Can virtue be taught? Or is it something that we have innately? “At the right times‚ about the right things‚ towards the right people‚ for the right end‚ and in the right way‚ is the intermediate and best condition‚ and this is proper to virtue." This is a quote from Socrates defining virtue. “This is not simply splitting the difference between two extremes. For example‚ generosity is a virtue between the two extremes of miserliness and being profligate. Further examples include: courage between
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Global warming and can it be prevented Name SCI 207 Instructor Date Global warming and can it be prevented We have to face the fact that global warming is now a part of the planet‚ and may be due to the actions of humans making it human-caused. One of the causes of global warming is greenhouse-gas effect. It will continue for centuries even if and when greenhouse-gas emissions are stabilized in the future. Humans are helping to cause global warming by "Fossil fuel use‚ agriculture
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employees is an important concern for the any organisation. The grievance handling procedure of the organisation can affect the harmonious environment of the organisation. The grievances of the employees are related to the contract‚ work rule or regulation‚ policy or procedure‚ health and safety regulation‚ past practice‚ changing the cultural norms unilaterally‚ individual victimization‚ wage‚ bonus‚ etc. Here‚ the attitude on the part of management in their effort to understand the problems of employees
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Can machines think? Turing didn’t describe the human vs. machine game right away‚ to make a point. He didn’t just flip a coin to see what he was going to write about. His point is simple. If you can distinguish between a man and a machine‚ in the game‚ you could come to the conclusion that the machine doesn’t think‚ right? WRONG! He introduced the idea of the man vs. woman game to prove that making such a conclusion is not in fact a conclusion‚ but an assumption. If it was a fact that‚ if you
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CONFLICT CAN BE A CATALYST FOR CHANGES For as long as human has existed‚ conflict has been a part of our daily life. Tragedy‚ sadness and many other changes might be some of results due to conflict. It affects all of us although its effect might differ. During a process of conflict‚ our position could have changed if the side we support get weakened. People are likely to switch their ideas‚ feelings and beliefs to other side in order to be inclusive with others. Indeed‚ as the nature of conflict
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Essay ＃1 Money Can Bring Happiness There are people who agree with the idea that money can actually bring happiness. However‚ personally I do have some different ideas on that. I happen to read an article about a research on the relationship of the GDP and happiness index of a country. The result of the research was quite astonishing. Although the index of happiness does rise as the GDP per person grows
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Can You Find Me Now? How is a Nintendo Wii game console able to determine the location of a Wii Remote while a player interacts with a game? The answer is triangulation‚ a process that determines the location of any object by measuring the angles from two or more fixed points. Surveyors often use triangulation to measure distance. Starting at a known location and elevation‚ surveyors measure a length to create a base line and then use a theodolite to measure an angle to an unknown pint from each
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? “There’s nothing the young can teach older people” Use specific details and examples to support your answer. According to common belief‚ we‚ especially the younger‚ usually learn many things from previous generations. Some even believe that the young cannot teach in turn the elderly. To my way of thinking‚ I do not agree with this idea in many aspects. On one hand‚ I admit that the elderly has played an important part in teaching young
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the characters. In the novel “Catch Us If You Can”‚ the character who shows courage is Rory. Rory handles challenges with courage. No fear will ever deter him from being separated from his Granda. He had to risk the dangers from being caught as well as other problems that come his way. Firstly‚ a boy in his early teens‚ Rory has the courage to take care of his grandfather all by himself. It is not easy for him because he has to balance between school and taking care of his Granda who is getting
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Gray believes that many marriages in trouble can be saved and a successful marriage all depends on the husband and wife working together. He also says that sometimes love is easy and other times it needs effort. We shouldn’t expect to always be loving and we need to be understanding when we don’t know how to be loving (285-286). Couples need to be provided with the tools they need to keep their relationship strong. I think there are three ways we can prevent or lessen our chances of divorce. The
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