deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.” However‚ while the intent of a lie is to deceive‚ that deceit is not always intended to cause detriment to others. Lies can be told for justifiable reasons such as to protect the feelings of others‚ but more often lies are told for the wrong reasons. For example‚ lies are mostly told to avoid the consequences of one’s actions such as with criminal activities and academic misconduct. When comparing acceptable and unacceptable reasons to lie
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In the documentary (Did) Honesty- The Truth about Lies‚ the professor Dan Ariely showed to his audience about the results of the experiments about how we lie to others‚ but particularly to ourselves. The Professor pictures his findings about the human nature and the rationalization about how everyone is dishonest to a lesser or great extent. This documentary makes any one to questioning about the explanations that we give ourselves about how the lie is justifiable and permissible. His assumptions
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attributes. Being an extravert‚ some of my strengths are being able to initiate conversation and activities easily‚ not being hesitant to interact with people and make new friends‚ not being afraid to voice my opinion and what is on my mind‚ and working well with groups. All of these are ways in which I distribute the positive energy that I have‚ which is another strength of being an extravert. Along with the strengths of being an extravert there are weaknesses. Extraverts enjoy being the center of
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Investors of asset backed securities (ABSs) are subject to interest rate risk. When interest rates rise‚ the prices of ABS fall‚ and vice versa. The risk of rising interest rate will affect yields because it may influence the pace of prepayments of the underlying loans. This is normally in the case of mortgages consumer asset backed securities. The underlying borrowers of asset backed securities may fail to make interest and principal payments when due and unable to meet other obligation such as
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Greatness~The quality of being great‚ distinguished‚ or eminent. Greatness of people have shaped the world we live in today with their rational decisions turning into great outcomes. There are many ways to acquire greatness is what shakes once referred to. Being born into greatness‚ achieving greatness‚ or having greatness thrown upon you are the three ways shakes believed greatness was acquired. Many people in our world today have done great things and changed our world today. One specific character
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In the essay‚ “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen‚ the author claims that the men more likely to talking in public place‚ but less at home. The women is more likely to talk to their husband at home‚ but do not talk in the public. We see this when the author explain the reason. She states‚ “In the public setting of a guest lecture‚ men felt challenged to show his intelligence and display his understanding of the lecture. But at home‚ where he has nothing to prove and no one to defend against
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Child’s Rights: Children’s Perspective on Being Heard Children’s voices are constantly drowned‚ ignored and passed off as just another fleeting remark. It is often forgotten that they too‚ have their rights as individual beings‚ most importantly to be heard and to be able to express their views freely (¬Convention on the Rights of the Child‚ 1989). Their experiences and perspectives on their lives‚ needs and wants has to be taken into serious consideration to understand them better in order to enable
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Care Enable rights and choices of individuals with dementia whilst minimising risks 1.1 These are some of the legislation related to minimising the risk of harm for an individual with dementia. Key legislation are Human Rights Act 1998‚ Mental Health Act 2007‚ Disability Discrimination Act‚ Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006‚ Carers (equal opportunities ) Act 2004. Together these legislations form the fundamental rights and freedom of an individual. These affect the rights of every day
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Shakespeare introduces all of the deception‚ lying‚ and false appearances into his play to express the way humanity hides behind these forms. Hamlet himself is no different from any of the other characters. Deception is all around and it takes Hamlet a great deal of travesty to attain the crucial evidence he needs to incriminate his uncle Claudius and take his revenge on him. Hamlet decides to act like he has gone mad to turn the attention away from his true intentions of gathering evidence against
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The Puritan faith is one holding a close relationship with God and due to this strong faith‚ they all wanted to believe that their religion was the closest knit with God. Puritan’s feeling so closely with God‚ wanted the absolute certainty that there was no trace of the Devil in their utopian type society. Due to that want‚ Danforth
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