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    Submission To Authority

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    November 30‚ 2013 Submission to Authority Marines are one of the most disciplined armed forces in our world today. They are taught to receive orders and to follow them without question. But when should submission to authority stop? Should orders be disregarded when they conflict with a person’s own morals and consciousness? Maybe they should‚ but in the Milgram experiment‚ it was found that it is actually very easy for a person to accept and follow orders while leaving out their own judgment. This

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    Odyssey Loyalty

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    show great loyalty to him. The loyalty can be seen through the commitment Penelope‚ faith of Odysseus’ servants‚ and his dog‚ Argos’‚ patience. The most loyal was Penelope. As his faithful wife‚ she waited twenty years for him to come home. With her brilliant trickery‚ she was able to fool the suitors long enough for Odysseus to return. When he arrives‚ she tells him‚ "I armed myself long ago against the frauds of men‚ imposters who might come- and all those many whose underhanded ways bring evil on"

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    over the executive abuse and benefits the presidents have. The increased use of executive legislation in the absence of challenges from Congress has expanded the power‚ boundaries‚ and pose a serious threat to the democracy. During the late 1800s‚ Abraham Lincoln’s abuse of power during the American Civil War. Despite his abilities to keep America sane and together‚ some of his most controversial decisions might actually be considered now to be abuses of the Presidential power. During his terms

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    Annemarie's Loyalty

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    What does it mean to be loyal to a nation? Does it mean we care for our people‚ or does it mean we mistreat them? When Danes are loyal to their country. They are expected to be role models‚ and have responsibilities to attend to. How does this loyalty affect them‚ their country‚ and more importantly their people? When Annemarie (a child) experiences war. Does this make us rethink our thoughts on war and the world itself? Does war have an affect on our lives and human relationships. Does

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    Brand Loyalty

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    Javalgi‚ R. G. & Moberg‚ C. R. (1997) Service loyalty: implications for service providers. The Journal of Services Marketing‚ 11(3)‚ pp. 165-179. Jacoby‚ J. & Kryner‚ D. B. (1973) Brand loyalty vs. repeat purchasing behavior. Journal of Marketing Research‚ February‚ pp. 1-9. Oliver‚ R. L. (1999) Whence consumer loyalty. Journal of Marketing‚ 63(special issue)‚ pp. 33-44. Wernerfelt‚ B. (1991) Brand loyalty and market equilibrium. Marketing Science‚ 10(3)‚ pp. 229-245. Javalgi

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    Brand Loyalty

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    Brand Loyalty In marketing‚ brand loyalty refers to a typical consumer behavior in which s/he repurchases a brand’s product with a certain level of commitment and can be seen as a repeated buying of a particular product/service or behaviors like advocating the use in the general public or people they know. Nevertheless‚ brand loyalty does not only entail repurchasing. Repurchase may be the result of several other variables like absence of good alternatives‚ situational constraints‚ or simply

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    Loyalty In Beowulf

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    Beowulf focuses on the strengths in loyalty. The ideal presentation of loyalty is shown through the protagonist‚ Beowulf. Loyalty is one of Beowulf’s guiding virtues throughout the epic poem. Because he is such the ideal nobleman‚ the failure of others in the epic poem to be as great as Beowulf makes him seem more noble and faithful. Beowulf was always very loyal to all of his country‚ kingdom‚ king and subjects around him. With all of this and his courage‚ he was a model hero for what he was portrayed

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    fool. With this type of war created a different type of power that could and was used by president Lincoln; Having this be an internal war it created an existence of violence and domestic political differences. All in which lead to the abuse of authority and power by President Lincoln. Lincoln used this authority not to only fix the Union‚ but to also change its nature without suspicion. Bradford then list a few things to help further explain why this is not just an over stretched theory by saying

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    Legal Authority

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    involved in the case? State v Johnson 4. The case was heard by three lower courts before it reached the United States Supreme Court. List those three courts in order‚ beginning with the court that has the most authority and ending with the court that has the least amount of authority. a. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals b. Texas Court of Appeals Fifth District c. Dallas County Criminal Court 5. Provide the citation for the United States Supreme Court’s decision in this case. Texas v Johnson

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    Authority & Individual

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    In Fahrenheit 451‚ written by Ray Bradbury‚ authority is viewed as ruthless and the individual is portrayed as innocent. This is also emphasised in two related texts‚ Whose Life Is It Anyway? By Brian Clark‚ and Shawshank Redemption‚ directed by Frank Darabont. The themes of ruthlessness and innocence are exemplified throughout all three texts‚ through the concept of the authority and the individual. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ authority is depicted as ruthless. This is shown throughout the

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