Encyclopedia - Body: Encyclopedia - Body
With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blame: Encyclopedia - Blame
Blame is the assignment of responsibility from one entity to another. Blaming is the action of assigning this blame to another, often fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Betrayal: Encyclopedia - Betrayal
Betrayal, as a form of deception, is the violation of a social contract (trust, confidence) that produces moral and psychological conflic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality: Encyclopedia - Reality
Reality in everyday usage means "everything that exists." The term "Reality," in its most liberal sense, includes everything that is, whe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amorality: Encyclopedia - Amorality
Amorality is the quality of having no concept of right or wrong. However, "Amoral" must be distinguished from "immoral" in that amoral pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Courage: Encyclopedia - Courage
Courage is the ability to confront fear in the face of pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. As a virtue, courage is covered extensi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cowardice: Encyclopedia - Cowardice
Cowardice is a vice that is conventionally viewed as the corruption of prudence. Cowardice may be considered to be prudence that does not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abuse: Encyclopedia - Abuse
Physical abuse Torture / Severe Corporal punishment Psychological abuse Humiliation / Intimidation / Bullying Hate speech / Manipulation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inalienable Rights: Encyclopedia - Inalienable Rights
The term inalienable rights (or unalienable rights) refers to a set of human rights that are absolute, not awarded by human power, not tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honesty: Encyclopedia - Honesty
Honesty, the quality of being honest, is a value which can be defined in multiple ways. In the context of human communication, people are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evil: Encyclopedia - Evil
Evil is a term describing that which is regarded as morally bad, intrinsically corrupt, wantonly destructive, inhumane, or wicked. In mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Doubt: Encyclopedia - Doubt
Doubt is uncertainty in the context of trust (where it takes the form of distrust), action, decision or belief. It implies challenging so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consent: Encyclopedia - Consent
Consent (as a term of jurisprudence) is a possible excuse against civil or criminal liability. Defendants who use this defense are arguin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hate: Encyclopedia - Hate
Acceptance Anger Anticipation Boredom Disgust Envy Fear Guilt Hate Hope Joy Jealousy Love Remorse Sadness Sorrow Surprise Hate or hatred ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ignorance: Encyclopedia - Ignorance
Ignorance is a lack of knowledge, or a willful lack of desire to improve the efficiency, merit, effectiveness or usefulness of one's acti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labour Economics: Encyclopedia - Labour Economics
In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is a measure of the work done by human beings and is one of three factors of produc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sincerity: Encyclopedia - Sincerity
In the modern world, sincerity is the elusive virtue of speaking truly about one's feelings, thoughts, desires. Sincere expression carrie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bad: Encyclopedia - Bad
Bad is a concept used to describe undesirable circumstances or events. Though bad often is used to imply moral turpitude of a person, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethics Of Vegetarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethics Of Vegetarianism - Ethical Discussions Between Vegetarians And Meat Eaters
Traditionally meat eating has been defended in Abrahamic religions on the basis that animals have no soul, do not feel pain or think or o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liability: Encyclopedia Ii - Liability - In Accounting
In accounting, a financial liability is something that is owed to another party. This is typically contrasted with an asset which is some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality - What Reality Might Not Be
"Reality," the concept, is contrasted with a wide variety of other concepts, largely depending upon the intellectual discipline. It can h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racial Purity: Encyclopedia Ii - Racial Purity - Racial Purity Vs. Genetic Diversity
While some people want to preserve the "racial purity", others think that, quite contrary, it is desirable to increase genetic diversity ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labour Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Labour Economics - Marxian Economics
In Marxian economics, the aim of labour economics is to provide insight and guidance for the optimal allocation of co-operative human lab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suppression Of Dissent: Encyclopedia Ii - Suppression Of Dissent - Areas Of Suppression
Suppression of dissent - Society and speech. Suppression of dissent is undesirable in society for a variety of fundamental reasons. Fre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cowardice: Encyclopedia Ii - Cowardice - Us Military Definition Of Cowardice
As a legal definition, according to Subchapter X, Section 899, Article 99[1] of the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice, cowa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racialism - Distinguishing From Racism
While "racism" refers both to individual attitudes and group behaviour, "racialism" usually implies the existence of a social or politica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Equity: Encyclopedia Ii - Equity - Distinction Between Law And Equity
In modern practice, perhaps the most important distinction between law and equity is the remedies each offers. The most common remedy a c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inalienable Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Inalienable Rights - Origins
It has been argued that the idea of inalienable rights is derived from the freeborn rights claimed by the Englishman John Lilburne in his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evil: Encyclopedia Ii - Evil - Judaeo-christian Religions
In the Hebrew Scriptures, evil is related to the concept of sin — "sin" translated in Hebrew is chata which means "missing the mark" (a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honesty: Encyclopedia Ii - Honesty - The Studies Of Confucius About Honesty
Confucius recognized several levels of honesty, fundamental to his ethics: His shallowest concept of honesty was implied in his notion of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Betrayal: Encyclopedia Ii - Betrayal - Overview
