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  • John Locke on Personal Identity

    John Locke on Personal Identity

    I think that Locke's arguments for his ideas are sound, and I agree with what he is saying. Locke was a micro based ideologist. He believed that humans were autonomous individuals who, although lived in a social setting, could not be articulated as a herd or social animal. Locke believed person to stand for, a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing in different

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    Essay Length: 1,803 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Janna
  • Personal Values and Ethical Foundations

    Personal Values and Ethical Foundations

    Personal Values and Ethical Foundations How does one’s personal, organizational and cultural values affect decision-making in one’s personal and professional life? Can a correlation be made to support this conceptually? Can specific interactions reflect the perspectives identified? These are all questions that lead to the formulation of personal values and setting an ethical foundation in a person’s life. People today in and outside of businesses are fairly liberal in choosing what they will and what

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    Essay Length: 1,243 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Anna
  • Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper

    Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper

    Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper As defined by Webster's 1913 Dictionary, "Ethics is a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions". Ethics are standards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act in the many situations in which they find themselves. On the other hand, the word value has many meanings and may be

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    Essay Length: 754 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Fatal Attraction: Borderline Personality Disorder

    Fatal Attraction: Borderline Personality Disorder

    Fatal Attraction A person with a borderline personality disorder often experiences a recurring pattern of disorganization and instability in self-image, mood, behavior and personal relationships. A person with this disorder can often appear warm, friendly and competent. However, something may quickly and easily set them off, and the instability shines bright. Just like with Alex in Fatal Attraction. In the start of the film, Alex was outgoing, charming, fun, sexy and adventurous. The weekend spent

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    Essay Length: 695 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • My Goals in My Life

    My Goals in My Life

    My Goals in My Life When I graduated from high School I could remember my teachers discussing how life will be after High School. Some of the things that I cold remember from those discussions that I had with one of my teachers were college life. She told me that most of the kids that come out from high school would not go to college. And if they did end up going to college, it's

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    Essay Length: 580 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Discourses - the Relativeness Between "a Fortunate Life" and My Own Personal Life

    Discourses - the Relativeness Between "a Fortunate Life" and My Own Personal Life

    Discourses Have you ever been in the situation where you are practically alone? Void of crucial relationships in your life? Well Albert Facey was in this position. He lost both parents at a very young age. We are linked in that way to some degree. A discourse is controls what we believe, what we value, how we act and our attitudes. A Fortunate life follows the stories and events of Albert Facey who lived with

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    Essay Length: 615 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Jon
  • Personal Essay

    Personal Essay

    When I was sixteen years old I was going through teen peer pressure of trying to fit in with the people in high school. Well, one hot summer day I decide to relax and color my own hair without my mother’s permission. I went to B-Plus hair designs and purchased a Dark and Lovely relaxer and Ms. Clairol honey blonde permanent dye. Once I got home from the hair store I sat outside and talked

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    Essay Length: 669 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Personal Statement for Econ Major

    Personal Statement for Econ Major

    My interest in Economics and Management has been developed from my childhood. With the advantage that my father runs leisure and property businesses in Japan, I have had a great opportunity to observe how a company runs and this encouraged me to pursue a career in management. During the A level Economics course, I was amazed that many things I was taught in the class were things that my father and I had discussed about

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    Essay Length: 606 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Victor
  • How Will an Awareness of Psychoanalytic Theory Impact on Your Work in a Classroom Setting?

    How Will an Awareness of Psychoanalytic Theory Impact on Your Work in a Classroom Setting?

