Oleksandra Sydorenko The Member of the Family By Muriel Spark Analysis The extract under consideration is taken from the story “A Member of the Family” by a famous award-winning Scottish novelist Muriel Spark. The Times newspaper named Spark in its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945" The fragment is about two women with the desperate mood Gwen and Trudy who spend their leisure time in a cheap lake town. Sometimes they argue and discuss the weather outdoor. The extract under analysis
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Obstacle to Ethics: Determinism DETERMINISM: Our choices and actions are the result of pre-existing conditions. We do not have free will or the capacity to choose between alternatives. We are not responsible for our actions‚ cannot be blamed or praised for them‚ because we cannot act "against" or contrary to the forces or pre-existing conditions that compel us (psychological‚ social‚ economic‚ environmental‚ genetic). Since we could not have done otherwise‚ it is pointless to grant rewards or
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moral entrepreneurs or social movements‚ but what about the forces that underlie a particular moral crusade? Why‚ for example‚ would American society want to criminalize the production‚ sale‚ and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the 1920s? Why the increased penalties for domestic violence in the 1970s‚ or the War on Drugs in the 1980s? For the conflict theorists‚ the answer has to do with the balance of power and privilege in society. Everything from material goods to quality education to religious
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“The power to obey is the last phase in the development of the will‚ which in its turn has made obedience possible.” (Montessori‚ 1988‚ p.239) Montessori believed that the disorderly and disobedient acts of a young child where from those actions that he/she had yet to develop and so where unable to control successfully. Discipline and obedience could not therefore be inflicted on a young child as had been traditionally thought‚ nor could it be sustained through rewards and punishments. “Obedience
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Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person is able to enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. A definition more inclusive of followers comes from Alan Keith of Genentech who said "Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen. FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY (Hackman & Walton‚ 1986; McGrath‚ 1962) is a particularly useful theory for addressing specific
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Change Management and Communication Plan MGT/311 Week 5 Change Management and Communication Plan Introduction It has been decided that Riordan Manufacturing will implement an official customer management system. This system will be used by everyone in the organization. The main goal of the team is to help with the planning and implementation of the new system in order for a smooth transition. Current Formal and Informal Structure Riordan Manufacturing has a current formal power structure
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Terrorism from individual‚ national‚ international perspectives The one of the most needed and appreciated things in a persons life is security. If a person could reach the degree of protection against danger‚ damage‚ loss‚ and crime than the whole State and the World would be in peace and harmony. It all starts from an individual level and goes till the international or vice versa. The feeling of security is important for individuals as much as for the national and international level‚ because
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The themes of poverty‚ racial inequality‚ extraterrestrial runaway slave‚ and immigrants are the central to the narrative of the 1984 film The Brother from Different Planet. Throughout the film‚ the audiences can see many subtle of racial differences and class divides being used. This list of racial differences and class divide includes the use of subway and races are seen in many scenes and emphasize the racial dissimilarity. The poverty is portrayed in one of scenes where we can see blue collar
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however‚ I found myself on the verge of failing multiple classes. I assumed this was something every high school student experienced until I received my class rank halfway through the year and I realized how far I was from the academic standing I had known. This wakeup call is what drove me to make a change in how I approached my education. I started by analyzing my schedule. I had been trying to balance multiple honors and AP classes‚ band‚ work‚ Boy Scouts‚ and socializing. Between attempting
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defend “The Argument from Evil” from the Buddhist notion of the concept of “The Argument of Dukkha” or (suffering or unsatisfactoriness). In the Buddhist argument the attributes of an all powerful‚ all knowing and all benevolent God to humans cannot exist due to the concept of Dukkha. I will explain this in my thesis defense with a correlation from a western and eastern thought. Buddha denied the existence of God by the concept of Dukkha which is similar to “The Argument from Evil”. BACKROUND EXPLANATION:
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