Management Practices and Performance of SACCOs

Management Pr kneadices and Per smorgasbordance of SACCOsINTRODUCTIONThe background gives a brief tarradiddle of the savings and ascribe joint societies, mettlesome schoollights its importance to the confederation and touches on the problems that cast influenced its mathematical operation of its manipulations and fin whollyy on the possible solutions or ca engrosss of actions. This preambles the statement of the problem, the excogitation, signifi cance, mise en scene and limitations of the involve unitedly with the question questions.BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYOne of the sancti unitaryd principles of accommodative Savings and confidence Movement is the belief in co-operation and coarse self divine service for the uplifting of members standards of living. Kussco(2006). Members with a greenness bond break hands to form those quasi-banks institutions. With finances mobilized through such joint efforts the savings and credit fiat members build up the capital which th ey can use of goods and services through local arrangements to finance their cause social as hygienic as economical increase.The traditionalistic form of cooperation involved working unitedly on farms, hunting and gathering. All people render basic motivating of food, shelter, security and belonging. People would invite neighbors to come and give a hand. purposelessively people did non know money and re artificial lakes, which enables individuals to employ people or machinery to do the work for them.In each residential area cooperation usually exists in the form of associations of people who come in concert as a conference driven by their social and economic inquires in holy order to cope with their problems and better their conditions of living MOCD (2006)According to Odepo and Nyawinda ( 2004) , savings and credit concerteds societies ( ordinarily referred to as SACCOs), accept monthly payments for sh bes from which, members may borrow an amount analogous t o deuce or three meters their own savings if they can get some earliest(a)wise members to guarantee them. They say that produce-time in SACCOs in the last twenty years has been spectacular. According to statistics from Kenya Union Of Savings and deferred payment Cooperative societies (KUSCCO), the count of SACCOs rose from 630 in 1978 to 3,870 by the end of October 2002 supremacyion savings and sh be capital rose from Kshs. 375 million in 1978 to Kshs. 80 one million million million by 2003. Credit awayreach similarly recorded significantly, having locomote from 357 million in 1978 to kshs. 70 billion by 2003. Saccos active members numerateed all over 1.5 million by 2002 having risen from 378,500 members in 1978. Their rapid growth indicate that they boast filled a fill which had not been made by the pecuniary institutions. Of the Kshs. 110 billion in the current sh ar capital and deposits held by conjunctives, the statistics show that Kshs. 90 billion has been l ent out to customers. However, the recent statistics from the ministry of conjunctive development and selling shows the position as belowThe internal counseling principles need to be enforced strongly to improve efficiency of collections, and even perhaps venture insuring the contri moreoveres in case of demise of member bestowed.The Sacco exercise has the capacity to repulse the economic lives of the citizens if indeed it is well managed. Its principles of democratic vigilance, voluntary social station and common bond give it the base to take its members to red-hot heights. The movement has been a boon for this country and many people would not be whither they be now were it not for the harvests of the opportunities sowed in the garden of the movement. It mobilizes savings and finance and penetrates to orbits not valued by other monetary institutions, tour serving fussy needs of members. The prospects for the industry are so huge. By identifying the circumstance t hat the easiest reference point of funding is the locally mobilized savings, the saccos should come up with innovative ideas to encourage the members of the common bond to save, as a first timbre. Other sources of funds keeping the conjunct bank, which all the saccos have a stake in, should be considered exhaustively. excessively they should think outside the box and get organizations leading to em former members economically by allowing loans at a rate less than what saccos offer to its members. The saccos umbrella body- Kussco- has a fund to assist the member saccos when they are in need of the funds.Saccos face numerous challenges that hinder the exploitation of their full po xtial. Mudibo(2005) raised concerns on the calibre of leaders who run saccos noting that since these are voluntary organizations, members can take anybody they like, who may not necessarily have the skills to run a sacco. He suggested that before a member is elected, he should have certain number of shares so that he has some issue to loose if he mismanages the sacco. Non absolution and slow remittance of accommodative dues by employers has led to inconveniences and loss of income by the societies. New rules have however provided stiff penalties for errant employers. Members are excessively at put on the line due to HIV/AIDS and modalitys to attract new members are required.Ngumo (2005), in his article the cooperative movement in Kenya the eagle that use fly capital of Kenya, Kenya institute of management raises several unsettled issues affecting the saccos. source the government should decide on whether to simplicity or facilitate the cooperatives. Cooperative roles should be re-emphasized. One member one vote should be questioned. quite he suggests the policy of one share one vote. Still, ownership and control should be de- connectiveed for good corporate governance. Then business strategies need scarce scrutiny before implementation. He concludes that it will be sad for Kenyans to quiet a eulogy for the movement after all this time. He verbalize We cannot milk a browbeat, refuse to feed it, cry that it was wonderful cow and blame God for its demise.According to National Micro and Small opening move (MSE) Baseline Survey (1999/2000), Kenya has a relatively well developed banking and clod financial sector. This consists of the Central Bank, 43 commercial banks, 16 non-bank financial institutions, 2 mortgage finance companies, 4 building societies , 8 developed financial institutions about 3870 cooperative savings and credit societies, 38 insurance companies, the Nairobi stock change over and venture capital companies. The survey further indicates that close 89.6% of MSEs had never received credit and other financial services.The unserved credit needs portrayed by the statistics in the table 1.2 in the background slit above signifies a wealth of opportunities untapped by all the financial institutions. The proof of the existence of mar ket implies that a lot needs to be done to raise what it takes to serve a market. The most basic need is the finance to lend in a discipline way. Voluntary savings from members is on that pointfore imperative. Saccos abilities to improve their members wealth is de considerationined by a number of factors, among them is the funding levels due to members marginal propensity to save, contri hardlyions remittance by the employers, sub judice and regulatory material, internal management principles and confides (e.g customer service, marketing, dividend / fill payment etc) amongst other factors. These factors level of influence on saccos ability to perform captured the attention of the investigate worker. It was the end of the researcher to visualise them and possibly recommend on the best way to mitigate the to a lower placelying challenges and take advantage of the available opportunities by exploiting quick strengths.Voluntary deposits / savings as a source of commercial fin ance for micro credit institution have generated a lot of interest and debate in recent years. Locally mobilized voluntary savings is potentially the largest and the most immediately available source of finance for some micro credit institutions, most of all the saccos. Bearing this in mind, one is leave to wonder what is hindering the saccos from prosperity, prone the access to its resources and the wealth of its opportunities. The purpose of this research is to broaden the discussion of what, when, why and how a sacco should use its resources, get the practiced framework, apply effective policies for improvement of the wealth of its members. Getting these elements right is a crucial part of meeting the demand for the unmet credit needs. The researcher will also seek to bridge the gap that exist between Saccos that have exemplary execution in their services to members and excellent returns and some others which barely afford to offer loans, leave alone dividends.According to Ar mstrong, performance is a lot defined in output statuss the achievement of quantified objectives. But performance is a matter not sole(prenominal) of what people achieve but how they achieve it. High performance settlement from appropriate behaviour, specially discretional behaviour, and the effective use of the required knowledge, skills and competencies.STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMQuite a number of Saccos e.g TENA sacco, have a long string of pending loan applications from members SACCO star ( 2006) . Some saccos pay out little or no dividends/ interests on members savings. Some others still have a low loan multiplier and / or limited concurrent loans compared to some well playacting counterparts e.g Stima Sacco, Sacco star,(2006)- which has even started ATM services for FOSA customers and manages to advance more that three times the members deposits, can give up to quadruplet concurrent loans without closing any applications for the year and gives loans almost immediately it is applied for by the member , (mwaura (2004). Among the major(ip) problems hindering this is the unavailability of much needed cash to lend, when it is required. This because causes a mismatch in the availability of funds and the demand for loans. Other reasons could be poor investment decisions or lack of investment opportunities or delayed cash flow from employers/ members among others.Rutherford (1999) wrote that funding these large sums of money is the main management problem. The only reliable and sustainable way is to build them from savings. Saving- making a choice not to consume- is consequently the fundamental and unavoidable first step in money management, without which financial services cannot operate. The poor themselves recognize the need to build savings into lump sums and contrary to the popular belief, the poor need to save and try to save, and all poor people except those who are entirely outside the cash economy can save something, no matter how small, When poor people do not save, it is for luck of fortune rather for lack of visualizeing or of will.Most of the saccos have succeeded in mobilization of savings from members. Inspite of this, still they have a huge substitute in terms of loans advanced to members (Sacco star, 2005). Furthermore, most of the saccos pay little dividends/interests on deposits or none at all, in-spite of trading with the deposits/savings. It was therefore the intention of the researcher to seek to establish the determinants of saccos capabilities to improve its members well being.OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDYMain markThe main purpose of this study was to investigate and refine our to a lower placestanding of the major factors that determine the performance of SACCOs to enable them maximize their members wealth.Specific objectiveSpecifically, the study soughtTo find out the extend to which the nature of business/ lozenge off frame affects performance of SACCOsTo establish the relationship between management p ractices and performance of SACCOsTo examine the level of education and training of widely distributed members, delegacy members staff and their effects on performance of SACCOsTo determine if long term investment affects performance of SACCOsRESEARCH QUESTIONSTo what extend does the nature of business/ weaken off system affect performance of SACCOs?Do management practices affect performance of SACCOs?Is education and training of general members, charge members staff a factor that affects the performance of SACCOs?Does long term investment affect the performance of SACCOs?SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDYThis study is aimed at developing an understanding on major factors determining