...Maya Snrdic In the short story The Cold Equations, it depicts life’s real challenges, and how we must face them when in a decision of where we are obligated to figure out for ourselves what is right and wrong. Although this is a science-fictional story, it shows us how real life decisions are made, in which this case, the decision is threatening to one’s life. The choices made in this story are done through morality, utilitarianism, and assumption, clearly shown throughout the obstacles that are thrown at the main character and subject. In this short story, Marilyn made a choice, and clearly the last choice she could have made as a young 18 year old, to sneak onto a ship that was clearly marked “unauthorized personnel, keep out!” Little did she know was that her decision to sneak onto this ship would not be to pay a small fine, but would be to pay the price of her life. The EDS pilot now has to face decisions that he would rather not, since he is the one who has to choose who dies or not. He knows in his heart that Marilyn doesn’t deserve to die, since she foolishly put aside the sign that was made for her to obey, but he also knows that it’s the ships law to “any stowaway discovered in an EDS shall be jettisoned immediately following discovery” (pg. 252). This put the pilot to making a crucial decision to what he should do and what is right and wrong for him to do, since this time...
Words: 2430 - Pages: 10
...making decisions, both of their ideas focus on ethical choices. In Ivan Boesky’s Choice, Peter Singer mentioned ultimate choice and restricted choice. While restricted choices are made more often in daily life, ultimate choices are made when one is facing a decision that can benefit himself or can go against his ethical values. In my understanding, restricted choices are decisions that can be made without thinking critically or be done with some consideration. These choices are often made by a person’s interest. The decision, whether is good or bad, cannot affect the other’s interests. For example, a student chooses chemistry to study even though she doesn’t enjoy this subject. Although her decision might result in a lower grade in this course, it will not affect her classmates. On the other hand, ultimate choices are decisions that can affect not only a person’s interest, but also the others’. Unlike making restricted decisions, a person has to think critically and carefully before the ultimate decisions are made about the consequences. If a person respects his ethical values, it’s likely for him to make a good decision. If he decides to benefit himself, he might make a bad choice, and it might result in unpredicted consequences. For example, the same student who picked chemistry, and at this moment, she is having a really hard time. The first exam is coming, and she barely understands anything. She is in the middle of two choices, whether cheating or seeking for help. If she decides...
Words: 1026 - Pages: 5
...is an example of a bad role model in the way that she handles relationships, addictions, and her attitude. Kristina’s judgment is shaky and her boy choices tend to lead her into trouble. Also, her addiction proves a valuable lesson of how one choice changes everything. She does nothing to try and control herself even though she is hooked. She was bad characteristics including selfishness, disrespectful, easily-persuaded, etc. making her life a warning to growing teens on how their lives can drop rapidly right in front of their eyes and they cannot do anything about it. Kristina shows bad judgment throughout the novel dealing with her relationship. First, she begins dating Adam who opens up her eyes to the drug scene in Albuquerque while visiting her dad. When she returns home, she is now a whole new person, “Bree”, and soon finds herself interested in Brendan. From the beginning, Kristina knew that Brendan was no good for her and all he wanted her for was her body. However, she continues to interact with him because then she would get drugs and alcohol until eventually Kristina gets herself in a bad situation and Brendan rapes her. Months later, Kristina discovers that she is pregnant with his baby. The way Kristina deals with her new found addiction should be a warning to young teens. Her addiction shows how people have their whole life ahead of them and they ruin it with one choice. In the beginning, Kristina never expected that she would be as dependent on meth as she thought...
Words: 556 - Pages: 3
...Choice and Consequence Marcus Garvey, an inspirational figure for civil rights activists once said, “Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences”. A concept clearly portrayed in John Wyndham’s novel, The Chrysalids. Centered on choices made by some distinct and sincere characters in the novel and the consequences that followed, this paper will focus on demonstrating the affects decisions have on the characters and the story. When David learned that Sophie had more toes then normal he quickly promised to keep her deviation a secret. David was afraid that if anyone found out about her deviation he would lose Sophie. So much so, he even had nightmares of his father killing Sophie due to her deviations. But when Alan seen Sophie’s deviation he did not hesitate to tell David’s father Joseph. Upon Joseph’s questioning, David chose to keep Sophie’s secret. Unfortunately, Joseph gave David a beating and ultimately Sophie had to leave Waknuk. In an attempt to escape, David, Rosalind and Petra chose to runaway to the Fringes because everyone found out they were telepathic. A dangerous and stressful journey for the trio as Joseph’s men hunted after them. However upon arrival, David, Rosalind, and Petra were jumped and taken prisoner by the people of the Fringes who took them to Gordon, Joseph’s older brother. The choice to escape to the Fringes may not have been the best way to go but David was happy to see Sophie was there alive and that Joseph hadn’t killed...
Words: 367 - Pages: 2
...Responsibility and Academic Success GEN/200 October 12, 2013 Kalene Parker Personal Responsibility and Academic Success To obtain academic success through personal responsibility individuals must take ownership of his or her goals. Prioritizing tasks, such as time management, identifying purpose and goal setting are essential in one’s path to success. Even though there may be outside influences that may change life’s course, personal responsibility is necessary for academic success because every choice made is one’s own responsibility and every individual can decide how to shape he or her future. Personal responsibility is the privilege to make his or her own choices and obligations in life. One would agree with famous author Stephen Covey’s explanation. “Look at the word responsibility - “response-ability” - the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling” (Covey, 1989. Pg81) Personal responsibility involves working on one’s own character and skill development rather than blaming others for situations and circumstances. It means choosing to design a life full of purpose and worth. Academic...
