Reaction Paper Thinking‚ Fast and Slow 2011 a book by Daniel Kahneman Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For Master of Business Administration Degree Judgment in Managerial Decision Thinking The secrets of the human brain: the two mechanisms that control our lives Thinking‚ Fast and Slow is a 2011 book by Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economics Daniel Kahneman which summarizes research that he conducted over decades‚ often in collaboration with Amos Tversky. It covers
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of “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus” In “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus”‚ the author‚ Derek Bok shows how expressing yourself falls under the First Amendment‚ whether it is on a private college campus or public college campus. He further explains that just because it is protected by law does not mean that it is “right‚ proper‚ or civil. Bok goes on to show how censoring freedom of speech would cause people to “test the limits” to gain more attention than is needed
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YES Summary – Sissela Bok According to Sissela Bok whistleblowing is a label generated by increased awareness of the ethical conflicts encountered at work. Whistle blowers sound the alarm from within the very organization in which they work‚ aiming to spotlight neglect or abuses that threaten the public interest. The stakes in whistleblowing are high‚ whistle blowers pose a threat to those whom they denounce and their own careers are at risk. Sissela Bok acknowledges that blowing the whistle is often
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in a person’s life they will need to tell a lie. Is it appropriate to lie? This is what Sissela Bok writes about in Lying: Moral choice in Public and Private Life. Bok acknowledges that despite numerous religious and moral statements against lying‚ people will still lie in certain situations. She will discuss and explain the different excuses people will give for lying. The first four chapters of Lying‚ Bok analyzes the nature of lying and basic approaches to evaluating lies. She analyzes many
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tell a lie to save your friend.To me that is not a bad lie it is a good one and can save a person’s life. In the article “rejecting all lies” by Sissela Bok state’s that people should never lie no matter what situation it is.I disagree with Sissela Bok because she basically said that people should never tell a lie.I think that Sissela Bok is wrong because she wouldn’t lie to save someone’s life.Sissela defines all lies as an untruthful declaration to all people.I think that is not what all
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in adolescence living in America have more than doubled since the 1990’s.For this reason‚ we must ask‚ is media violence the reason for this aggressive behavior? After reading many essays‚ such as Mike Males essay‚ “Stop Blaming Kids and TV‚” and Sissela Bok’s essay‚ “Agression:The Impact of Media Violence‚” I realized that people cannot just pinpoint violent media as the cause of this new epidemic‚ because in reality the environments that kids live in nowadays plays a much bigger role. Therefore
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Furthermore‚ even if lying will save someone’s life you ought not to lie (Boss 317). Sissela Bok disagreed with Kant and regarded telling the truth as a Prima Facie duty. She agreed that lying is usually wrong however she claimed if innocent lives are at stake it is okay to lie. To illustrate her point she used the example of boats that smuggled
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Lying‚ false and untruthful. In the articles “Brad Blanton: Honestly‚ Tell the Truth” by Barbara Ballinger and “Rejecting All Lies Immanuel Kant” by Sissela Bok‚ they argue that lying is never allowed because it leads to many complicated situations. Lying can lead to humiliating your friends and hurts the liar’s mental state. Ballinger states in the article “Brad Blanton: Honestly Tell the Truth‚” that lying can humiliate your friend. For example‚ your friend decides to take you dress shopping
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support the belief that it is never morally permissible for elected officials in a liberal democracy to lie to the public. Bok says that the sum of our choices depend on the estimates we must conclude based on information gained from others. When we are unaware that the information given to us is false‚ our choices and the situation as we perceive it‚ are distorted. Furthermore‚ Bok explains that if we agree that knowledge gives power‚ then‚ to this extent‚ lies affect the distribution of power; “they
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itself immune to the dangers of corruption or malfeasance. Those who blow the whistle can neither risk the silencing of themselves for reasons of concrete evidence that question the proper moral and ethical interests of the public eye. According to Sissela Bok‚ “’Whistleblowing’ is a new label generated by our increased awareness of ethical conflicts encountered at work. Whistleblowers sound an alarm from within the very organization in which they work‚ aiming to spotlight neglect or abuses that threaten
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