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    Bibliography: Allen‚ P. 1. (2012). In G. Wilson‚ Community Resilience and Environmental Transitions (p. 24). Abingdon: Routledge. David‚ M.‚ & Mayr‚ A. (2012). How to do Critical Discourse Analysis. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Lakoff‚ R. (1981). Persuasive Discourse and Ordinary Conversation with Examples from Advertising. In D. Tannen‚ Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics. Washington: Georgetown University

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    on the action a person takes rather than a person’s character. Overall‚ modern ethics gives us two “act base theories” the Kantianism and Utilitarianism‚ both define ethics in a form of action. In this paper I will be discussing the beliefs of Kantianism. In the 18th century‚ Philosopher Immanuel Kant a proponent for Kantianism ethics opposed the utilitarianism theory. Kant’s deontological principal looks at the source of the action; if someone is acting on a good

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    UTILITARIANISM Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that holds that an action is right if it produces‚ or if it tends to produce‚ the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people affected by the action. Otherwise the action is wrong. This cost-benefit analysis is a form of utility calculation. People in business theory use utility curves to plot the results of various actions‚ choosing those that maximize whatever it is that they wish to achieve. This utility approach is not foreign

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    Critical Analysis Andrew Keen ‘s “Douse the Online Flamers” is an interesting essay based on- in my own words “online bullying”. In my own judgment the essay was convincing in terms that examples were giving as to mentioning different cases about “online bullying”. Keen presented evidence which had me engaged in the essay even more. Keen is proving a point and informing the reader about whether posting things online anonymously should be supported by the First Amendment or if there should be legal

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    Critical Essay Analysis: A Qualitative Study of the Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Risky Sex in Adolescents Justin Liauw 2012 Coleman‚ L.M. & Cater‚ S.M. (2005). A Qualitative Study of the Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Risky Sex in Adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behaviour. 34 (6). 649-66. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-7917-6. This is an essay analysing the study topic purpose on the relationship between alcohol consumption and risky sex in adolescents. From this

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    Critical Analysis of “The Ideal” and ‘”Mistakes of Past” From learning to ride your first bike or to going to the movies with your old friends‚ memories of the past are special things that are both everlasting and very important. A theme of James Fenton’s poem “The Ideal” is to live by your past because it cannot be changed‚ erased‚ or forgotten; it makes you who you are. One of the major literary devices used in this poem is rhyme. There are three rhymes in total and he rhymes the second and fourth

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    BUS2235 Organizational Dynamics Critical Analysis #4 Ingvar Kamprad: Wealthy Man‚ Frugal Man‚ Entrepreneur Extraordinaire Although octogenarian Ingvar Kamprad‚ the founder of Swedish-based IKEA‚ is one of the wealthiest individuals in the world‚ he nonetheless lives quite frugally. Kamprad avoids wearing suits‚ flies economy class‚ takes the subway to work‚ drives a ten-year-old Volvo and frequents inexpensive restaurants. “It has long been rumored in Sweden that when his self-discipline

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    patterns between the two‚ we start to realize the specific disadvantages. Throughout‚ humanities existence on Earth we can see and witness throughout history how much race‚ class‚ sexuality‚ and gender have shaped modern society. Throughout‚ this critical analysis I will shine a light on the modern day society and how the gender‚ race‚ and class have shaped and continue to shape our society. “Gender is rooted in social institutions and results in…the relationships between women and men…giving them differing…advantage

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    5. Relativism Many different ideas have been given the name ‘relativism’‚ and the term has been used to pillory all sorts of views (sometimes for good reasons‚ sometimes for bad ones). It is mere posturing to say that you are for or against “relativism” unless you say what you mean by the term. Here I want mainly to discuss (and to criticize) a view I have encountered among students in philosophy courses‚ who say things like this: "What anyone believes is true for that person. What you believe

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    The theory behind utilitarianism is that one’s actions are right if it promotes happiness or pleasure and wrong if it does not promote happiness or pleasure. The main point to this theory is the principle of utility that states “according to which actions should be chosen that bring about the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people.” (Palmer) Jeremy Bentham gave essentially utilitarianism its name and brought more attention to it than those before him. Bentham came up with

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