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Freedom as a Key Component of Meaning of Modern Western Civilization.
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Freedom as a Key Component of Meaning of Modern Western Civilization.
Introduction
Civilization is the culture or the way of life of a people. In the co temporal times, the west is characterized by extreme liberalism. Liberalism permeates nearly all aspects of western life for example their economic aspect, political orientation, social lifestyle as well as religious practice. In the course of human refinement, the west is proponents of freedom as being the cornerstone of individual and communal fulfillment. This is due to the fact that, it underlies all tendencies of western life, socially, economically, religiously as well as politically.
The children and their children’s children all grow up fully aware of their basic entitlement as citizens. It is without doubt, that freedom is the backbone of the facets of these rights and obligations.
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The west political infrastructure, ideological orientation as well as practice is largely characterized by a large degree of liberalism. For instance, the political practice advocates for basic entitlements such as the right to self determination, separation of powers among the arms of government such as the Judiciary, The Executive and the Legislature. This ensures there are proper safeguards against the propensity of political power abuse.
Most constitutions of the western democracies put much emphasis on the bill of rights. This acts as the constitutional cornerstone. It dictates the rest of the constitutional dictates and strictures. For example, save from the bill of rights, the constitution of the United States of America opens by asserting that,
They Americans are founded on the belief that all human beings are created equal and are entitled to in alienable rights such as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. There are equally rights and responsibility of citizens in the political organization. This guarantees that, the citizenry is largely enlightened on their obligations and roles.
Political organizations such as political parties are also characterized by liberty right from membership to participation. The common populace hence is greatly empowered to know their roles such as the duty to act as checks to the political government of the day. They are equally obligated to a rise and take part in choosing leaders of their choices as well as putting those leaders into account.
The principles of citizenship are underpinned by freedom holistically. Economically, the west is typified by economic rights that dictate individual rights on property accumulation as well as acquisition.
These rights also specify on the usage of these resources in manners that are productive and sustainable. This has given those who get affected by the aftermath of an apparent wealth abuse the jurisdiction to take a judicial process. For example, a spouse can sue his or her partner on matters of material misappropriation.
Socially, the west is more liberalized on issues that deal with their, interpersonal relationship. Freedom acts as a pointer on how individuals relate with each other. For example, the children know the obligations of their parents to them. They can hence as a result consult with the judicial process in situations when these rights are under jeopardy.
The people are thus allowed the enjoyment of free assembly. In these assemblies they can say what they think and write what they think without any fear of intimidation from government clones or even official. It is there fore worth making a proposition that, freedom still, dictates the collective relationship of the western populace.
Moreover, sexual relationships are also governed by rights. The couples have as a result limitations and obligations that they have to meet for each other. Freedom can therefore be asserted to dictate their decisions on marriage, sexual relationship, inheritance and excreta.
There is equally, unchecked religious freedom among the western population.
These allow them to practice the worship of anything and in any manner as long as it does not interfere with others in their worship or enjoyment of their independent rights. The west is thus characterized by secularism. Secular values which are underscored by freedom tendencies are the bedrock of these values since they are cherished and upheld in the pursuit of happiness.
Lastly, modes of transacting information such as the forth estate like the media both print and otherwise are characterized by tendencies of freedom. These communication modalities are typified by permissiveness and tolerances that emanate from a full fledged freedom orientation. This has led to the rise and builds up of extreme tendencies such as pornography, bestiality and gay rights among others. Liberalism is emphatically the backbone of western culture and way of life in totality.
Conclusion
It is therefore worth making note of the fact that, freedom permeates all aspects of the western populace. Liberty is hence the pivotal point in which their cultural orientation hinges holistically.
Liberty, has as a regard acted as a compass guide in the culture and practice of those who live in the west. In the light of the above precept, freedom greatly influences the lifestyle among the western population. This can be seen from the manifestation of liberalism in facets of the western life. For example, the political practice and philosophy is underpinned upon liberalism.
