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    When he tells Haemon about Antigone’s punishment‚ the two begin to argue about the right way to rule. According to Creon‚ “He whom the State appoints must be obeyed / To the smallest matter‚ be it right – or wrong . . . / There is no more deadly peril than disobedience” (Sophocles 15-16‚ 22). Creon is so self-absorbed that he believes that he “must be obeyed‚” whether he is “right – or wrong.” He believes that there is

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    Tobias Wolff’s “Hunters in the Snow” centers on the actions and personalities of Kenny‚ Frank and Tub as they embark on a hunting trip during the winter. Each character faces problems (in character or otherwise) which they attempt to cover up through deception – the central theme in this short story – in order to accept their respective actions. The consequences of these cover ups profoundly change the power of each character over another. Furthermore‚ the characters don’t realize how their lies

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    UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS SCIENCES BUSE221-INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT IIA COURSE NOTES GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INSURANCE LAW Apart from the principles governing all contracts insurance is also governed by its own unique principles. INDEMNITY • Is perhaps the most fundamental principle of insurance law. Object of indemnity is to place the insured after the loss in the same position he occupied immediately before the loss. He is not to be placed

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    Authors often use their works to convey criticisms of society. Such works of literature do not directly criticize specific real people or events. They do however present a sense of the writer’s concern with issues of social injustice and misguided values. Two strong examples of social criticism through literature are Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In both novels the writers project their social criticisms to the reader through the use of characterization

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    Blind obedience is when a person carries out an order even if it goes against their moral values or codes. Prejudice is an unjust attitude towards an individual solely based on their membership of a social group. Both of these issues were present in Abu Ghraib Prison (Iraq). They occurred when American soldiers commit terrible act upon Iraqi prisoners staying there. The soldiers claimed they were merely following orders‚ but scepticisms have been made about whether it was blind obedience or prejudice

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    Ciccone Eng-111 3 Aug 13 Milgram Obedience Study One of the most famous studies of obedience in psychology was carried out by Stanley Milgram (1963). Stanley Milgram‚ a psychologist at Yale University‚ conducted an experiment focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience. He examined justifications for acts of genocide offered by those accused at the World War II‚ Nuremberg War Criminal trials. Their defense often was based on "obedience" - that they were just following

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    They will friendly work with us and solve the problems together. Whenever and wherever we are‚ other people’s help and care is always exists. This is why the world works well now. Also‚ this is why our life can be peaceful and serene. The speech “The perils of Indifference” that was delivered by Elie Wiesel is what I chose. The speaker through taught his personal experience (The History Place)‚ the definition of indifferent and different events about the indifferent‚ shows how terrible to be indifferent

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    Stanley Milgram Milgram‚ Stanley. Behavioral Study of Obedience (1963). Question? Why would people obey a legitimate authority figure even if they were asked to do something that was clearly and morally wrong? Hypothesis Milgram want to test the GADH (German’s Are Different Hypothesis)‚ which was currently being used by historians to explain the systematic destruction of millions of Jews‚ Poles and other’s in the 1930’s and 1940’s. This hypothesis maintains • Hitler could not have

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    mean that we always are forced to choose obedience if may not like the choices we face. I believe that we can still make something different‚ otherwise we always have the option of being disobedient‚ as long as we are willing to face the consequences of our disobedience. In following paragraphs‚ I will mention some reasons to support my point. In daily lives‚ there are countless situations in which human beings have to make choices: obedience or disobedience. The situations which make

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    abortion exclusively without emphasis to the inferences of the procedure. Most importantly‚ several cognitive biases such as obedience to authority‚ fundamental attribution error‚ and self-serving bias collectively hinder our modern society’s perception. The human race inherently conforms to authority‚ whether it conflicts with his or her rationality; hence‚ obedience to authority. For example‚ states such as Arizona‚ Georgia‚ and Idaho‚

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