In this essay‚ I explicate connections between Socrates’ descriptions of himself and his role as a citizen and educator in his home city‚ Athens‚ as portrayed in Plato’s Apology. The Apology depicts the trial of Socrates‚ and its entirety is narrated from the point of view of Socrates. Therefore‚ in the account of this trial‚ we have a lens through which we can view Socrates’ ideologies and convictions. Additionally‚ because Socrates is speaking directly to a jury of five hundred and one Athenians
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Apology by Plato tells a story of Socrates‚ who was being accused of teaching others for a fee‚ corrupting the young and not believing in the gods. He asks the court to allow him to defend himself in his normal speaking manner because he had never been in a courtroom. Socrates starts by denying the charges against him. He claims that he has never asked for money from other people. He argued that young rich people with nothing to do would follow him and imitate his interviews of well-known wise people
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Plagiarism is one of my biggest pet peeves. I see people plagiarizing by copying other people’s work down at school. Throughout the years people have been in big trouble for plagiarizing on SAT’S and other important test that shows which college people are qualified to go. When I was 9 years old my best friend would always cheat off my paper during English class and I would always get in trouble for it. As I got older I learned how bad plagiarism could be and the consequences for it. Copying someone’s
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Plagiarism In today’s era of education‚ plagiarism is a global issue‚ each university is facing heavy issue. It is derived from the Latin word “predatory”‚ which means kidnapping or theft. Stealing the intangible such as words‚ thoughts‚ illustrations or ideas is plagiarism (Girard‚ 2004). People have different views on plagiarism. Neville (2010) mentioned plagiarism is an academic term which consider the decision not to allocate credit to the work of others. Easterby-smith et al (2008‚ p50) cited
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In this assignment you discuss the advantages and the disadvantages of the first mover and the last mover theories You should provide an unbiased comparison of the two theories. 1. Identify at least four advantages and four disadvantages for each theory and comprehensively show how each advantage or disadvantage affects the use of that theory (a minimum of 16 pros/cons in all). 2. Identify at least four examples of real firms who have been successful and four examples of real firms who have been
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Un-Intentional Plagiarism In this paper I will explain the importance of correct citation and giving credit where it is due in order to avoid un-intentional plagiarism. Plagiarism is rampant today there are websites that allow you to purchase papers off of their internet sites re-word them and the turn it in and pass it off as your own efforts. By turning in work that is of your own efforts and is citied correctly will let your teacher or instructor know that you are picking up
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‘Evaluate and discuss the issues surrounding Plagiarism.’ This essay will look at the issues surrounding plagiarism‚ it will look at what plagiarism is‚ the different way in which it can be done either intentionally or unintentionally‚ the risks that are taken when somebody decides to plagiarise something‚ the ethics why plagiarism should not take place and the ways in which plagiarism can be avoided. The Collins English Dictionary defines Plagiarism as ‘Copying ideas or passages from someone else’s
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Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else’s work. You never should plagiarize a person’s work‚ because your teacher will always find out. Plagiarism is very wrong. Taking a other persons work‚ that they have worked on is very wrong. You should get credit for your own work not someone else’s. You should take pride and do you own work no matter how long it takes you. Maybe‚ taking someone else’s work is easier‚ and takes less time. In the end it always turns out bad. So just do your own work. I
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understanding and perceived seriousness of plagiarism? International Journal for Educational Integrity Amanda Maxwell University of Western Sydney mandamaxwell@optusnet.com.au Guy J. Curtis University of Western Sydney g.curtis@uws.edu.au Lucia Vardanega University of Western Sydney l.vardanega@uws.edu.au Keywords: culture‚ Asian‚ understanding‚ seriousness‚ plagiarism Abstract This paper discusses the perceived seriousness and understanding of plagiarism by local and Asian international students
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line‚ between what is cheating and what is not. An example of this was seen in a chemistry-class at the University of Wisconsin‚ where 42 students were accused of plagiarism. While all the students protested‚ none of the students seemed to know the seriousness of the situa-tion. This leads to the question: when is something plagiarism? And what can one do to fix the cheating? Journalist‚ Todd Finkelmeyer wrote the text “UW students‚
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