said‚ “Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other”. Through events in the play Antigone‚ Sophocles discusses this choice between what is morally right and lawfully right. Sophocles believes that the god’s laws should be upheld no matter what the circumstance‚ and he demonstrates this through the events in the play. Using the Greek traits Hubris‚ Ate‚ and the Nemesis‚ Sophocles creates inner turmoil within the characters in the play‚ and the decisions they must make
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If gold rust what iron will do People are born with the insatiable desire to find somebody perfect. We spend our whole lives ransacking the world for the immaculate human being who deserves our boundless reverence and whom we should emulate. We are on an unceasing quest to find our own paragon of virtue. But what a treacherous thing it is to believe that a person is more than just a person! (John Green) The inherent thing in people is that we are fallible creatures. We have unfounded high self-esteem
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Assignment 4: Decision Support Systems Making decisions concerning complex systems (e.g.‚ the management of organizational operations‚ industrial processes‚ or investment portfolios; the command and control of military units; or the control of nuclear power plants) often strains our cognitive capabilities. Even though individual interactions among a system’s variables may be well understood‚ predicting how the system will react to an external manipulation such as a policy decision is often difficult
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What Would You Do? Episode __ : Helping the Homeless I. Relate the video to conscience Conscience‚ as defined by the Merriam – Webster Dictionary‚ is “the part of the mind that makes you aware of your actions as being either morally right or wrong”. It’s that tiny voice inside your head that tells you if what you’re about to do‚ what you’re doing or what you’ve done is essentially right or not. A lot of people nowadays tend to ignore this for fear of being ridiculed or judged by other people‚ even
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Typically‚ such effects promote the “national culture” by reinforcing language and religion‚ subsidizing nationalistic programs and activities‚ and propagandizing against foreign influences in the national culture. CHARLES MARTIN IN UGANDA: WHAT TO DO WHEN A MANAGER GOES NATIVE James Green‚ a vice president at U.S.-based Hydro Generation (HO)‚ .was pondering a specific question: Should he retain Charles Martin for the construction phase of a major dam project in the African nation of Uganda? (See Map
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What Kind of Thinker are you? Robin Dees HUM/111 March 3‚ 2013 Instructor: Joel Cooper Strategies of Critical Thinking Associate Level Material Stages of Critical Thinking Stages of Critical Thinking Complete the matrix by identifying the six stages of critical thinking‚ describing how to move from each stage to the next‚ and listing obstacles you may face as you move to the next stage of critical thinking. Stages of critical thinking | How to move to the next stage | Obstacles
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Nowadays the access to the Internet is the most important source of information. I do agree with those who say that Internet provides people with a lot of valuable information. First of all‚ the Internet is a big library‚ where you can find whatever information you like. Secondly the Internet helps you to communicate‚ which means to trade with the newest information with your friends and society. Thirdly the Internet gives you opportunity to purchase whatever you want without even going to the shop
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WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD MANAGER? The first words that come to mind when thinking about management are “plan‚ organize‚ coordinate and control” (Mintzberg 1989‚ p.9) as Henry Fayol first laid them down in 1916. These are the four things that a manager is supposed to do. In my opinion‚ they tend to generalize and describe vaguely a manager’s job. In spite of this fact‚ there are a number of characteristics that can be depicted from them. The qualities of a good manager should concern
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The essay was about Tony Hawk “do what you love” is about how he never let what anyone said stop him from doing something he loved. That even when people talked about how skating boarding had a bad stereotype even those over the years skating has gained more mainstream. It talks about how Hawk has been skating professionally for over twenty four years and that he has overcome people telling him that he won’t ever make it in the skating world. And how he prove to himself and everyone that said he
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Assignment 1 – Reflective writing What kind of teacher will I be? I want to be the type of teacher that inspires all students to succeed in all areas and believe in themselves. Most importantly I want my classroom to be a wonderful place for learning‚ particularly student centred learning. When students exit my classroom they should not only have a basic grasp of the subject content‚ but they should also have extensive knowledge on how the material that was learnt in my class can be applied
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