Katie Decker English Composition 1 11 February 2013 Finding a Middle Ground: How the Ends Justify the Means Everyone has goals. Some people believe in order to attain a certain goal that it is acceptable to do things that are immoral. This may cause one to wonder if the actions taken to reach such a goal will be worth it. I am going to discuss some different situations that may or may not have a worthy ending‚ including any means it might take to reach goals such as gaining power‚ maintaining
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What makes a leader or manager exceptional and why are there so few of them? “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.” Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) From ancient times‚ when people just started living in groups and organizing communities‚ they have been choosing a man who would take responsibility to lead them. In other words‚ they needed someone who would coordinate their lives and work‚ so they would survive not only as individuals
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Primitive/Civilized In the film “The Gods Must Be Crazy” by Jamie Uys‚ there is a contrast between the primitive and the civilized society. The civilized society has come a long way since its primitive days. Its hard to imagine that there are still people in this world that live without the advantages and developments of a civilized society. Those living in a civilized society would must likely believe that their society is better than that of a primitive society‚ but like wise a primitive
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Love is a powerful thing‚ it is unseen‚ but felt very deeply. There is a common theme of love in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour‚” Raymond Carver’s “Popular Mechanics‚” and Stephen King’s “The Man Who Loved Flowers.” “The Story of An Hour” is about a woman who loves her freedom‚ until her husband comes home taking that away from her. “Popular Mechanics” follows a couple who has fallen out of love‚ but their love for their baby is dangerous. “The Man Who Loved Flowers” is about a man named love
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before that hour’‚ telling us that he was hit by cupid’s arrow or suddenly struck in the face when he saw her. The poet is very descriptive‚ and uses alliteration to give the sentence a soft sound of love‚ for example: ‘With love so sudden and so sweet’. In the first stanza‚ he’s describing his lonely existence before he got struck by the love of his life and also in the first stanza he shows an internal monologue‚ it is as if he is writing down the thoughts that his mind was telling him when he saw
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How do we justify imposing strict liability for some criminal offences? Strict liability offences are offences which do not require proof of mens rea. This means that the prosecution only needs to prove that the defendant voluntarily committed a forbidden act without considering if the defendant had the intention. Strict liability is contained in statutes or statutory instruments‚ and occasionally found in common law. Common law offences of strict liability include criminal libel and blasphemous
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1. ‘For the nation to live‚ the tribe must die.’ Assess the validity of Samora Machel’s assertion with reference to examples in Africa and/or Asia. It has been estimated that there may be some 600 to 1‚000 different tribal groups or more in Africa. There are some whose territory may be 200 or 300 miles square. Inside each large territory may live more than a million people. The smaller tribes may have only two or three thousand people and some of the smallest have only a few hundred. Most tribes
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house and I must admit‚ it was the most peaceful sleep I had ever gotten my entire life. While at her house‚ I could misplace something and spend a whole hour looking for it. Once I decide to give up looking for it I would say “Madear‚ give me back my ____” and instantly whatever I would be looking for would appear. I
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in this world we must achieve our dreams and goal in life. We don’t need to be perfect to reach our dream all we need is determination. “I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain‚ not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth I will apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” We are here to give justice of our existence in the world. Be all you can be in this world we must achieve our dreams
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Can religious experience be used to justify belief in God? Religious experiences mark the crucial events of the major religions and are the primary substance of their sacred texts. They also have been the foundational source upon which billions of people anchor their beliefs‚ faiths and practices from Taoism to Mormonism. Here we will first outline the term religious experience‚ how it will be used and the constraints that define it. Next we will show how a religious experience is actually a miracle
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