954 words

Aristotle's theory of happiness and the virtuous life

Aristotle's central argument resolves around attaining the highest good by various means. He also acknowledges that the "highest good" is not quantifiable in terms of only one single thing.

~5 min read

View paper →

886 words

A German deserter's critique of World War One combat

Although it may not be the first such narrative, "A German Deserter's War Experience" is one of the few that detail personal experiences with early 20th century warfare and combat.

~5 min read

View paper →

405 words

Benjamin Disraeli and Robert Owen: competing visions of industrialization

Benjamin Disraeli, the novelist and Prime Minister of Great Britain under Queen Victoria, is often credited with being one of the architects of the British Empire.

~3 min read

View paper →

391 words

Environmental activism and friendship in Carl Hiaasen's Hoot

The young adult Hoot by Carl Hiaasen begins as a classic fish-out-of-water story. The protagonist, thirteen-year-old Roy Eberhardt, has moved with his family to Florida from Montana.

~2 min read

View paper →

553 words

Relapse prevention treatment effectiveness for sexual offenders in Alaska

The study was limited to a single treatment center/program in Alaska, so the results cannot be fully applied to sexual offenders at large, but they are in keeping with other research (according to these researchers).

~3 min read

View paper →

661 words

William Byrd's relationships with women in colonial Virginia

William Byrd has established relationships with the numerous women with whom he crossed paths. The relations he formed differed one from the other and the differences relayed in elements such as the social circumstances or the personal interests of Byrd or the women.

~4 min read

View paper →

352 words

YAZ birth control: benefits, effectiveness, and treatment of PMDD

Although there has been a lot of talk recently about the negative effects of YAZ there a many positive things that can be said about it as well. One thing is that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages of using Yaz.

~2 min read

View paper →

578 words

Understanding Alaska's political history and contemporary situation

The central idea of this article is to give the reader a basic understanding first of politics at large, and more extensively of politics as a product of history, geography, cultural values and confrontations, and other important factors in the relatively new U.S. state of Alaska.

~3 min read

View paper →

435 words

Employee conflict causes in a profit-dependent healthcare organization

An increase in the number of conflicts in a medium-sized (seventy-three employee) healthcare organization that is profit-dependent and profit generating (in excess of $1 million annually) has led to the formulation of several competing explanations.

~3 min read

View paper →

656 words

Four functions of management in retail operations

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the four functions of management as they relate to a retailer I once worked for.

~4 min read

View paper →