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    ranging from emails to public presentations‚ and to audiences of any size. Assumptions * Two common communication assumptions spell disaster for the success of an organizational communication. One is presuming that all members of the organization have the same knowledge base as the message sender. The other is thinking that information will spread accurately and effectively on its own after only one or two members receive it. The Free Management Library‚ an online guide of leadership articles‚ recommends

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    including things like hostage-taking of prominent citizens and expatriate oil workers‚ as well as oil bunkering‚ arms insurgence‚ cultism‚ etc.‚ especially in the Niger Delta region. Nevertheless‚ youth restiveness is not a recent phenomenon. Various forms of youth restiveness that are economically‚ politically‚ or religiously motivated have existed for a long time. Elegbeleye (2005) vividly captures the landmark cases of youth restiveness in Nigeria. Young people all over the world are a vital and important

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    Bentham‚ in his "Principle of Utility‚" Alongside John Stuart Mill‚ on "Utilitarianism‚" we will better understand what the foundations of morality are in accordance to their writings. Furthermore‚ through their standards of utility I will analyze the situation proposed as to whether cheating on your income taxes can be justified as morally right or wrong in the eyes of the utilitarian. In his Work‚ Jeremy Bentham states Utilitarianism as "that principle which approves or disproves of every action whatsoever

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    In the framework of human politics utilitarianism loses its normative fundamentals. Yes‚ on an abstract level utilitarianism is objective‚ unbiased and neutral. But when humans apply it as a tool they corrupt it with their innate biases passed onto them by their environmental influences no matter how much they attempt to separate

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    Utilitarianism: Bentham and Mill Utilitarianism begins with the work of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)‚ an English political and social reformer. Educated at Oxford‚ Bentham eventually headed up a small group of thinkers called the “Philosophical Radicals.” This group‚ which included James Mill (father of John Stuart Mill‚ more on him later)‚ was dedicated to social reform and the promulgation of Bentham’s ideas. Bentham based utilitarian ethics on the so-called “greatest happiness principle

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    Problems and the structure of the play Shaws Pygmalion All the pieces show corresponds to an important claim brought Brecht contemporary theater‚ namely: the theater should strive "to depict the nature man as modifiable and depends on the class Amenities "[1]. far as Shaw was interested in us the character and social status‚ particularly evidenced by the fact that a radical restructuring of the character he made even the main theme of the play "Pygmalion". After the exceptional success

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    how it Changed America‚ John M. Barry writes to communicate his fascination with the Mississippi river to his readers. He does this through the use of rhetorical and literary devices. Ethos and logos work together in the first and second paragraphs to make the reader know that Barry does not have a surface level fascination with rivers but one so deep that it has driven him to research everything about rivers to try and gain a scientific understanding of them. Barry begins the passage by talking

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    features of utilitarianism (21) The theory of Utilitarianism is based on the concept of utility‚ a theory of usefulness. Utilitarianism is a system of morality that generates us with what the most useful thing to do in different situations and outcomes. Different Utilitarian approaches to morality have emerged each with their own theory of good and community of concerning individuals. Featuring the main influential contributors to this theory are Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. There are two types

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    Marion Barry‚ good mayor but bad man. Marion Barry former Mayor of the United States capital. Most known in America for his "Bitch set me up"‚ video taped‚ Ramada Inn arrest. Charged with possession of a controlled substance‚ he was still reelected in 1994. This proving Mayor Barry was respected by many Washington citizens and a good Mayor. Marion Barry was possibly a great man with great intentions but weaknesses to sex‚ drugs‚ racism and pressures of the position of taking care of a city

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    beggars and sickly people begging for food and some money. It critically examines these procedures in the moral dilemma with reference of applying the concepts: rule and act utilitarianism. Should we give these beggars money or not? In deciding whether we give or not‚ the answer for that is we should give. Why? Act utilitarianism basically states that an action is moral if it produces the greatest happiness for the most people. This reason alone the act of giving them would be a good idea‚ because it

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