Betrayal - Defining betrayal. Rodger L. Jackson, author of the article, The Sense and Sensibility of Betrayal: Discovering the Meaning ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labour Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Labour Economics - Marxian Economics
In Marxian economics, the aim of labor economics is to provide insight and guidance for the optimal allocation of co-operative human labo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality - Reality, World Views, And Theories Of Reality
A common colloquial usage would have "reality" mean "perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes toward reality," as in "My reality is not your r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Betrayal: Encyclopedia Ii - Betrayal - Political Betrayal Trauma
Most adults living in western democracies place a good deal of trust in the state of which they are a citizen. If this trust is betrayed,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inalienable Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Inalienable Rights - Criticism
The concept of inalienable rights has often been criticized for being largely groundless, since no explanation is given as to where these...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Betrayal: Encyclopedia Ii - Betrayal - Betrayal Trauma
Betrayal trauma occurs when people or institutions that are depended on for survival violate human trust. An example of betrayal trauma i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racialism - W. E. B. Dubois
W.E.B. DuBois argues that racialism is the philosophical belief that differences between the races exist, be it biological, social, psych...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suppression Of Dissent: Encyclopedia Ii - Suppression Of Dissent - Types Of Suppression
Types of suppression include: Direct actions (including various means, techniques, methodologies, procedures, policies, or processes) In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suppression Of Dissent: Encyclopedia Ii - Suppression Of Dissent - Responses
Responses to various acts of suppression against dissent include: Do not act against the suppression. Use unofficially recognized or con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labour Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Labour Economics - Compensation And Measurement
Wage is a basic compensation for labour, and the compensation for labour per period of time is referred to as the wage rate. The two term...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cowardice: Encyclopedia Ii - Cowardice - Etymology
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word "coward" comes from an Old French word coart, a combination of the word for "tail...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Racialism - Identity Politics
Within identity politics, many groups have emphasised their own race, and the importance or racial differences, whether they be cultural,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racial Purity: Encyclopedia Ii - Racial Purity - Popular Culture
The Harry Potter books and movies address the theme of racial purity directly. In the Harry Potter setting, some people are "wizards" (ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evil: Encyclopedia Ii - Evil - Is Evil Universal?
A fundamental question is whether there is a universal, transcendant definition of evil, or whether evil is determined by one's social or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evil: Encyclopedia Ii - Evil - Is Evil A Useful Term?
The definition of evil has engendered some debate, much as the term terrorism has. It has been said that evil is subjective, that one per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evil: Encyclopedia Ii - Evil - Is Evil Good?
Anton LaVey is one of many who assert that evil is actually good (an often-used slogan is, "evil is live spelled backwards"). This belief...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evil: Encyclopedia Ii - Evil - Sociological Views On Evil
Some sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists have attempted to construct scientific explanations for the developme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evil: Encyclopedia Ii - Evil - Evil As A Religious Concept
Most ancient polytheist cultures lacked a concept of evil as a human quality or as a quality of human actions, or if they had such a conc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Equity: Encyclopedia Ii - Equity - United States
In the United States today, the federal courts and most state courts have combined law and equity in the same courts, so a plaintiff can ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethics Of Vegetarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethics Of Vegetarianism - Ethics Of Killing For Food
Philosopher Peter Singer believes that if alternative means of survival exist, one ought to choose the option that does not cause unneces...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labour Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Labour Economics - Compensation And Measurement
Wage is a basic compensation for labour, and the compensation for labor per period of time is referred to as the wage rate. The two terms...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evil: Encyclopedia Ii - Evil - Hacker Jargon
As used by computer hackers, the jargon term evil implies that some system, program, person, or institution is sufficiently maldesigned a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality - Reality World Views And Theories Of Reality
A common colloquial usage would have "reality" mean "perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes toward reality," as in "My reality is not your r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality - Philosophical Views Of Reality
Philosophy addresses two different aspects of the topic of reality: the nature of reality itself, and the relationship between the mind (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Equity: Encyclopedia Ii - Equity - History
The concept of "law" as opposed to "equity" is an accident of history. The "law courts" or "courts of law" were the courts all over Engla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality - Axiom
Axioms are self-evident realities, the existence of which is accepted as given and on which further conceptions are generated. The facts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality - Fact
A fact or factual entity is a phenomenon that is perceived as an elemental principle. It is rarely one that could be subject to personal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liability: Encyclopedia Ii - Liability - An Example From Both Accounting And Law
Money that you have accumulated is an asset to you. It is something of value that you own. If you take your money to a bank and deposit i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality - Simple Reality
In the simplest sense, our reality consists of our four-dimensional world: height, width, depth and time. What happens when we lose one o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reality: Encyclopedia Ii - Reality - Truth
When two or more individuals agree upon the interpretation and experience of a particular event, a consensus about an event and its exper...   » Read the article