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  • Aristotle's Ethical Theory and How It Conflicts, If at All, with Our Contemporary Worldview

    Aristotle's Ethical Theory and How It Conflicts, If at All, with Our Contemporary Worldview

    Aristotle's ethical theory and how it conflicts, if at all, with our contemporary worldview. Aristotle is one of the most well known philosophers in history. He was born in 384 BC in Stagira, which is in Macedonia. His father was personal physician to the king of Macedonia at that time, Amyntas. He lived until 322 BC when he died at a family estate in Euboea. Aristotle is credited with many great accomplishments during his time.

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Monika
  • Own Theory of Personality

    Own Theory of Personality

    The perception of personality varies from person to person. The conclusion of what an individual's personality may be is based upon the criteria of the person observing another. Our profile--our personality--stands in dialectical relationship to perception. What we are as a personality, our motives, goals, temperaments, and so on, influence what we perceive as a situation; and this perception itself will influence our personality. Each person is a unique personality, a profile of motivational, temperamental,

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Bred
  • How to Make a Monster

    How to Make a Monster

    Rob zombie sings this song, it is cool, i like it, you cannot understand much of it, the remix is more coherant, thats it. Rob zombie sings this song, it is cool, i like it, you cannot understand much of it, the remix is more coherant, thats it. Rob zombie sings this song, it is cool, i like it, you cannot understand much of it, the remix is more coherant, thats it. Rob zombie sings

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Theory of Constraints

    Theory of Constraints

    Background Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union is the largest credit union in South Florida. The last three years have been intensive with rates dipping to there lowest in 40 years. Because of this, 92% of mortgage holders had economic reasons to refinance. Eastern exists to achieve goals to improve member service, work performance and increase profitability; however, certain factors limit their capacity to manage constraints and they needed help. Eastern Weak Links Eastern needed

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Yan
  • Theory of Relativity

    Theory of Relativity

    Alltel has sales revenue of almost eight billion dollars last year, but the Alltel shops see you in most towns are a relatively small business. This break is probably true for internal controls also, the shops have relatively few controls but hopefully the corporation as a whole has more. We are looking at the sales process and the controls in place and missing that go along with the process. The first control in place is

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Theory of Absolute Cost Advantage

    Theory of Absolute Cost Advantage

    Theory of Absolute Cost Advantage MERCANTILISTS’ VERSION Mercantilism stretched over nearly three centuries, ending in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. It was the period when the nation-states were consolidating in Europe. For the purpose of consolidation, they required gold that could best be accumulated through trade surplus. In order to achieved trade surplus, their governments monopolized trade activities, provided subsidies and other incentives for export, and restricted imports. Since most European countries were

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Osmosis Theory

    Osmosis Theory

    OSMOSIS Osmosis Theory Diagrams available in any science book Osmosis is the diffusion of a solvent through a partially permeable membrane until there is an equal concentration on either side of the membrane. The partially permeable membrane contains pores that are very small. Because these pores are only very small, only certain molecules can pass through it. Usually though the membrane will allow all or none of the molecules through. When only one type of

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • Inequality and Radical Theory

    Inequality and Radical Theory

    INEQUALITY AND RADICAL THEORY Inequality and Distribution of Crime Theorists attempt to attack the engulfing problem of crime from many different angles. Crime is so encompassing that it is difficult to know where to begin. Often times it is toiling to decide on a definition of the intangible subject of crime. This paper proposes that the problem of solving crime is difficult because crime is very diverse. It is just as equally difficult to devise

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    Essay Length: 521 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • General Motors Going Green

    General Motors Going Green

    General Motors Going Green When many companies started there was no one thinking about being energy efficient or worry about polluting the air. They were more worried about making money, selling a product and sustaining jobs for the employees. But now we are in the 2000s and people are worried about the environment and trying to find ways to conserve energy and go “green”. Going green means being more environmentally friendly. One company that has

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Artur
  • Kant’s Formalism Theory