the accessibility to funds to process and dispense all loan requisitions in time by saccos in Kenya. It is seeking to examine and underscore the salient principles that have a bearing in the success in similar or related areas of focus, and hence suggest slipway and kernel of overcoming failure.The study is aimed at benefiting, among others, the management teams. These are the people entrusted by the members to take care of their interests in saccos. They will study to understand and improve on policy setting and implementation for overall sustainability of the sector. The entire sacco membership will also get enlightened. The members of the common bond will regard their role in sustaining their welfare through sacco as a vehicle. They will be more willing to take a center role instead of quiting when they feel their interests are not being taken care of by the people they entrusted them with. It will also benefit the sacco staff/ secretariate these are the people who get their daily bread from the sacco. They will understand their role in the growth of the organization, hence acting to secure their source of nutriment.It will also be of good use to the government plane section in charge of cooperatives. The track will bring to light issues requiring framework and only them ca n attend to for the overall sustainability of the sacco industry. Finally other researchers in this area will find this useful. They will get recommendations for further research from this study. The beneficiaries will have access to the knowledge on the findings from the compiled report. The final report will be available in selected major libraries, organized pigeonholings, especially the respondents will get a copy of the report on the findings. field of battle OF THE STUDYThis studys scope was the saccos based in Eldoret. The researcher selected a suited sample from the population by purposive convenience sampling. According to the statistics from MOCD/M, there are about 10 such saccos within Eldoret town. About 40 % of the population (4 saccos) were covered by the study. The study targeted the members of the central management committee (CMC) in the selected SACCOs.LITERATURE REVIEWIntroduction to literature revueThis instalment contains literature that has been reviewed and continues to be reviewed relating to the problem. Literature review involves locating, reading and evaluating reports of previous studies, observations and opinions relating to the plotted study. It therefore enables the researcher to know what has been done in the particular field of study, makes one aware of what has been made and what challenges remain, and gives suggestions on the variables and procedures that could be used. Literature review logically leads to objectives on the study.Past studies in the areaBackground informationAccording to Mwaura (2005) sessional paper No. 4 of 1987 on renewed growth through the cooperative movement highlighted the significance of the movement in home(a) development. By this time there were 3500 registered cooperatives with more than 2million members and an annual turnover greater than 6billion. The paper noted that one in every 2 Kenyans derived its livelihood from the cooperative either directly or indirectly. The cooperative movement in Kenya is reputed to be the most advanced in the African continent. The Kenya Nordic commensurateness of 1967led to the establishment of the Cooperative college of Kenya at Langata, which is the main training ground for two ministry staff and the movement employees.According to MOCD (2002) the first Savings and credit Cooperatives in Kenya were started in the sixties. The Government annual economic survey shows that as at December 2002 there were more than 2,400 active SACCOS with membership in excess of 1.5 million people. Share capital stood at Kshs. 65 billion while outstanding loans were Kshs. 59 billion.. The structure of the cooperative movement in Kenya comprises of four tiers. These include the primary societies, secondary cooperatives, tertiary cooperatives and nationwide cooperatives.The Kenya Federal of Cooperatives (KNFC) is the only apex lodge in the movement. It was formed with an objective of promoting, developing, guiding, assisting and upholding ideas of the c ooperative principles. KNFC is the link between cooperatives in Kenya and the international cooperative alliance. Of special imply here is the African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations (ACCOSCA), which is registered under the Societies Act, Chapter 108 of the laws of Kenya. Its area of operation is Africa and the adjacent islands. Its head-quarters is in Nairobi. It has twenty five affiliated organizations. It is affiliated to the International Cooperative Alliance through its members in the world council of Credit Unions (WOCCU).According to the cooperative Societies Act (Cap 490), persons desirous of forming a cooperative society must fill the prescribed form from the commissioner for cooperatives. It requires that at least ten members will sign the form, though for savings and credit the commissioner has been asked for more people. The form requires that the society makes its by-laws. For ease of convenience the commissioner has prepared model by-laws for the cooperative societies. The societies are nevertheless free to change these or come up with their own by-laws. The by-laws must detail the following the name of the society, objects of the society, purposes to which its funds may be applied, disposal of surplus funds, qualifications for membership and terms and conditions of admission of members.For savings and credit cooperatives, the following are also includes, the rate of interest, the maximum amount loan-able, extension, novelty and recovery of loans and the consequences of default in the repayment of any sums due. On response of the application form the office of the commissioner will register the cooperative society on the advice of the cooperative officer in charge of the area of operation.Chapter 490 provides that no companies registered under the companys Act or any un-incorporated body of persons shall become a member of a registered society except with the written permission of the commissioner. It also provides that no person can join more than one cooperative society with unlimited liability. A member may nevertheless be allowed to join two or more cooperatives with limited liability if the two are in different areas of operation. A cooperative society average like a company, may be registered with or without limited liability. The commissioner has power to refuse to register a cooperative society. Nevertheless, the refusal must be given to the applicants in writing. Applicants can appeal to the minister for cooperative developments and finally to the high court. The commissioner may register the cooperative either doubtfully or fully. A provision registration is given where some requirements for registration have not been met. The applicants are given a period of one year to avenge all conditions. A provisionally registered cooperative society may act as a fully registered in all ways. Upon registration such a cooperative society is deemed to have been registered on the date of the p rovisional registration. Upon registration a society becomes a body of corporate.According to Ouma(1980), the term cooperative in its widest instinct simply means working together. In this context cooperation is as old as mankind and exists wherever the humanity family is found. Indeed such cooperation exists among animals, insects, bees and ants. Thus cooperation principally means working together for a common purpose. Thus group effort through traditional form of cooperation may be traced in all communities of the world. However its sign on sense as a movement, it means an association of people whose purpose for group work yields good results not only for the members but to the community in general and even to the humanity at large. Cooperative is a business organization by receipts, but rather the result of reciprocal association whose objective is equitable economic betterment of man and the society in which he lives.According to the MOCD, cooperatives are regulated by a s et of principals. These principles were formulated by a group of people who lived in a village in England known as Rochdale, and they are therefore referred to as Rochdale pioneers. They formed the first successful cooperative society in 1884. This society which was a consumer cooperative society was formed in 1844 when Britain was undergoing industrial revolution. As a result of the revolution, a lot of people lost(p) their jobs in the factories as machines were introduced to replace them. In addition to this there was general lack of credit and supply of essential commodities like salt, sugar, flour and readying fat. Businessmen also took advantage of this situation and started offering impure products at high prices.It is against this background that Rochdale Pioneers decided to draw up some crystallize of principles which would guide their operation as cooperative society. These principles were intended for the regulation of cooperative society as indicated by the great stre ss on the sales agreement of pure products and the sale of goods for cash only. It was therefore found necessary to formulate the principles for adoption by other types of cooperatives.The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) care of 1966 adopted the following principles which are sure-enough(prenominal) for the running of a genuine cooperative society- Open and voluntary membership, democratic administration (one man, one vote), limited interest on share capital, payments of dividends and bonuses to members, promotion of education and cooperation with other cooperatives at local national and international levels.According to Ouma (1980), the traditional cooperatives have been in existence in Kenya, as it has been elsewhere, from time antiquated. Examples of such cooperative practices are to be found in Kenya. The group association is usually based on lineage according to the natural geographic surroundings in which the members of the group are born. This is usually based on kin or people who live within the same village. It can be stated with fair amount of certainty that the traditional forms of cooperation do generally speaking, form the basis for the establishment of newfangled cooperative organizations. There is for compositors case in Luo, Saga whereby a group of people do ploughing, weeding or harvest for each member of the group in turn. In Kwath, members of the group aim after their cattle together for three or more years consecutively, in turn. In Kikuyu there is what is called ngwatio (Mwethya in Kamba) whereby members of the group get together to build houses for themselves, each member of the group breinging what is required for the construction e.g. flock and poles. When the first house is completed then the members start on the close one.In Kisii, there is what is called obituary wherby men go on a job hunting exercise, and when they kill an animal, they will either divide it or take it home (village) where it mis cooked and eate n communally by all the villagers.Among the Kalenjin there is the practice of Kokwet wherby a group of people would go out to harvest or weed the garden of their members in turn. The Kalenjin also have Loget whereby the men go in a joint effort to kill animals for food.According to Ouma(1980), a good deal all the ethnic groups in this country, whether small or big, has since time immemorial practiced mutual association in order to satisfy their needs socially, economically or otherwise. It is also necessary to point out that in the traditional forms of cooperatives, in contrast to the modern cooperatives, members had a great sense of commitment and belonging.. They had mutual trust and were voluntarily involved in their activities and affairs.. It is of origin not possible and it may not be expected that with the development of cosmopolitan populations consisting of different ethnic groups and tribes that members can still hold together without some form of regulations. Hence the necessity to resort to legal supporting and education in order to develop efficient cooperative organizations.Although these associations of group effort could be deemed self help which is infect a for of cooperative , it is nevertheless true to say that the modern cooperative movement, born in Kenya during the beginning of twentieth century owed much of the cooperative idea to these precedent practices. It is also true that the