrowness” (12). While compassion can enable humans to cross national boundaries and sympathize when a tragedy comes about, it can also, at the same time, lead to hurtful comments and prove to be a threat. Furthermore, it is not possible for us to build a lasting “concern for humanity” through compassion because of its “impartial motives” (12). There is a limit to how compassionate one should get, and once this boundary is crossed it can lead to drastic consequences. Additionally, it is hard for us to “trust compassion” because of its precarious nature (14). As Nussbaum states, compassion is, “an emotion directed at another person's suffering or lack of well-being” (14). This is generally where compassion directly connects with terror. For example, Nussbaum gives an example of the collapse of the two towers (world trade center) and how people reacted with different forms of compassion. For instance, people started to feel sorry for the women who were under the Taliban but also started to become more racist to Muslims in general. In the end of her essay, Nussbaum concludes that the only thing we can do as humans is to keep trusting our sense for compassion instead of not showing any sentiments at…
ENJOY YOUR NEXT SUMMER VACATION IN THE HEART OF AMERICA! WASHINGTON DC, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, KNOWN TO THE LOCALS AS THE D.M.V. WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO EXPLORE JUST ONE OR ALL THREE (HEY, IT’S HARD NOT TOO), YOU ARE SURE TO HAVE SOME SERIOUS FUN. HOW ABOUT THE D! THE NATION’S CAPITAL WASHINGTON DC. THERE ARE MANY FAMILY ATTRACTIONS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL ZOO, MUSEUMS, MONUMENTS AND THE HOME OF THE PRESIDENT THE WHITE HOUSE. WHILE YOU’RE AT IT, WHY NOT CATCH A NICE EVENT LIKE A CONCERT OR A ONE OF THE MANY ELECTRIFYING SPORT EVENTS. BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, HOCKEY DC’S GOT IT NO MATTER THE SEASON. AFTER ALL DC IS THE HOME OF THE NATIONALS, THE REDSKINS, THE WIZARDS, AND THE CAPITALS. WHY NOT ENJOY THE NIGHTLIFE WHILE YOU’RE AT IT AT ONE OF THE…
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Compassion. Hidden agenda. The difference. City dweller Barbara Lazear Ascher, in her essay “On Compassion,” recalls in her own words, “a couple of brief encounters with homeless people”. While maintaining a critical tone, Ascher utilizes an anecdote, a personal experience, and appeals to her audience’s ethical values as strategies to fulfill her purpose. Ascher effectively achieves her purpose to convince her audience, people inhabiting cities, there is a lack of compassion when concerning the homeless.…
and compassion, not in fear or prejudice. A society does not discriminate on the basis of…
Working in the healthcare field, especially in nursing, is more of a calling than a job, in this student 's opinion. It requires passionate dedication to patients, long hours and often means putting the needs of others before oneself. However, these things are the very reason that many nurses experience exhaustion, disappointment, and the ever-famous "burn out." Compassion fatigue is more common than many believe and can be serious. This paper will discuss the issues that arise from compassion fatigue and its causes,…
We are a country deep in hate and turmoil due to anti-Islamic protests, Black Lives Matter, anti-police protests, and homophobia. We have mosques being burned to the ground in fear of ISIS. Innocent Muslims being emotionally and physically attacked for their religion. African Americans and Police officers are being shot because of prejudices and stereotypes held against one another. These shooting have also given rise to protests that often escalate dangerously, causing harm to the people and property around them. There are people majorly offended by marriage equality and they take their anger out on those who it benefits. A nightclub was lit up like a christmas tree because it was a known gay bar. There are even protests erupting over our new president-elect. In short, everything that happens today engender riots and tumolts.…
In the field’s early days of treating abnormality, many believed the forces of good versus evil were at work. The treatment of those days would be viewed as barbaric by today’s standards. A treatment called trephination would be conducted where a stone trephine, or a saw, would be used in surgery to remove a circle of tissue or bone from a person’s skull. The demonological treatment continued during the Middle Ages.…
Healthcare providers have agreed when entering the healthcare profession to give the utmost care to all patients and families. They have dedicated their time and energy to assure all patients are cared for the way the want and need to be treated. Many endless hours are provided to assure that quality and empathetic care is given, which can often end up in what is called compassion fatigue and caregiver burnout. There are warning signs to both issues that healthcare providers can be on the lookout for to lessen the risk of developing caregiver burnout and compassion fatigue and strategies and resources that can help the healthcare professionals and caregivers to overcome it.…
Virtue theory defines a behavior as being ethical when the consequences and outcome are a result of virtuous and moral behavior. PharmaCARE’s behavior is observed as not being ethical because the company makes high profits and has the necessary tools to act in a virtuous manner by providing its workers more than one dollar a day, protecting the environment, and create better living standards afro its employees. Instead the company chooses not to be virtuous. Virtue theory also states that people learn to act morally from habit. If PharmaCARE demonstrated care for the Colberian land by having a positive impact on the people, environment, land, the Colberians would cultivate the same…