...knows to be true. What we could understand from The Matrix and the Plato readings both is, that; both men are living lives that they assume are normal or the same as everyone else; because neither of the men have ever known another life, or known that there are things beyond themselves. This makes the first major similarity that, that people only know what is true to them. If a person spends the majority of their life believing that something is one way, then to them that is their truth. The second thing that The Matrix and Plato readings have in common is that both discuss what happens when the above said person would be, “brought to the light.” Both attempts to consider what would happen when the (in a sense) “trapped” person is shown the truth about the life that they are living and shown that there is more than just the world that they are living in. Which leads to discussing the difference between the two. In the Plato readings, Plato seems to suggest that a person wouldn’t want to know the truth outside of themselves; that a person would be content only knowing the life that they have known. To show them otherwise would mean dragging them from the cave. In The Matrix Neo...
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...though from our childhood, we were always told to be honest no matter what. On this topic, there are many mixed views as of whether lying is acceptable or not. Sometimes though, lying can be necessary whether it may be to protect yourself or another. So… when is lying a better decision than telling the truth? There are many examples and reasons of why lying can be acceptable. A lie can be justified if it is to avoid unnecessary hurt to another's feelings. For example: Your birthday is here and your artistic cousin had just painted a picture of you! You... absolutely hate it. So what do you do? You tell them that you love it and appreciate the time they spent on it and leave it at that. In this...
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...also have educated that it is better to accept the consequences of any actions than to lie. However, the more they grow up, the more they know about using of lying because telling the truth cannot always solve the problem. From the point of view, some lying is acceptable, some is not. It depends upon what purposes that make people tell lies. The first point to note is that although telling lie is easy to get things in the short period of time, it will create a bad impression on the next generation as well as it does not give any benefit on long way. For example, if you tell some lies to the children such as smoking doesn't effect on everyone around, what will they learn in their future? It is dangerous for everyone too aware of wrong way because of adult. Another point they would like to mention is that if they always cheat others many times, one day lie will befall upon anyone and will lose prestige in relationships. The story telling about a shepherd rearing the sheep is typical example. It cheats villagers many times that there was wolf on the hill. When they run to save it but found no wolf, they became angry with it. And then when the wolf really came, no one bothered it. Finally, the wolf attacked it sheep and also killed the boy. It was due to the own sin that the boy got the kill. On the other hand, in some situations, telling the truth leads to more bad than good. So with this lying is used will make others in the relationship feel better about themselves. Women these...
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...state of deception. Not telling the truth about the past history can make the people living there more oppressed. Similarly, David and Jennifer in the 1998 film Pleasantville expose new revolutionary ideas to a perfect “pleasant” world, which not only disrupts the order, it allows for people being true to themselves and show individuality. These are only some of the many examples where lying turns into a serious matter which can potentially destroy your life or someone else’s. Although telling lies can spare feelings for a designated amount of time, being brutally honest causes less harm and allows relationships with people to prosper in the...
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...When it comes to telling the truth, both Mill and Kant have philosophies that are very different. John Stuart Mill believes that of all the possible actions you have open to you, you should chose the one that will do the greatest good for the greatest number, in other words, you should always chose the options that will make the most people happy. Mill said, “ the right action is the action that produces the greatest happiness” (Kaye). This was the theory that John Stuart Mill believe was the right thing to do. Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher that believed that you should always tell the truth no matter what, which is different that what Mill believes. For Kant, “the only thing that matters is that your mind on doing your duty; the results are not relevant” (Kaye). In other words, Kant believes that you should always tell the truth and...
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...Opening Argument: Truth in Sentencing Laws do not Deter Crime Truth in sentencing was developed to keep inmates (especially more violent) to serve 85% or more of their initial time in prison. Although it is to insure the safety and builds a better relationship within society, there can be some negative outcomes such as the availability of plea bargaining to receive lesser sentences or inmates who are serving their complete sentence have the inability to adapt to society once released. Using the plea bargaining system has saved a lot of time and money for the court work group because of the willingness of the suspect to forfeit their freedom whereas a person proceeds to trial and receive a harsher term “…more than 90 percent of all criminal cases do not go to trial because the offender pleads guilty to a lesser charge. Even violent crimes are routinely plea-bargained--an estimated 77 percent of rape cases, 85 percent of aggravated assault cases, and 87 percent of robbery cases.” (Anne Morrison Piehl, 1995) . Piehl and DiIulio explained that criminals almost always have the option to discuss a plea bargain to avoid trial, and also prosecutors are more than willing to proceed with the deal because it cuts time on their work load as well as reduce the funding to conduct these trials. In most cases, people eventually adapt to their environment. In cases when a person is in prison, he/she have molded to the familiar everyday lifestyle that comes with it. “A stronger penalty for...