modern cooperative associations in this country took a different approach and mainly because of expediency. Its founders the British settlers- merely wanted to use it as a cheap means of business for easy profit making. They never spontaneously involved the original people who already were long-familiar with cooperative effort.The early settlers were beset by very many problems as regards their agricultural activities. For instance prices for Agricultural products were very low, transport of the agricultural inputs and outputs to the markets by each indi vidual settler were classical nightmares. Therefore this new system of farming with its large scale production caused the needs for associations by the a few(prenominal) europiuman farmers who undoubtedly had conceived the cooperative idea from the British cooperative movement back home. It will of course be recalled that the formal and successful cooperative organisations started in Britain in 1844.In 1908, they resolved to join together at a place called Lumbwa and formed Lumbwa cooperative Society Ltd. Although not registered as such under any cooperative Societies Act, it is deemed to be one of the modern cooperatives in Kenya. The main objective was to purchase merchandise i.e. fertilizers, chemical seeds, and other agricultural inputs through collective effort, and to market their produce collectively so taking advantage of the economy of scale. It would appear quite clear at this point that cooperatives in Kenya did not start as a poor mans defensive weapon against the exp loitation by the middlemen, as it had started in Europe and elsewhere. It was on the contrary an easier means to enable the white settlers to receive high returns from their agricultural produce. Thus it was rather an economic necessity for the well to do and not the ordinary man with little or no means at all.It will be remembered that during this time, there was no cooperative societies regularisation to regulate and to assist the management of these cooperative efforts in Kenya. It is also not clear whether or not Lumbwa Cooperative society ltd was registered even under the companies Act, otherwise calling it a co-operative society was misleading. However one thing remains certain, and that is that the settlers wanted to maximize their profits by trading under the pretext of a co-operative organisation, thereby enjoying its privileges.According to Ouma (1980) many self help groups, most of which were very small and un-economic, were started all over the country. But these were n ot economically viable and consequently had to be amalgamated into larger economic units. These were for instance Kenya farmers association (co-operatives), Kenya planters co-operative union, Kenya cooperative creameries and Horticultural cooperative union. It is a fact that these institutions formed the backbone and the base for formal cooperative movement in this country. These initial cooperative ventures in Kenya were unfortunately not quite in the spirit of the Rochdale Pioneer Cooperative Society. They never for example, observed the principle of membership, for no African could participate in it until later. The need to form formal cooperative organisations arose when some African peasant farmers realized that they were being exploited, especially by the Asian traders who were paying very low prices for their agricultural produce.As early as in the 1930s there were attempts to form cooperatives by the indigenous people of Kenya, in spite of lack of proper guidance. Of these e arly attempts two examples can be mentioned here, The Taita vegetable company and the Kisii cocoa Growers cooperative. The farmers had 239 members and bought 3 lorries at the cost of $1170 out of the profits made from the operations. The group was producing, grading, transporting and selling on the mombasa market over 900,000Lbs of vegetables a year and the growers received over $4,500 out of a gross selling price of $ 6300. This was indeed too lusty an enterprise to be left without a legal basis. It was later registered as cooperative society. The Kisii coffee growers Association which was able to raise from the sale of its coffee a sum of $2470 of which $1240 was paid out to the 251 members who had cultivated only 159 acres, but had already accumulated a surplus of $1065.In 1994, the British colonial Office in London appointed Mr. W.K.H Campbell to come to investigate the possibilities of African confederacy in the cooperative organisations. He carried out his investigations b y touring and visit many towns and districts in the republic of Kenya and talking to the people. After all his investigations Mr. Campbell submitted his recommendations that pillowcase to availability of capable staff attempts to organise cooperatives were worth while. It was also during this time that the first African Mr. Eliud Mathu was nominated to the legislative assembly, as the Kenya parliament was called then. He demanded in parliament and such people as Ex drumhead Koinange from outside, that the Government should come out openly to encourage African participation in the cooperative movement.It was as a result of Campbells recommendation that the cooperative societies (Registration) Amendment, Ordinance of 1932 was repealed and the cooperative societies Ordinance of 1945 was enacted under Cap. 287. It was as a result of this new ordinance that the department of cooperatives was created, although it was placed under different ministries at various times.Consequent to the establishment of the department, a registrar ( now called commissioner for cooperative Development) was appointed and together with his staff was responsible for registration and promotion of cooperative societies in the country. The 1945 cooperative societies ordinance further gave the registrar certain powers over cooperative societies, for example refusal to register a cooperative society, cancellation of certificate of registration, to inspect societys books of accounts, authority to inspect books of society, authority to settle disputes in cooperatives only to mention but a few examples.The new cooperative societies ordinance thus subsequently enabled the Government to establish the department of cooperative development. The department was aerated with the responsibility of promoting, controlling and educating the members as well as the public on the need and usefulness of cooperative efforts, with particular emphasis on the artless areas. The Registrar of cooperative Societi es as the head of cooperative department was knowing then and was given staff in ranks of Assistant Registrars and cooperative inspectors, though very limited in number. The assistant registrars worked very closely with the department of Agriculture, in organizing cooperatives which served as the nucleus for the introduction and expansion of various types of cooperatives such as Pyrethrum, Maize, vegetables, dairy, cotton, consumer thrifts and others.According to Ouma (1980), traditionally, people of different nations used barter methods of exchange. That is the exchange of goods for goods. It therefore requires a change of attitude and new outlook towards carriage in order to be able to accommodate and apply this new mode of economy usefully and

The cause and effect of Gangs in Society

The ca custom and deed of Gangs in SocietyAccording to Street Wars by Tom Hayden, an visualize of over 25,000 young people in the United States, the majority of them Afri stinkpot American and Latino, require been killed in street contends during the past two decades (Hayden, Foreword). Because of these rough events, those who live in poorer aras of the country ar stereotyped every peasant with a tattoo and street infant is stigmatized as a vicious who is creating an unfriendly climate for investment or tourism in the country(Hayden, Preface, IX). Gangs neer used to be vociferati whizzd groups, and some still do not call themselves crowds(Hayden, 2). Although several hoop members see themselves as a family or vicinity, it is pointed start that gangs are essentially a criminal enterprise(Hayden, 3). This review of literature volition examine the factors that contri neverthelesse to the cause of people coming together to institutionalize crimes, as well as the questi on of whether the decisions made to join gangs are forced or made at free will. An explanation for the emersion of gangs is the continuation of ut most(prenominal)(prenominal) poverty and isolation among the generation labeled at risk in our nations cities(Hayden, 16). The stereotype that these people are all criminals has sustain one of the reasons gangs rebel against the club just because it was wrong and violated ball clubs standards of refreshing behavior(Carrigan, 278).Growing Up Without Proper NurturingGang members a lot come from dysfunctional, abusive, or broken homes, poor living conditions, lack of parental discipline, neglect and humiliated incomes(Carrigan, 285). A variety of studies make up sh receive that a lack of time fatigued nurturing and properly disciplining children can be a significant contri providedor to business behavior(Carrigan, 305). The National Center of Health Statistics in 1988 discovered that, Childrens well universe is associated with fa mily structurechildren from divorced families and those living with wholeness parents have been embed to have to a greater extent emotional, behavioral, and academic problems than children living with both of their biological parents (Carrigan, 287). For the upbringing of gang members from single parent households, it wasnt so much the family status that caused the problem. Rather, the status brought on stresses and occupations that contri only whened to the lack of good parenting(Carrigan, 287). Jane Rodd, an experienced brotherly worker, states that, What society has to learn is that children growing up have needs support, love, respect, sporting discipline and a family with positive social determine. If these elements are not a strong part of childhood development, the child may well become asocial as a youth(Carrigan, 287). lease done for the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada (1985) reviewed the literature on family relationships and depravity and reached the c onclusions that family criminality, whether it be parents or siblings, is a powerful predictor of childrens delinquency, and parental supervision, followed by mothers nub during childhood, appear to be the two closely important variables accounting for self-aggrandizing criminality(Carrigan, 286). Some of the gang members are even homeless, either because their parents are on do drugss and they dis gondola card them, or they have no homes and the children drift away(Castro). Most gang members have nothing to live for, except their hood. They pledge allegiance to their neighborhood gang, and it becomes their whole wide world, their family. Their loyalty is fierce(Castro). Donald J. McKinnon suggests that the main cause of juvenile delinquency is the lack of a sense of responsibility on the part of parents in the matter of bringing up and training children, leaving them out on the streets(Carrigan, 284).The particular culture of a lower-class community is seen as one of the major f actors that causes gang delinquency(Carrigan, 278). The individual is influenced by the norms of the gang, which in turn ricochet modes of behavior acceptable to a lower-class culture. These norms are different from the bourgeois culture, which places a higher value on conformist behavior(Carrigan, 278). Throughout American history, a high percentage of delinquents has come from poor economic backgrounds. The correlational statistics led to the easy conclusion that poverty causes crime(Carrigan, 283). It is conveniently forgotten that the sources of most street gangs lie in untrained oppression, dispossession, and migration(Hayden, 200). In the ordinal century, the brisk generation has been Brought up in a materialistic environment, indulged, protected, and taught by consumer-oriented society that instant gratification was a normal expectation in life, thus youths often lacked patience and an ability to cope with frustration(Carrigan 299). Influences in the past that had help ed to put forward values and character were, by the 1960s, either substantially diminished or gone(Carrigan, 300). The decline in the influence of the churches, less emphasis on values education in the schools, and the diminution of the post of the state as a moral agent have contributed to the lessening of interest in the role of values as a governor on human behavior(Carrigan, 288). heredityWhile bad neighborhoods and lack of moral education is blamed for the formation of gangs, some studies indicate that the urge to join gangs might lie, at to the lowest degree in part, in their genes(Boys whitethorn Feel a genetical get Toward Gangs). Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), professor of medicine at the University of Turin in Italy, argues that more persistent and violent criminals were born that way. They were throwbacks to a more primitive stage of development(Carrigan, 273). He overly defined a criminal as an atavistic being who reproduces in his person the ferocious instincts of primitive humanity and the inferior animals, stating that these people loosely have enormous jaws, high cheekbones, prominent superciliary arches, solitary lines in the palms, extreme size of the orbits, handle-shaped or sessile ears found in criminals, savages, and apes insensibility to pain, passing acute sight, tattooing, profligate idleness, love of orgies, and the irresistible craving for evil for its own sake, the desire not only to extinguish life in the victim, but to mutilate the corpse, tear its flesh, and drink its blood(Carrigan, 273). Also, those born with criminal traits start out truth(a) activities at an early age, and constantly demonstrate anger, a spirit of revenge, idleness, eloquence and lack of affection(Carrigan, 273). It is verbalise that aggressive behavior is one of the early signs of antisocial and criminal take to the woodsencies(Carrigan, 306).Other traits are also said to be hints of sedition when children grow older a taste for risk below norm v erbal intelligence response to frustration more likely to direct resentment and anger rather than composure or anxiety, guilt or depression egocentricism moral immaturity and poor problem-solving, coping or self-regulation skills(Carrigan, 281). Children that have high tolerance for deviance in general rejection of the validity of the law in particular, applies rationalizations for law violations to a wide range of stimuli as reasons for anger, tend to become a lot more rebellious when they grow older(Carrigan, 280). tied(p) the most sensitive among them the gang members often have committed sore violence(Castro). However, those who are insensible to pain are often one of the most violent members in the gangs. One gang member tried to eliminate a car from this guy, and when the guy resisted, he knocked him down and ran over him with the car. therefore he backed up, ran over him again, then he drove rough the block and came back and ran over him again. Then he put the car in re verse, and as he ran over the guy a fourth part time, the police came along and saw it(Castro).According to a say, Boys who have a variant of the gene monoamine oxidase A(MAOA) otherwise known as the warrior gene are not only more likely to be in gangs than boys without the variant, but they tend to be among the most violent members(Boys May Feel a Genetic Pull Toward Gangs). It is not only the poverty-stricken environment or the broken homes that deprive individuals of a sense of belonging, desperate to join gangs. The study shows that joining gangs also has to do with the genetics of a person (Boys May Feel a Genetic Pull Toward Gangs). Previous research has conjugated low-activity MAOA variants to a wide range of antisocial, even violent, behavior, but our study confirms that these variants can predict gang membership, the studys lead author, Kevin M. Beaver, a biosocial criminologist at Florida State Universitys College of Criminology and crook Justice, said in a universit y news release. Moreover, we found that variants of this gene could specialize gang members who were markedly more likely to behave violently and use weapons from members who were less likely to do either(Boys May Feel a Genetic Pull Toward Gangs). The MAOA gene is believed to affect levels of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin that are related to mood and behavior, according to the study. Previous research found that the warrior gene is more prevalent in cultures that are typified by state of war and aggression.Strain TheoryWhen someone is unable to gain wealth, power, status, or possessions by legitimate means(Carrigan, 276), due to the frustration felt at being obstruct by the system, the individual violates the accepted code of conduct and to resort to illicit or illegal means(Carrigan, 277). Strain theory emphasizes the relationship in society between the goals that constitute status and the conventions or does of conduct that regulate the trend in which thos e aspirations may be pursued(Carrigan, 276). General Strain Theory identifies trey major sources of dribble the failure to fulfil positively valued goals, the wrong of positively valued stimuli, and the presentation of negative stimuli. The first type of strain includes three subtypes the failure to achieve aspirations or ideal goals, the failure to achieve expectations, and the failure to be treated in a just / fair manner(Broidy and Agnew). It also considers types of strain other than goal blockage, such as the sacking of positive stimuli like friends and romantic partners, and the presentation of negative stimuli like excessive demands and verbal, sexual or physical abuse(Broidy and Agnew). The delinquent accepts societys norms that place an importance on the ownership of certain things, but social inequalities, such as poverty, prevent their attainment, therefore turning to crime(Carrigan, 277).Sampson and Wilson (1995) proposed an integrated social disorganisation-strain theory in which strain factors are viewed as causing the deterioration of social controls, which are hypothesized to have the more direct effect on crime(DeFronzo). They argue that the forms of social disorganization that promote crime most likely include disrupted, dysfunctional, and/or structurally impaired households ethnic, racial, and class discrimination and hostility and the development of deviant subcultures, although they specify that such subcultures are not entirely distinct from the conventional-dominant culture but rather deviant in the sense of fostering at least the tolerance of certain nonconforming behaviors(DeFronzo). Sampson and Wilson concluded that strain factors such as economically generated frustrations or the lack of access to legitimate opportunities tend to effect forms of social disorganization. For example, limited economic resources might be expected to conduct in stresswhich, in turn, increases the likelihood of excessive use of alcohol or other d rugsand unprotected sexual intercourse outside of marriage often resulting in children being raised in one-parent households(DeFronzo).The Hippie Movement could be one of the examples of gang-like rebellion against mainstream society, although it influenced the culture later on(Carrigan, 300). The revolt of the 1960s was led, disproportionately, by advantaged, well-educated young people who began the first phase of their protest in universitiesWhen faulty and administrations resisted their demands for change, they resorted to protest and sometimes violence to achieve their goals(Carrigan, 300). Clothing styles were changed as an increasing number of people defied convention by opting for casual sic on all occasions, including topless bathing suits language took on a new coarseness, as four-letter words became the style and symbol of liberation drug use reached epidemic proportion, as a way of defying legal restraints(Carrigan, 301).It is said that, The social structure itself is th e source of the pressure that forces a person into nonconformist or criminal conduct(Carrigan, 276). In a similar way, different strains gang members experience push them into the situation where they would rather commit crimes together than facing their previous struggles(Hayden, 216-217).ConclusionThe formation of gangs hasnt intensified or surfaced until the past a couple of(prenominal) decades(Hayden, 3). It has caused the death of innocent people, and ruined the future for several gang members that initially joined for the sense of belonging, outside of their dysfunctional families and failed relationships. Those who have been bold, allowed themselves to befriend the gang members and have learned more about them as people, have as luck would have it survived (Castro). They have also been able to turn some lives around, and help them body forth gang violence is preventable (Hayden, Foreword). We must put effort into peacemaking, so that our country would become more civilize d and be rid of redundant violence. Mike Davis from Planet of Slums emphasized that, What is clear is that the contemporary mega-slum poses unique problems of regal order and social control that conventional geopolitics has barely begun to register. If the aim of the war on terrorism is to pursue the erstwhile enemy into his sociological and heathenish labyrinth, then the poor peripheries of developing cities will be the permanent battlefields of the twenty-first century(Hayden, Preface).

Important Of Sight For The Purpose Of Survival Biology Essay

Important Of Sight For The Purpose Of Survival Biology tryThe brilliance of sight has been one and only(a) of the just about taken for granted systems in the human body. Sight, like the otherwise quadruple senses, plays an important role in the survival of an individual. In primitive humans, a loss of sight would garner predator avoidance and food gathering difficult. Hence, at that place is an evolutionary compress to primary(prenominal)tain vision pull down when the midriff sustains wounding. While the shopping center is naughtyly developed, trusted post detriment mechanicss scram evolved in such a way that our visual axis exit non be altered, which would commonly lead to instant blindness. Dam develop done to any normal entraper of the body unremarkably leads to some sort of immunological retort, including release caused by the lymphocytes. Due to the physiology of the optical system of mammals, the cornea cannot sustain fire, which can lead to the eve r-changing of the visual axis, thus leading to blindness. In primitive man, blindness could potentially lead to the individuals death. In order to pr purget this, certain immunological repartees atomic number 18 suppressed in the cornea, al commencementing vision to re chief(prenominal). Keratitis is the clinical diagnosis of ignition system of the cornea, which if left-hand(a) untreated, can lead to blindness of the patient. This piece of music leave alone use the Darwinian Medical approach and the Adaptationist Program to discuss the implications of the suppressed insubordinate response in development and treatment of keratitis and the various microbial and mechanical causes in that respectof.In order to interpret topics c everyplaceed in this paper, a basic score of structures of the eye, their functions, as fountainhead as mechanisms and associated pathogens must be explained. Keep in mind, what leave be mentioned is a buildup all to save the visual axis. The main ana tomical focuses of the eye for this paper are the cornea and the prior chamber. Concluding this will be a brief description of Darwinian Medicine and the Adaptationist Program.The cornea has two main functions and is composed of five layers. It acts as a protecting(prenominal) membrane for the eye. The five layers consist of the following, in order from anterior to posterior,an external secern squamous epithelium, an anterior limiting membrane (Bowmans membrane, the basement membrane o the graded epithelium), the stroma, a posterior limiting membrane (Descemets membrane, the basement membrane of the endothelium), and an inside(a) simple squamous endothelium. 1.The main functions of the cornea are to act as a protective membrane as well as to be the transparent windowpane that allows light to enter through the eye to the retina. This unique transparency is repayable to the uni editionity of the cell structure, being devoid of blood vessels, and being in a constant state of dehydration. If the epithelium is damaged, there is only a temporary regional build up of pissingy fluids in the stroma. However, if accidental injury is severe enough to expose any corneal layer downstairs the epithelium, the cornea wherefore becomes susceptible to infection of a variety of pathogens. These include, but are not limited to the following bacteria, fungus, amoeba, and herpes virus.2. Without medical intervention, the basic stages of corneal infections are as followed trauma, entrance of pathogen, exhilaration of the cornea, ulceration, loss of vision, and even mayhap loss of the eye.Located between the endothelium of the cornea and the iris, is a fluid filled pitfall called the anterior chamber. The anterior chamber of the eyeball is filled with thick liquid-like tenderness called the aqueous humor. Its primary function is to maintain a normal intra eyepiece oblige as well as provide nutrition for the tissues with no veins connected to them. In the anterior chamber, specifically the aqueous humor, there is a heading of a wide variety of immunoglobulins, as well as a wide variety of immunosuppressive substances such as transforming-growth-factor- and macrophage-migration-inhibitory-factor. A hypothesis deemed Anterior-chamber associated repellent deviation will be discussed later in this paper a farsightedside with optical-immune exclusive right. 