Debate on the Multiculturalism: Issues and Particularism

Racism, Multiculturalism and the Immigration Debate

The past decade has seen the development of a major consensus within Australian society which has encompassed the reiteration that Australia is a tolerant and multicultural society. Moreover, it has been argued that the vestiges of racism that exist do so amongst only a small minority of the older Anglo-Australians, and that attitudes such as theirs are increasingly reprehensible in the eyes of...

Moral Particularism and Transduction

the differential effects of debate and media analysis as relate to enhancing efl learners critical thinking ability and writing performances

critical thinking ability has an important role in education. accordingly, scholars around the world are searching for new ways for teaching and improving students critical thinking ability. in line with the studies in efl contexts supporting the positive relationship between critical thinking and writing performances, this study investigated the differential effects of halverson’s critical thi...

Public debate on issues of life and death.

Recent American developments in the debate over the legal and ethical aspects of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining technologies are reported, and details are given of a 1983 California case involving charges brought against physicians who disconnected a severely brain-damaged patient from life-support systems. Professional organizations and governments at the state and federal levels ...

on translation of phatic communion and socio-cultural relationships between the characters of the novels

phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...