...Kevin Marcoux PHI-Ethics 3/24/2010 WAR War, destruction, and disagreements have been a major part of human history since the beginning of our race. Of course there are millions upon millions of people who believe that war is a horrible and frightful event that should be avoided at all means, but there are also others that are for war due to their own beliefs, whatever they may be. I am one of those people who believe that conflict and war not only is inevitable, but a necessary solution for maintaining overall peace on this planet. With the ever-growing population of this planet, resources are becoming more and more scarce and rapidly increasing in need for civilization as a whole. Fossil fuels, grain, and potable drinking water are among a few of the resources needed for life in today’s world. Just as the demand grows for needed supplies, the tension grows in the hearts of men who are in need and cannot find which in turn results in swift conflict in order to acquire what is needed. I believe in going to war to ensure the future security in society as a whole. Some see that the only just cause for war is strictly in defense, which is when the enemy comes to you. Why not go to the enemy and attack first to ensure the upper hand? Or if you know that a certain country is invading another country solely to build a force to attack us? Take the fight to them I say, and destroy the force that threatens the life and liberty of our families and fellow citizens...
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...balances via court rulings and newly legislated limitations. In modern American politics, many question the Constitutional legitimacy of various executive actions taken by the most recent presidents. However, the expansion of presidential power is certainly not unique to Presidents Bush or Obama. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, presidents have gradually increased their powers in response to wars, terrorism, and congressional gridlock, among other things. Furthermore, the broad definition of the executive branch’s duties found in the second article of the Constitution has led to contradicting interpretations about the proper applications of the executive powers. As...
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...The reason as per to why the Third Invasion is so inevitable is, according to the Mazer, Colonel Graff, and some more adults, the war between the buggers and humans is an open wound, it may hurt to be sealed fully, but it is essential to do it for once and for all. For instance, in a conversation between Colonel Graff and Ender, Graff says that, “You see, as soon as we had a working ansible, we tucked it into our best starships and launched them to attack the buggers home systems,” (Card...
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...increased mobility of goods, services, capital and communications. Globalisation is driven by many factors, including technological advancements and deliberate neo-liberalist policy. It is not a new phenomenon, yet contemporary globalisation differs dramatically in scale, penetrating more people and remote areas than ever before. Globalisation has many benefits such as economic growth and poverty reduction, yet on a domestic scale economies must be allowed to adapt, and the global economy must be managed on an international scale. Economic interdependence and advances leads to a safer, more democratic world. The forces of globalisation have been set in motion and are not able to be reversed, hence the world must recognise globalisation as inevitable, and work to reap the benefits. Globalisation is an encompassing term, taking various forms that describing the vast social, economic, cultural and political changes that arise due to interaction and integration of people, institutions and governments of different states. Due to contemporary impact, globalisation here is defined within the scope of economic globalisation, it is a process driven by an international financial system of trade and investment. Globalisation includes the transnational movement of capital, goods and services, the spread of ideas, information and people through the increased mobility of communications, all enhanced by information technologies. This gives rise to interdependent global markets. Yet, globalisation...
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...progresses into a conflict because one’s goals do not match up and they simply become incompatible. William Wilmot defines an interpersonal conflict as an “expressed struggle between interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals, scarce resources, and interference from the other party in achieving their goals” (Floyd p.350). Basically to sum that up I am using the conflict I have almost daily with my fiance, Derrick. I have an issue I can’t get over on my own because I can’t get away from him, We live in the same house and he’s the father of my children therefore, I am interdependent upon him (which I would never admit to his face). Sometimes the thought goes through my head, life would be great if he didn’t exist, especially when we have incompatible goals. Reality strikes and prison just isn’t the place for me. Conflict is a part of life even if it’s about picking up after yourself because without struggle there is no progress. Usually the argument will start out as something like telling myself I really don’t have time to be cleaning up after everyone in the house. I tend to have intrapersonal conflicts (Floyd p351). more often than not. Doesn’t everyone talk to themselves? If all the chores were distributed equally, I wouldn’t be late everywhere I went. I could wake up earlier, but I already go to bed at an unreasonable hour and get minimal sleep. This is would be called a pseudo conflict, because something could be done to prevent the conflict. Did Derrick really...
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...Course Title: Instructor’s Name: Conflict Identification and Resolution Conflict is a strong disagreement between people, groups that results in an angry argument. It can also be difference that prevents agreements. It leads into a dramatic action in form of a fight or war. Conflict occurs between people of all kinds of human relationships and in all social settings mostly because of the potential difference among people. There are varies sources of conflict: economic conflict, value conflict and power conflict. * Economic conflict it involves competing motives to attain scarce resources in a certain area. Both party wants to get the most that it can. The behavior and emotions of each party are directed towards maximizing it again. * Value conflict this involves incompatibility in ways of life, ideologies, principles and practices that peoples believes in. conflict like international often have a strong value component where each side asserts the rightness and superiority of it way of life and its political economic system. The cold war is one of the example of value conflict * Power conflict this occurs when each party wishes to maintain the amount of influence that it exerts in the relationship and social settings. In this there is a power struggle which ends in victory and defeat since it is impossible for them both party to win. It is impossible for one party to be stronger without the other one being weaker. Power conflict can occur between individuals, between...