    Psychoanalysis presumes that a good understanding of development requires analyzing the symbolic meanings of behavior and the deep inner workings of the mind. It places a huge emphasis on the unconscious and how the unconscious is the precursor to human development. The level of awareness that I possess of psychoanalytic theory would impact my performance in the classroom only if I act on my understanding in a proactive manner. I believe it was Socrates

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    Essay Length: 505 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Jack
  • My Personal Definition of Nursing

    My Personal Definition of Nursing

    I realized I wanted to be a nurse after I had my 2nd ACL surgery, my senior year of high school. I had to stay in the hospital 3 days in order to recover, and I was very lucky to have such a wonderful and caring nurse. She made me feel as if I was her only patient. I will never forget how well I was taken care of and how comfortable she made me

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    Essay Length: 904 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Personal Strengths and Weaknesses

    Personal Strengths and Weaknesses

    Personal Strengths and Weaknesses As I prepare to write this paper about my personal strengths and weaknesses, I am finding it very difficult to communicate them into words. I have never had to define or reveal what those strengths and weaknesses are . I wonder if I am focusing too much on the title, which has often been referred to as one of my weaknesses, I tend to over-analyze situations, and I am unclear as

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    Essay Length: 1,016 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Tasha
  • A Person Who Has Great Influence in My Life

    A Person Who Has Great Influence in My Life

    A strong and brave man. He has a pair of small and black dark eyes. He has a pumpkin shaped face. Not a very tall but average height he has. His lips are thick. And you will see two rows of yellowish teeth with streaks of white. He is my dearest father, Tan C*** K**. His actual age is fifty plus, but you can't realise it if you just look through his face. Keep smiling

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    Essay Length: 363 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Steve
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder

    Narcissistic Personality Disorder

    Narcissistic Personality Disorder Willa Cather's title "Paul's Case" (1905) invites us to ponder the question, "What exactly is Paul's Case?" Cather immediately informs us that Paul's case is mysterious. His own father is "perplexed" about his son's behavior, and the school faculty, who meet with Paul to discuss his recent suspension, speak of Paul with such "rancor" and "aggrieved ness" that it is obvious that Paul's is "not a usual case" (Cather, 1991, p.

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    Essay Length: 3,467 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Little Ronin Personal Yojimbo

    Little Ronin Personal Yojimbo

    Turner 1 Michael N. Turner Lorraine Kelly LLV April 6th 2006 Little Ronin Personal Yojimbo The samurai originates in Japan, the land of the rising sun, a country of strong heritage and rich traditions. Japan is a country in which I have no biological ties to, or any early influences in. But there is one thing in Japanese history that I find myself tied to in once sense or another, is the Samurai. Not the

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Setting, Characterization and Point of View in “a Rose for Emily”

    Setting, Characterization and Point of View in “a Rose for Emily”

    Setting, Characterization and Point of View in “A Rose for Emily” “A Rose for Emily” gives the readers the feeling that they are a member of the community, experiencing the same things as the whole town does, which is curious about Miss Emily. Living in an unhappy environment can affect the personality of a person. William Faulkner uses the setting, characterization, and the point of view to show that individuals can be unusual by the

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    Essay Length: 809 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Yan
  • Personal Statement

    Personal Statement

    A defining moment in my life occurred about seven years ago. I left my hometown in Croatia and came to the United States on the basketball scholarship to finish my education at Loyola University Chicago. I left my parents, my home, my friends, and my language in order to get a college degree. Over there I was exposed to new culture and new view of life. It was a big cultural shock, but it was

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    Essay Length: 525 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Unexplained Differences in Sibing Personalities: Is Birth Order the Answer?

    The Unexplained Differences in Sibing Personalities: Is Birth Order the Answer?

    While it is clear and widely accepted that physical characteristics are hereditary, the genetic waters get a bit murkier when it comes to an individual's behavior, intelligence, and personality. Debate has always surrounded the question of how much influence birth order has in defining our individual personalities. Ultimately, the argument of nature vs. nurture has never really been won. Therefore, the question remains to be answered. How can children raised in the same home, under

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    Essay Length: 1,343 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Vika
  • Examine Racial and Ethnic Strife in California in the 1920s Through 1940s Were Racial Relations Generally Harmonious in These Times? What Were Some of the Major Events, Personalities, and Attitudes Surrounding the Subject in That Period?

