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    Morally and Ethically

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    Morally: Since rationalism is based on using our mind to make reasonable judgment‚ I think what has happened about the leaking of information about the NSA program of recording information is morally acceptable. As John Locke’s philosophy about “natural law”‚ which included moral equity and nature freedom‚ citizens have the rights to not be watched. What Snowden did was based on a personal point of view that represented the moral aspects of the culture‚ which is freedom. From this‚ I can understand

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    This copy is for your personal‚ non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues or clients‚ use the RadioGraphics Reprints form at the end of this article. EDUCATION EXHIBIT 1891 Imaging of Ambiguous Genitalia: Classification and Diagnostic Approach1 CME FEATURE See accompanying test at http:// www.rsna.org /education /rg_cme.html Govind B. Chavhan‚ MD‚ DNB • Dimitri A. Parra‚ MD • Kamaldine Oudjhane‚ MD • Stephen F. Miller‚ MD • Paul S

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    The Quiet American Research Task History of Graham Greene and The Quiet American Centered on a common theme of politics and twentieth century moral dilemmas‚ Graham Greene’s work as an English writer‚ playwright and literary critic is famed for coalescing ‘serious literary acclaim with widespread popularity’. Greene often chooses to emphasise Catholic religious beliefs‚ as evident in Brighton Rock and The Heart of the Matter. His writing style and personal life were both markedly affected

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    communism in the First Indochina War. Fowler‚ a non-intervening British reporter living in Vietnam‚ meets Pyle of the Economic Attache‚ representing the United States to aid French in the First Indochina War to preserve Western values in the novel The Quiet American by Graham Greene. However Pyle’s arrogance in intervening Vietnam makes Fowler think negatively of his ideal. Fowler’s interpretation of conflicts in Vietnam as

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    unscrupulous tyrannical power involving carnal pleasures and deviating from the restrictive morals of the “occidental.” The Orient displays feminine vulnerability with its progress and value judged as inferior to the West. Graham Greene’s The Quiet American presents the treatment of Phuong as a metaphor for how foreign occupying forces treat her native country of Vietnam‚ and her depiction as having no control in matters of her love life is a motif of the Orient being a feminized other. Hegemonic

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    Ambiguous Figures Complete the Ambiguous Figures Activity at the My Psyc Lab website and answer the following questions. (1 point for each question) 1. What was the purpose of the experiment? The purpose of this experiment was to test our perception twice by viewing ambiguous pictures. That reflects our first response in a particular way. 2. Describe the experimental procedure. In this experiment I was presented by 14 trials in which I had to identify what I see in an ambiguous figure. Each

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    The Quiet American‚ by Graham Greene‚ implements a number of techniques to persuade the reader to believe that taking sides is human. This is done mainly through character development‚ events‚ narrative and setting. Using these techniques‚ Graham Greene is able to successfully create invited readings which support his views. Important to this process‚ character development is the center of this novel‚ and a powerful force behind the beliefs and invited readings presented by the text. Using characters

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    The first type of Ambiguous loss is “people are physically absent but psychologically present “an example would be a parent has has to go to work and stay gone for weeks at a time. Another example is a mother that has moved away and is several states away‚ you know they are not physically there but they are always psychologically there in your mind and heart. The second one is “Family members are physically present but psychologically absent” I think this is like a spouse being depressed and unable

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    story‚ especially between Fowler and Pyle. Fowler is also used as a metaphor to describe the character. The word foul is relatively similar to his last name and connections can be made about the character’s actions in the book. Alden Pyle is the "quiet American" of the title. Pyle is thoughtful‚ soft-spoken‚ intellectual‚ serious‚ and idealistic. He comes from a privileged East Coast background. His father is a renowned professor of underwater erosion who has appeared on the cover of Time magazine; his

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    Gender: An Ambiguous Factor Referencing the role that gender played in early twentieth century rural life made for an interesting character dynamic in this play. Susan Glaspell’s Trifles presents a murder mystery with a slightly twisted plot. The play itself‚ at first glance‚ seems simple enough. A man is murdered‚ his wife thought to be the murderer. An investigation is forged in their quaint farmhouse. However‚ the men are unable to find anything that leads to a motive. But then the twist! The

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