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    believe in mad and crazy ideas. “You’re entirely bonkers‚ but let me tell you a secret: All the best people are.” Peter Pan: Critique Peter Pan is a well-known and beloved story written by J.M. Barrie to tell of a wonderful world where you never grow up! Seems like the perfect place right? Well that is what Wendy‚ John‚ and Michael thought when the heard of this magical place. Peter lures them out and helps them to fly across the London sky. He tells them‚ “Second to your right‚ and straight on

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    1.0 Introduction Peter Senge was born in 1947‚ and he graduated in an engineering Stanford and then undertake a Master in Social Systems modelling at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and after that he completed his PhD on Management (Mark‚2001). According to Peter Senge ‚ learning organizations are “ Organizations where people continuously expand their capacity to create the results they really want ‚ where expanded and new patterns of thinking are developed‚ where collective goal is

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    like Archie and Frank‚ in Gallipoli and particular male figures within our nation’s history‚ such as Ned Kelly. Peter Weir’s reflection of masculinity through the use of his two main characters Archie and Frank‚ in his 1981 film Gallipoli‚ helped to perpetuate this construction of the Aussie male stereotype and the era’s particular values of how one is considered to be masculine. Peter Weir’s 1981 Film Gallipoli is a reflection of the views and opinions of what that era’s society considered to be

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    Victorian Influences on Literature In 1904 J.M. Barrie published the book Peter Pan. The novel first started as a play‚ and since then been reproduced into many different version. It published a few short years after Queen Elizabeth passed away and the Victorian Era had come to an end. The characters have specific characteristics that represent the time period. The Darlings represent the way Barrie saw the Victorian Era. We see this through the characterization of Mr. Darling‚ Nana‚ and Mrs. Darling

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    Peter Senge: Video Interviews Speaking specifically about management in his video interviews Senge believes that we don’t understand how we depend on other people all over the world‚ that we don’t "understand the nature of interdependance" (1). He also states that we don ’t understand the extent to which our choices influence other people. E.g. charging a phone can cause diminishing of fossil fuels/climate change. Our decisions although they may have a positive effect in the immediate short

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    something bad from happening at a comparatively small cost to yourself‚ you are obligated to do so.” Peter Singer is a philosopher who believes that we have an obligation to help those in need. I agree with his statement from the book Exploring Ethics that‚ “It is not beyond capacity of the richer nations to give enough assistance to reduce any further suffering to very small proportions.”(Singer pg.244 ) He believes that rich nations can help either as individuals or as a group‚ to prevent those

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    Exegetical Peter Singer states that citizens of affluent nations are behaving immorally with the way they react to moral issues like helping those in need and our moral conceptual scheme needs to change. To do so‚ we need to be morally obligated to prevent bad things from happening if it does not require sacrificing something of comparable moral significance. His argument includes this principle where proximity or distance should not be taken into account when deciding whether to prevent something

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    Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality by Peter Singer The Elements of Reason #8 1. Use two or three sentences to state the main purpose or argument in this article. In other words‚ what is the argument the author is making? (This should be a specific argument. We all know that the authors are writing about morality and ethics.) The main purpose or argument in this article is that Peter Singer believes that richer nations should give assistance to other nations

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    In one of Peter Singer’s arguments defending animals rights he counter argues against Thomas Taylor a philosopher who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes which was a counterargument against Mary Wollstonecraft (Singer‚ 1). In Singer’s reply to Taylor he says that one might reply by saying the case for equality between men and women cannot be given to non-human animals (Singer‚ 2). To summarize this argument‚ Singer says that women are just as intelligent and capable of voting as men so they

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    “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality‚” written by Peter Singer‚ Singer’s goal is to convince people that our decisions and actions can prevent other countries from suffering. He suggests that people should do what is morally right by contributing financially to aid those who are starving‚ rather than purchasing “wants” for those who can afford it. Singer argues his position‚ provides counter-arguments‚ and explains his concepts for aiding countries in need. Singer argues that people have not given enough

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