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Sense of Understanding Through Scientific Explanation

 What is Scientific Explanation? Image Credit:  Particle Our explanations of how the world definitely worked thousands of years ago mostly were not very accurate, which is fairly significant. A god’s praise or vengeance essentially was blamed for things we couldn’t understand in a big way. Or, we literally were led to actually believe that the world mostly was random, sort of contrary to popular belief. We now generally have a much sort of better understanding of why things definitely are the way they basically are thanks to science, or so they essentially thought. The study of the natural world through observation and experimentation sort of is remarkably known as science. A distinctly scientific explanation uses observations and measurements to for all intents and purposes explain something exceptionally observed in nature. Scientific explanations should be predominantly logical and singularly match the evidence, or at in most cases least as usually much of the evidence as p...

Is Gender Inequality an Issue in Sri Lanka?

What is the definition of gender equality? Gender equality is defined by the United Nations as women and men having equal access to socially valuable goods, opportunities, resources, and rewards. Gender equality is viewed as a fundamental human right. It does not imply that women and men are the same, as the most prevalent misunderstanding of gender equality suggests. Gender equality is vital to a country's growth because it ensures long-term success. Women must be empowered at all levels in order to achieve gender equality. Some people in Sri Lanka do not consider gender inequality to be a problem. Some even believe that gender equality is an idea that western countries are instilling into society. In this essay, we will look at three different elements of women in Sri Lanka: employment, education, and political representation. Women in Employment Image Credit:  Insight Guides Women are prominent in several critical sectors of the country's economy, including the tea and texti...

Race and Ethnicity

credit:  apa.org Let us begin with race, which refers to a group of people who share inherited physical characteristics such as skin color, facial features, and stature. One critical question about race is whether it is a biological or a social category. Most people think of race in biological terms, and race has indeed served as the “premier source of human identity” for more than 300 years, or since white Europeans began colonizing populations of color elsewhere in the world. It is undeniable that people all over the world differ physically in some obvious ways. The most obvious difference is skin tone: some people have very dark skin, while others have very light skin. Other distinctions exist as well. Some people have extremely curly hair, whereas others have extremely straight hair. Some people have thin lips and others have thick lips. Some groups of people are relatively tall, whereas others are relatively short. Using physical differences as criteria, scie...

Ethics and Hedonism

Credit:  thoughtco.com Ethics (or Moral Philosophy) is concerned with how individuals should act, as well as the search for a definition of appropriate behavior (defined as that which results in the greatest good) and the good life (in the sense of a life worth living or a life that is satisfying or happy). The term "ethics" comes from the Greek word "ethos" (meaning "habit"). Ethics is distinct from morals and morality in that it refers to the notion of right action and the larger good, whereas morals refers to how it is carried out. Ethics comprises a person's entire moral ideals and practices, as well as their philosophy of life, and is not restricted to specific acts or stated moral rules. It raises questions like How should people act? (Normative ethics), What do people think is right? (Descriptive ethics), How do we put moral knowledge into practice? (Applied ethics), and What’s the meaning of right? (Meta ethics).  The term Hedon...