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...violence because it is inevitable in life. Authors are human just like us. So naturally, by reading literature violence is going to appear. Humans are only bound by their imagination as to how violent we can get. This is why violence is so prevalent inside the literature we read, because it is synonymous with our lives. We have to either see, hear, or talk about violence everyday of our lives. Literature reveals the types of violence that is experienced throughout time. Different periods of time have different views and tactics about violence. Now, in the twenty-first century technology has changed the way violence is executed. Literature has evolved along with the violence throughout time. When violence in literature changes so does violence in reality. Sometimes reality is recorded in literature as like a violence timeline. This tells people how and why violence changes or evolves into how we view violence today. Society changes towards more civilized people. No longer are there events like public hangings, decapitation, and showdowns. I know there are some cultures still may execute these events, but not very likely in the twenty-first century. In “Candide,” by Voltaire, the human capacity for violence is inspired by ignorance, but executed with unlimited imagination. Is violence necessary? Why is it or is not necessary? Is violence avoidable or unavoidable? Is violence acceptable or unacceptable? These are asked to all conflicts in life. "humankind...
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...INR 2001: Intro to International Relations January 12, 2015 Big Themes in International Relations * Conflict or Cooperation? Pays to Cooperate: Success in business- Don’t shoot customers * Major Actors in Conflicts * Chines, Navy, NATO, and Somali Pirates * States fighting other states * States fighting rebellions within the state * Conflict between non-state actors * Not all conflict is between states, much if not most is below the level of state-state conflict * Conflict maybe driven by man interests- ethnic conflict, material resources, land * Cooperation * Lots of Conflict and lots of Cooperation * Examples * Cooperation focused on economic issues, why? * All sides gain from economic exchange so it literally pays to cooperate * Is cooperation or conflict the natural state? * Economic cooperation mitigates conflict * Globalization or Fragmentation? * France-Germany and the European Union * Free trade agreements and NAFTA * What is Globalization * Examples: * Increasing level interconnectedness * What it means for international relations * More interdependence * Cultural aspects, both positive and negative * Is globalization a new phenomena * Less and less dialogue more usual stuff happening * 50 million died as a result 1918 Spanish...
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...（1） In 1945, just after World War II, the alliance between the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union ended. An intense rivalry between communist and non-communist nations led to the Cold War. It's called the Cold War because it never led to armed or "hot" conflict. At the end of World War II, at the Yalta Conference, Germany was divided into four occupied zones controlled by Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Berlin was also divided into four sections. Lack of a mutual agreement on German re-unification was a important background of the Cold War. And on March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill, gave his "iron curtain" speech while at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, which marked the start of the Cold War. The cold war did not end until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. During this period, the United States and the USSR confronted each other in politics, economy, ideology, and so on. And they nearly divided this world into two camps, socialist camp and capitalist camp, what made the conflict on ideology especially sharp. Every incident in the world could not happened without reasons, and the original cause may happened quite long ago. So there are long term causes and short causes of the Cold War. One of the short term causes is that the US President had a personal dislike of the Soviet leader Josef Stalin. At the Potsdam Conference starting in late July 1945, serious differences emerged over the future development of Germany and...
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...Organization: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) After serving nine years in the Marine Corps, I have come to the conclusion that the ideal organization for me would be the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). I have tried several companies in the civilian sector and have been unable to adapt because I enjoy the adrenaline and excitement law enforcement has to offer. Although the CIA does have plenty of organizational stressors, they have their solutions. I will discuss task demands, role demands, physical demands, and interpersonal demands of working with the CIA as well as analyze critical elements for effective group and work team performance to determine the necessary steps it would take to develop an effective team. I will evaluate conflict management styles and explain which style is most appropriate for the potential sources of conflict. Lastly, potential barriers to communication and how these barriers may impact group and work team performance. The CIA has several divisions and positions. There are two specific positions that I would apply for: Support Integration Officer (SIO) or Military Analyst, which both have heavy task demands, role demands, and physical demands. As a SIO, I would be responsible for supporting worldwide missions. They are required to deploy (which I have already experienced) to resolve tactical issues, while applying and creating new processes and procedures to fit requirements specific to their location. The job description for a special agent consists of...
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...as a society acquires new technology. According to Lenski, the more technological information a society has, the faster it changes. New technology sends ripples of change through a society’s entire way of life. Lenski’s work identifies five types of societies based on their level of technology. A. Hunting and gathering societies use simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation. Until about twelve thousand years ago, all humans were hunter-gatherers. At this level of sociocultural evolution, food production is relatively inefficient; groups are small, scattered, and usually nomadic. Society is built on kinship, and specialization is minimal, centered chiefly around age and gender. These societies are quite egalitarian and rarely wage war. B. Horticultural and pastoral societies employ a technology based on using hand tools to raise crops. In very fertile and also in arid regions, pastoralism, technology that supports the domestication of animals, develops instead of horticulture. In either case, these strategies encourage much larger societies to emerge. Material surpluses develop, allowing some people to become full-time specialists in crafts, trade, or religion. Expanding productive technology creates social inequality. C. Agrarian societies are based on agriculture, the technology of large-scale cultivation using plows harnessed to animals or more powerful sources of energy. These societies initiated civilization as they invented...
