Why do good people do bad things? (750 words) In this essay I will talk about the torturing of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. I will also write about the Stanley Milgrim Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment. All of these relate to one of the topics we have covered this term. There is an excellent example of uniforms influencing power in the Stanford Prison experiment which took place in1971‚ it was lead by Prof Zimbardo1 (see footnote) in which a group of students were selected to act as prison
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Why are some presidents more powerful than others? Some president in the Unites States are more powerful than others for many reasons. The most prominent reason for this is due to current events which occur during their time in office‚ these maybe disasters‚ economic problems or even just the current views of congress. In this essay I will explore why some presidents are more powerful than others. The first reason for why some presidents gain more power than others during their time in An additional
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To discuss why people help others we must consider whether people are by nature selfless or selfish. The dominant view today in psychology is of universal egoism; that we are fundamentally selfish‚ and that altruism (helping motivated by the wish to benefit another person) an impossibility.<br><br>One form of universal egoism is Piliavin et al’s "arousal: cost-reward" model‚ whereby faced with a potential helping situation we weigh the probable costs and rewards of alternative courses of action‚
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Everyone always goes off in their own little groups of people that are all similar. People frequently have to change who they are and their identity’s to be in those groups. We often wonder why other people feel the need to change their identity. Some of the main reasons people change who they are or their identity is because of the way others treat them‚ and so they can fit in with groups of people or be similar to other people. To begin with‚ people alter who they are and their identity because of
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The reason why people resist change. (1) Loss of status or job security in the organization. 失去现在的位置和工作的保障 It is not our nature to make changes that we view as harmful to our current situation. In an organizational setting‚ this means employees‚ peers‚ and managers will resist administrative and technological changes that result in their role being eliminated or reduced. From their perspective‚ your change is harmful to their place in the organization! Forcing the change has its place. This approach
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gives us the choice to do good or evil and relates to the virtue that every person has. In Plato’s "Meno"‚ Socrates argues with Meno over what virtue really is and the true definition. At one point‚ they discuss that being virtuous is "find joy in beautiful things." The go on at length arguing what is beautiful and what is good. They also cover whether or not people actually do desire bad things or if all people desire good things. At the end they concur that people do not desire bad things
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Why do people join gangs? Gangs‚ or most people define as a group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit‚ are still widely increasing in the United States today. Even though everyone can agree that any gang related activities and crimes are against the law‚ people still joins it regardless with various reasons: Desire for protection‚ to appear cool‚ and have a sense of family. People often join gangs to get a protection from others. Especially in ghetto‚ where most of
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On average over 100‚000 people are killed by guns in murders‚ assaults‚ police intervention and accidents ("Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence."). Many people say that it isn’t the guns that kill people‚ it’s people‚ but this is incorrect because if people didn’t posses guns they wouldn’t be able to murder people in a simple quick way. The debate on the second amendment and gun control laws has been going on for the past couple decades in the United States. Recently deadly mass shooting have
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Facts‚ nongmoproject.org). People wonder if these GMOs are ethical and safe for humans to use and consume. These GMO plants‚ although they are mostly natural‚ are not one-hundred percent natural‚ which makes people cautious and hesitant to trust them. GMOs are thought to have been evolved from selective breeding. So GMOs have been along for a long time‚ but the technology and use of them have made it a very serious topic today. Most of the conflict revolves around whether people think they are safe and
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Why Do Always People Want More? Throughout the history of time and even mythological stories and fairy tales‚ people have always seemed to want more than want they have. They have never been able to satisfy their unlimited wants for money‚ power‚ or even just materialistic items. This greediness has and always will be the downfall of many wealthy and powerful individuals. No matter how advanced we are in society‚ people will always find a way to question what they have and not appreciate what they
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