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    The leadership dimension I’ve identified as a weakness and area I’d like to improve upon is “Self-Knowledge and Openness to Learning”. When it comes to understanding what my limits are based on my own strengths and weaknesses‚ I fall short. I sometimes overestimate my own ability to perform and overextend myself‚ which can lead to me not meeting commitments. I have chosen to work on my knowledge of self because it ties in to so many of the other defined leadership dimensions. Understanding who

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    Professor Schafer September 4‚ 2014 Week 2 – Assignment 2 “Beyond Reasonable Doubt Standard” In the United States‚ a person cannot be convicted of a crime unless guilt is proven “beyond a reasonable doubt.” According to our text‚ “one of the most deeply rooted traditions of modern Anglo-Saxon law is that an accused is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt (Gardner & Anderson‚ 2013).” Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is a standard of proof that is used in criminal cases‚ and a person cannot

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    possibly know anything for certain. He made it his goal to find something we couldn’t doubt‚ something indubitable. René Descartes is a famous French mathematician‚ scientist and philosopher from the 17th century‚ often called “the Father of Modern Philosophy”‚ his philosophical work is often closely connected to his scientific work since he saw philosophy as a foundation to science.

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    at the school. The play begins with Father Flynn delivering a sermon to his congregation. The topic of his sermon is doubt. He makes a compelling argument that not only does everyone go through periods of doubt about different things‚ but it is doubt that holds everyone and everything together. His exact words were: “Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty. When you are lost‚ you are not alone” (Shanley 6). There are many different topics that Father Flynn could have been talking

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    50% probability‚ respectively.  Question: will we prefer the actuarial value of the gamble (i.e. its expected outcome = 50%(16+4)=$10) with certainty or the gamble it self ? 1. The person who prefers the gamble is a risk lover 2. The person who is indifferent is risk neutral 3. The person who prefers the expected value with certainty is risk averse 4 3-C-Establishing a definition of risk aversion Example :  Flipping a (fair) coin (i.e. probability = 50% for each side)

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    Understood Complexity: Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of the People’ E:CO Issue Vol. 11 No. 3 2009 pp. 1-15 Academic Understood Complexity: Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of the People’—On Complexity‚ Sense-Making‚ Understanding‚ and Exit/Voice/Loyalty Tom Eide Diakonhjemmet University College‚ NOR ‘Understood complexity’ is a term of Albert Hirschman (1976) whose economicpolitical theory of ‘exit’ (‘vote with your feet’) versus ‘voice’ (feedback or use your influence for change) (1970)‚ has often been

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    the presence of doubt‚ and doubt is the absence of comprehension‚ and to an even greater extent‚ certainty. This desire to understand has given way to a multitude of discoveries and convictions throughout the course of human history. Although‚ William Lyon Phelps and Bertrand Russell had differing views on the nature of doubt and certainty it is only through the original state of doubt that one could gain the status of certainty- or at least to some degree. What qualifies as certainty itself is unstable

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    Although by being certain about a particular concept‚ will not enable one to overcome their obstacles in a situation. By having some measure of doubt‚ however‚ can allow individuals to question reality and the beliefs of society‚ which ultimately results in an unforeseen but better outcome. In history‚ one is able to identify a myriad of ways in which one’s doubt has altered the world. For example‚ during the Renaissance the scientist known as Galileo made a very significant discovery about the universe

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    The main theme of A Prayer for Owen Meany is religious faith -- specifically‚ the relationship between faith and doubt in a world in which there is no obvious evidence for the existence of God.  John writes on the first page of the book that Owen Meany is the reason that he is a Christian‚ and ensuing story is presented as an explanation of the reason why.  Though the plot of the novel is quite complicated‚ the explanation for Owen’s effect on Johnny’s faith is extremely simple; Owen’s life is a

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    Shanley and titled Doubt: a Parable‚ the readers get a central question‚ asking whether certainty can be equated to truth or not. From one side‚ some hints outlining the fact that certainty can be equated to truth are evident. On the other side‚ there are doubts as to whether certainty can be equated to truth. The doubt is thus left unresolved. The play begins with father Flynn’s sermon lecturing regarding certainty as he claims‚ “Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.”(871) The play

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