Is art utilitarian? How does the work of Marcel Duchamp challenge this idea? I personally do not believe so; I think anything can be art. It is simply in the eyes of the viewer to decide whether it’s worthy enough or not to be described as true art. Duchamp believed in Dada(ism)‚ which basically meant show the absurdity of the world and have nothing to do with it. His idealism of being a Dada(ist) artist was to make Ready-Mades. As we all saw in the video‚ he used simple objects such as snow shovels
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American citizens with disabilities began to join forces in the 1960’s. They all saw the same problem; disabled people were not treated equally. Disabled and non-disabled people nationwide began to band together for the common cause demanding equal treatment‚ equal access‚ and equal opportunity for all. Although this movement began in the 1960’s‚ nothing happened until 1990. In 1990‚ the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) expanded the freedoms and hopes of individuals with impairments through
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view of a disabled person as dependent and needing to be cured or cared for‚ and it justifies the way in which disabled people have been systematically excluded from society. The disabled person is the problem‚ not society. Control resides firmly with professionals; choices for the individual are limited to the options provided and approved by the ’helping’ expert.The medical model is sometimes known as the ‘individual model’ because it promotes the notion that it is the individual disabled person who
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programs to ease their transition back into civilian life. The Department of Veterans Affairs also runs a health care organization that is inefficient and untimely in providing care‚ but often the only access to care for many veterans. This essay will attempt to review some of the current issues in veterans’ health care delivery‚ how policy relates and results in
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streets) and/or in an emergency homeless shelter” (http://canatx.org). Many homeless veterans fall into this category. “Unsheltered homelessness is more prevalent among Veterans than among non-Veterans. At one point in time in 2014‚ 36 % of homeless Veterans were unsheltered compared with 30 % of non-Veterans” (Byrne‚ Montgomery‚ & Fargo‚ 2015). Some of the common causes of homelessness associated with veterans are drug abuse‚ disability‚ unemployment‚ poverty‚ government policies and family
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understand the long-term effects of trauma; therefore‚ they do not understand why the victim cannot move forward. When attempting to understand the question we must first consider people who dealt with similar situations such as Iraq war veterans. Why does one of the veterans return to normal functioning while the other one develops Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? Though there is no clear-cut reason the “physiological phenomena persist‚ traumatized people cannot tune out the repetitive stimuli that
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with the capacity to choose between keeping the trolley on the main line (thus killing five people)‚ or steering it onto the spur track (and killing one person)? Under a deontological approach‚ it is morally wrong to kill anyone. Therefore‚ killing one person to save the lives of five people is not an option. Under a deontological perspective‚ there is a duty to help and not to harm others. But‚ the duty not to harm others is stronger. Harming someone is deemed wrong regardless of the consequences
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“Disabled” : The human cost of war Wilfred Owen’ s poem “Disabled” was written during his four-month stay at Craiglock- hart Hospital in 1917. The poem eloquently depicts the disassociation and detachment from self and society felt by this solider who has become disabled. Owen uses the term “queer” to show that the soldier’ s losses have made his body alien. These injuries have also removed his social masculinity. As I read the poetry of Wilfred Owen‚ I was often disheartened by his
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Ethics One of the important tools that our society needs today is the ethical development. We discussed the similarities and differences of utilitarianism‚ the virtue theory‚ and deontological ethics. Thus‚ further understanding of these behaviors will enable an individual to realize that social responsibility and ethics are important when it comes to business and personal success. We will analyze the differences in terms of how each of these theories addresses both morality and ethics. Thus‚ we
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would you feel if you were walking down the street and saw a homeless veteran? Someone who served our country‚ but is now suffering? For their services‚ they deserve so much better than what they have right now. They suffered for our country and may have lost limbs for our country‚ yet why should they continue to suffer even when they should be honored and living a decent life? In Stanislaus County‚ there are countless veterans who are in need of assistance and compensation for their services‚ and
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