Socratic seminar questions 3. What does Fitzgerald mean when he says ““The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg‚ Long Island‚ sprang from his Platonic conception of himself…so he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen –year-old boy would be likely to invent‚ and to this conception he was faithful to the end”(98)? Gatsby was from new money where he and his parents had to work hard on plantations in order to make a living. Early in his lifetime‚ he created a “platonic [concept] of
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’an Buddhism (Moore & Bruder‚ 2008‚ p. 525). Western philosophy is older and generally divided into groups based on a progression of years as opposed to specific regions‚ for example‚ Renaissance philosophy and Modern philosophy. An Eastern philosopher I believe made very compelling arguments for his ideas is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ better known as Mahatma Gandhi. "Gandhi‚ of course‚ is known everywhere for his use of nonviolence to help attain political freedom for India and for striving
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| | CheckPoint 25/points | Points Earned 21.5/25 | | Write in 100 to 200 words an explanation of the three tools of financial statement analysis and the function of each. | 5/5 points | | three tools of financial statement analysis | | 3 | The tone
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CheckPoint: The impact of HRM Your name here Axia College University of Phoenix CbeckPoint: The Impact of HRM To improve the management of human resources in our company we need to complete performance appraisals and add new pay and benefits. We need to evaluate the performance levels of our employees on a monthly basis. Doing these evaluations will give the high performing employees the encouragement they need to stay on the right track and give the low performing ones a chance to
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UOP STUDENT POS 110 Checkpoint: Voting in America Upon researching voter turnout in the United States‚ it is clear that the rate has declined tremendously over the years. Since the 1960’s‚ participation levels from voters has constantly decreased. There are many trends that lead to such a decline in turnout. One reason that many American citizens decide not to vote is due to the registration barriers. The laws governing how qualified voters should register has become a rather tedious
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contrast two rulers; Plato’s "Philosopher Kings" and Machiavelli’s “Prince" in terms of their understanding of goodness of their citizens and their character. Who would you support more? Why? Think of specific areas of comparison and introduce them in a table of at least five lines with their referencing chapter numbers. Refer to Plato’s Republic‚ Books IV and VII and Machiavelli’s The Prince‚ Chapters from 15 to 23. Step 1 * Explaining the basic concepts of Philosopher Kings and Machiavelli Prince
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In the article that I read Philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that people must surrender their freedom to a ruler. In the article‚ french philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau states that people should come together in societies and the solution was to form a social contract with general will or the common good. In my opinion I agree with philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I agree with him because he believed that humans are born with freedom‚ and this is true. I also agree with him because he stated
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Contemporary ethical theory begins with G. E. Moore (1873–1958). Moore opened up new issues for consideration and altered the focus of ethical discussion. Moore believed that the task of the ethical philosopher is to conduct a “general inquiry into what is good.”This seems reasonably straightforward‚ down to earth‚ and useful. If you know what good or goodness is‚ and if you know what things are good‚ then you also know what proper conduct is‚ right? This‚ at any rate‚ is what Moore maintained
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Kristelle Cagbabanua Professor Daly History 105: The Rise of the West 8/8/14 Why Not China? The various innovations and advances many humans encountered‚ emerged in large cities and civilizations. The largest civilizations began in the Near East‚ India‚ and China. However‚ none of these civilizations were capable of rising to the top like how Europe and the New World were able to. For centuries‚ China transformed and developed the world with its many great inventions and discoveries. China has
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Checkpoint: Benefit Type At the Home Program there are many benefit types and services available to the clients who receive treatment there‚ it is a residential treatment facility that provides individual and group counseling to drug addicted mothers or soon to be mothers. One of the main goals of the program is to ensure that women deliver drug free babies. The program is funded through many government grants to keep children with their mothers who are suffering from substance abuse‚ children are
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