    Examine Racial and Ethnic Strife in California in the 1920s Through 1940s Were Racial Relations Generally Harmonious in These Times? What Were Some of the Major Events, Personalities, and Attitudes Surrounding the Subject in That Period?

    The good times of the 1920s came to an end with stock market crash in 1929. The reason was because Franklin Delano Roosevelt changed the role of the federal government in America society. Most of all industries decline tremendously creating movements such as Ham and Eggs, the Townsend, Technocracy. Between 1935 and 1939 nearly 300, southwesters migrated from California. Most of them came from the lower plains states, notably Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas but

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    Essay Length: 373 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Tommy
  • The Effects of Cooperative Learning in a Classroom Setting

    The Effects of Cooperative Learning in a Classroom Setting

    The Effects of Cooperative Learning in a Classroom Setting Cooperative learning is one of best teaching strategies that an educator can use with their students. Results from studies have shown that cooperative learning strategies have given students opportunities to grow as individuals. They have learned faster and more efficiently, have greater retention, and have a positive outlook on learning. It is a way for students to learn and develop good social skills and help promote

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    Essay Length: 577 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Top
  • Building Personal Power

    Building Personal Power

    Building Personal Power Published Date: 2006-10-25 14:50:02 WorkOnInternet.com Read More on Home Business & Small Business ArticlesPenny, a thirty-one-year-old public relations specialist recalls her worst experience. "Basically, my job was to convince feature writers at the local newspapers to write a story about a client's charity event. I phoned the first reporter on the list and went into my pitch. "Look," he yelled, cutting me off mid-sentence, "there's some damn charity event in this city

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Top
  • Personal Perspective Paper

    Personal Perspective Paper

    Personal Perspective Paper - MBA 500 At the University of Phoenix (UOP), there is an array of learning tools and valuable resources to assist students in their completion of the Masters of Business Administration program. Some of the tools provided include rEsource, Learning Teams, and problem-based learning. Such tools provide students with an avenue to gain knowledge and techniques to be utilized outside the classroom and in real life situations. The Value of rEsource rEsource

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    Essay Length: 740 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Top
  • Mba Personal Perspective

    Mba Personal Perspective

    In this paper I will discuss why I have chosen to pursue my MBA. I will also discuss what I hope to gain from my MBA learning experience. Why I chose to pursue an MBA? After spending 7 years in college getting a BS in Electrical Engineering, a BA in Economics, a MS in Electrical Engineering and working in my field for 10 years, I realized that I really had all the technical knowledge I

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    Essay Length: 461 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Yan
  • Personal Environmental Ethics

    Personal Environmental Ethics

    There are some people who believe that the United States' strictly forced endangered species laws seriously hamper our economy. I on the other hand must disagree. The endangered species laws were created for an important reason: to protect our earth's biological diversity. Whenever humanity interferes with the ecosystem for the purpose of economic growth it tears it apart piece by piece. It is for reasons like these we must have such tough laws, as in

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    Essay Length: 442 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Yan
  • Describing a Personal Experience in Helping the Community

    Describing a Personal Experience in Helping the Community

    Two lunchtimes a week I take part in my school’s Earth Dwellers Recycling Club. I take part in recycling as I feel that I am actually making a difference to the local environment’s current litter pollution issues. By recycling, more pollution is cut down from our school, and hopefully, our school fraternity will look up to our example and perhaps be inspired to do the same in their future years. I also hoped to

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    Essay Length: 898 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: regina
  • Employers Love Personality Tests

    Employers Love Personality Tests

    Employers love personality tests. But what do they really reveal? 1. When Alexander (Sandy) Nininger was twenty-three, and newly commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Army, he was sent to the South Pacific to serve with the 57th Infantry of the Philippine Scouts. It was January, 1942. The Japanese had just seized Philippine ports at Vigan, Legazpi, Lamon Bay, and Lingayen, and forced the American and Philippine forces to retreat into Bataan, a

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    Essay Length: 5,319 Words / 22 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Wendy

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