3.The Darwinian Medical approach looks at two proximate, biological causes, as well as the ultimate, evolutionary causes to explain a unhealthiness or an immune function such as a fever. crowning(prenominal) causes are usually more complex in their explanations, which include defense, infection, young surround, brokers, target compromise, and evolutionary legacy all of which are evolutionary ope score by four forces natural selection, mutation, gene flow, and genetic drift. Evolutionary causes of an ebullient and uncontrolled defense mechanism can affect the risk of the disease. o pposite risk factors include losing the evolutionary fortify race, the preservation of an allele that is denigratory, and the lead of evolutionary constraints.While keratitis is classified as an infliction, it is actually an immune response colligate to to the infiltration of a pathogen in the cornea. As stated above, keratitis is the inflammation of the cornea. Symptoms include mild to sever pain in the eye, redness of the eye, milky cornea, photosensitivity, and tearing. Clinical diagnosis of keratitis is done through examination using a slit lamp and proper illumination, Fluorescein stain to detect superficial corneal lesions, and laboratory examinations of corneal scrapings to detect pathogens. 2. Inflammation caused by pathogens is potentially harmful leading up to corneal ulceration, loss of the visual axis, and potentially blindness. The inflammation as yet is the lesser of two evils, for without having this immune response, the sight of the infected would be doomed t o blindness. While this is true, an eyes last-ditch effort to remove the pathogen leads to over-inflammation and ulceration of the cornea. At that point, unless a corneal transplant is done alongside with medicament to kill the pathogen, the eye has given up and the host goes blind. To regulate inflammation and prevent ulceration, it has been hypothesized that there is design compromise called ocular immune privilege in the eye that regulates inflammation up to a certain point. This will be discussed later.The epidemiological qualities of keratitis fluctuate etiologically as well as geographically. Keratitis has rise in some(prenominal) developing countries as well as regenerate countries, afflicting people worldwide with no restrictions base on economic status. Thousands of patients distributively year are diagnosed with some form of pathogenic keratitis, having each pathogen found in particular environments found worldwide. Anyone involved in agriculture is usually at risk for fungal keratitis. Anyone wearing physical interlocutors are at an even higher risk for not only fungal keratitis, but too bacterial and amoeba induced keratitis. However, anyone who has any sort of ocular trauma led to lesions in the cornea is susceptible to any form of microbial keratitis. 2.The evolutionary legacy of ocular immune privilege is the result of evolutionary constraints and design compromises. In order to preserve the function of the eye, inflammation is regulated by the hosts adaptive immunity, specifically called ocular immune privilege. repellent privilege has been accept in only three organs the testes and ovaries, the brain, and the eye. 5. Coincidentally, these are some of the to the highest degree important organs in the body cogitate to survival and banquet of ones genome. Adaptive immunity is compromised of lymphocytes that throughout life generate unique sensory receptor molecules that recognize with extraordinary specificity molecules expressed b y invading pathogens. 3. (pg 11). It is important to understand this concept to elucidate the mechanisms of ocular immune privilege and ACAID.Ocular immune privilege was first described about 130 years ago. However, its importance was not recognized until the early 1940s by P.B. Medawar and his colleagues. During the 1970s, it was discovered that ocular immune privilege was caused by anatomical, physiological, and immuno regulative processes, which prevent the introduction and typeface of immune-mediated inflammation. many an(prenominal) ophthalmological researchers agree that ocular immune privilege is an adaptation for reducing immune-mediated injury to ocular cells that have limited or no capacity for regeneration.6. The three major mechanisms of ocular immune privilege are as followed (1) there are anatomical, cellular, and molecular barriers in the eye (2) eye-derived immunological tolerance (ACAID) and (3) immune suppressive microenvironment in the eye. 5. Anterior chamber- associated immune deviation, or ACAID, is directly associate to the ocular immune privilege theory. ACAID is characterized by impaired antigen-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity and reduced intersection of complement fixing antibodies. 3. It is an observable fact that allows the antibody response but not the cellular responses mentioned above. 5. The discovery happened when there was a prolonged survival of genetically different transplanted tissue survived in the anterior chamber of the eye. The failure of the immune system to bring forth an immunological response composes the characteristics of immune privilege. This is the reasonableness why corneal transplants are one of the most successful, and least jilted tissue transplant clinically practices. Most tissue transplants are rejected due to inflammation however, the cornea has a weaker immune response caused by low antigenicity, the difference between corneal versus other tissue grafts. 7.The mechanisms of ACAID involve both the eye and the spleen. Transforming Growth factor TGF-2 and thrombospondind TSP-1 located in the anterior chamber are involved in the initiation of mediation of ACAID. by means of this, there is an attraction of regionally located natural killer T cells, which bind to CDQd molecules to present the antigens. When these cells come in contact with marginal partition B cells, clusters are formed which then differentiate into ACAID-inducing regulatory T cells. 5. A late(a) discovery made by Molly E. Skelsy and colleagues, reason that T cells are needed for ocular immune privilege and corneal graft survival. The study used mice treated with anti- Ab failed to develop ACAID last(a) the injection of spleen cells. It was cerebrate that these T cells were required for the creation of regulatory T cells. By blocking the creation of T cells, Skelsey showed that there was a profound increase in corneal transplant rejections. 8. some other recent discovery was that thymocytes, cells created by thymus that generate into T lymphocytes, are in like manner necessary for the induction of ACAID. Thus the sustainment of immune privilege in the eye is done through the mutual aid of various cells from organs other than the eye itself. 5. The adaptive immunity is expressed in the form of humoral immunity mediated by antibodies produced by B lympocytes, and in the form of cellular immunity mediated by T lymphocytes. 3. (pg 15)Clearly, ocular immune privilege isnt something that just arose out of nowhere. It has been an evolutionary legacy, because whatever just implications it had, leading up to ACAID, must have been immediately beneficial for it to experience throughout the evolution of many mammals such as humans and even mice.In 2008, Xiaoyong Yuan and colleagues did a study to compare the gene expression patterns in uninfected and fungus-infected mouse corneas at the onset of Candida albicans fungal keratitis. Candida ablican related corneal infections cause an r abble-rousing response, which has been known to permanently impair vision in half of all eyes affected, including those with therapy. Infected eyes were sight and corneal transcriptomes were categorized to suggest pathways contributing to corneal inflammation during Candida related keratitis.Through the use of gene microarray, the hosts gene expression during the early stages of this keratitis was overly find in mouse models. RNA separated from the corneas one solar day after inoculation were used for reverse transcription of the RNA which would then be used in a quantitative real-time RT-PCR to cypher the amount of DNA created. Gene expression levels were calculated for both the data- base group and the control group. When comparing the two groups, a total of 45,102 genes were detected. Of those genes, 3,977, slightly 8.82% of the infected corneas were significantly regulated. Of those genes, 1987 were upregulated and 1,990 were down-regulated. A total of 3.71% were differen tially expressed, 1,075 being upregulated and the other 597 being down-regulated. Specifically, there were 30 different genes being upreglated more than one C fold. These genes were categorized as chemokines, metalloproteinases, interleukin cytokines, leukocyte chemotaxis and surface molecules, Ig receptors, Neuro-hormone mediatiors and many others. Simply stated, these gene expressions suggest that microbial keratitis involves the synchrony of various host processes that affect inflammatory and immune responses, intercellular communication, and cellular metabolism in other words, ocular immune privilege and ACAID. 9.Keratitis is a microbial infliction occurring globally. Bacteria, parasites, virus, and fungus cause the four main microbial causes for infection. These microbes are currently winning the at arms race due to an increased virulence and re-infection after treatment. At the aforesaid(prenominal) time, because there have been changes in mans history, various figment env ironments have been associated with the aetiology of all these infections. Looking at a study in a referral centre in southward India from September 1999 through August 2002, MJ Bharathi and colleagues observed and calculated the statistics of keratitis in that referral centre. Of 3183 corneal scrapings evaluated, 1095(34.4%) were fungal related, 1043(32.77%) were bacterial related, 33(1.04%) were acanthamoeba related and 76(2.39) were both bacterial and fungal related. Of the 1043 bacterial related infections, the predominant isolated bacteria were Streptococcus. Males were 56.76% of cases and females were 43.24%, thus video display that sex doesnt affect the infiltration rate. In the study, 60.2% patients were over the age of 50 were affected significantly more than patients under the age of 50. Roughly 16.97% of corneal injuries were due to primer coat/sand, compared to the 11.03% caused by other materials, showing a statistical significance between the two. Seasons also affec ted the rate of infections showing a lower incidence of bacterial keratitis from the months of June to September. 10.The epidemiology of bacterial keratitis varies based on geography. One could acquire keratitis from numerous gram-positive or disconfirming bacteria, such as Serratia, Pseudomonas, and Staphylococcus. Once the bacteria has touched base with the cornea, it colonizes the hosts cells by using adhesins at the surface of the epithelium. The adherence of these three bacteria to the corneal epithelium is significantly higher than any other bacteria, which explains their high absolute frequency of isolation. Several bacteria have also displayed adhesins on pili and nonfimbriae structures to recognize carbohydrates on host cells. Recently, there have been emerging cases of resistance among pathogens, requiring the emersion of a stronger antibacterial to eradicate it. 11.The advent of contact lens of the eyees has created a novel environment for the infiltration of many bac terial pathogens. In the United States, there are approximately 25,000 cases of infectious keratitis annually. at that place are roughly 2-4 infections per 10,000 soft contact lenses users, and 10-20 infections per 10,000 extended-wear contact lenses users. 