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Why Do People Cheat
Well, why shouldn't they' Because it's wrong. But is it' Cheating is
in many ways in the eye of the beholder, for most of what passes as
cheating is not seen as such by the cheater, as Shermer (2004) argues. Most
of us believe (and this is not simply a matter of self deception) that we
are in fact doing the right thing most of the time. This paper examines the
psychology behind cheating, looking especially at those instances in which
the person whom others believe to be or accuse of cheating see themselves
in a very different light.
The question of why people cheat depends in large measure on what
arena of human action we are talking about. If we are talking about sex -
and "cheating" is probably applied to sexual beha
| 747 | The Future of Democracy in Canada
Consider the following claim: "Canada will become a more democratic
country in the next 25 years". One might take exception to this claim,
countering that Canada is not only a democratic country in 2004, but is a
country whose democratic character is envied in most parts of the world.
Conversely, within Canada, one does not need to dig too deeply in society
to find people who are dissatisfied with the state of Canadian democracy.
This dissatisfaction is not limited to embittered followers of the far
right political parties who almost continually are unable to persuade a
majority of Canadians to support their policies. Nor is this
dissatisfaction limited to Quebec and French speaking communities in other
provinces who
| 1850 | From Moral Failing to Disease
Fashions change in nearly everything - including the popular and
medical opinions about alcoholism. A half-century ago, most people
(including medical professionals as well as alcoholics themselves) believed
that alcoholism was a question of free will: People became alcoholics
because they chose to drink and did not have the moral (or emotional or
psychological) ability to stop drinking. Over the past several decades,
ideas about the root causes of alcoholism changed substantially as the
pendulum swung from one extreme (i.e. alcoholism is a moral weakness) to
the other (alcoholism is a disease caused by a genetic predisposition). In
the past decade, the pendulum has begun swinging back slightly so that now
most medical and s
| 1843 | Social Institutions in "The School" by Donald Barthelme and "A & P" by John Updike
The short stories The School by Donald Barthelme and A & P by John
Updike take place primarily in two conventional social institutions, a
school and a place of employment respectively. Within these two social
institutions, we see how quite often such institutions are responsible for
shaping identity and behavior in the individuals that are impacted by them.
In Barthelme's The School, the students have their identity and behavior
shaped by a series of projects that are meant to help develop nurturing
skills in them but result in the untimely deaths of snakes, trees, a puppy,
and even an adopted Korean orphan. In A & P, a teenage cashier named Sammy
learns that to maintain one's own identity in opposition to conventional
n
| 904 | The Metamorphosis: The Unforgettable First Lines of His Prose
Introduction
One of the most striking qualities of Kafka's writing is the
unforgettable first lines of his prose. From his novels to his short
stories, the economy of the first line is remarkable. And this, of course,
includes perhaps his most famous piece of prose, "The Metamorphosis": "As
Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself
transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect" (Kafka 1948, 67). With this
line we are immediately thrown into the world of Kafka. The absurd or
"Kafkaesque" aspect of Gregor Samsa's situation is made even more eerie by
Samsa's reaction. He acts rather calmly and his thoughts are concerned
with his normal daily routines. Gregor is worried more about his job
| 1297 | My Last Duchess: Rhythm, Structure, Word Choice, Irony, Sarcasm and a Host of Other Poetic Devices to Illustrate the Character of the Speaker
Introduction
The mood and tone of My Last Duchess and the character of the
narrator are immediately and concisely revealed in Browning's (1842) first
line, "That's my last Duchess painted on the wall, / Looking as if she were
alive" (1-2). Kennedy (1982) claims that "Browning may have modeled his
speaker after Alonzo, Duke of Ferrara" (295). In this poem, the speaker
narrates an account of his former wife, the titular Duchess of the poem,
who the speaker has murdered. While the opening line demonstrates the
materialistic, controlling, and murderous nature of the narrator, Browning
uses a variety of poetic devices from rhythm and imagery to allusion and
symbolism to fully characterize the nature of his speaker. In
| 1605 | Federalists and Anti Federalists
Soon after the end of the Revolutionary War -- if not before -- it
became clear that the Articles of Confederation were not a workable
arrangement. Wartime contingency measures might have papered over the most
immediate problems, but with the coming of peace something more regular was
needed. The defects of the Articles produced a host of disputes among
states, which could not be resolved under its terms, and which times were
serious enough to lead to militia skirmishing.
