Would you kill another human being? Sure‚ it may seem impossible‚ but there is the ability to do evil inside all of us. Philip Zimbardo would know. He was a professor of psychology at Stanford University who ran the “Stanford Prison Experiment”‚ in which he recorded the violent and sadistic tendencies of male college students in the role of prison guards. He once said that “human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside… There are times when external circumstances can overwhelm
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Is That All There Is? Joe Lessard Leaving City Post BY KAYTE VANSCOY‚ FRI.‚ JULY 31‚ 1998 Assistant City Manager Joe Lessard photograph by John Anderson The rumors started over a year ago‚ but it should come as no surprise to those familiar with the protracted pace of city government that it took this long to hear that Assistant City Manager Joe Lessard would be leaving his post at the city of Austin. Last June‚ when the then-new City Council took a retreat with upper-level city staff‚ the scuttlebutt
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Evil Dead 2013: A Film with Big Shoes to Fill Since the 1981 release of the original Evil dead you will not find many horror films as near and dear to horror film fanatics’ hearts as this classic. Although it is now out-dated and known as a low budget film; these qualities are what made it such a great horror classic. Lacking the luxury of relying on a gigantic Hollywood budget and fancy effects the director used ingenuity to captivate people’s minds. Needless to say‚ it worked. Fast forward to
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ESSAY CONTEST: Borrowing Money There are people in the U.S today who have never taken out a loan‚ made a purchase on credit‚ or owned a credit card. What these people know is that you can get into financial difficulty if you borrow too much‚ too frequently. What these people misunderstand is that it’s frequently beneficial and convenient‚ to make purchases by borrowing. Successful borrowing can help you create a positive credit history‚ which is important for many reasons. Even if you do
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“Nothing’s riding on this except the‚ uh‚ first amendment to the Constitution‚ freedom of the press‚ and maybe the future of the country.” Towards the end of the movie‚ “All the President’s Men”‚ Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee says this famous quote to his two investigative journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. The movie was able to capture Bradlee’s sarcasm in the quote when he says “maybe the future of the country”. This is clearly sarcasm because not only was the first amendment
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Sarah F. Indangan January 22‚ 2013 ------------------------------------------------- IV-9 BSE English Professor Jocson The Lesser Evil In this paper‚ evil is measured in terms of “Homeric sins” or how an epic violated Homeric conventions and the goal is to know which of the epics has the less violation of those conventions. The epics Iliad and Odyssey will be compared and contrasted according to the movies by Wolfgang Petersen and Andrei Konchalovsky. Iliad ended
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Shelley’s novel Frankenstein the creature is brought into this world like a newborn child by his creator‚ Victor Frankenstein. Although the creature has a seemingly evil appearance and has committed malicious acts‚ he was once good and pure. Victor believes that his creature who he refers to by the names “wretch” and “daemon” was born evil‚ but I believe that the creature is actually very kind and good at heart and the creature is right to say “misery made me a fiend.” (Shelley 69) It was really his
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The phrases “Evil Empire” by Ronald Reagan‚ and “Axis of Evil” by George w. Bush where phrases used by both presidents to point targets that were dangerous or a threat to the world; such as the soviet union or Iran developing nuclear weapons among with Iraq and north Korea. Both of these speeches were pointing out the “bad guys of the world” as in intending to keep the peace‚ but it was also a way that the United States Military forces could take action and start a conflict against the “bad guys”
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ON THE THREE EVILS Humanity has been led astray by three evils – greed‚ hatred and ignorance. Whether we are Buddhists‚ Hindus‚ Muslims‚ Christians‚ Animists‚ or Atheists‚ we cannot escape the three inevitables: old age‚ disease‚ and death. Nobody can deny that the five sense objects – pretty sight‚ delightful sound‚ fragrant smell‚ savory taste‚ and nice touch – are only fleeting phenomena. They are neither lasting nor permanent. Nor can anybody deny that property is transitory: no one can carry
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Noone can deny the importance of money in life. However‚ whether or not it is actually the only thing people are interested in today is much of controversy. Some people believe that money can buy everything when the others assert that it cannot. From my point of view‚ there are a lot of achievements rather than money although I can live without it. Sometimes‚ I wish to be a millionaire who does not have to worry about life with tons of burden. But it seems to be meaningless for me to come in for
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