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    On the Folly of Rewarding A‚ While Hoping for B Author(s): Steven Kerr Source: The Academy of Management Journal‚ Vol. 18‚ No. 4 (Dec.‚ 1975)‚ pp. 769-783 Published by: Academy of Management Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/255378 . Accessed: 16/01/2015 14:07 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and

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    Whether law is an art‚ a science or wisdom Understanding Science is certain and verifiable knowledge by its causes Art is the application of general rules into practise Wisdom is the quality of having experience‚ knowledge‚ and making good judgment subsequently. Analyzing How then is science applied in law? Take for example judicial precedents; they involve a study of rulings made in issues debated on in past cases for the purpose of discovering previously unknown rules. This rules then become

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    15 The wisdom of realization One can say that wisdom can truly be found through a realization in one own life and even through suffering. In Shakespeare’s “King Lear” and Mitch Albom’s “Tuesdays with Morrie”‚ we see that both main characters Morrie Schwartz and King Lear gain wisdom through realizations of certain aspects of life and through their own personal sufferings. Both Morrie and Lear gain wisdom firstly through suffering. Morrie gains wisdom through suffering physically

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    Prologue - Joyless Wisdom "God is dead." "God..is dead."The professor repeated. "Can anyone tell me the name of the person who famously wrote that?" A hand rose amongst the students in the lecture theater. A female student smiling brightly in her seat. "Friedrich Nietzsche." She said‚ her near perfect pronounciation reflecting the many hours of practice she put into getting it just right. I could feel my eyes roll on reflex. The know-it-all student‚ what a kiss ass. "Yes. The german philosopher

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    Gaining Wisdom Through Suffering Wisdom is a difficult thing to define and understand. It’s easily recognized when people have experienced it. Wisdom is a tricky thing to obtain. Wisdom is the quality of having experience‚ knowledge‚ and good judgment. King Lear was foolish in the beginning of the play‚ but in the end he gained wisdom from his mistakes. Morrie from Tuesdays with Morrie was wise in the beginning of the book and became wiser in the end. Through suffering King Lear and

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    Humanity’s Folly Due to the psychological characteristics of humanity‚ and all humans’ universal inability to continually adhere to a universally agreed form of ethics‚ our species has no other option but to proclaim that further experimentation at this time in the science of human cloning is immoral. Before it can be addressed whether or not the benefits would outweigh the consequences‚ it must first be established what those prominent consequences are and since it is not possible to determine

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    third set of molars‚ known commonly as wisdom teeth‚ normally grow in between the ages of 17 and 21. Unfortunately‚ wisdom teeth can cause a variety of oral problems‚ making it necessary to remove them from the mouth. Tooth extractions for teenagers are a common concern among parents and teenagers. Why Does My Teen Need to Have Their Wisdom Teeth Removed? There are a variety of reasons that may require having your teen’s wisdom teeth removed: Impacted wisdom teeth can become trapped in the jawbone

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    Though knowledge and wisdom may seem alike‚ they are really very different. They actually only have two things in common - they both involve the mind and both are hard to acquire. Someone who has knowledge would know that a tomato is a fruit‚ but someone who had wisdom would know not to put them in a fruit salad. Anyone can obtain knowledge about anything‚ but only some can use that knowledge and apply it in the best way. Knowledgeable people spend most of their time planning out exactly

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    Wisdom of Solomon 2:5 "For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed‚ so that no man cometh again." I think that this particular verse ( and throughout this chapter) speaks of the limited time we as people have and explores how fast a moment fades away. I think that this speaks to my personal life- since I’m so plan oriented it is hard for me to enjoy what is happening around me and I tend to take little advances and achievements for

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    “Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge‚ for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.” This quote is by Khalil Gibran‚ and the meaning behind this quote is very powerful and relates a lot to Oedipus Rex in the idea that people do indeed gain knowledge through the grief and suffering pain experienced in life. Sometimes we try to push out or hide the from the pain and at the end we come to encounter that there is no way of hiding rather than to just bear the pain

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