Have you ever imagined if morals can exist without religion? One day when I got lost in a multitude of useless trivia in the Internet I accidentally came across a thought-provoking sentence by a British writer Arthur C. Clarke who said that "one of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion." After that‚ I started to think about this controversial matter. As a young Polish student‚ raised in the Christian tradition‚ in a country where according to WIN-Gallup
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Strategy is the means by which objectives are pursued and obtained over time. It’s the unifying idea that links together the functional areas of an organization. Therefore an organization cannot operate without a strategy. The essence of strategy is in choosing a unique and valuable position rooted in systems of activities that are much more difficult to match by competitors and therefore translating into sustainable profitability for the organization. Some organizations are successful while others
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How did we become who we are today? Who/what shaped our lives? Truth is‚ there are plenty of things that have caused us to become who we are‚ and most of these things go unnoticed every day. Have you ever sat and thought maybe if this one thing did not happen to me when I was younger‚ I would not be here doing this one thing today? Whether it is in a positive or negative way‚ our childhood shapes our future. Studies have shown that kids‚ who grew up around violence‚ are prone to participate in
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culture representing this physical perfection without the media influences that cause me to highlight my hair‚ weekly manicure my finger and toe nails‚ live in a tanning salon‚ get up an hour early to blow dry my hair and put on my makeup‚ starve myself until my tummy is concave and hate my thighs? Yup‚ I am a Barbie Girl without the luxury of plastic creation. Flash back to 1959: the country has been through two world wars and a depression. But do you think this history was of any concern to my
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We Can‚ But Should We? Chamberlain College of Nursing NR361 Information Systems in Healthcare Kathleen Fabian‚ Professor Fall B 2010 Radio frequency identification‚ also known as RFID‚ is a breakthrough in technology and could just be the next big step in surveillance. Yet‚ how far is one willing to go to be sure that all of their past history is accurate? This sounds a little like George Orwell’s 1984; a chip inserted into one’s skin‚ embedded with data that can be transferred to a reading
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feel unsatisfied with their lives‚ but it’s up to them to improve their circumstances. For example‚ one of the main character‚ Vladimir‚ says‚ “We can’t… We’re waiting for Godot” (Beckett 8). Everything in life is about priorities. Because we can’t have all the things we desire in life‚ we must make sacrifices. All of the choices we make reflect what we care about most. In Vladimir’s case‚ he chooses to spend his time waiting for Godot rather than engaging in other activities that may be more entertaining
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CAN SOCIETIES EXIST WITHOUT LAW The question whether society can exist without law is somewhat an interesting question‚ because depending on which context you may want to look at this question there may be views and arguments that tends to differ because of how individuals view the law and society‚ indicating for or against whether society can indeed exist without laws. This could be a great debate but first we need to answer questions like what is society? What is law?. According to Black’s
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We can’t survive without bees Introduction Honeybees‚ which are responsible for pollinating most of the foods we eat‚ like honey‚ oil and fruits. However‚ large amounts of honeybees are disappearing in recent years. According to survey‚ scientists found different viruses in dead bees‚ the guts of bees appeared pathological changes as well. This phenomenon indicates that their immune system once tried to form strong immunity‚ but they failed. From the perspective of spiritual ecology‚ five
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The person we are is a complicated mixture of how we look‚ behave and think. As people we are constantly changing‚ influenced by our surroundings. It is my belief that most people in modern society believe that the person they have become is a direct consequence of the decisions that they have made during their life. What most people don?t realise is that a great deal of decisions which have affected the course of their life were made before they were even born. In most cases‚ these decisions will
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Introduction The advantages of online shopping are numerous. It truly can be quite a good way to grab some deals‚ without having to actually invest several hours roaming around a local mall. The advantages of online shopping are many. These days’ individuals are more and more confident of the inherent safety of stores they’ve known like Target stores online‚ for example. Previously‚ many men and women had been reluctant to type their credit card information into an Internet form‚ thinking that they
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