Dishonesty of Honest People: A theory of Self-Concept maintenance. Main idea People think of themselves as honest. Yes‚ in reality dishonesty pays quite generously (give examples) The paper demonstrates that their convenience people become dishonest enough to profit but also behave honestly enough to maintain their self-concept. Why are People Dishonest? Origins of theory date from Adam Smith/Thomas Hobbes using Homo Economicus
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#6:Treasure Chest Problem: Someone offers to give you a million dollars($1‚000‚000) in one-dollar ($1) bills. To receive the money‚ you must lie down; the million one-dollar bills will be placed on your stomach. If you keep them on your stomach for 10 minutes‚ the money is yours! Do you accept the offer? Solution: Each dollar bill weighs 1 gram‚ if we multiply 1gram by 1‚000‚000 dollars we get a weight of 1‚000‚000 grams. If there are 454 grams in a pound then $1‚000‚000 will equal 2202 pounds
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“A Person Who Has Influenced My Life” Deberha Cooke my beautiful grandmother‚ found out she had cancer late June of “1999“. Five years later it became worst‚ and the doctor gave her six months to live. ‘’I don’t want to die”‚ Deberha proclaimed as we sat in Botsfrod hospital supposedly waiting on more test results. She continued‚ “Life is precious”. I replied thoughtlessly‚ “Yes‚ it is”. Then‚ inconspicuously we changed the subject to our weekend plans. That day‚ the customary routine
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Is The National Football League A Honest Organization? National Football League (NFL) is an American gridiron football organization‚ founded in 1920 by Jim Thorpe as American Professional Football Association. Jim Thorpe was the first president of the association‚ he was a famous American athlete and league player. Later on‚ in 1922‚ the association was renamed as National Football League. In the beginning‚ league comprised of fourteen teams
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Honest Abe (A): Do you recall Lord Acton’s statement‚ “[a] people averse to the institution of private property is without the first element of freedom?” Rattlesnake Pete (P): I do; a libertarian message. A: And you agree? P: Yes; liberty is secured through private property. A: So the implementation of point four‚ “Nobody may work another miner’s registered claim without his consent‚” will contribute to achieving this freedom? P: Exactly. I believe the right to exclude is constitutive of private
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Everyone is affected by certain events or individuals that greatly change their life. Many people have influenced me during my life. One wonderful person who has had a special effect on me is my volleyball coach. Six years ago‚ when I first went to the volleyball training‚ I found out that my coach was seventy years old. It was very surprising for me because she did not look her age. After some training with her‚ I realized that any young person would envy her strength and energy. At her age she
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The Honest Farmer Retold by Ella Lyman Cabot The dictionary defines integrity as “an uncompromising adherence to a moral code” and ssys the word traces its origins to a Latin term meaning “untouched.” Here is integrity‚ untouched and unshaken by altered circumstances. There was a war in Germany long ago‚ and thousands of soldiers were scattered over the country. A captain of the cavalry‚ who had a great many men and horses to feed‚ was told by his colonel that he must get food from the farms
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federated Constitutional Republic. “Plain‚ Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution” by Richard Beeman is designed to demonstrate the diversity amongst Founding Fathers’ beliefs‚ intentions‚ and contributions to the Constitution and government. The narrative styled historical nonfiction follows the Constitutional Conventions of the late 1700’s including detailed debates surrounding slavery‚ representation‚ treasury‚ and ultimately
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A lot of us remember our mother‚ and for good reason. Should someone pose the same question to me that I have asked of you‚ I would never hesitate to talk about the most important person in my life‚ my mother. I had two fathers‚ one that left when I was only a month old (he was not sure I was his son‚ and so he divorced my mom)‚ and one that arrived when I was 5 (he had a 40-word vocabulary‚ 20 of which were cuss words). I did not realize until much later that he did not know several foreign
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Why you should leave Miami‚ why you should stay in Miami‚ and why it’s a personal matter. Zoom out for a second. Take a brief look at the individual shingles that make up your roof. Continue and you’ll realize the different geometric patterns and lines that compose the different roads‚ rivers‚ and county lines of your surrounding city. Go further‚ until you can make out the entire outline of the state you reside in. We are‚ in the grand scheme of things‚ an infinitesimally small particle in this
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