themselves or others due to an authority figure’s direct influence on them. In the infamous psychologist‚ Stanley Milgram’s‚ experiment‚ people were told to administer shock to a peer for not answering a question correctly. This experiment shows the dangers of obeying authority. Though the “peers” were acting‚ the subjects fully believed they were truly administering shock to another human being. This shows that the line between respectful obedience to an authority figure and a dangerous subservience
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The documentary “Food‚ Inc.” portrays the dangers and the transformations in the American food industry‚ saying its harmful effects to public health‚ the environment and the rights of workers and animals. Large corporations such as Monsanto‚ producer of genetically modified foods‚ the U.S. meat companies Tyson Food Inc. and Smithfield Foods and poultry producer Perdue Farms refused to be interviewed for the film. The industry did not remain silent. Associations representing the U.S meat industry
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Reasonable Fear of Imminent Danger: Good Social Policy? Givanni Mikel 4324324 LSTD502 I001 Sum 13 Professor James Barney A sobering fact is that our government has a monopoly on the use of force‚ but it cannot protect everyone at all times in an immediate fashion. Joel Samaha‚ Criminal Law‚ at 155 (11th ed. 2014). Therefore‚ citizens are permitted to use proportional force in a “self-help” fashion as long as 1. The necessity is great 2. The need exists
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Chapter 4 Case: the dangers of using text messages Case Questions 1. Which of the five moral dimensions of the information systems identified in this text are involved in this case? Rights and obligations are involved since the person must know the proper use of the phone and be aware of the problems it can cause and be caused by not making a proper use of the phone. Also the quality of life since it covers all general aspects of life into which the values and ethics and social responsibility
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Meg Boldin Boldin1 English 099-222 Instructor Mary Baskerville 30th November 2012 The Dangers of Cell Phone Use While Driving Cell phone use should not be legal while driving‚ it causes many accidents even fatalities. Drivers become careless while driving when using cell phones. Cell phones cause distractions while on the road. Drivers do
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A Story Underground: Danger in the Mines Life as a minor is sometimes scary and most often dangerous. From the coal mines of West Virginia‚ to the zinc mines of Tennessee‚ comes an amazing account of one man’s experiences during his many years underground. Ralph Strahin is the son of a coal miner. Ralph was born and raised in Kingwood‚ Virginia. At the young age of twenty‚ he began laboring in the coal mines. He labored for eight years in the coal industry and was pleased to accept a foreman position
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Danger In Complacency: “August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains” When man’s reach exceeds his grasp‚ he will bring about his own destruction; this is an idea presented in many of Ray Bradbury’s works. Through irony and symbolism‚ the story indirectly details and warns us of the dangers of letting scientific progress run rampant. In Ray Bradbury’s “August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains”‚ the author presents the idea that man’s complacency with technology will bring about the world’s destruction
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In his essay‚ ‘How R Tngz‚ Dude?’‚ Colin Campbell discusses several major problems with the current cell phone culture. Cell phone culture is a relatively recent phenomenon‚ but it has quickly become more than a simple communication tool for most people‚ especially for adolescents. The adoption of cell phone as a primary tool of communication and entertainment has revolutionized our society‚ but it also has brought a distortion of the boundary between personal and public life‚ especially for adolescents
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In the ‘not-to-distant future’‚ the world of Gattaca is where genetic engineering has become the normal approach to procreation. Gattaca’s society involves a culture of self-advancement through genetic determinisms‚ a caste system of valid and in-valids and social discrimination based on ‘genoism’. This sterile and cold society of elitist collaborations like Gattaca promotes competition‚ isolation and discrimination. This is something that is dangerous to individuals and relationships and shows an
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Texting while driving has been a problem in the United States ever since texting was introduced. Many drivers think that the safety of their social lives is a higher priority than the safety of the lives around them‚ or even the safety of their own lives. Many states have come to the conclusion that this is a major issue and that it must be addressed‚ so they made it illegal to use a cell phone while driving. Passing a law forbidding the use of cell phones while driving is a good idea because it
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