Andy Ferris Energy‚ Technology and Policy Spring 2014 April 8‚ 2014 Word Count: 1‚481 + 500 The Myths of the Four Imperatives Robert Bryce poses some interesting solutions to the US energy industry. With the recent growth in production of natural gas‚ and the clear benefits of nuclear energy it is easy to see why he might come to the conclusion that those two energy resources should dominate the energy industry of the future. However the premise on which his ideas are built is severely
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Unassailable logic will not always suffice. And most people with perhaps a little thought accept this but only as theory. Either way‚ a do-nothing approach as we saw it in The Managerial Imperative is persuasive. The waste in business and government is staggering. Plenty of analysis but often no meaningful plan. We have modeled the world to death on many irrelevant issues. What is the point? It is two-fold: one‚ planning fascinates many
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Dangers of The Technical Imperative In Comparative Religious Ethics‚ Darrell Fasching‚ Dell Dechant‚ and David M. Lantigua propose the innate danger of the technical imperative to the human race. In recent history‚ the most significant example of the “technical imperative” has been evident in the construction and use of the atomic bomb. According to the authors of Comparative Religious Ethics‚ the technical imperative is the idea that “if it can be done it must be done” (Fasching 46). The use
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The Ethical Imperative – Contrarieties "A global ethic is only practicable as a personal commitment‚" says the author‚ Dalla Costa. He explains that for businesspeople‚ this does not mean valuing profit less‚ but instead valuing people more. Throughout the article‚ the author shows that business reflects who we are as a society and the beliefs that we live by as individuals. He uses several examples of organizations that have been hurt by unethical behavior to support his statement. Business
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negative consequences. Such absolute rules are described in his 1785 text Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals as categorical imperatives: unconditional moral obligations which we must follow and are bound to as a result of our rationality. His proposal contrasts “hypothetical imperatives”‚ in which we act to achieve certain ends‚ such as in religious morality. With a hypothetical imperative‚ one would carry out a particular action in order to achieve a separate result - for example‚ the way in which
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The Pros and Cons of the “Technological Imperative” March 20 2011 Technological advances have been gaining more and more information over the past years and by doing so‚ they are able to advance their technology each and everyd ay. These improvements have helped but they also have the potential to hinder society. The Flying Machine‚ Locks‚ Computers and Why we Play God‚ and‚ Zap! It’s the Future are all written examples of how technology can be positive and how it can also be negative. The
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COMM 200 Communication Across Culture Fall 2013 Assignment 1 Television Fall Lineup and Imperatives According to Martin& Nakayama’s Intercultural Communication in Contexts (2010)six imperatives affect our abilities to effectively communicate across cultures because of ethnocentrism “a tendency to think our culture is superior to other cultures”(Martin & Nakayama 2010 p.5). To become competent in intercultural communications we need to acknowledge these differences
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Tut was conceived Tutankhaton yet his name was changed to Tutankhamun when Amon turned into the most imperative god. Tut’s name signifies "The living picture of Amun". Tut wedded Ankhesepaaten who was one of the little girls of King Akheneaten and Queen Nefertiti. At the point when Ankheneaten passed on in 1333 B.C.‚ Tut turned into the pharaoh. He was just nine. Tut ruled amid the eighteenth administration. Tut was not permitted to settle on choices all alone on the grounds that he was so youthful
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In late 2015‚ Mr. Steven Pinker published an editorial with the Boston Globe titled‚ “The moral imperative to bioethics”‚ which concerned me quite a bit. Mr. Pinker’s editorial was over the new technique of CRISPR-Cas9. This technique allows one‚ relatively cheaply and easily‚ to go through a genome‚ target certain undesirable genetic sequences‚ cut those sequences out‚ and implant a new genetic sequence of ones choosing. While this sounds amazing at first‚ and something that Mr. Pinker wants
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CHAPTER THREE IMPERATIVES FOR ELECTORAL REFORM 3.1 INTRODUCTION In the context of a weak electoral body‚ a perverted electoral process and undemocratic political parties‚ the stage is set for flawed elections. Thus‚ the 1999 and 2003 elections‚ like virtually all the preceding elections in Nigeria’s post-colonial history‚ were classic cases of electoral fraud. In broad terms‚ there have been two kinds of elections in Nigeria’s post-colonial history. These are the ‘transition’ and
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