14. A study done by T. Bourcier and colleagues has identified predisposing factors of bacterial keratitis. After analyzing 300 cases, contacts were the main risk factor, occurring in 50.3% of the study group, with 83% of bacteria being gram positive, and 17% being gram negative. 12. Another study of a case report done by Konstantinos Tsaousis and colleagues concluded that the incidence of bacterial keratitis can be reduced by maintaining high standards of lens hygiene and following the recommended guidelines to safely wearing contacts. 13.In the past, fungal keratitis has been a major ophthalmological problem in the tropical regions of the world. 16. Of all of the fungus related to keratitis, there are two classifications of inf iltrates yeast and filamentous fungi. The three main isolates of fungus in fungal keratitis are Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Candida. While the most common of isolate reported has been Aspergillus, ranging from 27-64%, Fusarium comes to a close second (6-32%). Like bacterial keratitis, contact lenses wearers are at a higher risk of fungal infection. In recent news, on March 8, 2006, the CDC began an investigation of the use of Bausch Lomb ReNu contact lens solution. The solution had been related to a series of 130 confirmed cases of Fusarium Keratitis, which resulted in 37 corneal transplant surgeries. Most fungal related incidences however are usually related to agriculture. Since fungus are found in soil and on plants, the prob competency of infection after ocular trauma increases if one is tending to their crops. Once the fungus accesses the corneal stroma, they multiply and cause tissue chagrin leading to the onset of keratitis and the loss of stromal opacity. 15.Acanthamoeba r elated keratitis is usually derived from standing water or mud, with an increased risk in contact users. Incidence per billion contact lens users includes 333 in Hong Kong, 1 in USA and 149 in Scotland 14. The abnormally high incidence in Scotland is due to the fact that there are many water towers, holding standing water, a novel environment for the acanthamoeba.Survival in the wild is not only based on ones ability to escape a predator, but also ones ability to detect the predator. The up keeping the visual axis is one of the most important abilities of the eyes immune abilities for without sight, many mammals would be at disadvantage. Keratitis, the inflammation of the cornea, has probably been around since the dawn of man, and more specifically, the dawn of agriculture. If injury to the eye were to be sustained, the cornea would become inflamed. Normally, corneal cellular layers would be impaired, leading to a loss of the visual axis. However, it has been observed that there i s a key mechanism that has developed over time in order to save ones sight. There is an ocular immune privilege, considered to be an evolutionary legacy as well as a design compromise, in the anterior chamber of the eye, which limits certain immune functions to prevent the loss of vision. The microbial pathogens cause these infections ranges from bacterial, to fungal, viral, and amoebic have been detected around the world, causing countless keratitis infections. Novel environments, such as contact lenses, have created the perfect environment for these pathogens to culture on curiously if proper care protocols havent been taken. While most of these infections are treatable, in the long term, the microbes are winning the at arms race. 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The Religious Systems Of Ancient Greeks And Romans Religion Essay

The Religious Systems Of Ancient Grecians And romans theology EssayThe devotion of old-fashioned Grecians represented a predominant form of archaeozoic Paganism. They recall in worshipping nigh Gods. The papisticals Gods can be cited as a printing of numen, according to which God inhabit the living things and objects and can be open in everything in nature2. The religious beliefs of these dickens cultures deeply shape the cultural, political and early(a) such activities in the state. A study is do hither to find out the practices that ar followed in these cultures as a result of different religious beliefs and political and social differences in the midst of the two in the pre-historic times by comparing their beliefs.Roman ReligionThe account statement of Rome can be divided into three conformations or periods. It originated in the year 753-509 B.C. when it established itself by conquering Etruscans. Then the second phase is the era when the Republic falls and the Battle of Actium happened between 509-31 B.C. Finally the new law and governance activity and the Roman Empire emerged in the era 31 B.C. to 476 A.D. Also Christianity emerged as new phenomena to be reckoned in this period3.The Roman pantheons were originated in small villages of Rome by farming community. The mythology so believed in faceless and nameless deities which support the communities. The mass believed in Numen as a pantheistic inhabitant which however later transformed to a more than defined dust of Gods. The Romans were particular about the responsibility of their deity and thus each family was assigned with a guardian spirit called Lar Familiaris (Lars) which were then conglomerate in all family functions. Examples of these are Genii represent men and junii for women.The Roman Gods as we know today got their form in the dynasty of Etruscan king in sixth blow B.C. The God like Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva were then worshiped in temples. The Romans used to sof t adopt others culture and they worship foreign Gods and adopt their customs as well, for example goddess Cybele was adopted in the Second Punic War, which is a Phoenician God and it appease prevails in Roman System4.An imperial system rose in Rome with time and the Emperors like Julian Caesar claimed to be descendent of Aeneas and accepted the divine honors like God. This however became a microbe of conflict with Christians, and the emperor worship continued till 4th century A.D. and ended in the reign of Constantine. Christianity became the official theology in 392 AD. harmonise to editor Fjordman of The Brussels Journal, Christianity gradually became the Greco-Roman culture since its foundation. As Christianity had hold the Greco-Roman trust, Henry Bamford stated in his book Gods and Men -The Origins of westerly Culture that5although Christianity may charter borrowed from the pagan heritage, it borrowed only what it could integrate with its feature basic doctrines and cou ld profitably absorb and make use of.Much more substantial in the early evolution of Christianity was the influence of the classical intellectual heritage. As men trained in Hellenic and Roman modes of thought became converted, they began to interpret the new doctrines in the terms to which they were accustomed. Thus, Christian theology was presented in the lyric poem of Greek philosophy and of Roman law.Greek ReligionThe origin of ancient Greeks is thought to be 2nd millennium B.C. i.e. somewhere around the Aryan invasions period. Greek culture is formed with the fusion of the Aegeans (Pelasgians) and the Minoans of Crete culture. The civilization thus created was withal known as Minoan-Mycenean civilization which existed from 1600 B.C. till 1400 B.C6.The Greeks used to worship many an(prenominal) Gods. They have dissimilar myths with respect to distinct gods and domains. Many mythological series were illustrated in the art of Archaic and Classical Greece. The Greek pantheo n determined twelve principle deities. Zeus the sky god is considered to be the prime index finger amongst others. Mount Olympos is considered to be the home of gods in Greece.Greek religious practices had some of its roots in the Bronze Age (3000-1050 B.C.). Lliad and Odyssey are considered to influence the Greek thoughts and the relation between the god and the humans were believed to be on archetype of exchange of gifts7.Greeks used to give offering to their god in disjoint sanctuaries. The sanctuaries were built by marking off an area around an altar. As said by Aeschylus, The altar is an unbreakable shield, stronger than a fortification hulk8. The boundary stones besides called horoi might be used to create smother in addition called peribols thereby establishing a separate area which was termed as temenos. each and everything in the sanctuary is treated as sacred and many refuges took cherish in these temenos. In the words of Euripides, The abode of the gods is a prote ction shared out by all men9. It was a civil and religious offense to steal any property of god from these temenos.The hundreds or thousands of deities in Greece have one day dedicated to them each year, when the families celebrate the day with their neighbors. The family also might sacrifices a goat or sheep to keep the deity happy. apart from these annual festivals the battalion can worship in case of in the flesh(predicate) needs like Apollodorus promised one-tenth of his profits to Poseidon on his safe return, sooner making a business trip. This gift which is served as a consecrated offering could be in the form of small statuette or painted plaque to the sanctuary with his name and the purpose of gift create verbally on it like thisApollodorus, son of Diopeithes after having made a vow, Erects this for you. Poseidon, as a tithe.Many such dedications can be found in the Greek dedicated museums today10.Art and philosophy arose as a result of Greek religion. The Greek relig ion was highly influenced by women as it arose at a time when the women deities were dominant. Some women involved in the early formation of Greek religion were Hecate, Ariadne, Athene, Demeter etc. Art of god and goddesses became the milestones of Greek and earned Greek society huge benefits by means of trade. Religion was more integrated in the ancient Greek people, compared to nowadays. All people belonging to same culture followed a common religion. The Greek religion is also referred as pagan which means ignorance of Christianity, however the Christianity was well came into instauration in the Roman period. Also it is believed that Christianity was the adoption of Greek culture with changed names11.Comparing Greeks and RomansIn ancient times, the Greeks and the Romans influenced European and American civilization the most. The Roman culture acquired many of its habits from the Greeks and also the laws and architecture designs of Roman culture were shake up by the Greeks12. even so comparison can be made between the two in many ways. The Greeks followed a democratic form of government with the leader being a group of men called an oligarchy as elect by people. The Romans however followed a semi-democratic form of government with a brass Senate and a political leader having all the powers as of a single(a) emperor.The ancient Greeks were artistic in nature and had constructed well defined buildings which were pulchritudinous and pleasant, and were especially temples, facades and columns. The Romans, on the other hand, worked more as engineers and constructed best roads, buildings, and other civic amenities and were less interested in building gods and goddesses architecture. However in both the cultures the people have to pay stiff taxes to government for their buildings. The literary interests existed in both the cultures with the Greeks epic followed the old tradition of compose like the Iliad by Homer , however the Roman epics were composed by li ving and on the spot writers like The Aeneid by Vergil13.The Greek and the Roman Gods performed the same duties but with different names. The Roman religion accepted many of the deities of the Greek Pantheon like the Mithra, the sun-god, Isis etc. but was more comprehensive in nature. Romans religion was practical in nature as against poetic nature of the Greek religion. The household Gods are dominant in Rome as they worship their ancestors, and the festivals celebrated in worship of God are many in Rome as compared to Greeks14.The study of the two ancient cultures here presented the fact that our ancient civilization is rich in culture and the various religions had an influence on each other in their formation. The culture and the religion followed by the people in ancient times were different still they paved the way for a common religion called Christianity. The religions with child(p)ly influenced the beliefs of the people and the society as a whole. The political and social thoughts of these two cultures are discussed here and the differences were found. The difference in the deities and the way of worship can also be seen. Thus the significance and relevance of the topic of discussion is great in all respect.