More broadly, a fundamental issue
| 426 | Individual Fulfillment and Community Enhancement
Values/Clarification
Giving back to the community is an important value to me. Volunteer
work, for example, has provided me with valuable insight into the rewards
of working not for pay, but specifically to help others. I also believe
that there is considerable value to a job well done regardless of whether
one is being paid with money or not. Work can be its own reward when the
work is in a cause that is worthy, such as teaching someone to read at the
local library, or even when doing work for which others are compensated.
I also value honesty and integrity, and I do not appreciate that ways
in which some businesses or professions seem to focus on the "bottom line"
to the exclusion of
| 1328 | The Lovely Bones: What the Living Owe to the Dead and the Dead to the Living
In her novel The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold asks us what
responsibilities families have for each other and argues that the
connections wrought by blood and love never end. She tells her story from
the vantage of 14-year-old Susie Salmon, whose responsibilities to her
family should have ended in 1973, when she was raped and
| 268 | DOA: The Newer Version of the Movie Is One of Bright Colors, of Southern Sunshine, of Heat
It's always hard to remake a movie that has achieved classic status,
as is the case with the 1950 movie DOA. But Annabel Jankel and Rocky
Morton's 1988 remake of the film breathes new life into it. The basic
question that must be posed to the directors of any remake is: Why bother'
Why not make an entirely new movie' The answer in the case of this film is
that the directors have created a new movie out of an established story and
have done so in large measure by using more modern camera techniques.
The 1950 version of DOA, directed by Rudolph Mate and starring Edmond
O'Brien and Pamela Britton, is a fairly classic of film noir. In part
because the film was shot in black and white, but mostly because of the
directorial
| 759 | Young Goodman Brown: Examine Use of Symbols Within the Story and Analyze How These Symbols Help Convey the Main Theme
In his short story "Young Goodman Brown," Nathaniel Hawthorne weaves
an allegorical tale of one man's awakening to the rampant evil that exists
in the world. Indeed, Hawthorne utilizes symbolism to help tell the story
of Brown's loss of innocence and his personal experience with pure evil.
Through the use of symbols, the message of "Young Goodman Brown" becomes
even more vivid for readers. This paper will examine Hawthorne's use of
symbols within the story, and analyze how these symbols help convey
Hawthorne's main theme.
The story begins as Goodman Brown is about to leave his wife Faith in
order to complete an errand in the forest. He suspects that there is an
evil purpose to the errand, yet he continues down the dark path to the
forest despite his misgivings. Once inside the forest, Brown encounters a
strange man, who he soon realizes is the Devil. Brown wishes
| 1152 | Analysis and Comparison of Athlon XP v Pentium 4
Introduction
Choosing an architecture for computers is not a glamorous decision,
but the choice can have long-term and significant ramifications for
decision makers. For many, the choice is little more than Apple v. PC,
although the issue of Linux v. Windows is gaining increased visibility.
