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    Business seeks to create happiness for all stakeholders through the production of products and services that establish value for customers. However are the business decisions “right” or “ethical”? With relevance to business‚ Aristotle suggests three main arguments and ideas in the Nicomachean Ethics. First‚ appropriate virtues of character are the important principle in ethics that allows a person to be truly ethical and only through practicing and honing into these virtues does one exhibit sound

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    as being thought of as domestic servants‚ yet these views solely depended on the time and polis. In Ancient Greece women were seen as the property of men; though the extent of this view point varied drastically between different poleis (cities). Two of the major poleis in Greece with a notably different attitude toward women were Athens and Sparta. Athens had a very strict attitude toward women. Athenian women were not to be heard from and rarely seen. The women of Athens were viewed as inferior

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    CP Western Civilization Chapter 4 Sections 1-3 Minoan Civilization: lived on Crete; after king Minos; earliest civilization; based on trade not conquest; used art to reflect them; used others cultures and customs Polis: a city-state; political Oligarchy: rule by some people Acropolis: high city; city built high up on a cliff for defense purposes City-State: independent; own government; isolated; doesn’t answer to anyone Crete: island off the coast of Greece that was the cradle of an early

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    Ideology is best defined as a system of ideas and beliefs that affect a person‚ group‚ or culture’s way of thinking. Ancient Greece was filled with different ideologies throughout the years; almost every polis with a different and unique set of values. Sparta had its strict militarism and aristocracy‚ suppressing people’s free thought. Athens had a mostly open‚ democratic‚ system‚ allowing more room for individual interpretations. And the empire of Alexander the Great that‚ despite having an absolute

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    civilization was most important period which shaped the root of modern civilization. The most admired historical city-states (polis) to have ever existed was Athens and Sparta and that are always taken an example for their completely different governing systems. The difference between two city states were flagrant. Today we will dive deeper into the Spartans and Athenians life and try to figure out how Athens and Sparta obtain the right to participate in public life. We will also discuss about who

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    love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance‚ our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.’” What this quotation is telling us explicitly is that Athenians are strong and they don’t succeed just because of love and beauty. Implicitly what Pericles means here is how he views the Athenian polis. The Athenians do not rely on the beauty of things to get them to the finish line; however what they do believe in will not bring them down or make them less resilient. Pericles influenced

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    for our purposes the interesting question is why their involvement with what they were fighting for was able to give them the push to oust the invading empire. I surmise that the involvement in the state militarily and thus politically for the Athenians‚ which amounted to the beginning of democracy as we know it. As it is suggested by the book title‚ The Roots of the Western Tradition dig deep down into the ancient civilizations. Greece is a unique‚ important and telling civilization to study for

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    Aristotle a Greek philosopher born in Macedonia in 394 BC has different forms of viewing politics. He describes the polis‚ or city‚ as a koinonia‚ or political association‚ and he proclaims that all relations‚ like all thoughtful human acts‚ are shaped with the objective of accomplishing a particular good. He says that being part of a polis is the only way someone can be a part of a great life. Because politics are necessary for this Aristotle says‚ "Man is by nature a political animal."(Aristotle

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    John Gemmer Professor Solomon English 10100 6 March 2012 Section 1 World Civilization Chapter 4 Summary Iran is a land located in Central Asia which is surrounded by the Zagros mountains‚ Caspian Sea and Caucasus Mountains. The geography of Iran features deserts‚ mountains‚ streams‚ and plateaus. The people of Iran relied on irrigation in order to gain resources and move further down the land. Iran also featured a number of resources such as copper‚ tin‚ gold‚ and silver which served as goods

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    works are those of the ancient Greeks. Literary works by the ancient Greeks include historical documentation‚ along with tragedies based on conflicts. According to the historian Thucydides‚ the greatest conflict was the Peloponnesian war between the Athenians and Spartans‚ along with each of their allies. In the opinion of Thucydides‚ the Peloponnesian war was due to the growth of Athens and the fear‚ the growth caused in the Spartans and their allies (Thucydides‚ Book I‚ chapter I). Accounts of events

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