The Ethical Dangers of Deliberative Decision Making Chen-Bo Zhong University of Toronto Research on ethical decision making has been heavily influenced by normative decision theories that view intelligent choices as involving conscious deliberation and analysis. Recent developments in moral psychology‚ however‚ suggest that moral functions involved in ethical decision making are metaphorical and embodied. The research presented here suggests that deliberative decision making may actually increase
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group‚ through the lens of a single story? That single story that you heard about someone or something is actually you are stereotyping‚ criticizing and analyzing. According to the article “The Danger of Single Story” by Chimamanda Adichie‚ there are many dangers of accepting a single story. These dangers include robbing people of dignity‚ making our recognition of our equal humanity difficult & emphasizing how we are different rather than how we are similar. Without knowing the full story about
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The change in technology that has taken and continues to take place over time is mind-boggling. 20 years ago the thought of a computer being a necessity would be preposterous but now the thought of not having one is. The advances in technology began with needs for survival but last I heard an iPod is not necessary for daily survival. Is technology moving to fast for us to keep up though? Technology is a problem because we cannot do without it‚ and our use of it clearly makes us both better
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Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology‚ is one that explores the fear of the growing realization that we have become a society dominated by technology. Although many people in todays day and age would say that technology and the large array of technological advances of the past decade or so‚ are both a friend and an enemy‚ in that they have both benefits and downfalls‚ Postman’s book arrives at the topic with a pessimistic view of what the dangers of technology is doing to our culture. Postman
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Trends in Technology Discuss the phenomenon of electronic social media on the way we do business and the way we socialise Word Count: 1819 Discuss the phenomenon of electronic social media on the way we do business and the way we socialise Electronic social media has revolutionised the way individuals socialise in an age where computers and the internet have become a part of everyday life. Social media can be considered an instrument of communication‚ in other words it is
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The Danger of Violent Video Games in Children The links between increased aggressive and violent behaviour and the content of video games is a controversial subject. Increased scientific evidence demonstrates that violent video games are linked to increases in aggressive cognitions‚ feelings and behaviours (e.g.‚ Anderson and Bushman‚ 2001; Anderson‚ 2004; Anderson‚ Gentile & Buckley‚ 2007) However‚ there is still much resistance to the evidence among the public and by the video game industry (e
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Green Technologies Carlos Smith J.R. INF103: Computer Literacy Instructor: Carolyn Hughes June 28‚ 2010 I believe that with our rapid growing society and technologies we should start becoming more and more involved with making our planet and our life’s cleaner before it is too late to do anything about it. It is our responsibilities to make sure that we do whatever it takes to reduce the pollution because it not only affects us our animals as well. Most people will
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In “The Danger of a Single Story‚” Adichie talks about stereotypes‚ or single stories. Adichie explains social class and stereotypes. Adichie explains social class by telling the story of Fide‚ her family’s houseboy. Fide and his family were very poor compared to Adichie’s middle class family‚ and Adichie also explained that her mother would use Fide as a reference to poor people‚ for example‚ when Adichie would not finish her food‚ her mother would say‚ “don’t you know people like Fide’s family
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Cigarette smoking kills nearly 430‚000 people every year‚ making it more lethal than car accidents and drug overdoses just to name a few. A smoker’s life expectancy is reduced by 15 to 25 years and is the single most preventable cause of death. With lung cancer being a primary result of cigarette smoking‚ there are also a wide array of other lung problems that occur as a result of smoking. Cigarettes contain 4000 chemicals‚ most of them are toxic. These ingredients affect everything from proper
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The United States of America is the fourth country with the most tobacco industry. There is a lot of people smoking in the U.S. When people smoke‚ it causes a joy for them to smoke. Some of the people don’t know why smoking can be bad for you. In the world one billion people smoke and die from cancer‚ chronic diseases. Most of the time kids will usually have breathing problems from second hand smoke. When people smoke it causes addiction. The reason why is because there is a substance inside the
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