However, once the choice has been made to use a PC rather than an Apple,
there are still several architecture choices that must be made. AMD and
Intel are the two giants in this industry, offering the flagship Athlon and
Pentium processors. Both companies also manufacture other processors, but
these are the two powerhouse brands associated with each company. This
research considers the Athlon XP and P
| 1298 | Remembering The Alamo
The 1836 battle for the Alamo has grown to mythic proportions,
bolstered in posterity by those keen to liken the last stand of Davy
Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Barret Travis to the Spartan defense of
Thermopylae two and a half millennia hence. Not a particularly shrewd or
strategic military ploy, the defense of the Alamo was as much a
miscalculation as it was a rebellious last stand. Nonetheless, the heroism
and valor displayed by the small band of "Texians" during the siege on the
Alamo remains today a source of pride for modern day Texans and Americans
alike. Today, new accounts of the battle have surfaced, calling into
question what have heretofore been regarded as incontrovertible historical
facts. Also, Mexican
| 1874 | Baroque Age: Discuss the Part That Recorded History and Show How New Scientific and Philosophy Impacted the Art of Rembrandt, Hollar and Leclerc
Introduction
Common observation in current society demonstrates the link between
art, music, drama and literature and social norms, politics, scientific
trends and discoveries, and religious and philosophical discussions. In
some cases, it is difficult to discover whether it was, for example, the
art that influenced philosophy, or philosophy that impacted the art. This
phenomenon is not limited to the 21st Century, however, and has been
observed by people throughout recorded history. This paper will choose to
discuss one part of that recorded history, the Baroque Age, and then show
how the new scientific and philosophy of the Baroque Era impacted the art
of Rembrandt Van Rijn, Wenceslaus Hollar, and Sebastien Leclerc.
| 1350 | Analysis of MYTH in Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony
Introduction
Mythology is an integral part of the protagonist Tayo's journey in
Ceremony. Although it is the Laguna people and their stories that form the
backbone of the novel, the myths that Leslie Marmon Silko uses are
archetypes found not only in Native American mythology, but in Judeo-
Christian tradition as well as other cultures. The universality of these
myths is the central theme to Ceremony-that by accepting these myths and
his role within them, Tayo is able to find fulfillment. More importantly,
Tayo has a relationship to his people that will be played out regardless of
whether he is aware of it, and it is only in recognizing his role that he
and his people come to a place of h
| 828 | Exceptional Women Eleanor of Aquitaine and Hildegard of Bingen
Norman Cantor (1999) has noted that the lives of medieval women were
as diverse as those of men, and that women in this era contributed to all
the major movements that spelled success for an emerging European
civilization. Nevertheless, women in the Middle Ages were, regardless of
their position, status or birth, regarded as legitimately inferior to men
and as of necessity submissive to their fathers and husbands and brothers
(Weir, 2000). Even in the case of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine - wife to two
kinds and mother of two more - a misstep could result in imprisonment at
the behest of a husband (Cantor, 1994; Kaufman, 2002). Other women such as
St. Hildegard of Bingen, who chose the religious over the secular life, may
ha
| 1508 | Leslie Mormon Silko: Yellow Woman and a Beauty of Spirit and Ceremony: The Laguna Pueblo
Introduction
The Laguna Pueblo are a Native American people that, according to
Silko in Yellow Woman and a Beauty of Spirit, "embrace the whole of
creation and the whole of history and time" (49). In this essay and in her
novel Ceremony, we see that the Laguna are not only connected to nature but
are part of it. The land and its creatures are their creation, their
history, and their time. In her essay, Silko writes of this embodiment of
the land within the identity of the Laguna: "Pueblos have...always been able
to stay with the land. Our stories cannot be separated from their
geographical locations, from actual physical places on the land" (58). We
most clearly see this connection to nature in the story of the
| 785 | Hansel and Gretel Fairytale
Introduction
Throughout time, people have used folk tales, fairy tales, fantasy,
myth, and other types stories to make sense of the world around them. For
generations these tales were passed along orally, changed according to the
imagination, memory, or teaching needs of the current storyteller.
