Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ author of On the Social Contract‚ the First and Second Discourse‚ as well as other notable works‚ had a profound impact on political philosophy and Western thought during the 18th century and still shapes politics today. Contrary to what have some have some have misconstrued regarding Rousseau‚ he did not argue that man in his natural state was virtuous or perfect. Some commentators have suggested that Rousseau believed that man in his natural state was the height of perfection
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Mill & Kant: First Principles During this semester’s readings‚ two authors by the names of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant were introduced as important pieces to the philosophical study. Within both of their teachings‚ they both introduced readers to the idea of first principles. A first principle is a style of teaching and learning the best way to structure your life so that you can turn out as best as you have the ability to. Kant’s first principle was the categorical imperative which was essentially
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restrictions on our ability to have knowledge on God. Rationalist claim that our knowledge is gained independently of sense experience. Empiricists claim that sense experience is the source of all our concepts and knowledge. In Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy‚ Descartes attempts to prove that there is knowledge that God exists. On his journey to doing this he examines the idea of being a thinking thing‚ the concept of clear and distinct ideas‚ cause and effect‚ and the fact that he is imperfect
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The concept of order-winners and order-qualifiers is originating from an attempt to explain how internal operational capabilities can lead to competitive advantage‚ market success and answer the following : - What drives customers in buying the products manufactured by a company at all. - What makes customers purchase a certain product instead of a similar one manufactured by a competitor. In order for customers to purchase a product a car for example it needs to meet a set of minimum requirements
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ORDER WINNERS AND ORDER QUALIFIERS The operations and supply chain strategy is a functional strategy that indicates how structural and infrastructural elements within the operations and supply chain areas will be acquired and developed to support the overall business strategy. Executing successful operations and supply chain strategies means choosing and implementing the right mix of structural and infrastructural elements. What constitutes the best mix of these structural and infrastructural
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Frankfurt argues that if a person has second order volitions‚ then he or she is always completely responsible for his or her decision‚ because second order volitions are free will. If they have not‚ however‚ developed the ability to have second order volitions then they are still responsible for not having second order volitions and‚ therefore‚ responsible for not being able to control their actions because of neglecting the thought and reason required to reach second order volitions. On the other hand
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Order getter Definition The role most synonymous with selling is a position in which the salesperson is actively engaged in using their skills to obtain orders from customers. One highly challenging yet potentially lucrative example of this are sales positions where the main objective is to find new customers. Sales jobs in this category are often in fields that are very competitive‚ but offer high rewards for those that are successful. The key distinguishing factor of these positions is that
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though Feste in Twelth Night does not speak frequently in the first and second acts‚ he says enough for us to see that he is an observant and clever man. Firstly‚ well associated with the spirit of the twelfth night‚ the night where society reverses roles‚ Feste reflects joy. His name is a great example of the happiness he expresses. Feste sounds a lot like the French word «fête»‚ which means party. In every scene he plays in the second act‚ he starts to sing. He says to Orsino that he takes «pleasure
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The emergence of second-wave empires in 500 BCE coincides with the decline of earlier river societies‚ also known as first-wave civilizations‚ which were present from approximately 3500 BCE to 500 BCE. River valley societies were‚ as its name suggests‚ situated near rivers as a source of water for irrigation and everyday use. In comparison‚ second-wave empires adopted many traits from earlier civilizations and elaborated on them or completely changed them. Despite bearing some minor similarities
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Abstract no 020-0134 A lean perspective on servitization of manufacturing Mats Winroth Dept of Industrial Management and Economics‚ Division of Operations Management‚ Chalmers University of Technology SE-412 96 Göteborg‚ Sweden Phone: +46 31 772 12 17 E-mail: mats.winroth@chalmers.se Glenn Johansson Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management‚ School of Engineering Jönköping University P.O. Box 1026 SE-551 11 Jönköping‚ Sweden Phone: +46 36 10 16 34 E-mail: glenn.johansson@jth
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