MNGT 5990-01 Spring 1‚ 2014 Tasks Read Chap. 2 as background for the following tasks. For each task‚ respond as indicated: Jennifer’s Choice comes up as a recurring scenario in the chapter. Which of the author’s arguments analyzing her choice (generalization‚ utilitarian or virtue) do you find most convincing? Explain why in a paragraph. I find utilitarian analysis to be most convincing. I believe that when perceiving future outcomes the most effective way to come to a conclusion
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Antarctic Exploration (Scott‚ Shackleton‚ Mawson) 1901 Queen Victoria dies January 22 1903 Frank Slide‚ April 1903 (plays a role in Outlander) (http://www.history.alberta.ca/frankslide/) 1909 Robert Peary claims to reach North Pole 1911 Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies 1912 Titanic sinking 1914 -1918 First World War Some key themes related to exploration‚ nationalism‚ and the post-WW1 period: -the end of the Victorian empire-building period
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techniques that help to convey these main ideas (Grimes ‚2007 )O no ! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken It is the star to every wandering bark ‚Whose worth is unknown ‚ although his height be taken Love is high above ‚ like pole star ‚ the cosmic lighthouse which guides sailors in the middle of severe sea storms . The vessels may toss and roll into the violent waves but the star remains `an ever fixed mark .It ‘s value is incalculable though altitude can be measured ‚ thus
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One poem in particular that exemplifies this is John Updike’s “Telephone Poles”. Within the work‚ telephone poles are compared to trees by way of extended metaphor. “Telephone Poles” conveys the message that when nature is destroyed to make way for technology is harmful to nature itself and humankind as well by using an extended metaphor; this is
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before visited‚ and may tread a land never before imprinted by foot of man. These are my enticements‚” (Shelley‚ 11). Walton wanted to journey farther north than anyone had ever ventured‚ and essentially wanted to make a passage-way from the North Pole to all the other countries near it. Walton had good intentions and just wanted to be acknowledged for his discovery. What Walton did not think about was the dangers of his journey and anything that could slow him down. Throughout the book‚ Frankenstein
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In “The May-Pole of Merry Mount‚” Nathaniel Hawthorne displays a different view of the Merry Mount people‚ than that which was earlier described my William Bradford. In the 17th century Bradford wrote an autobiography about Merry Mount‚ while two centuries later‚ Hawthorne decides to write a fictional story about Merry Mount. While each writing is great‚ they each have their own view on how the people and activities that happened at Merry Mount were. Hawthorne’s analysis of this event varies from
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act and rule. In these ways the utility principle is applied differently. Act-Utilitarianism is concerned with treating each moral situation as unique; therefore‚ applied the utility principle to each act. The Fundamentals of Ethics states‚ “Rule-utilitarianism is the version of rule consequentialism that says that well-being is the only thing of intrinsic value” (Shafer-Landau‚ Russ G-6). This means rule-utilitarianism draws up general rules based on the utility principle. Furthermore‚ rules are
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It was a cold night just like the North pole when my team and I were getting ready for the big game. We all were waiting for this day for a very long time. Let me tell you how we got there. It was two weeks into school when the P.E teacher asked if me and my friends want to join a football team? It was out of school so I and my friend said yes. So he gave us the paper and we went to the football tryouts some of my friends made the team. We went to practice two times a week after school. Then
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A Comparative Study of In-Campus Bicycle Use of University Students in Philippines and Taiwan Ching Yang* Fortunato de la Peña Jr.** *Professor‚ Department. of Industrial Design Graduate Institute of NYUST‚ Yunlin‚ Taiwan‚ R.O.C **Graduate student‚ Department. of Industrial Design Graduate Institute of NYUST‚ Yunlin‚ Taiwan‚ R.O.C The study investigates the campus lifestyle and bicycle use among university students in Philippines and Taiwan. This is carried out mainly through case studies and
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Why Polly is the MVP of Surviving Antarctica Where would we be without Strong Leaders ? We may be just fine‚ or we may be drifting through life‚ without proper direction‚ purpose‚ and an understanding of life‚ we might make poor decisions simply because we don’t have an example to follow. Another name for them could be an MVP‚ or Most Valuable Player‚ they put their singular needs aside‚ and focus on others as if they were their own‚ they rally people together for a common cause‚ this
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