written by Bernard Williams. It depicts two very similar cases and stirs a discussion between whether the psychological continuity theory or bodily continuity theory is more relevant when it comes to our personal identity. Psychological continuity is a view that is based on the principle that our personal identity is associated with our thoughts and memories. Bodily continuity theory is a view that as long as we have the same body‚ we are the same person. Throughout the essay‚ Williams uses many different
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yale case 07-015 rev. february 12‚ 2008 William Bratton and the NYPD Crime Control through Middle Management Reform Andrea R. Nagy1 Joel Podolny2 William Bratton‚ commissioner of the New York Police Department from 1994 to 1996‚ presided over a dramatic decline in the city’s crime rate. Hired by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as part of a new crime fighting initiative‚ Bratton embraced the “broken windows” theory that had made him so successful as chief of the city’s transit police. According to
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Many lives have been lost due to the physician’s negligence. The physician that saw Abigail Williams‚ Betty Parish‚ Betty Hubbard and Anne Putnam Jr. and made an incorrect diagnosis. He to quickly decided the fits were being caused by something spiritual. His mistake may have caused a huge crisis. Although other possibilities have been suggested‚ ergot poisoning is the most likely. Recent scientific study shows that the condition and symptoms of the fits of a serious match up perfectly with ergotism
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William Wordsworth poem‚ Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey July 13‚ 1798‚ is about a man returning‚ after fives years‚ to the beautiful scenery near the ruins of Tintern Abbey in Wales. He recalls how he once had such innocent views of nature when he was younger and how now that he had grown he ’d lost such sight. Near the end of the poem the speaker mentions his sister‚ Dorothy‚ only to make himself appear to be this wise man who takes his sister under his wings. He ensures her that
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The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover ‚ 1709-1712 Every morning‚ William seems to wake up and eat his milk for breakfast. After his meal‚ often but not always‚ he reads a chapter in Hebrew or some other language and proceeds with his day. In some entries in his diary‚ he usually has a problem with his slaves and has to punish them quite frequently and does not have a problem with the severity of the punishment. Slaves are being burned by irons and whipped till they are no longer to stand
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William Wordsworth Biography William Wordsworth was born April 7th‚ 1770‚ in Cockermouth‚ Cumberland. He attended school at Saint John’s College‚ University of Cambridge. He was said to have loved nature. During school breaks he visited places known for their scenic beauty. While in France‚ he fell in love with Annette Vallon. They had a daughter in December of 1770‚ shortly before he moved back to England. Wordsworth had written poetry while he was still a schoolboy‚ but none of his poems were
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William the Conqueror was a Norman duke who later became an English king. He had many great accomplishments. His most well-known accomplishments are the idea of feudalism and the Domesday Book. The Normans were a fierce group who were very militaristic. William the Conqueror was born around 1027 in Normandy. He was the illegitimate son of the former Duke of Normandy. Because his parents‚ Duke Robert I and Herleve‚ were not married‚ he was nicknamed William the Bastard. At the age of 8‚ he became
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Dear Tom Williams‚ I am feeling bereft‚ to the point of writing to you in regards to your ’extraordinary’ capitalisation and ’Blue Plaque hailed as tribute to an ’overlooked’ academic;’ article -- in reference to James Legge’s blue plaque at No 3 Keble Terrace‚ Oxford. Naturally‚ you’re unaware of the generic idiocies and perverse indoctrinations James Legge offered as fact at the echelon of Pantheism Lecture i.e. (Oxford University). I simper shamefully when I state this.... I am not remotely surprised
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General William Westmoreland Born in Spartanburg County‚ South Carolina on March 26th‚ 1914 was William Westmoreland. He went from being an Eagle Scout in his local Boy Scout troop to a lieutenant colonel in World War II and a United States Army General in the Vietnam War. William started his career by enrolling in West Point Academy. By the time of his graduation‚ he had become the corps first captain and received the Pershing Sword in honor of his success as a cadet. He was later assigned
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William Zinsser has advice for writing memoirs. “Be yourself”‚ “speak freely”‚ and “tell your own story” (Zinsser‚ 2‚ 4‚ 6). It applies to many different memoirs. William Zinsser’s “How to Write a Memoir”‚ gives the point of “be yourself” (Zinsser‚ 2). This applies to “A Summer Life” because Gary Soto writes as if he was a child. According to “A Summer Life”‚ “I was five…”(Soto‚ 16). He also was adventurous because he went to find a shoe whose‚”…print was almost three of my brother’s hands‚
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