Freedom. Good or Bad? The idea of personal freedom and individuality is a concept that has been debated by philosophers throughout history. In 380 BC‚ Plato addresses his thoughts on freedom in society throughout The Republic. His main opinion is‚ too much freedom given to individuals will lead to an unjust society. This concept‚ through proven thoroughly‚ has some complications with adapting to todays society. Years later‚ Plato’s ideals are hard for today’s society to grasp. In an age of rapid
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Non Compete Clause: Good or Bad BUS 311 Nicki Hebert James Slack July 25‚ 2011 Non-compete agreements are a particularly important issue in today’s business world. Three trends that make non-competes especially important in the current business environment are a change in the definition of competition‚ the lack of employee loyalty‚ and the importance of relationship-based selling. As long as these agreements are done according to state law‚ they can be enforceable in the court of law. Any
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There has been a lot of discussion on whether or not he was a good king‚ and I am going to try and make a conclusion. Henry The VIII: Good OR Bad King? Henry The VIII: Good OR Bad King? When Henry VIII became King of England‚ he was a Catholic and had no problems with the rules of the church. However he was a man lustful for power and wanted this power to last so of course he would need a son‚ which his wife couldn’t give him at the time. Also influencing him was the fact that the churches in Europe
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The section “Factors motivating variation” of Chapter 2 of Introducing Sociolinguistics (Meyerhoff 2006) introduces four social factors that motivated people how to use language. Meyerhoff provides a rough introduction on these factors that would be discussed deeply in latter chapters. The first factor is speakers desire to show how to join in a group and separate from others. That means people use language to identify which group they belong to. Meyerhoff uses the Martha’s vineyard study
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The Good and Bad Effects of Video Games Video and computer games‚ like many popular‚ entertaining and addicting kid activities‚ are looked down upon by many parents as time-wasters‚ and worse‚ parents think that these games rot the brain. Also‚ violent video games are readily blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some youth become violent or commit extreme anti-social behavior. But many scientists and psychologists find that video games actually have many benefits – the main one
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The Good‚ the Bad‚ and the Ugly Sides of the Internet ENGL 1A Professor Royal 22 May 2011 The Good‚ the Bad‚ and the Ugly Sides of the Internet The amount of people that have used the internet has grown 572% from 2000 to 2010. What would the world be without internet? It is only been 20 years since its creation but yet it has affected society immensely. Internet has had both a positive and a negative influence on society. Due to the significance of both influences‚ internet cannot be seen
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Policy of Appeasement: Good or Bad? After the Great War‚ Germany and a couple other countries were greatly punished‚ having to pay reparations and territorial losses. Hitler‚ soon to be a dictator‚ wanted to change that. He believed that Germany had been punished too severely and wanted revenge; because he had such a strong government and military‚ there were many ways of going about stopping him. During the 1930’s‚ the policy of appeasement was the most effective response to Hitler’s aggression
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Deficit Spending: The Deficit Good or Bad "Spending financed not by current tax receipts‚ but by borrowing or drawing upon past tax reserves." ‚ Is it a good idea? Why does the U.S. run a deficit? Since 1980 the deficit has grown enormously. Some say its a bad thing‚ and predict impending doom‚ others say it is a safe and stable necessity to maintain a healthy economy. When the U.S. government came into existence and for about a 150 years thereafter the government managed to keep a balanced
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Auto Industry 1. What are the key trends in the general environment that you see in the case? (Pg.43) Positive trends I saw were technological‚ economic and global key trends. Because of the global economic downturn and financial crisis there was persistently rising fuel prices over the last few years which lead to a technological and economical trends in the general environment. Technological because of developing new ways of making cars become more fuel efficient. Key economic trends were also
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Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace.” Franklin argues that no war can be justified due to the countless casualties resulting from each war‚ and no peace can be claimed as being “bad”. As seen in significant wars throughout history‚ wars may in fact have both positive and negative results. Specifically‚ the Korean War and the American Revolution had a telling impact on the world; the Korean War‚ which bore millions of unnecessary casualties‚ and the American
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