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...education. What better place to demonstrate this theory than school? There is an uprising issue in America that needs to be addressed in schools. “In 2012, there were 29.4 births for every 1,000 adolescent females ages 15-19, or 305,420 babies born to females in this age group. Nearly eighty-nine percent of these births occurred outside of marriage.” Teen pregnancy in America is constantly on the rise, and the current approach of abstinence in schools is not effective. ("The Truth of Abstinence") The issue will never go away. It is important to inform teens of their contraceptive options. Abstinence – only education technique in schools do not lower the teen pregnancy rates, they are not always accurate, and abstinence makes teenagers feel guilty for obtaining a form of contraceptive. With the downward spiral of our economy, many teenagers cannot even afford a child. This leads to many other issues in our country. Many teen parents were simply ignorant when it came to their pregnancy. Education is key. The main cause of teen pregnancy is obviously lack of contraceptive. In fact, any slight decrease in teenage pregnancy is due to some sort of a contraceptive. “A new study showed that improved contraceptive use is responsible for 86 percent of the decline in the U.S. adolescent pregnancy rate between 1995 and 2002.” ("The Truth of Abstinence") Everyone deserves to be aware of his or her options. If a parent is not responsible enough to inform their child of options, the school should...
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...evidence, as he says “but greater and wider evil arises when the credulous character is maintained and supported, when a habit of believing for unworthy reasons is fostered and made permanent” (147). In other words, Clifford uses the idea of the danger that can happen if people are gullible about believing at something. Therefore, Clifford concludes his idea by saying “to sum up, it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence” (147). By that he means that no matter what it is a wrong to believe at something which has no sufficient evidence because it just doesn’t seem reasonable, therefore faith is not compatible with reason. James’ argument is about “The Will to Believe” which is basically a counterargument to Clifford’s idea and argument. As James states, “I myself find it impossible to go with Clifford. We must remember that these feelings of our duty about either truth or error are in any case only expressions of our passional life. Biologically considered, our minds are as ready to grind out falsehood as veracity, and he who says, “Better go without belief forever than believe a lie!” merely shows his own preponderant private horror of becoming dupe” (153). In other words, James is suggesting that Clifford’s own “passion” for a not sufficient evidence is unsound and is failing to resist the fear of being deceive. James talks about the idea of a live hypothesis, as he explains “is one which appeals as a real possibility to him...
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...Ans 6. “Prejudice always complicated the truth.” The movie 12 Angry Men, by means of several situational examples, reaffirms the fact. The first case in point is of the boy on trial who is born and brought up in slums. Many of the jury members, especially jurors 10, 7, 4 and 3 are heavily influenced by the prejudices they hold against children from the slums. In one of the scenes, juror 10, goes into a rage and explains why people from the slums cannot be trusted and calls them little better than animals who gleefully kill each other off for fun. Juror 4 had earlier pointed out that slums are breeding grounds for criminals and that these slum children are a threat to our society to which 10 adds that they are “real trash”. This is where juror 5 who himself has been born and brought up in slums interrupts and reveals about himself to which others try and convince him that it isn’t about him and that he should not be taking it personally. Juror 11 makes a point at this juncture and empathizes with juror 5 saying that he can understand his sensitivity about the slum issue. It is to be noticed hear that this juror 11 is Hispanic origin and himself had been a victim of such treatment out of held prejudices. One such instance comes in one of the movie scenes as well when juror 7 makes a remark on juror 11 and says “they” are all alike who come running for a life and before you can take a deep breath they get on your head and calls him arrogant. Towards the end juror 10 again makes...
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...Failure is Never an Option No matter how you may approach a situation, there will always be a gain or a win. In this case, it’s referred to as an obstacle or opportunity. An obstacle is somebody or something that hinders or prevents progress. In life, everyone faces an obstacle, be it big or small. An opportunity is a chance, one that offers some kind of advantage. Just like an obstacle, you will always face ways of opportunities. Just because you failed at a task doesn’t mean you will fail at life. One thing I was always brought up on was never underestimate you. I feel as when you do underestimate yourself, you will not succeed at it. To me, negativity never gets you anywhere. Someone who complains all the time will be known as a complainer. Someone who purposely fails themselves in life will always be viewed as a failure at life. No one wants to be seen as that because no one would ever give them the encouragement or the support that makes them want to succeed. One thing that will make sure you guarantee not to fail is by eliminating failure as an option. By eliminating failure as an option, it automatically gives you a better attitude on things. You will start to feel confident in yourself and confident in whatever you do. The saying “it’s often easier said than done” is true on so many different levels. A person may say they will do something or say something to someone, and not necessarily mean it. When a person say they will work hard on a project, a task, etc. it’s...