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...Baron de Montesquieu Baron de Montesquieu was born Charles Louis de secondat at La Brède, near Bordeaux, France on January 19, 1689 to a wealthy family. His father was a soldier and his mother died when he was seven years old. At the age of eleven he was sent to Oratorian Collège de Juilly, at Meaux. In 1716 he inherited from his uncle the title Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu and the office of President à Mortier in the Parliament of Bordeaux, which was at the time chiefly a judicial and administrative body. In his five years in Paris he developed an intense dislike for the style of life in the capital (rich and/ or of the church), later expressed in his Persian Letters, which brought him approval of the public and displeasure of the governor. . In 1725 he sold his life interest in his office and resigned from the Parliament. In 1728 he was elected to the Académie Française, despite some religious opposition, and shortly thereafter left France to travel abroad. After visiting Italy, Germany, Austria, and other countries, he went to England, where he lived for two years. He was greatly impressed with the English political system, and drew on his observations of it in his later work. He died in Paris in 1755 of a fever. Types of government He believed that there were three types of government: the republican, which can take a democratic or aristocratic form; the monarchical; and despotic government. In a democratic government the people are the sovereign, and may govern...
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..._______________________________________ Chapter 1 – General Introduction: What, Why, and What for is a Dialogue Introduction This is an introductory chapter, in which I give the necessary definition and introduce the material that we will study in this course. I will also try to present the matter of Christian-Muslim Dialogue as a pressing matter, not only in Lebanon, but also in the world. I will attempt to answer, in this chapter, such questions as ‘what is a dialogue?’, ‘what does urge Christians and Muslims to engage in dialogue?’, ‘what are the difficulties of dialogue?’, what are the topics to be studied for a sound dialogue?’ and others. With the exception of natural cataclysms that attacked our planet earth, the number of people who died in or because of ‘religious wars’ in the history of humankind is much bigger than those who died in anything else. A great number of people were persecuted, bodily or morally, because of their faith. A similar number of people were, in a way or in another, forced to abandon their religious convictions and adapt others for different reasons: survival, benefits, refusing to be marginalized or persecuted. The world of nowadays is seething because of ‘conflict of religions’, mainly religious fundamentalism, not to mention many, first Gulf War, September 11,...
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...IR 3034: The Political theory of Peace and War. [pic] FIRST ESSAY: « For Machiavelli, the art of war is the supreme test of any polity, whether principality or republic ». Discuss Introduction: Quentin Skinner once argued that even if “Machiavelli died nearly 500 years ago, (…) his name lives on as a byword for cunning, duplicity, and the exercise of bad faith in political affairs”1. Indeed, there is no denying that Machiavelli stands probably as one of the most controversial thinker in the history of political theory. In fact, Skinner even argued that “the charge of being a Machiavellian remains a serious accusation in the political debate”2. As his biographers tell us, Machiavelli came from an Italian family which had been relatively important in the political life of Florence for a long time before his birth, in 1469. At 29 years old, he became second chancellor of the republic, without previous experience, a charge he will keep for more than fourteen years till the return of the Medici’s family. This experience as top official of the Florentine Republic had obviously a huge impact on the development of both his later life, characterized by a succession of disgraces and stroked of bad luck, and his thought. Indeed, as Maurizio Viroli asserts, “Machiavelli considered himself to be an expert on a special art which we call statecraft and he called “arte dello stato”3. There is no denying that, if we look at most of his writings, we will realize...
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...TEAM DYNAMICS A team is any group of people organized to work together interdependently and cooperatively to meet the needs of their customers by accomplishing a purpose and goals. Teams are created for both long term and short term interaction. A product development team, an executive leadership team, and a departmental team are long lasting planning and operational groups. Short term teams might include a team to to plan the annual company party or a team to respond to a specific customer problem or complaint. Three common types of teams include functional or departmental, cross-functional, and self-managing. * Functional or departmental teams: Groups of people from the same work area or department, who meet on a regular basis to analyze customer needs, solve problems, provide members with support, promote continuous improvement, and share information. * Cross-functional teams: Groups of people who are pulled together from across departments or job functions to deal with a specific product, issue, customer, problem, or to improve a particular process. * Self-managing teams: Groups of people who gradually assume responsibility for self-direction in all aspects of work. Team dynamics includes any and all ways that individual affiliates interact with their counterparts towards achieving a common goal. The overall characteristics of the assigned task, along with the inert skill of each member may also have an impact on the team's success. Team dynamics can also...
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