McAdams April 15‚ 2015 Altruism and Why We do What We do There are two types of people in the world‚ those who play and those who watch. Players find themselves getting involved in whatever they are passionate about. Those who watch find themselves warming the bench‚ not contributing‚ and missing out. One important game we play in life is connected to altruism. Someone who plays in the game of altruism participates in service and doing things outside themself. Why do they act so selflessly? If someone
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WHY STUDY LITERATURE? Many students are studying literature at universities all over the world. Each of them must have her own reason to do so. Some of them have chosen the course on their own free will and some on external forces such as parents’ force‚ their diploma score’s force‚ etc. But those who have chosen to study literature on their own free will must have some strong reason‚ because the literature as an academic major is a bit different from other majors regarding its usage. Actually
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Why Study Literature? Thursday in one of my Introduction to Literature courses‚ one of my students said‚ "Ma ’am‚ I have a question. No disrespect‚ but...." We all know the feeling that comes with any question or remark that begins that way. I thought‚ "Oh boy. Here it comes." "...Why do we need to learn this? Is my commander going to send me a poem and ask me to explicate it?" This question always flummoxes me--not because I have no answer‚ but because the answers are so obvious to me
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no other species have adopted laws to fit their immediate needs more than humans. As groups of humans began living in larger and larger groups‚ competition for resources such as food‚ water‚ shelter‚ and even mating partners grew increasingly intense. Therefore‚ the leaders of these basic forms of society found it necessary to set guidelines for sharing and protecting these resources. As these societies grew in complexity‚ so did the need for laws. While in its nascent stage law primarily protected
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DO WE REALLY NEED PRISONS The simple meaning prison is a place for the confinement of persons in law detention‚ espicially people who are convicted of crimes according to The American Heritage of the English Language (2000). The history of prison almost as old as history itself. At first‚ prison were not used as a punishment but as a place where people who were sentenced to capital or corporal punishment were kept for a short period of time. But as the time passed‚ it turned into a legal punishment
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That Vision Thing: Do We Need It? Michael E. Raynor T H E CEO OF IBM‚ LOUIS V. Gerstner‚ Jr.‚ was widely quoted in the press when‚ faced with the challenge of turning around the beleaguered computer maker‚ he said‚ ’the last thing IBM needs right now is a vision ’. 1 For a good many critics‚ Gerstner ’s comment was greeted with a heartfelt ’it ’s about t i m e ’ - - t h a t is‚ it is about time that a senior executive had the courage to speak up and put all that rhetoric about visions and
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What is Literature? Why Study Literature? At often times‚ literature is thought of as lackluster works and long books and passages. People often think that literature is one thing‚ not knowing that it is in actuality composed of several elements that we all use in our daily lives. In order to get a clear understanding of exactly what literature is‚ we must first identify the definition. According to Merriam- Webster‚ literature is defined as the body of written works produced in a particular
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Do we actually need government? Is it possible to live without laws or rulers? Because man needs a moral limits‚ government is absolutely necessary. A government is a body that has the power to make and enforce laws within an organization or group. In the broadest sense‚ government means to manage or supervise‚ whether over an area of land‚ a set of people‚ or a collection of assets. The primary duty of a government is to reward the people who do good things and punish the wrongdoers. There are
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between America and Cuba because of the Cuban missile crisis in 1960s. The spread of the nuclear power can cause a massive disaster on Earth. The nuclear power can be a factor that will destroy life on Earth. Some people say that human beings do not have the ability to colonize Mars. Also‚ Mars is far away from Earth‚ and
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Do we really need manager in organisation? In today’s traditional organisation it is definitely you will come across a Manager title regardless which field or industry you are in. and generally like the most managers‚ their job description is to “manage” and taking on greater responsibility‚ ensure that day to day business is running in efficient manner as well as tasks is completed when obstacle comes in way. Often in some large organisation‚ you may find that managers may not be as capable as
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