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    What makes an effective leader? A leader is an individual who guides a community‚ country‚ or group. Alexander The great‚ Asoka‚ and Jesus are leaders who exemplify all the qualities of an effective leader. Despite hardships‚ these men had to over come‚ they ended up helping their people and their empires and showed that they weren’t pushovers. These three men got respect from their followers by means of charm and fear. They all were accepting of people who did not follow them. Asoka and Alexander

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    they are doing what is right. In Chapter 9 “Are There Absolute Moral Rules? Immanuel Kant expressed the “Categorical Imperative” by saying: “Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law”(p.124). He expressed that “Categorical Imperative” is to do what is right and thinking of an action‚ and if there are any rules to follow for the specific action that is equal to the maxim then you must consider if you would want the rule to be a universal

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    What were the successes and failures of the League of Nations in the 1920s?     The League of Nations could stop small wars and improved some people’s lives.   But it could not defend the Treaty of Versailles‚ get disarmament‚ or stop powerful countries.          It stopped some wars – e.g. it arbitrated between Sweden and Finland over the Aaland Islands (1921) and stopped the invasion of Bulgaria by Greece (1925).   In 1928‚ the League arranged the Kellogg-Briand Pact‚ which outlawed war.   The

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    THOMAS HOBBES : ABSOLUTE MONARCHY IS THE BEST GOVERNMENT Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher who is known by everyone up to this day century for his philosophies about political philosophy. Thomas Hobbes was born on April 5‚ 1588. He was born in Westport‚ near Mamesbury‚ Wiltshire‚ England. He receives his college education at Oxford University in England. Thomas Hobbes was not only a philosopher but he was a political science‚ academician ‚ historian‚ philosopher ‚ and journalist. Leviathan

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    started trading with the Europeans with things such as Horses‚ gold‚ cloth‚ copper and other things like that. When the Europeans took over Africa in 1885 the country became really poor as there were no workers and there was no as much food because the farmers were being traded as slaves. Ships were being carried into Africa then putting slaves into tight pack or loose pack where they would sit there for 3-6 months with hardly any food and they would be sitting with other people they didn’t know

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    nationalism and wanted war to happen by having shouts in public to help promote the reasons. John T. McCutcheon draws a picture (Doc G) showing how every country as people had a way to “point the finger at” each other country mainly Germany being the main victim against four others. A newspaper by Colonel Dragutin Dimitrevic using The Origins of the First World War (Doc I) Serbia is saying that the only way

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    the beginning of early modern Europe. Since The Early Renaissance‚ a philosopher named Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola in his novel‚ On the Dignity of Man‚ he found the theme of the Renaissance he claimed that “…reason and the truth of the Bible share a basic unity that is reflected in the history of thought” (Readings to Accompany Experience Humanities 1)‚ meaning that its view that it has on human nature has no limits and is the prototype of the Renaissance idea of the unless possibilities; and to

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    Should medicine give more priority to the quality or quantity of life? Historically speaking the quantity and not the quality of healthcare services has been the main priority of developing countries all around the globe since the impact of healthcare services is measured in terms of its effect on mortality. However some people may argue that healthcare services should be directed towards patient satisfaction as outcome measures but when it comes down to life threatening situations I can without

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    current machinery‚ factories and cheaper goods throughout the globe. However‚ factory conditions were deadly‚ many owners used child labor and tenants spread disease that killed millions. This made the Industrial Revolution overall a poor thing for human life. Tenants‚ where factory workers and their families lived‚ were filled with problems. They had no filtration‚ making the air dirty and unsafe and were extremely cramped. This lead to deadly disease spreading quickly. One such disease was tuberculosis

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    Industrialization‚ it was a time of great distress for people. Towns had to shut down at night because it was impossible to light the night with the kerosene lamps and candles they had. People had to stay in town because they couldn’t go anywhere because cars were too expensive. People had to risk their lives in month-year long journeys across the U.S. in search for jobs. But after Industrialization‚ all those worries that people had went away. Industrialization had a positive impact on the U.S. because of light

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