Empirical Keys to Good Marital Communication University of Virginia PSYC 404: Psychological Perspectives on Romantic Relationships, Wendy Morris April 24, 2004 Part I. Introduction Marriage is ubiquitous. The relationship between spouses is a matter of great interest and debate in modern society. It is a topic of choice for television, radio, books, newspapers, and magazines [...]
University of Virginia MDST 110: Introduction to Information Technology and Digital Media The world of electronic games has come a long way since the days of Pong and Pac Man, farther, in fact, than was once thought possible. Nowadays, thanks to the internet, gamers can log onto vast, interactive worlds and play alongside others using [...]
University of Virginia PHIL 151: Human Nature, TA Clint Jones May 6, 2002 In his essay entitled Atomism, Charles Taylor outlines the failings of the political doctrine known as the primacy of rights. Proponents of this doctrine, among whom are numbered John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, hold that “political structures and action” should be based [...]
University of Virginia PHIL 151: Human Nature, TA Clint Jones May 6, 2002 “…this seems the most important of all, it is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built up upon a renunciation of instinct, how much it presupposes precisely the non-satisfaction of powerful instincts” (51). This key statement underlines the poignant [...]
In his essay Nonmoral Nature, Stephen Gould describes the debate as to whether nature implicitly reflects morality as a result of God’s design. He presents several viewpoints, with an emphasis on religious creationists and scientists of various disciplines. The former hold to a doctrine which states that the natural world must, by virtue of its [...]
University of Virginia PHIL 151: Human Nature, TA Clint Jones April 8, 2002 I. Introduction Why do we do the things we do? As I put forth in my previous paper, this is the central question behind the study of human nature. And while it may seem that such a simple question deserves an equally [...]
University of Virginia PHIL 151: Human Nature, TA Clint Jones February 25, 2002 Part I: Introduction Have you ever stopped and marveled at the sheer extent of human knowledge? Just think about it for a moment. Over the millennia, mankind has developed highly complex systems of reasoning that have laid countless mysteries plain before the [...]
University of Virginia ENWR 110, Mr. Caldwell December 11, 2001 To most members of the human species, the differences between the sexes seem as confounding as they are numerous. Many social dilemmas great and small have been attributed to cross-gender misunderstandings that are largely considered a consequence of human nature. The question of gender differences, [...]
University of Virginia ENWR 110, Mr. Caldwell December 3, 2001 Concepts of good and evil permeate the great sum of human awareness. They appear in literature, art, philosophy, spirituality… indeed, good and evil can be seen in almost every facet of human culture. One might argue by this diffuse influence that such concepts are human [...]
In one of his most famous essays, Charles Darwin firmly establishes the concept of evolution in the annals of scientific theory. He describes this process in three fundamental parts: Variation of characteristics within a species, now known to be a result of random genetic mutation; Heredity of characteristics from parent to offspring; and Natural Selection [...]