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    Nice Work If You Can Get It The musical that we chose was Nice Work If You Can Get It‚ directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall‚ starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara. Originally it was expected to open on Broadway in the spring of 2009‚ with Harry Connick Jr and Erin Dilly as the leading roles. There were disagreements between members of the production team causing the show to be postponed and later reestablished with a new cast and some new production team members as well. Nice

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    really want to know our life purpose? In this chapter‚ we discussed subjective ethical relativism‚ but what exactly does this mean? the authors defined subjective ethical relativism as the belief that an action is morally correct or not if it is accepted by the individual’s society. From the beginning‚ the authors reject this position. We will take a closer look at what they believe is wrong with this theory‚ alongside my personal opinions Women who were raised in the Middle East are

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    What is cultural relativism‚ and how does the vision of ethics associated with it diverge from the traditional ethical theories? Cultural relativism dismisses the idea that there is one final moral code to abide by; one moral code is also not superior to another. (Brusseau‚ pg.154) One major way this differs from traditional ethics is it directs one to conform to the society around them‚ abandoning whatever their own personal ethics are. The approach of "When in Rome‚ do as the Romans do" does best

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    self-absorbed people who view their interests‚ ideas‚ and values as superior to everyone else’s. All of us are affected to some degree by egocentric biases. One cannot think clearly about what one is wrapped up in. —Holmes Rolston Egocentrism can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Two common forms are self-interested thinking and self-serving bias. Self-interested thinking is the tendency to accept and defend beliefs that harmonize with one’s self-interest. Almost no one is immune from

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    Despite the different forms of relativism in the end they are all constitute to the construction of the meaning‚ thus the social constructions and symbolic interactions are all significant when examining the problems existing with relativism. Relativism as a whole incorporates many strengths and weaknesses. However‚ for many the problems of relativism within the study of deviance underpin the strengths. Miller and Holstein (2007) The central problem deriving from relativism is that deviance and crimes

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    Critical social work theory does not hold one single definition; rather it refers to an expansive range of theories that a share similar orientation. Critical social work is committed to working with and for oppressed populations to achieve social transformation. Critical social work recognizes that large scale social processes – namely those associated with class‚ race and gender – fundamentally contribute to the personal and social issues social workers encounter in practice (Healy‚ 2001). The

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    problem with this view is that you can mistakenly think something is true when it is really not true. We cannot learn anything with this view because there is no absolute truth‚ which leads to a new problem of perspective. I see a wooden desk in front of me; it looks and feels like a wood desk‚ but is my perception of this desk the same as someone else’s perception of the desk? The idea that the truth is relative is self-refuting. The idea of moral relativism is that different civilizations have

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    vote‚ but also the practical question of whether a question will be put to a vote. The utility of suffrage is reduced when important questions are decided unilaterally by elected or non-elected representatives. In most democracies‚ eligible voters can vote in elections of representatives. Voting on issues by initiative may be available in some jurisdictions but not others. For example‚ Switzerland permits initiatives at all levels of government whereas the United States does not offer initiatives

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    will establish universal pre-kindergarten education…so that every four-year-old child in America can attend a government-funded preschool” (Miller‚ 2007‚ p. 48). Although this proclamation may seem somewhat odd given all of the challenges currently facing America’s public education system‚ the reality is that support and momentum for universal preschool programs has increased dramatically in recent years while more political and community leaders pushing for government sponsored universal preschool programs

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    Summary: Universal telecom is one of world’s largest telecom networking companies. This case presents a troubled team in that company. Team characteristics: 1. Consist of 4 members. 2. In charge of a really important role in the company. 3. Team members are having difficulty getting along and working together. 4. One of the team members having a personality making things difficult for the team. 5. Firing this member is impossible‚ organizational context making it impossible to hire new member

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