Unsafe Practices by Fire-Fighters
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02505075Occupational Safety and Health Act- fire department firefighters
Occupational Safety and Health Act- fire department firefighters
0000In this picture the fire-fighters are getting into risky underground whereby the fire is burning and this can be seen as a very risky activity. This is because they are entering such underground of a burning building without the knowledge of the extent the house is burnt and therefore they can get hurt in case the building begins falling down on them.
02352040A firefighter battles flames during the September 2012 Shockey wildland fire near San Diego, Calif. Dept. of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate
A firefighter battles flames during the September 2012 Shockey wildland fire near San Diego, Calif. Dept. of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate
0-63500In this photo, the fire-fighter has gone to very risky places on top of the buildings and he tries to put off the fire. This is very risky and the fire-fighter can even fall from such a place and get injured. This is an unsafe practice.
063500In this photo the fire-fighters have exposed themselves to a lot of smoke and they are on the top of the building. They can be suffocated by the smoke or the building burns and they get burned together as it falls.
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In this photo the fire-fighters are trying to save another fire-fighter trapped in this toxic smoke of a warehouse and this therefore is an unsafe practice.
01658620Captain Matt Callahan cutting holes on both sides of interior firewall to help spread and intensify the fir, He knows no interior attack will be allowed.
Captain Matt Callahan cutting holes on both sides of interior firewall to help spread and intensify the fir, He knows no interior attack will be allowed.
0127000 In this photo captain matt helps the fire in burning and therefore this is not just an unsafe practice but it is also unethical.
Works Cited
“Chapter 95 – Emergency and Security Services.” Www.ilocis.org, www.ilocis.org/documents/chpt95e.htm. Accessed 26 Apr. 2021.
“Intentionally Assisting in Burning a Building down Is Not Firefighting | the Sub Burndown.” Www.subburndown.com, www.subburndown.com/burning-building-down-not-firefighting/. Accessed 26 Apr. 2021.
“Why Interior Firefighting Will Be Obsolete by 2030 – Fire & EMS Leader Pro.” Www.fireemsleaderpro.org, www.fireemsleaderpro.org/2018/12/17/interior-firefighting-obsolete-2030/. Accessed 26 Apr. 2021.
swenson. “NIST, Partners Set Research Agenda for Protecting Firefighters from Harm.” NIST, 23 Mar. 2016, www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2016/03/nist-partners-set-research-agenda-protecting-firefighters-harm. Accessed 26 Apr. 2021.
Fire Service Features of Buildings and Fire Protection Systems.
HIVAIDS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HIV/AIDS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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HIV/AIDS in the United States of America
HIV and aids are some of the diseases which have brought a lot of attention and issues within the united states of the United States. It has been in existence in the United States since 1960. In the same manner, it has affected the other parts of the world the United States is not an exception. However, the effects have been minimized by taking or ant-retro viral. The rates of infection are still not as low as expected even after a lot of public education and literacy about the disease. Most of the infections are among the young and the trend keeps on rising. AIDS which stands for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is the full-blown form of HIV which is the causative virus of the disease is AIDS. This disease has widespread effects and it can even become worse if it is not diagnosed at the right time and the necessary precautions are taken so that other people are not infected. This paper, therefore, discusses HIV and AIDS in the United States, the extent of its effects, and the history of the virus in the United States (Hall et al, 2008).
The disease was first diagnosed among homosexuals in Los Angeles New York and San Francisco in 1981. In the first days, citizens from other countries were turned away from the United States once they got to the border of the country. In the first days of the disease, there were many deaths however there has been a sharp decline in the number of deaths due to the disease of late since there have been many ways to curb the disease from the anti-retroviral to the point of using public education to make sure that people know a lot about the disease and therefore develop ways to curb the spread and the effects of the disease. In 2016 more than one million individuals over 13 years of age had HIV and 14% of them were not aware that they had the disease. The most affected groups by HIV/AIDS are gay and bisexual men, African Americans, and Latinos (Lyles et al, 2006).
