It’s easy to blame individuals for engaging in illegal or unethical activities by assuming bad behaviour is an inherent personality trait. "Only shady people do shady things‚" right? We assume the CFO who reports false financial data and the hedge fund manager who commits insider trading do so because they are inherently "bad people." The maxim of individual responsibility is comforting because it implies that‚ to eradicate criminal or unethical behaviour‚ all we need to do is identify and weed
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Why Instagram is Not All that Bad In a world where digital products have more and more effect on people’s daily lives‚ certain software or media products inevitably become the center of the public’s attention. Moreover‚ they become the part of an individual’s lifestyle. Along with Facebook‚ Twitter‚ or YouTube‚ which already are daily companions for millions of people‚ there is one more application that causes debates and conflicting assessments – Instagram. Though it has many opponents‚ Instagram
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Snapchat has become a real craze lately in society. Research has been done that nearly 77 percent of U.S. college students use Snapchat every day. Some researchers go as far as saying that “Snapchat is bad for children’s mental health.” Many people say that it has affected us negatively and positively. One of the positive sides of Snapchat is that it is used to keep in touch with friends and allows you to see each other instead of just sending messages. If your friend lives far away from you it
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A2 9 Facts on Why Smoking Is Bad for You By Spencer Hendricks‚ eHow Contributor Chances are you probably already know that smoking is bad for you‚ but you might not know the whole story. The negative impacts of smoking affect almost every aspect of your life in ways you might not even have dared to imagine. Educating yourself on the wide variety of problems smoking may cause is an effective reminder to not start smoking --if you don’t smoke already--and a strong source of motivation to quit‚ if
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A curious nature can lead to misfortune when one does not have good intentions. Charles Perrault adapted the traditional folk story of ‘Bluebeard’ to be morally and contextually appropriate for his late seventeenth century French audience. Perrault devised his take on the tale from a variety of cultural versions‚ with the character of ‘Bluebeard’ seen as the ‘other’ compared to what is perceived as ‘normal’ in each culture. However‚ Perrault drew his own original conclusions to the morals of the
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Bottled Water the Unknown Enemy Water bottle sales have been going up exponentially these last few years. According to the International Bottled Water Association (IWBA). People who are buying bottled water are being cheated. Tap water is cheaper‚ more convenient‚ and the change in taste is almost nonexistent. It is the better choice. Water bottles do not have as many perks as tap and is not reliable. The first big selling point about tap is how cheap it is. Consumer Reports News reports
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Why Are Fairy Tales important In Society? Fairy tales are probably the most important and constant part of our society. The stories are embedded deep within us since childhood‚ and are relived constantly throughout adulthood. What they represent haunts us‚ and their meanings are as obvious as the mundane paths of lives we all go through. Whereas children seem to be lacking full understanding of them‚ adults are no strangers to the world of fairy tales. As C. S. Lewis once said‚ “Some day you will
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experience to have a perfect life‚ but can it be bad in some ways? A utopia does not seem possible because it seems too unrealistic and unreasonable. A utopian community would be completely out of the ordinary. A utopia can be possible in many different ways. It could be awesome to live that perfect life you were dreaming of. But sorry to tell you‚ a utopian community is not possible. There are many downsides to it. One example‚ from the article‚ “4 Utopian Communities That Didn’t pan Out”. Brook Farm
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the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton‚ was stabbed and killed by greaser‚ Johnny Cade. The greasers are considered the menace to society‚ because of the way they look and the actions they make. But what if I told you the only reason why 16-year old Johnny Cade stabbed Bob was because Bob and the others Socs were drowning Ponyboy... Socs are the real menaces to society because they assault and torment‚ they are selfish and disguise their personality with their appearance. "How’d you like that haircut
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To explore the concepts of Utopian theory‚ both political and social‚ one must first engender a concrete definition of what Utopia means. Sir Thomas More‚ the original creator of the term Utopia‚ signifies it as “no place”. However‚ More’s clever play on words seems ultimately to suggest that ”no place” is just no place right now. That is to say that Utopia is “an ideal place that does not exist in reality” yet (Murfin and Ray 529). The theoretical and literary genres of Utopianism which came in
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