Choose one legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse, and discuss the importance of their role as an advocate for improving healthcare delivery. What specific bill(s) have they sponsored or supported that has/have influenced health

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Replying to Thought Experiments and Case Studies

For the purposes of our class the response paper is 5 pages. There are four key areas you should cover in those 5 pages (homework is 3 pages) Below is geared to the 5 page paper. For homework, it is 20% shorter.

Find and describe the elements of the thought experiment. What is it trying to do? What is the point? Interpret any key terms and show why they are necessary to your interpretation of what is happening.

Set out the relevant practical and theoretical philosophical principles at stake and apply them to the problem.

Solve the problem set out in the thought experiment.

Reflect on the significance of your solution. What 3 abstract general points about the world have now been elucidated? * most important point. At least a page.

Rubric.  If you represent all four points sequentially in your paper you will earn some kind of “B” grade (so long as you are also close to 5 pages, i.e., within a half-page under or a full page over).  To get a high “B” or an “A-“ or “A” grade you will have to do well on the reflection bullet.

In this assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation on the topic of collective bargaining. You will highlight seven different areas of collective bargaining that you will explore. 

Be sure to also include an introduction.  The goal is for you to explore areas that interest you and for you to explain them in more depth. You can be creative in how you demonstrate your knowledge about the topic you choose. You can use links in the presentation, graphics, case law, videos, etc. You can choose one area and highlight different processes in collective bargaining such as the process, duty to bargain, tasks involved, administration, enforcement, etc., or each area can be an entirely different aspect of collective bargaining such as picketing, strikers, unions, enforcement, etc.  

The above are suggestions. This assignment is a chance for you to explore. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your content. All sources used, including the textbook must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA style citations.

Read your assigned chapter. By synthesizing information from your assigned chapter and the assigned article, discuss modern correctional alternatives

Are parents in juvenile interrogations Friend or Foe? Read the article and share your thoughts. How involved should a parent be? After viewing the video Why Don't Kids Have Lawyers?, consider how to resolve this apparent dilemma.

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Imagine you are the chief of police of your local community and have decided to implement a community-oriented policing program. One of the issues confronting your community is a phenomenon found in some urban communities called Stop Snitching. Present your community-oriented policing program, including a specific program that addresses this phenomenon. Be very specific; you are presenting this to your department and community

Write an essay (no less than 800 words, no more than 1200) in response to the following prompt:

Both Plato a Descartes begin the process of philosophizing by worrying about the possibility of deception, and they concoct thought experiments in order to separate knowledge from mere belief and illusion. First, based on the essay we read by David Foster Wallace (This is Water") or using Palmer's discussions in chapter 1 and 2 tell me: why is this concern for certainty or stability a legitimate worry for the human-turned-philosopher? In other words, justify Plato’s and Descartes’ worry about the unexamined, everyday world. Second, tell me at least one significant way Plato’s and Descartes thought experiments are the same—what do they assume in common, what is their 'rationalist' core? And, tell me at least one significant way in which their projects differ. Third, tell me which you you think you would prefer as a method for beginning to think about the possibility of illusion or deception in your own the everyday world—escape from 'the cave' or purification of your 'evil genius'? And why? Since you are already a philosopher by writing this paper, tell me: what is one practical step you could make toward that goal using this rationalist method in your current life?

Unit Lesson 

One of the basic building blocks of Critical Thinking involves how you see the world around you. Basic perception involves the senses, but human beings also filter those perceptions. You do not treat everything you see, hear, or touch in the same way, and a lot of the decisions about what to pay attention to AND what to ignore are made unconsciously, without you being aware that such decisions have been made. 

Taking a closer look at your reasoning process, therefore, means taking a closer look at how you perceive things. What is filtered out? What is added? How do your expectations influence what you 

UNIT IV STUDY GUIDE
Perceiving, Believing, and Knowing 

HUM 1020, Critical Thinking 1 

see and hear? How are other people influencing your perceptions? Where does yourTfilter comeIDE from? Although the film for this unit, A Beautiful Mind, presents the story of a scientist who has 

schizophrenia, it is also a vehicle for illustrating and discussing the problems and limits of what anyone can claim to “know” based on perception. 

Film Themes: 

· ·  Perception is reality. 

· ·  Increasing awareness of how we sense the world around us. 