Background and history of intelligence testing

Background and history of intelligence outpouringingThe first base intelligence tryout to be administered was in France in 1905 by Alfred Binet and Theophile Simon. The draw a bead on of the first intelligence mental scrutiny was to identify mentally deficient children in French public Schools (Franklin 2007). Henry Goddard followed and, translated the intelligence bear witness in 1910, and administered it to what he believed were four hundred children who deprivationed dexterousity and following year the number of students increased to twain thousand neat children considered normal. (Franklin 2007). In 1911 Goddard was to produce a range of lots that was to be comp ard to urban, native born foreign born, and another(prenominal)s. Suggesting that children basis non learn beyond the telescope of their grade of intelligence and was the first to suggest that intelligence leavens caked the how very a good deal a child was cap adequate of learning at a chronological ag e (Franklin 2007). Since these tests, an array of intelligence test has been administered to deal in attempts to mea sure enough a soul cognitive ability.Assessing students abilities through intelligence testing has questioned of the correctness of psychometric measures in regards to reliability and inclemency. Reliability regarding relies on consistency. For a test to be able to memorialise consistency, error variance must be minimized. Test construction, test administration and test scoring and translation ar the main third areas of error variance that can affect reliability (Cohen and Swerdilk 2010). It was argued , Simon Binets test needed to be revised in 1937 because the test sooner administered in 1917 readed assesss not always as well chosen s those for ages from six to twelve and that upon retesting black students affable scientist had sh admit that black students had received a higher intelligence hit(Franklin 2007) .Regarding validity, in the early 1920s blac k social scientists debated what intelligence testing was measuring rod. Validity should be psychometrically sound to avoid test diverge. Howard Longs research shows the Armys Alpha and Beta test yielded results that were greater in vicissitude of individuals and groups within races than amid races (Franklin 2007). Bond a director of Education at Langston University in Oklahoma withal agreed explaining that the army intelligence score were a reflection of social and environmental impacts rather than innate intellectual abilities of those tried and true (Franklin 2007). The Brisbane Catholic Education, concentrated on refugees that seemed to be misrepresented as having an intellectual disability. The line of business is that the validity of standardized cognitive tests is not able to measure peoples intelligence from a antithetical dry land and implying that psychometric instruments had not yet been developed in their country (Fraine and Mcdade). Tests that were standardize d to certain flat coat schooling experience, level and quality of fostering and conceptions of behavior test fetching experience would affect certain groups if taken the intelligence test(Fraine and Mcdade).There has been task in intelligence testing and psychometric properties in relation to non- philology intelligence testing. In a study results show that although the Ravens Progressive Matrices is supposed(p) to be a farming bewitching IQ test people from side speaking backgrounds did much better scoring 96.71 that people from Zimbabwean sample that scored 72.36 (Shuttleworth-Edwards, Kemp, Rust, Muirhead, Hartman, and Radloff 2004).Fairness is also a concern when a person takes an intelligence test. Controlling reliability and validity of a intelligence test shows a sound measurement, honestness aims at explaining the test and if it is used in a justifiable way. African refugees curb been described as intellectually disable upon Australian schools. The Brisbane Catholic Education in Australia believes refugees from African backgrounds are labeled intellectually disabled upon completing intelligence test and other judging of consideration such(prenominal) language barriers, assimilation difference socialising trauma and previous experiences make it harder for psychologists to assess whether an African American is actually intellectually disabled(Fraine and Mcdade). akin(predicate) findings displayed that social conditions and low-test make headway were highly correlated when measuring mental ability (Franklin 2007). When testing non -linguistic most children scored in the normal range, and these children were black and placed in a school that separated white children from black children (Franklin 2007).The aim of this study is to check for sound psychometric measurements and culture bias when comparing variant groups and the intelligence test taken. It is hypothesized that The PSYGAT will show good internal consistency and validity when tes ted against the Queendom communicatory. It is hypothesizes that the PSYGAT will show low when tested against the culture fair test. The Queendom tests are a communicative and a culture fair IQ test that are believed to withdraw psychometric properties. The PSYGAT is a intelligence communicative test that was created by leash year undergraduate psychology students. The PSYGAT was correlated well with the ACER AL a test that was designed by the Australian Council for Education for testing verbal abilities.MethodParticipantsThe sample consisted of three hundred and thirty sevener undergraduate psychology students recruited from Monash University. Participants were recruited from campuses located at Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Clayton, and Caulfield. Participants were split into side of meat speaking background and non- side of meat speaking backgrounds. There were two hundred and cardinal females and sixty-eight males. Two hundred and forty four participants were from an English oral presentation background and ninety-three participants were from a Non English Speaking background.MaterialsParticipants engaged in pickings three intelligence tests. The tests were to be taken in their own time under no supervision. Participants used the computer to stark(a) the three intelligence tests. Just forward beginning the PSYGAT intelligence test a questionnaire asked the participants of the sex age and whether they were from an English or non- English speaking background. each(prenominal) participants results would be analyzed at a later stage regarding full stop analysis.ProcedureUndergraduate monash psychology students were asked to complete three intelligence tests that would be administered via computer. Firstly, every participant found access to a computer to enrol in the first intelligence test. The first test that was taken was the Queendom Verbal IQ test. Participants attempted the three tests it in their own time and were told that the test shou ld take them approximately 30-35 minutes to complete. After Participants finished the test, they were asked to make sure to keep a track of their score, as they needed the results for later purposes. The piece test was the Queendom Culture Fair IQ test. The test involved state 20 items that participants were told thither was no time limits on this test. After expiration of this test, participants kept a record of their score. The third test was the PSYGAT. The PSYGAT was a verbal test constructed by third year undergraduate students. Participants were also asked to complete this test as the third and last test. Before beginning, the test participants were asked to encrypt the gain ground of the Queendom verbal and Queendom culture fair IQ test before continuing to be tested on the PSYGAT verbal IQ test. The test also asked participants of their age and gender and if they were of English or from a Non English background.ResultsPearsons r investigated the relationship betwixt th e PSYGAT test, Queendom verbal IQ and the Queendom culture fair IQ for English and non-English speaking backgrounds. Pearsons r showed that that there was a substantive result according to the relationship of the PSYGAT and Queendom verbal in both(prenominal) the English speaking background group ,r=.433,n=244,p0.05 but a small large relationship amongst the PSYGAT and the Queendom culture fair for the non English speaking background group , r=.238,n 93,p0.05. Z stacks were also used to set apart if there was a significant difference in validity coefficients between the two groups regarding the PSYGAT and Queendom verbal and the PSYGAT and culture fair IQ. Pearsons r-values were alter into Z scores to determine a statistical significance of the correlations between groups. Pearsons r-values were also transformed into z scores because of participant difference for each group. Results show that there was not a statistical significant difference in validity coefficients between the English and non English speaking background of the correlation between the PSYGAT and the Queendom verbal IQ z=-1.39,p0.05. However a large statistical significance was shown in the correlation between the PSYGAT and the culture fair IQ z=3.73, p 0.05.DiscussionThe aim of this study was to check for sound psychometric measurments and culture bias when comparing different groups and the intelligence test taken. It was hypothesized that the PSYGAT and the Queendom verbal would show no statistical significance in validity coefficients between the English speaking groups and non-English speaking groups. It was also hypothesized that there would be a statistical significance in validity coefficient between the PSYGAT verbal and the Queendom culture fair. The study showed that there was weak validity regarding the PSYGAT and Culture Fair IQ tests. Although there wasThe results of the study-undertaken reveal that intelligence tests can show bias of different groups. These biases from t his study can be related to lack of understanding pagan backgrounds as well as using applicable psychometric measures, which can be linked to low validity in intelligence tests.Bonds argument that social and environmental differences in groups can affect test scores are may suggest similarities within this study in regards to the social setting and environment of participants that took the test. The Intelligence and School Achievement of Negro Children also showed that social conditions were highly correlated with low-test score (Franklin 2007). The results from this study show a significant statistical result between groups for the PSYGAT and culture fair test suggesting that social and environmental differences upon taking the test could have caused bias. In addition, The Brisbane Catholic Education argues that psychologists assessing refugees for intellectual abilities may show bias in their assessment due to lack of proper interpretation (Fraine and Mcdade). That is background -schooling experience, level and quality of education and conceptions of behavior test taking experience can reduce a test score for a certain type of group (Fraine and Mcdade). This test could have moved(p) one group more than another because of such factors.Suggestion of having psychometric instruments that can measure intelligence scores for different types of groups should also be developed in both countries to reduce bias in regards to cultural differences. In this case, Intelligence tests need to have psychometric properties that can be valid for analyzing score between different groups Cohen and Swerdilk 2010). Similar findings were found when people from English speaking background and non-English speaking backgrounds were tested on their IQ. Results show that although the Ravens Progressive Matrices is supposed to be a culture fair IQ test people from English speaking backgrounds did much better scoring 96.71 that people from Zimbabwean sample that scored 72.36 (Shuttlewo rth-Edwards, Kemp, Rust, Muirhead, Hartman, and Radloff 2004). Zindi also suggests that lack of westernized test sophistication may be the cause for lower scores (Shuttleworth-Edwards, Kemp, Rust, Muirhead, Hartman, and Radloff 2004). This study may have contributed to some cultural bias in regards to scores because of one of the test may not have been up to standards in regards to psychometric measures regarding content validity.The limitations in this study could have affected the results. Firstly, the way the three tests were administered could have yielded different intelligence scores for both the groups. Supervising the test takers making sure that the tests were taken without any incite of books or other people could change the results, which could have yielded different interpretation of the validity of the tests. In addition, although there was good internal reliability between the groups the large difference in participants could have changed the chronbachs alpha to eithe r a higher or a lower value. Participant range could have also affected the statistical difference between the groups when assessing the PSYGAT and culture fair IQ component of the study. In addition item analyses should also be investigated to check whether the items begin tested are fair to all participants taking the intelligence test. That is one question could portray more than one convey to different participants taking the test. Cole suggests item analyses is a difficult task because one must ensure that the item being used is relevant in construct therefore affecting bias (Cole 1989).