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...times appear better than they actually were. As result, VA officials were given bonuses for the misrepresentation of data. In some cases veterans were waiting on appointments for over a year. In addition, Sam Foote, a retired VA physician claimed the use of secret lists being used to help falsify the reporting of patients. (Robbins, 2014) The use of critical thinking may have been able to prevent this situation from taking place. In the VA Scandal described above it is clear that the VA wanted to compensate the employees for providing better service to the patients by decreasing the wait times for patients. Although, controls were not put into place to ensure the employees were not falsifying data. Prior to implementing the bonus program, the VA could have put more thought into the planning process. For example, the VA could have implemented external auditors into the bonus program to assure the employees were doing the right thing. In addition, the VA could have put some thought into how they could have provided a well thought out plan to improve healthcare for veterans. The Art of Thinking People have tasks, obligations and obstacles to face every day. In addition, people have a choice in weather or not to accomplish these tasks, obligations, and obstacles. In turn, people have free will to do what they want. However, the thought of free will comes into play when choosing to accomplish a task or the alternative. For example, this student has an option to go to...
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...Bridgewater Associate’s Bridgewater Associates Case Study Analysis Alyssa Rosario MBA620 Bay Path College Organizational Behavior & Leadership January 28, 2015 Professor Laurie Rosner “I submit this paper is entirely my own work and agree it may be submitted to Turnitin for the purpose of checking for plagiarism and further it may be maintained on the Turnitin database to check for future plagiarism.” Bridgewater Associates, founded by Ray Dalio, has maintained a level of success, which has thrived upon "radical truths" and developing an approach of "meaningful values and meaningful relationship" (Dalio, 2010). What does this mean, for Ray, once he decides to retire? How will the company survive and uphold the culture, which he established. There are three main factors to which the company would need to begin to explore and prepare as transitions begin. First, would be ensuring an effective leadership, second maintain culture and principles during transition. Finally, how to attract to new hires and maintain current talent. These three factors will be explored in order to determine if the culture Dalio has established can sustain itself without him. Ray Dalio, a man who started Bridgewater Associates from his two -bedroom apartment in New York 37 years ago has created a culture in where some critics refer to it as a “cult”. Ray Dalio moved his company to Westport CT, where he currently employees 1,300 members. He currently shifted his role from...
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...Chris possessed. He did not just settle with the monotonous way of life that society expects of us. He went on an odyssey of self-discovery because he thirsted for truth and originality, and that is something to admire. One could say that he was naïve and brash and that inevitably led him to being a failure but he positively affected...
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...Abortion: The Truth and Alternatives Abortion has been a very sensitive and controversial topic for numerous years, and still is today. Over the years, the number of women who have had abortion performed has risen. Can there be steps taken to lower this number, though? Sure, you can tell someone to use contraceptives to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, but that does no good if they have already conceived an unwanted child. There are alternative options for women who have an unwanted pregnancy. They just need to take the time to look into these alternatives. These alternatives can bring healing and in many cases, can even draw a connection between two or more individuals, so why not choose a positive alternative to abortion? In case some may not know what an abortion is, it’s the intentional termination of a pregnancy after conception. It allows women to put an end to their pregnancies, but involves killing the undeveloped embryo or fetus. The procedure involves dilating the cervix and inserting a long tube into the uterus for extraction of the fetus’s body parts, and lastly crushing the head of the fetus and extracting it as well. Knowing how this procedure is performed, many do not see it as positive. In America, abortion is legal due to the political issue that a woman has the right to her own body, but does this mean a woman should resort to an abortion because of an unwanted pregnancy? This may seem morally wrong, but despite the contrary, in rare cases women resort to an...
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...predictably irrational, author Dan Ariely explains and demonstrates through witty experiments the fact that although we may think we are always making rational, well thought out decisions, there are actually hidden factors that cloud our ability to make the right decisions. He goes on to discuss how our emotions, social norms, and other hidden forces can change our rational intentions into extremely irrational Behaviors. The interesting part is that these irrational behaviors seem like the correct thing to do at the time and we use these past experiences to make future decisions, and therefore if we are not very careful we can fall into a never ending train of irrational decisions. Dan Ariely makes it quite apparent that this behavior takes place in everyday life even though we may not know it and hopes that his research can open our eyes to this fact and help us to avoid making irrational choices. He challenges the traditional assumption that the economic man uses rational thought to make decisions and challenges his readers to rethink the way they view the simple, everyday choices made on a daily basis. After reading the book, he makes it obvious that we all unknowingly act predictably irrational, however he gives us the tools to overcome this and think and behave in a rational manner. Some of the major points discussed in the book include the truth about making decisions based on comparisons, the fallacy of supply and demand, the endowment effect, anchoring effects, social versus...
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