Commentary #1 An examination of Neil Postman’s chapter "The Judgement of Thamus" in Technopoly - by David Wood The main argument this book explores is not between humanists and scientists‚ but between technology and everybody else. Most people believe that technology is a friend. It is a friend that asks for trust and obedience‚ which most give because its gifts are bountiful. The dark side it that it creates a culture without moral foundation‚ undermines certain mental processes and social relations
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Imagining a world where everyone is treated with dignity and respect is something kind of mind boggling to most people. However in my personal opinion‚ I think it would be absolutely wonderful. I think that only because the benefits that it would have to offer myself and others would be completely life changing. In my personal opinion‚ respect comes with a lot of admiration‚ and value. I only say that because in current day reality respect is not just given to you‚ it has to be earned but in
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Passion as the Criterion for Moral Judgment Ethics is the study of human conduct or in other words the study of moral behavior. All humans use ethics in their daily actions and decisions‚ but not many have the opportunity to probe into the core of ethics. When Socrates said in 399 B.C.‚ "The unexplained life is not worth living" he was encouraging man to examine his way of life and ways of moral decision making. Ethics not only aims to discover the rules that should govern a moral life‚ but
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There are countless amounts of themes used in literature‚ such as love‚ heroism‚ survival‚ peace‚ war‚ judgment and many more. One particular theme that is used a lot that sticks out in literature is judgment. Judgment is the most used and most common themes in literature. Mostly you see judgment in stories when a character does something wrong‚ whether they did something wrong or not‚ it’s perceived by others as a wrongdoing. You also see judgment in stories when a character is different and others
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Michelangelo was the greatest master of the human figure in the Renaissance and in his detailed masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel he proved that he was exactly that. The Last Judgment was a monumental piece of artwork that has so many expressive meanings all elaborately placed together to make one huge masterpiece. Michelangelo embodies different stories combined into one that all have separate religious meaning. He expressed the church reform and shows nudity that was not highly accepted; on the
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During my clinical attachment‚ I will be posted to polyclinic‚ community hospital or restructured hospital. I will learned something different that I learned in school as I will explore to new culture and environment and meet different healthcare workers such as doctors or pharmacist and they will be my future colleagues or superior. I think clinical attachment is important for a nursing student because clinical attachment can prepare us as a student nurse to acquire practical skills when facing
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Clinical Reflective Journal The first day I visited psychiatric ward‚ I felt nervous and excited because of the psychiatric ward which is totally different from general ward. I sensed that all patients who are walking in the corridor and some of them keep murmuring‚ and those behaviors I seen are seldom appearing in the general ward. However‚ after I found that they can communicate with others normally and have no aggressive behavior after approaching the patients. I learnt we should establish
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REPORT: associates degree in nursing date: 12/4/2012 Descriptive Abstract This investigative report will go into detail about associate’s degree in nursing. Nursing is the largest health care profession in the U.S. Over 2.5 million strong‚ nurses make up the largest workforce within the clinical healthcare industry. Nursing careers offer a wide variety of roles and a broad scope of responsibility. This report will also show graphs and steps to get into a nursing program as well as job titles
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Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care‚ training‚ and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care within the ordering scope
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Nursing Professionalism is defined as the practise of professional nursing as performed by a registered nurse. Nursing professionals primary purpose is the care of individuals‚ their families‚ and communities and to improve an individual’s health and quality of life. There are a set of core nursing values that define and dictates a nurse’s beliefs and actions. The core values include honesty‚ responsibility‚ pursuit of new knowledge‚ belief in human dignity‚ equality of all patients and the desire
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