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    MGST 495- Working With People Assignment After comparing my self-rated scores on the HEXACO personality measure and Swartz’s value scale with those of the evaluation done by one of my long term and good friends‚ I actually found that for the most part he knows me pretty well and many of our scores were similar. In fact‚ every single score was within 1 point of each other’s. Although it would have been interesting to have some disparities in certain categories this is ok too as it gives me re-assurance

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    Catherine Bartlett Johnna Maiorella Humanities through the Arts April 24‚ 2013 The Pursuit of Happiness What is happiness? What is virtue? Although these two things are important to us‚ we probably have not put much though into why. Most people would agree that happiness is something everyone wants or a state of being. Virtues are part of our character and encompass such things as loyalty‚ courage‚ truth‚ and integrity and are also an essential part of who we are. When we congratulate

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    The painter‚ Basil Hallward‚ makes a beautiful portrait of Dorian. He feels that it is his best work to date. While‚ in the Hallward’s studio Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton. Henry "corrupts" Dorian’s innocent and introduces him to a new world of Hedonism. Dorian is eventually influenced by Henry’s way of thinking and becomes obsessed with himself and his image. He wishes that he always look like his youthful appearance in the portrait. The wish comes true. Dorian remains the same – youthful and

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    ETHICAL SYSTEM DEFINITION SLOGAN STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES EXAMPLES IN APPLICATION Subjectivism The doctrine that knowledge is merely subjective and that there are no objective moral truths. “It’s either my way or the highway.” You learn to trust yourself in your decision-making. You are not prepared to learn from the experiences of others (from which wisdom is derived). People around the world have different views‚ some of which are influenced by personal tastes‚ feelings and opinions

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    2014 looks set to be a year of demanding more. When we look at the small cultural shifts that beckon change–the emerging behaviours that are just reaching the mainstream–it seems that consumers are going to expect more than ever. The Cultural Insight team at Added Value recently conducted research to determine the 2014 global trends as defined by culture. Here are the top six trends that will shape consumer behavior in 2014: 1. Multiplicity. We are increasingly expecting things to do more that

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    In the year of 1980‚ Oscar Wilde published his only novel‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ before he reached his height of fame. The first edition of his book appeared in the summer edition of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine. Although‚ many criticized the novel as being scandalous and immoral. Wilde‚ being disappointed with its outcome‚ revised the novel in 1891‚ adding a preface and six new chapters. One of the main themes throughout this book would be the purpose of art‚ Wilde believed art did not serve

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    of the proginal melodies. In total‚ the manuscript contains approximately 250 poems. Carmina Burana in Latin means Songs of Beuren. Variously written by itinerant scholars in low Latin and early German‚ the poems mingle Christian piety and pagan hedonism in a spirit of simplicity and unselfconscious directness which were intrinsic in the medieval approach to mortality. The poems include the

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    thought of the lost generation is loneliness and disillusion in spirt‚ is to emphasize its own set of values rather than their elders. It strongly stresses the importance of personal characteristic and freedom or personal liberation‚ or in other words‚ hedonism and self-indulgent spree. In the novel‚Scott Fitzgerald

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    one’s desires and impulses can be undeniably immoral. “The explosion of aesthetic philosophy extended it to life itself. Here‚ aestheticism advocated whatever behavior was likely to maximize the beauty and happiness in one’s life‚ in the tradition of hedonism.” (Duggan 63) This says that it is good to find pleasure in beauty for one’s happiness. However‚ if aestheticism is uncontrolled‚ it could lead to the complete opposite of respectability and all the hard work can be lost. Instant gratification without

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    The country wife

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    older women‚ fops‚ country squires‚ scheming valets etc. Restoration plays performed only in moderated versions in the eighteenth century; rarely performed at all during the nineteenth century; some revival during the twentieth century when their hedonism seemed to reflect twentieth-century decadence. Reputation for innuendo‚ blasphemy and general immorality: Wycherley was one of the many Restoration dramatists attacked by the influential campaigning moralist‚ Jeremy Collier in his 1698 book

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