    Kant’s Formalism Theory

    Kant's Formalism Theory The theories of Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, have had an impact on the formulation and shaping of ethics today. Immanuel Kant graced this earth from 1724 to 1804. During his eighty year life time, he formulated many interesting ideas regarding ethical conduct and motivation. Kant is strictly a non-consequentialist philosopher, which means that he believes that a person's choices should have nothing to do with the desired outcome, but instead mankind

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • A Cognitive-Systemic Reconstruction of Maslow's Theory of Self-Actualization

    A Cognitive-Systemic Reconstruction of Maslow's Theory of Self-Actualization

    A COGNITIVE-SYSTEMIC RECONSTRUCTION OF MASLOW'S THEORY OF SELF-ACTUALIZATION by Francis Heylighen1 PESP, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Maslow's need hierarchy and model of the self-actualizing personality are reviewed and criticized. The definition of self-actualization is found to be confusing, and the gratification of all needs is concluded to be insufficient to explain self-actualization. Therefore the theory is reconstructed on the basis of a second-order, cognitive-systemic framework. A hierarchy of basic needs

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Jon
  • 3 Postulates of the Kinetic Molecular Theory

    3 Postulates of the Kinetic Molecular Theory

    Another postulate of the kinetic molecular theory is that gas particles are always in motion, like the other states of matter. But they are different in that they undergo random translational movement. In solids, the particles mainly experience vibrational motion and in liquids they mainly vibrate and rotate, with some translational motion. Gas particles move rapidly in straight lines, unless acted upon by another particle or the walls of a container. This continuous contact with

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Linwood Method and the Bio-Medical Approach: Two of the Competing Theories

    The Linwood Method and the Bio-Medical Approach: Two of the Competing Theories

    RUNNING HEAD: Competing Theories for Treatments of Autism The Linwood Method and the Bio-Medical Approach: Two of the Competing Theories For the Treatment of Patients with Autism Abstract The author of this paper gives and explanation of what autism is. He also tells you a b it about Jeanne Simons and why she created the Linwood Method and what it is. Then, in addition, you are given a description of who Dr. Jacquelyn McCandless

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Can Contract Theory Explain Social Preferences?

    Can Contract Theory Explain Social Preferences?

    For several decades, a growing body of research has shown that humans do not always choose to maximize material payoffs. Economists following the lead of psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky (1979) and Matthew Rabin (1993) have built on such research to suppose that individuals are attentive to fair distribution rewards between themselves as well as personal payoffs. (Ernst Fehr and Klaus Schmidt (1999)) An alternative approach, suggested by Elizabeth Hoffman, Kevin McCabe and Vernon

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    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: July
  • Rational Choice Theory as a Deterant to Crime

    Rational Choice Theory as a Deterant to Crime

    Written Assignment 1 (Due October 1st ) Rational choice theories are among the fastest growing theories in social science today. Many sociologists and political scientists defend the claim that rational choice theory can provide the basis for a unified and comprehensive theory of social behavior. What distinguishes rational choice theory from other forms of theory is that it denies the existence of any kinds of action other than the purely rational and calculative. All social

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    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Mike
  • Theories of the Origin of the Medicine Symbol

    Theories of the Origin of the Medicine Symbol

    Theories of the Origin of the Medicine Symbol The caduceus is a medicine symbol. It is a staff with two snakes coiled around it facing each other. There are many different views on how the medical symbol came to be. A lot of them are mythological. The caduceus is often recognized the god Hermes (Mercury). Some even refer to the bible for the origin of the symbol. The only thing that we know for sure

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    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Top
  • Can Old Immigration Theories Be Applied to New Immigrants?

    Can Old Immigration Theories Be Applied to New Immigrants?