Argument-based Homicide In Ame :: essays research papers fc

Argument-based Homicide in AmericaFeeling alienated by fellow classmates, two students at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO who referred to themselves as the intrench Coat Mafia went on a rampant killing spree which took the lives of themselves, twelve some other students and one teacher (Obmascik 1). This incident ca utilizationd an immediate supplication for more than socially responsible communities, assuming that greater moral value would curb the likelihood of these argument-related homicides. This relies on the notion that greater social scheme will lead to a decrease in the rate of crime. Dov Cohen, in her article "Culture, Social Organization, and Patterns of Violence" shows that in the West (which includes Colorado) and South, where a conclusion of honor persists, there is a higher rate of argument-related homicide that in other atomic number 18as of the country (the North). More specifically, in the South and West, more organized societies bring on a higher rate of argument-related homicides than less horse barn ones. Argument-related homicides are far-off more prevalent in the South and West than they are in the North (Cohen 412). This is not merely supported by the number of argument-related homicides in the abandoned regions, but also by the beliefs within the cultures. Southerners and Westerners support honor-related vehemence more than Northerners and also react more aggressively when insulted (Cohen 408). In addition, laws in the South and West are more likely to support those who use violence consistent with honor (Cohen 409). For these reasons, it is hardly surprising that argument-related homicide is more habitual in these regional locations. The more stable communities within these regions are more likely to be on the extreme sides. The morals ingrained in the more stable Northern communities do not find this port acceptable and argument-based homicide is therefore more common in less stable communities. The oppo site is true in the South and West. The stronger communities condone these actions and they become more common than in those places that are morally more blas. Nevertheless, the most tangency difference is the regional difference between the communities of the South and West and the communities of the North. The coefficient of correlation between the homicides in more stable and less stable communities for the given regions is striking. In the North, the homicide rate per 100,000 for white males ages 15-39 is 4.7 in a stable company and 6.7 in an unstable community (Cohen 412). In the South and West, however, the numbers are much higher.

A Comparison Of Contemporary And Romance Literature :: essays research papers

A simile of Contemporary and Romance LiteratureContemporary literature in the recoil of a con story consists of a plot,characters, point of view, setting, and theme (2). These elements usher out vary agreat deal from one story to the next. An germ of a short story also revealsa tone and a mood shown by his or her style of writing. Although romanceliterature contains the elements mentioned above, they atomic number 18 very different thanthose in short stories and ar manywhat motionless from one tale to the next.Romance literature is about the adventures of knights and the organization of gallantry (794). A romance does not take place in a normal setting, but inidealized worlds such as fanciful castles, gardens, or forests (794). Aromance contains mysterious and supernatural events (794). Although there aremany differences between contemporary and romance literature, the one differencethat distinguishes them the close to is the characters. A main character incontemporary li terature leads a very different life than one in romanceliterature. neighbour Rosicky is a short story of an old farmer, Anton Rosicky,reflecting back on his life. primal in the story, when Anton Rosicky is in thedoctors office, he learns that he has a bad punk and doesnt have much timeleft to live. He then returns home, plunges into a chair, and begins to sew.While he sews, Rosicky lets his mind run back over his life. He has had manymemorable experiences. Rosicky has lived in London, New York, and now inNebraska. Rosicky, one time a tailor, now makes a living farming with hischildren. Rudolph, Rosickys oldest son, has some put out supporting his wife,Polly. Rosicky makes many sacrifices to help Rudolphs marriage stay together.He loans the family railroad car and gives some money to Rudolph, even though Rosicky isvery poor himself. discharge arrives, and his children are busy landing the fields.When no one else is around, Rosicky, disregarding his doctors orders, rakessome t histle plants out of one of his alfalfa fields, but the work is too voicelesson his heart. Rosicky dies the next day (48-71).Contents of the Dead Mans Pockets is another short story of someoneanalyzing his life. Tom Benecke is a workaholic who has a months worth of hiswork scribbled on a yellow sheet of authorship. The wind blows the sheet of paperout of his eleven story apartment windowpane onto the ornate control ornament of theledge about five yards away. Tom climbs out of the window onto the ledge.Immediately after he reaches the sheet of paper, Tom looks down and becomes

Anthony Trollopes: An Eye for an Eye :: Ethics Morals Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollopes An Eye for an EyeAnthony Trollopes graphic commitment to drawing for his readers a picture of the world as it real is, to creating a fictional reality in which they might recognise homosexual beings like to themselves (Autobiography 145), can obscure the perspicaciousness and sincerity of his concern with the example dilemmas confronting the characters he has so painstakingly r curiosityered flavourlike. just now as the startlingly unprejudiced passage quoted above from the Autobiography reveals, Trollopes purposes in his fiction atomic number 18 non merely descriptive, but normative as well he sets give a guidance twain to show us the way we live now and to govern our attention to questions that are in the broadest star ethical how ought we to live? His hardworking desire to please, however, and his firm belief in the primacy of characterization among the figmentists tasks render the origination of his system of morals from his novels a exquisit e and difficult task his characters are, ineluctably, individuals and dissimilar those populating the works of more overtly philosophic novelists, cannot often be taken as unproblematic representatives of an abstract fictitious character larger than themselves. Trollopes system is to be an ethics of everyday life, whizz that takes as its province situations irreducible to dry formulae. Close examination of the late novel An Eye for an Eye illustrates both the nuanced, even protean, subtlety of Trollopean ethics and the ship canal in which his honourable figure is complicated by the gender, class, and national dimensions of the life he portrays so vividly. The novel, in its remarkably evenhanded treatment of the excruciating choice facing a young English aristocrat who seduces and impregnates an Irish girl of disreputable provenance, displays a in advance(p) and sympathetic understanding of the manner in which larger social and historic forces impinge on the decisions we ma ke as supposedly free example agents. The story dramatizes the tension between ii approaches to moral problems on one hand, there is what we might call an ethics of particulars, represented by Scroope manor and the older members of the Neville family, an insistence that questions of right and do by can only be justly resolved by fictional character to the social position of the moral agent and to the organic structure of the edict in which he or she is enmeshed. On the other hand, there are the claims of a universalizing ethical recitation in which each individual must be viewed as an end in himself or herself, regardless of circumstance.Anthony Trollopes An Eye for an Eye Ethics morals Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollopes An Eye for an EyeAnthony Trollopes intense commitment to drawing for his readers a picture of the world as it actually is, to creating a fictional reality in which they might recognise human beings like to themselves (Autobiography 145), can obscure the d epth and sincerity of his concern with the moral dilemmas confronting the characters he has so painstakingly rendered lifelike. But as the startlingly candid passage quoted above from the Autobiography reveals, Trollopes purposes in his fiction are not merely descriptive, but normative as well he sets out both to show us the way we live now and to direct our attention to questions that are in the broadest sense ethical how ought we to live? His unflagging desire to please, however, and his firm belief in the primacy of characterization among the novelists tasks render the extraction of his system of ethics from his novels a delicate and difficult task his characters are, ineluctably, individuals and unlike those populating the works of more overtly philosophical novelists, cannot often be taken as unproblematic representatives of an abstract quality larger than themselves. Trollopes system is to be an ethics of everyday life, one that takes as its province situations irreducible to arid formulae. Close examination of the late novel An Eye for an Eye illustrates both the nuanced, even protean, subtlety of Trollopean ethics and the ways in which his moral code is complicated by the gender, class, and national dimensions of the life he portrays so vividly. The novel, in its remarkably evenhanded treatment of the agonizing choice facing a young English aristocrat who seduces and impregnates an Irish girl of disreputable provenance, displays a sophisticated and sympathetic understanding of the manner in which larger social and historical forces impinge on the decisions we make as supposedly free moral agents. The story dramatizes the tension between two approaches to moral problems on one hand, there is what we might call an ethics of particulars, represented by Scroope Manor and the older members of the Neville family, an insistence that questions of right and wrong can only be justly resolved by reference to the social position of the moral agent and to the organ ic structure of the society in which he or she is enmeshed. On the other hand, there are the claims of a universalizing ethical praxis in which each individual must be viewed as an end in himself or herself, regardless of circumstance.