By the year 2018, about 700,000 individuals in America have died because of the disease. Every year more than 12,000 individuals die from the disease in the United States of America (Fauci et al, 2019). Different methods were adopted to control and prevent further infections of the disease. Some of the ways which were adapted included travel restrictions, medical treatments, and public health policies that were developed in face of the disease. The perception of the disease was a wrong one from the first days and therefore later there were campaigns to counteract this. On the side of the doctors, the disease was not their ethical duty to treat. Therefore most of the doctors in the 80s were not willing to help the patients who had the disease (Hall et al, 2008). This, therefore, made the situation of the patients during that time very difficult and the patients were most of the time dying unattended to because doctors believed that they could get the disease upon coming close to the people who were already affected by the disease.
When it comes to race there is a very different view whereby the African Americans are viewed as having contributed highly to the disease. In 2017 43% of African Americans were diagnosed with the disease. African Americans account for about 13% of the total United States population. Even though the rate of infection of the disease has reduced in almost all the groups among the African American gay individuals it has raised by 4%. In contrast, Latinos accounted for about 21% of new infections in the united states (HIV.gov, 2019). Asian Americans represent only 1% of positive cases within the American population but the gay and bisexual men of Asian origin had a rise in infection cases of HIV/AIDS of 54% between 2011 to 2015 (Denning, & DiNenno, 2010).
In 2018 there were 37,968 new cases of infections diagnosed in the United States and out of these 51% were from the south. 86% of the infected people knew that they had the disease during the time of testing. The rates of infection in the south were 15.2%, 9.4% in the northeast, 9.2% in the west, and 7.2% in the mid-west (HIV.gov, 2019).
Among the different campaigns which have been adopted for the prevention of dilemma or issues to do with the increased spread of the disease in the United States, the Catholic Church was the first organization to address this issue. In 1987 they produced the document referred to as the many faces of AIDS: a gospel response. In this letter, they insisted that every individual had to be treated with decency. This meant that the doctors and the other people who were getting away from the individuals who were affected should not have done so, rather they could be close to the individuals while preventing themselves from being infected but at the same time providing the case that is needed most by these people (Curran et al, 1998).
There is also current day activism which ensures that individuals are well taught about the virus, how to prevent themselves from the disease, and what to do to enable protection of themselves as they take care of the other individuals who are infected by eth disease and are close to them (Lyles et al, 2006).
In conclusion, the disease has not had a very big effect on the American population but it remains a very big threat that has to be dealt with, and all the individuals are provided with the much-needed care and information for them to be able to protect themselves and those around them.
References
Curran, J. W., Jaffe, H. W., Hardy, A. M., Morgan, W. M., Selik, R. M., & Dondero, T. J. (1988). Epidemiology of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States. Science, 239(4840), 610-616.
Denning, P., & DiNenno, E. (2010, July). Communities in crisis: is there a generalized HIV epidemic in impoverished urban areas of the United States. In XVIII international AIDS conference (Vol. 1).
Fauci, A. S., Redfield, R. R., Sigounas, G., Weahkee, M. D., & Giroir, B. P. (2019). Ending the HIV epidemic: a plan for the United States. Jama, 321(9), 844-845.
Hall, H. I., Song, R., Rhodes, P., Prejean, J., An, Q., Lee, L. M., … & HIV Incidence Surveillance Group. (2008). Estimation of HIV incidence in the United States. Jama, 300(5), 520-529.
HIV.gov. (2019, March 13). U.S. statistics. HIV.gov. https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/statisticsLyles, C. M., Crepaz, N., Herbst, J. H., & Kay, L. S. (2006). Evidence-based HIV behavioral prevention from the perspective of the CDC’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis Team. AIDS Education & Prevention, 18(supp), 21-31.