Olawunmi Ajibola July 10th 2013 Cicero once stated that “… The greater the difficulty the grater the glory …” My interpretation of this would be in order to fulfill ones goals or desires you most struggle to get there‚ the more you struggle the more satisfaction you’ll feel in the end. I agree with this statement because in this world and generation we are living in things don’t come easy. One most work hard for what they want. In order to get from point A to point B you must
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Ethical Lens Inventory Summary My personal ethic lens is Rights and Responsibility and relationship. I believe that this is true because I have always considered myself to be a very rational and fair person when it comes to making decisions in my life. When it comes to completing a task I find myself thinking through every way I can accomplish the task at hand before actually doing it. I am also this way when it comes to personal decisions as in what career I want and what I have to do to obtain
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My Ethical Lens Inventory My personal preferred lens is Rights and Responsibility and Relationship Lens. This means I use my reasoning skills to determine the universal rules that each person should follow and the processes that will ensure fairness and justice for all in the community. My core values are Autonomy/Equality and Rationality. This means for me interdependence is the goal‚ harmonizing the rights of individuals with the well-being of the community. I believe that universal rules
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INTRODUCTION: Opening Statement: Franz Kafka once said‚ “If the literature we are reading does not wake us‚ why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us.” Setup: This quote suggests that true literature evokes an emotional or meaningful response in the reader; it in some way changes how we view things. Thesis: By looking at Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ the validity of this quote will become clear. The experience
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Trust is a very valuable thing is one’s life. Without trust‚ it is next to impossible to go through life. Graham Green happens to agree with this as she had once said‚ “… it is impossible o go through life without trust…” One can interpret this quote as trust being an essential aspect to life and in order to go through it‚ there must be someone or something a person can put his or her faith in. Two works of literature that reflect this quote are The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene and A Raisin
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Anne Lamott said‚ “Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through.” Good literature allows individuals to live through events which they have not encountered in their lives. I agree with this quote because I believe it is true. This quote is shown to be true through the books‚ Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. In both pieces of literature‚ characters had an experience which we haven’t had or been through. Books help us understand
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The Ethical Lens Inventory is designed to help you determine which of four ethical lenses – four primary ethical perspectives – help you determine what to do when faced with an ethical dilemma that doesn’t have a clear answer. Your preferred ethical lens depends on your core values – the ideals that propel you to action. Each ethical lens emphasizes underlying core values in a slightly different way. Two of the ethical lenses emphasize using rationality – critical thinking – to determine
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* Topic sentence: * In my results from the Ethical Lens Inventory; my personal preferred lens is Relationship and Reputation Lens. My blind spot is overconfidence in process or unrealistic role expectations. In the results it states that I occasionally trust the process a great deal‚ because I trust that a consistent process result in a just outcome for all. I believe that my strengths are my behavior‚ tools for analyzing problems and gift. My ethical behavior is fair and living out role
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In the essay “Triumph of the Lens‚” the author describes the emotional appeals that were used during the 1935 film Triumph of the Will to persuade the audience into believing Adolf Hitler was an appropriate leader for the Germans. The author notes how the film’s director‚ Leni Riefenstahl‚ used ethos (ethics)‚ pathos (emotion)‚ and logos (logic) to relate to the audience’s senses. The author comes to a realization that these techniques are very powerful influences in the way it can shift a person’s
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Ethical Lens Inventory I’ve always thought of myself as a people person and this Ethical Lens Inventory confirms my pervious thinking. My preferred ethical lens view point is reputational lens. This means I use my intuition to determine what character traits best serve the community. Through this ethical lens inventory I learned that my blind spot is unrealistic role expectations. I can see this in my everyday life as I find myself disappointed when people do not perform the duties or task
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