Eventually, many of these tales were catalogued, recorded, and written
down, permanently setting down for all time the tales that have influenced
children, and adults, for generations. As Datlow and Windling note, "fairy
tales speak in a deceptively simple, [yet] richly archetypal language,
[and] their symbols have proven to be [] potent" and are still being reused
and retold by modern writers (Datlow and Windling 2). This paper
| 1181 | The Communist Manifesto: Was Written To Serve as the Announcement of the Platform for Their Newly-formed Communist League
In 2002, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in
Europe (OECD) detailed the growing gap between the incomes of the rich and
poor in 20 OECD member states. In particular, the study concluded that the
poorest 30 percent of the population in the countries examined received
only 5 to 13 percent of the national income while the richest 30 percent of
the population received 55 to 65 percent. The United States, Great Britain
and the Netherlands demonstrated the biggest growths in social inequality
(Henning 1). These numbers suggest some validity to Marx's claims of an
uneven class structure inherent to industrial capitalism. However, the fact
that a workers' revolution has not yet erupted in any significantly
ad
| 1317 | Banco Popular a Company Overview on Banking
Banco Popular is the third largest commercial banking company in
Spain. While Spain is the base and the largest market for Banco Popular,
the institution has operating facilities in several other European
countries, as well as joint operating agreements to provide banking
services in Mexico and some South American countries (Banco Popular, 2004).
This overview of Banco Popular includes the history of the banking
institution and a description of the markets in which the bank
participates. The opportunities available to Banco Popular in the markets
in which it participates are discussed. The effects of government
regulations on the operation of the bank are considered. The performance
of the bank (with a primary focu
| 1028 | Islam Questions and Answers
QUESTION NUMBER ONE: Discuss influences that Persian, Greek, Indian and Chinese cultures had on the development of Islamic arts and sciences.
It would seem pertinent at the beginning of this paper to put Islam into an historical context, and place it in properly among the greatest cities of the world in terms of its art, science, literature and advanced culture.
In fact, what most Westerners know today as Baghdad - the capitol city of the nation that Saddam Hussein ruled and that American fighter jets attacked in their campaign to overthrow Hussein; the city that is presently the scene of bloody daily suicide bombings by Islamic terrorists ("insurgents") opposed to the U.S. occupation - was a very different city when it was in its prime
| 2471 | Human Resources: How New Director Plans to Run the Department
This five page paper explains in first person, how a new human resource director plans to run the department.
Thank you for joining me this morning. As you all know I was recently appointed to the position of Human Resource Manager for the company and I have called you here today to outline the changes and methods I plan to implement to manage this asset.
One of the first things I plan to implement is a new review procedure. For many years annual reviews across the nation have begun to include input from the employee. This can be a valuable tool for several reasons. Getting input from the employee who is being reviewed helps us understand where that employee believes his strengths and weaknesses are.
This will help managers understand the individual e
| 1254 | Analysis of Franklin Roosevelt's Deal or New Deal and Its Affect on American Society
The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of American history. Specifically it will discuss Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal" and its affect on American society, even today. Roosevelt's "New Deal" was sweeping reform and legislation geared to create jobs and get the country back on its feet after the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression. Millions of people were out of work, homeless, and hopeless. Roosevelt began a reliance on the federal government for assistance that is still common today. Many people were critical of his plans at the time, feeling that too much reliance on the government was not good for society. Today, we take many of the programs Roosevelt began for granted, and after
| 1038 | Discuss and Analyze The Events of The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and What Caused Them
The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of American history. Specifically it will discuss the events at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and what caused them. The 1968 Convention in Chicago is remembered for its violent riots and government response to those riots. The problems in Chicago had roots in the Vietnam War, but the many causes went deeper than that. Vietnam helped create a division in the country, but the country was ripe for division and dissension.
The postwar consensus in American society was highest in the 1950s when the economy was healthy, and most Americans were content. However, underlying the consensus was unrest in many areas. Teens, born in the war years were
| 754 | Why Alexander the Great was a Powerful Leader and Why His Place in History is Assured
Within the annals of history, there are few leaders who were as powerful, as well known, and as mysterious as Alexander the Great. In his short but glorious life, he conquered what was then the known world and is now considered one of the most powerful military leaders of all time. In this paper, evidence will be presented and discussed proving the power of Alexander the Great as a leader. The topic is significant far beyond the often mythological depictions of Alexander throughout history because of the huge impact that the ambition and actions of Alexander had on the culture, politics and legal system of his time. This research will not only provide refreshing insight, but will also prove the power of the leadership of this enigmatic man.
Introduction
Within the annals of history, there are few leaders who were as powerful, as well known, and as
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