"Do artifacts have politics?" Discuss Langdon Winner’s question and give some examples. Iva N. Ivanova ivai@ifi.uio.no First semester at UiO Word count: 2103 Introduction The objective of this paper is to discuss Langdon Winners theory on the politics of technology. In his book "The Whale and the Reactor" Langdon Winner asks the question "Do artifacts have politics?". That question has provoked many to look for different dimensions of technology. Winner argues
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acceptable when the law in itself is iniquitous and if that law violates human rights and conscience; Certainly‚ rules are established for us to follow but we as human beings should be able to differentiate the right and the wrong and incase laws need to be violated for the right cause even with hard consequences‚ breaking the law can be justified; considering the situations and the purposes. Justification of the violation of laws depends on the situation‚ not on the rules and regulations: in certain
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Why you should never use Internet Explorer‚ Ever With internet explorer dominating for years web designers were restricted to a not only slow browser but a browser that was and still is a limited on its styling. Luckily over the years we have seen a sharp drop in users of internet explorer and now average of 48.5 % of people using the more sophisticated and devolved Google chrome. However the extinction of internet explorer is not complete as there as still users with IE5. The development of css
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Do you agree or disagree that women should participate in politics? Opinion Essay Whether the women should participate in politics or not is debatable. We see that at the turn of the 21st century‚ almost every country in the world provides the right for women to participate in politics. Women make up half of the population of every country in the world‚ they can vote and support candidates. But despite of these facts‚ they are not well represented in politics‚ in contrast to men. As Amon Karagara
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Lily’s practice from the perspective of the categorical imperatives. - Eli Lily is trying to create a new medicine for the benefit of those who are suffering from a specific illness but before it can do its job‚ like any other drug‚ it must first be tested to healthy human beings in order to assure the effects of the newly created drug. Of course‚ considering that the test subjects are “healthy” they would not agree on taking in any drug that doesn’t assure their health benefits from taking it. Putting
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ANCIENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PRACTICES IN GREECE‚ IN ROME‚ IN ENGLAND AND IN INDIA ➢ Greece and Judea (a Roman province) introduced basic concepts and values on government and public life. Politics‚ philosophy and law were also first developed here. However‚ administrative culture was yet to be developed. (1) ➢ Because of the increase in the complexity of government activity‚ the administrative culture we associate with our contemporary world emerged in the Alexandrian Era (AD 412‚ before
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Anav Pradhan (GP2) Can breaking the law ever be justified? Imagine a world without those brave people who dared to not abide by the law and fight for a right. A world without Gandhi would be a world without independent India; without Mandela there would be white superiority in Africa; without freedom fighters‚ there would be no democracy in Nepal. I believe that all the actions of such law breakers are good‚ even though they were against various laws‚ and such actions can be justified to some extent
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leader should possess? Niccolò Machiavelli states in the “Qualities of the Prince” that “One should like to be both one and the other; but since it is difficult to join them together‚ it is much safer to be feared than to be loved” (14). Determining which of these two qualities a leader should possess has been a topic of discussion for centuries. So what makes Machiavelli’s work any different? First off‚ Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat and a political philosopher‚ who wrote about politics and power
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your biggest motivations/motivators? What are some hobbies that you are passionate about? (art‚ sports‚ etc) Are you good at your passions? Do you believe with practice and determination‚ you’ll eventually do really well because of your passion when if you’re not good at it in the beginning? Do you think this is true and applicable to everyone? PREDICTION QUESTION BEFORE READING FIRST SECTION: Which of the passions do you think the boy in the story has? Circle the ones that are most popular
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The Role of Women in Politics and Public Policy Posted on February 1‚ 2011 by womenleadingchange By: Alemtsehay Zergaw Alemtsehay Zergaw‚ from the YWCA of Ethiopia‚is the new World YWCA intern for 2011. She shares with us her thoughts on the role of women in politics and what is needed for more participation of women in politics and public policy. Alemtsehay Zergaw Our generation is accommodating more and more women in politics across the world – but even more significantly in the developed
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