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Ethical considerations in art

In any experiment and investigation whether it be creative or conservative, it should acquire ethical consideration, thus a set of rules or limits that an individual must respect in order to maintain a humane status in any piece of artwork. Because art communicates to us in many different ways and perspectives it has it's own way to affect our emotions, senses, imagination, and reason. When thinking of art it is not just viewed as visual art, but it is viewed through actors, filmmakers, photographers, celebrities, and singers that all have their own of way presenting it. Most artists find the demand to being role models and influencing people in society easy to meet. Most of the modern generation is driven by their actions and personas, giving them some limit as to how far they can commit something and call it art. Does this mean that artists should have obligations above the law? ethical consideration is important in order to understand what is appropriate and hu...

Somatic Marker Theory

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Advantages and disadvantages of speaking a common langauge

What would be the advantages and disadvantages  if everyone in the world spoke a common language? What would be gained and what would be lost? Language is very important when it comes to communicating with one another and understand each other from different points of view. Furthermore, language is essential when interacting and discussing ideas, perspectives and points of view, thus essential to creating individuality.   The advantages of everyone speaking the same language will be that everyone would be able to communicate in a way that would be easy to understand by everyone moreover, you will be able to interact without the need of translators and interpreters. Furthermore, when looking at people understand the intervention between one country and the other. moreover, English has confirmed a universal lange thus most of our documents, research and findings will be understood worldwide. In addition, we will encounter less racial abuse as well as discrimination. ...

RLS : Eye witness accounts

Real-Life Situation regarding eyewitness accounts.  1. Highlight 5 first-order knowledge claims  70% of convictions have been over tuned to investigation through DNA testing involved "eyewitness who got it wrong". Kevin Brinkley's murder conviction was mostly based on 2  eye-witnesses. scientific studies over the decade have shown that most eyewitnesses are inaccurate. Brinkley was 15 when he was convicted and sent to jail for life for shooting a delivery men in 1977 His brother, Ronald Berkley repeatedly confessed to the crime that his brother had committed over the years of his conviction. 3 - Write 1 knowledge question To what extend can we account the amount of evidence needed in order for it to be reliable?

knowledge question: Boston public school

Knowledge questions --> Boston public schools map switch aims to amend 500 years of distortion:  1. Is it possible to ever come up with a model with no perspective? 2. To what extend can you trust and question something that has been now been presented as the new 'real truth'? 3. to what extent can say gols peter projection map is more accurate? 4. Can a map with no ethical bias ever be created?

The Map Metaphor

The Map Metaphor 1. What does the metaphor of the map mean to you?  How might this be helpful in the course?   What other maps (concepts) from your life can you now question certainty of? does this mean they are less helpful than you once thought?          The metaphor of the map in my perspective shows that the 'truth' varies from one person to the next,  thus the 'truth' of the map in my opinion is not necessarily important, as long as they are useful in completing the specific task it was tailored to do.When linking this to knowledge and this course it is more efficient to think of knowledge as being appropriate and useful for a specific task rather then dwelling on the truth of it, as different tasks can require different types of knowledge. Moreover, it will allow us to think from different aspects that may seem right to me as an individual but not to others, thus indicating that people from different aspects of the world will have kn...