Conflicting ethics and unexpected guests In his Perpetual Peace‚ Kant expounds upon the concept of cosmopolitical rights‚ founded on the right of visit belonging to every human being. The key factor here is the notion of hospitality: every individual has the right “not to be treated as an enemy when he arrives in the land of another” . This perspective leads to a series of considerations. The first consideration concerns the nature of hospitality. It is directed towards the foreigner‚ the ’other’
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growth. One of the first things she does at college is to change her name to "Judy." She designs a rigorous reading program for herself and struggles to gain the basic cultural knowledge to which she‚ growing up in the bleak environment of the orphan asylum‚ was never exposed. At the end of the book‚ the identity of ’Daddy-Long-Legs’ is
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’SANE OR INSANE?’ To understand what something is‚ we should also have a clear understanding of what it is not. Charactering an object having components of the usual does not necessarily mean that it is what one describes it to be. To be characterized as usual it should also be not unusual. Following this analogy ‚a normal person should not be only describes by
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The debate about asylum seekers in Australia is contentious and politically charged‚ but research commissioned by Amnesty International has found that anti-asylum seekers sentiments are not actually fuelled by racism. Australia pride itself on its strong human rights record and its standing as a good global citizen. However deeper analysis and according to recent situation that how boat people are being treated shows that Australia has failed to fulfill with its international human rights obligations
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New Asylums There is a growing number of prisoners faced with mental illness which is leading to American prisons being turned into new mental asylums. There is a need for intervention but determining an affective method is the real challenge. As shown in the video‚ there is growing frustration among correction officers leading to what appears to be abuse between the prisoner and the officer. Correction officers are no longer only responsible for the security of the prison and the prisoners but
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Section 1 The Frontline episode “The New Asylums”‚ dove into the crisis mentally ill inmates face in the psychiatric ward in Ohio state prisons. The episode shows us the conditions and every day lives of mentally ill patients in Ohio state prisons‚ and explains how these inmates got to this point. It appeared that most of these prisoners should have been patients in an institute of some sort‚ out in society‚ but unfortunately due to whatever circumstances they ended up in prison. According to
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Asylum Seekers I have chosen to do my discursive essay on asylum seekers. I will try to separate lies from facts. I had to think carefully about this topic as there are so many different views on asylum seekers. I also opted to look into asylum seekers because I found that they are an extremely oppressed group. I will give pros and cons on asylum seekers and try to balance out my argument. The impact and influences people in power have on the mass media is tremendous. Together with the negative
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Asylum Seekers- creating compassion‚ forming fear and arising anger As a result of the substantial 17‚202 boat arrivals on Australian shores in 2012‚ it’s clear that the issue of Asylum Seekers isn’t something that can be taken lightly; in fact this one issue has polarised the entire nation of Australia. Those seeking asylum are desperately fleeing from a country of fear‚ conflict and trauma in search of a new life however the recent influx and the extensive numbers of arrivals call for a strong
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other minority groups such as Muslims‚ the Arabic and the Lebanese communities‚ so too have they done so with asylum seekers. Issues surrounding asylum seekers are almost always represented as a part of national debate surrounding issues of policy. Common media narratives include that asylum seekers are a strain on Australia resources‚ Australian jobs will be lost to foreign ‘invaders‚’ asylum seekers are ‘queue jumpers’ and the incoming persons pose the threat to national security (Pickering‚ 2001)
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ASYLUM SEEKERS Take a moment to imagine the life of an asylum seeker. You live in a country‚ ravaged by conflict‚ poverty‚ illiteracy and hunger. You are stifled by your circumstances‚ bound to a life of suffering. For a 17 year old girl in a developing country‚ life is different from ours. Say that you are a 17 year old girl in a developing country. Horrible realities are faced every day. With no identification or passport‚ nothing stands in the way of child marriage; that is‚ you could be
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