    Can old immigration theories be applied to new immigrants? Joel Perlman and Roger Waldinger question in their theory the pessimism of the present scholarship on assimilation. These authors emphasize the duality of contemporary immigration and compare historical facts with new findings on contemporary immigrant research. Furthermore, they criticize the way scholars such as Alba, Hirschman and Falcon, and Lieberson and Waters, apply old immigration theories and how the results show prospects for contemporary immigrants in

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    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Wto:general Information

    Wto:general Information

    The earlier Doha (2001) and Cancun (2003) rounds had failed for precisely this reason and led to the creation of the Group of 20 (g-20) developing nations led by India and Brazil. the EU agreed to phase out all export subsidies by 2013. The icing on the cake: about 80 per cent of these will be phased out by 2010. both developed and developing nations had agreed in principle to cut their tariffs on industrial

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    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Artur
  • Dreams and Freudian Theory

    Dreams and Freudian Theory

    Dreams have been objects of boundless fascination and mystery for humankind since the beginning of time. These nocturnal vivid images seem to arise from some source other than our ordinary conscious mind. They contain a mixture of elements from our own personal identity which we recognize as familiar along with a quality of 'otherness' in the dream images that carries a sense of the strange and eerie. The bizarre and nonsensical characters and plots in

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Comfort Theory: A Holistic Guide for Practice and Research

    Comfort Theory: A Holistic Guide for Practice and Research

    Comfort Theory: A Holistic Guide for Practice and Research In this course, Comfort Theory is presented as a pattern for providing holistic care to patients and families in all health care settings. For those who are working on clinical ladders or small research proposals in school, Comfort Theory provides a framework to design your study. Comfort Theory is easy to understand and learn because we all are familiar with our own needs for comfort, how

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Yan
  • General Education Requirements: Revision for Success

    General Education Requirements: Revision for Success

    General education requirements, or GERs, in universities are basically what the name implies, "General." These courses are too vague in terms of helping each student succeed. The requirements are suppose to help each student become more well-rounded but this is done by pounding useless information in students' minds within a short amount of time. Therefore, students are paying money to learn about things that they will forget the next semester. General education requirements need to

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Mike
  • Who Is the Monster Polyphemus or Odysseus?

    Who Is the Monster Polyphemus or Odysseus?

    In Homer’s The Odyssey Odysseus can perceived in many different ways from heroic adventurer to a conniving liar. The same goes for Polyphemus. He is referred to as a ruthless brute in the beginning of book 9, the quotation I will be using is from the end of chapter 9 lines 490-514 and percives him in a different way. Polyphemus is much more than a heartless monster like he is often thought of as. In

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Bred
  • Management: Theory, Practice, and Application

    Management: Theory, Practice, and Application

    Delegation Paper Jerrell Clayton MGT/330 Management: Theory, Practice, and Application Kathryn Hayman June 15, 2005 Delegation Paper According to Batman and Snell (2004), delegation is the assignment of authority and responsibility to a subordinate at a lower level requiring that the subordinate reports back to their manager the results, positive or negative. Within my professional career I have experienced several management styles. With regard to the subject matter of delegation, I have been lead

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Epigenetic Theory

    The Epigenetic Theory

    Erik Erikson was a psychologist who came up with the theory that everyone goes through eight stages of psychosocial development in their lifetime. This theory is called the “epigenetic principle.” How we go through each stage is determined by the situations, or development “tasks,” in our lives. Each stage has a task that is referred to with a two-word phrase, such as ‘trust-mistrust’ in the infant’s stage. Also, each stage has what is called

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Yan
  • Compare and Contrast the Management Theories of Frederick Taylor, Henri Fayol, Elton Mayo and Douglas McGregor. in What Sense(s) Are These Theories Similar And/or Compatible? in What Sense(s) Are These Theories Dissimilar And/or Incompatible? How Would A

    Compare and Contrast the Management Theories of Frederick Taylor, Henri Fayol, Elton Mayo and Douglas McGregor. in What Sense(s) Are These Theories Similar And/or Compatible? in What Sense(s) Are These Theories Dissimilar And/or Incompatible? How Would A

    Compare and contrast the management theories of Frederick Taylor, Henri Fayol, Elton Mayo and Douglas McGregor. In what sense(s) are these theories similar and/or compatible? In what sense(s) are these theories dissimilar and/or incompatible? How would a contingency theorist reconcile the points of dissimilarity and/or incompatibility between these approaches? The twentieth century has brought in a number of management theories which have helped shaped our view of management in the present business environment. These emerging

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Artur

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