In the 2009 Afghanistan surge‚ the “bargaining paradigm”‚ defined by Allen ‚ best reflects President Obama’s decision making process by which he used the ethical lens of “deontology”‚ discussed by Shaw ‚ as the moral compass of his decisions. The war in Afghanistan started after the September 11th‚ 2001 attacks in the United States while President Bush was in office. President Obama was inaugurated as president on January 20th‚ 2009 and he picked up in the middle of a long war in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Does a Picture Really Tell A Thousand Words? According to John Berger‚ photographs from August 6th‚ 1945‚ are “images of hell.” (316) That was the day the US dropped an atomic bomb on Japan‚ killing countless innocent civilians and severely burning others. In his essay‚ “Hiroshima‚” Berger faces the idea that our culture has “abandoned” the “concept of evil.” (320) Countless pictures seem to be the only thing left of that day‚ and from Berger’s perspective‚ the
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My Personal Ethical Lens Feedback The weaknesses and strengths of the way people think can work in so many ways. Your weaknesses can strengthen over time and your strengths can become even stronger. How you balance both can be tremendous factors in your everyday life. You can use them at work‚ home‚ or any activity that you feel that can relate to the way you think. Personal Ethics Personal ethics means showing the way you think and how you have developed certain skills. Your personal skills
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I had no idea what the ethical lens inventory meant‚ I was confused. I just followed the directions and started working on the assignment. As I was answering the questions‚ I had a couple of questions that repeated and in my mind seemed similar and I thought‚ “I just answered this question‚” but at the end I understood why the questions‚ were like that. It was because it was testing my values. My ethical lens inventory report showed me my preferred ethical lens‚ blind spot‚ strengths and weaknesses
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Evaluating fiction is not based on which piece of literature is a better story‚ or was written by a more profound author‚ instead‚ literature can be loosely evaluated by two main judgments. First‚ each piece should be reviewed as to how fully it connects to the central purpose‚ or theme of the work. Each element of the story should contribute to the central theme in a well executed story. Second‚ each work should be judged by how powerful the purpose is. This can cause differing judgements between
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Primitive‚ and the Perceptual Lens To say that any culture‚ region‚ or country is civilized or primitive is purely subjective to the person stating the opinion. Each individual‚ whether educated or uneducated‚ will have a different view on the definition of those two terms; a view that is influenced by the perceptual lens‚ or bias‚ that the individual has developed through various experiences over their lifetime. Nonetheless‚ how do subjectivity and the perceptual lens manipulate the terms of
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Issues & Observations The Narrative Lens and Organizational Change Nick Nissley and Stedman Graham W hat do a CEO and a six-year-old child grieving over the death of her pet dog have in common? More than you might think. Recently a friend told us a story about her daughter‚ who after the death of the family’s chocolate Labrador said‚ “I wish we could just give Woody a pill and make him a puppy again.” It reminded us that when people’s health fails them‚ they often seek prescriptions. Our
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Name Instructor Course Date of Submission Fresnel Lens Discovery The Fresnel lens was discovered in 1819 by a French physicist named Augustin-Jean Fresnel. He served as a commissioner of light houses under the French Government (Levitt and Theresa 1). First‚ Fresnel developed a lighting system that consisted of reflector panels placed behind oil-lamps. However‚ this proved to be inefficient since it converted just about 3% of the total light emitted into useful light‚ which was insignificant (Levitt
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Many satires use irony and/or humor to entertain their audience while at the same time present a serious topic. The satires “The Little Girl and the Wolf‚” and “The Princess and the Tin Box” both by James Thurber‚ use the literary techniques of irony/humor in order to expose a serious message. In “The Little Girl and the Wolf” Thurber changes the plot-line of the fairy-tale “Little Red Riding Hood.” In his “The Princess and the Tin Box” Thurber changes the princess’ actions than what the reader
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