· ·  Selecting, organizing and interpreting stimuli 

· ·  Knowing what has shaped our lenses, and how that affects our perception 

· ·  How we construct beliefs 

· ·  Stages of knowing 

Unit IV Essay 

Film Essay 

Each of the movie selections this unit deal with a big question that is very hard to answer, but a question we should all wrestle with. How do we determine perception vs. reality? 

In the movie  A Beautiful Mind , a doctor is explaining the horror of schizophrenia to John Nash's wife and he says: 

You see the nightmare in schizophrenia is not knowing what's true. Imagine if you had suddenly learned that the people and the places and the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse. . . had never been What kind of hell would that be? 

Discussion reality within your selected movie. How does the movie determine perception vs. reality 

What about you? When you look around the world, how do you know how to react to the people, events, or things that cross your path? As you make decisions about things both big and small, how do you know that you are awake and not dreaming? How do you determine what is perception and what is reality? 

Your essay should be no less than two full pages in length, roughly 500 words. If you use outside sources, please cite and reference them according to APA standards. 

Research ethical and legal issues around world health. Consider your stand on universal health care and what our responsibilities are. 

In an essay, respond to the following bullets:  

· Is universal health care a human rights issue? Is health care a basic human right or a luxury for those with the resources and means to access it? What is the World Health Organization (WHO)? What is the purpose and mission of the WHO? What are some of the areas of health and health care that advocate for and advance? What are some of the challenges identified by the WHO in bringing universal health care to countries around the world?  

Your essay must be the minimum of two pages in length, not including the title and reference page. You are required to use at least one outside source. All sources cited, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced according to APA standards. 

You are expected to raise relevant research questions based on  the  following background information and then investigate these  questions  using the provided data set.

Background

Investors and financial economists are interested in understanding   how the stock market values a firm’s equity (i.e. shares). In a   fundamental sense, the value of a firm’s shares should reflect   investors’ expectations of the firm’s future profitability. However,   data on expected future profitability is non-existent. Instead,   empirical financial studies use current firm characteristics (e.g.   current accounting information) as explanatory variables.

Most of the shares traded on the stock market are old shares in   existing firms. However, many old firms will issue some new shares in   addition to those already trading – these are referred to as “seasoned   equity offerings” (SEOs). Furthermore, some firms that have not traded   shares on the stock market in the past may decide to issue such shares   (e.g. a computer software firm owned by one individual may decide to  “go  public” and sell shares in order to raise money for future  investment  or expansion). Such shares are called “initial public  offerings” (IPOs).  The market value of IPO firms may be different from  that of SEO firms,  and this may be partially explained by the firm  characteristics.

Data

The data set in file EQUITY.TXT contains data on N = 309 firms who   sold new shares in the year 1996 in the US. Some of these are SEOs and   some are IPOs. Data on the following variables is provided. All   variables except SEO are measured in millions of

US dollars.

VALUE = total value of all shares (new and old) outstanding just   after the firm issued the new shares. This is calculated as the price   per share times the number of shares outstanding.

DEBT = amount of long-term debt held by the firm.

SALES = total sales of the firm.

INCOME = net income of the firm.

ASSETS = book value of the assets of the firm (i.e. what an accountant would judge the firm’s assets to be worth).

SEO = a dummy variable that equals 1 if the new share issue is an SEO and 0 if it is an IPO.

The report will be assessed from the following aspects:

1) Question and hypothesis development: ask relevant research questions and provide theoretical support to your hypothesis (10%)

2) Structure and presentation (10%)

3) Writings and explanations for your findings (20%)

4) Models, tables and graphs (20%): you should incorporate them in the main article

5) Data analysis techniques, including those covered in the recommended textbook (25%)

6) Discussion on the limitations of your report (10%)

7) Reference (5%)

Notes:

1. A sample of academic research is provided for your reference. It   will give you some idea on what a good research report looks like. You   can borrow the structure of the sample research when appropriate but  the  main body of your report, excluding reference, should not exceed 8   pages.

2. Plagiarism is a specific form of academic misconduct. If found,   both parties will be penalized regardless of who copies from whom.

3. The data file needed for this assignment is available on the   course website under the Assignment III folder, where this document is   located.

5. Submit your report via Myweb by the due time.

6. This assignment accounts for 40% of the total internal assessment.

(End of Assignment III)