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    knowing they are a part of the happiness of the entire community. How might the Relationship Lens be misused through abuse of power or personal hubris? Having an excessive pride and arrogance can move us from unintentional ethical wrong doing to  intentional wrong doing (Baird‚ 2011). Cite a recent example in the news. I have an example of hubris in my work place that I will share. Our current CEO has chosen to take his annual bonus when he made the decision to freeze raises and increase the

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    was needed because he felt so confident after his first case. Hubris and arrogance were the death of Christopher McCandless‚ for they made him underprepared and ungrateful of what he had. Christopher could still be alive had he taken more interest in learning more about the specific area around the Stampede Trail and taken more supplies with him‚ even if he did plan to use them‚ because after all‚ its better to be safe than sorry. Hubris leads to bad decisions no matter what your

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    ‘Othello’ is not‚ as the very genre of tragedy seeks to imitate action and life‚ both of which have an inherit meaning. In some ways‚ Shakespeare’s work can be considered didactic as in the case in classical tragedy‚ the hero’s falls arises as fault of a hamartia on his part‚ a fault which plagues humanity. In fact‚ throughout the work‚ Othello is revealed to have many more faults and weaknesses than a man of his stature should posses‚ providing a reason for his downfall. The work’s main protagonist‚ the

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    values. Fritz Lang’s expressionist‚ science-fiction film Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell’s dystopic novel 1984 (1949) both critique the imposition of conformity and excessive control in society‚ as well as caution against misguided scientific hubris‚ whilst highlighting the significance of the individual. Through the comparative study of these texts‚ responders attain an enhanced understanding of the context’s influence on the representation of these polysemic and multifaceted societal concerns

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    1. Is Oedipus a strong ruler/leader? Oedipus displays confidence and he is a strong ruler. Not necessarily a great leader because his own hubris takes him down later on. The people of Thebes were worried about the plague and Oedipus had a plan to mitigate the issues. His intelligence is shown when he solves the Sphinx’s riddle in a short amount of time. 2. Is Oedipus the “worst of men” as he calls himself? He asks “was I not born evil? Am I not utterly unclean? is he evil? Unclean? Oedipus

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    from grace as a result of an irreversible and serious error. Shakespeare explores these elements in the main character of King Lear. In the play‚ the old King resigns from his position which leads to dramatic and violent consequences. Due to Lear’s hubris‚ his poor sense of judgement‚ and his deep sufferings‚ King Lear is an effective example of a classical tragic hero. The deadliest sin written in The Holy Bible is Pride. It is also one of King Lear’s fatal flaws that eventually causes his downfall

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    that rehabilitation wasn’t something he had learned in medical school‚ but something he learned after having traveled the world‚ and establishing Karigiri. Dr. Brand reflected on rehabilitation and wrote that true rehabilitation comes as his sense of hubris was stripped‚ and as he realized that he could not save patients. While he could repair damage from leprosy or treat them‚ every patient he had would eventually have to leave and attempt to build a new life. The patients had the hard job to do‚ but

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    involved the manipulation of accounting rules in order to enrich the company’s executive leadership. Hence‚ while accounting techniques facilitated the Enron scandal it is more of a tale that is related to the hubris of the firm’s top executives and their deep-seated greed. Evidence that hubris and greed was more of the driving force than the actual manipulation of accounting rules for the Enron scandal is evident in the development of its securities trading business model introduced by its erstwhile

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    His intelligence and strength allow him to get out of difficult situations‚ but his one flaw that was bringing Odysseus down was his hubris. The whole time Odysseus was trying to get home‚ he had many opportunities to display these traits‚ for example giving Polyphemus the wine to put him asleep showed his intelligence because this was the best way to injure the giant while causing the

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    certain outstanding characteristics. Throughout his works‚ Homer shows that the most important of these include arete‚ hubris‚ and kleos; however‚ none of his characters have all of these attributes. Castle (quoted in Harker 1996‚ 53) defines “arete” as the ability to fully maximize physical and mental endowments. Hayward and Hambrick (1997‚ quoted in Lorenz 2011‚ 21) consider hubris as a state of extreme confidence engendered by internal disposition and external stimuli. Finally‚ Blondell‚ Gamel‚

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