Words: 678 - Pages: 3
...or freewill is what governs us. This leaves the human mind to debate if the choices in our lives are really choices that we have been left free to make on our own or if we are simply provided the illusion of choice by a higher power that controls our destinies. In the film, The Adjustment Bureau, David Norris, who is the main character in the film is told that Elise, the woman he pursues through love, is about to become “one of the most famous dancers in the country, and eventually one of the world’s greatest choreographers. If she stays with [David], she ends up teaching dance to six year olds” (George Nolfi). Not to crush Elise’s dreams and interfere with her bright future, David ends his pursuit of her much in the same way that Oedipus leaves his father, “the man whom Oedipus, long ago, feared so, fled so, in dread of destroying him” (56). Both David and Oedipus leave their loved ones behind to avoid causing harm to them, but through fate, harm comes to them anyways. Elise is emotionally crushed without David in her life, and Oedipus inadvertently kills his own father. Through fate, one can argue that the pain that Elise and Oedipus’ father incur are unavoidable and that the illusion of choice was only granted to David and Oedipus in order to give the appearance that such pain could be avoided. Fate may be given and the destination chosen, but the journey is malleable and full of choices for us to make whenever we find ourselves at a crossroad. The Adjustment...
Words: 330 - Pages: 2
...The illusion of choice. This is a tale of a man called Harold. Harold worked at a fast food restaurant; he stood at his station day in and day out looking up at a screen. The screen told him what to cook, how to cook it and where to put it once he had cooked it. He was happy with his job, his wife, his life. But then all of a sudden, when he was standing at his station he looked up at the screen and nothing was there, there were no instructions or directions to tell him what to do. Harold felt a small unfamiliar feeling of uncertainty and before he knew it, Harold had already begun his adventure. Harold stood at his station for a while; he noticed how time began to drift away faster and faster whilst his glazed eyes stared up at the screen. He had no idea how long had passed. Minutes? Hours? Days? Months? He knew that he would have to brave leaving his station soon. So, with this in mind, he took a sharp breath and lowered his spatula, giving him a grand feeling of dropping a great burden from himself. He pulled his eyes away from the screen and looked towards the exit sign on his right, can Harold do it? Can he drop the world he knows to adventure into a world unknown? Harold slowly approached the sign and opened the large metallic door beneath it. Once he opened the large door he came to another room, a clean and well-furnished room with a set of two opened doors which lay in front of him alongside each other. Upon seeing these doors, Harold took the door on his right. But...
Words: 1350 - Pages: 6
... A. Choice B. Dreams, Hopes and Plans C. Man and the Natural World D. Exploration III. Settings A. Forest B. On a gravel or dirt road IV. Symbolism A. Roads B. Nature V. Conclusion The Other Road Not Taken Speaking on roads that are not taken can literally be analyzed on a personal stance. Before I get into the poem I would just like to take the time to make this a reality. We all know the singer Whitney Houston passed away a few weeks ago. Her life can be analyzed as being two roads and which one she should have taken. Whitney grew up in a church in New Jersey where she began singing in the church choir. Her career took off in 1987 officially. Fast forward a few years and the good girl we knew seemed to crumble up before our eyes. Whitney married Bobby Brown and had a daughter Bobbi Kristina. Whitney and Bobby’s relationship soon became a downhill ride over powered by drugs and alcohol. We thought by looking at her, that her career was over. She proved us wrong by coming back more faith driven than ever before and with a new attitude. You see in “The Road Not Taken”, you have a decision to make as to which road you will pave for your life. Whitney chose her road and is at peace with it. Let us analyze the poem to see which road we will take. In the following paper, Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, will be broken up to show the theme, settings, and symbolism. We have choices in life that we must make. The choices that we...
Words: 1122 - Pages: 5
...we the committee, finalize our choice, we find the difficulty in our selection strenuous. However, we feel that these chosen few will help re-create a new and better society for us all. Un-judged eyes We as a nation must understand that no matter who we are, or what we look like, we are all the same on the inside. We all bleed the same color. That being said, we must also help each other no matter what in times of need in life saving situations as major of a caliper as this. That being said, the committee believes that health is a major factor in the rebuilding and the survival of what will be our new society. We understand the pressure is great but we believe that the 36 year-old female physician will be a perfect choice for this case. We know that her knowledge and experience in saving lives is a great asset to the survival for generations to come. We are all different. With that are unwelcomed feelings and emotions. Everyone has their own opinions and ideas of how people outside of their own kind are or think they are. However, what is happening now and what is needed to make a better tomorrow goes beyond the thoughts and isolations of individuals. We must become like a family. To help each other till our last breath in order to re-build a strong nation once again. Since we know the responsibility is great, she will be accompanied by the 22 year-old army nurse and midwife. Her home skills can help with making life a little easier. Her military experience and...
Words: 803 - Pages: 4
...Shirish Singh Shirish Singh BUS 220-01 Case Assignment No. 3 23rd November, 2009 An Ethical Dilemma. 1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each candidate. The first candidate mentioned in the case is Liz who is 34 year old African-American. After analyzing her situation in the company and her personal life, it seems that in her case disadvantages outweighs her advantages to be considered as strong candidate. The only factor that could be considered an advantage would be the fact that she is African American and her promotion to the managerial level means she would be the first African American to be a manager at the level. Her academic credentials and job experience is not the plus point in fact those 2 factors might be even considered as the disadvantages since other competing candidates have far better academic qualification and longer job experience. And also to make the matter worst she has had family problems in the past that lead her to lead a single life with one child. The second candidate is Roy, who is 57 year old happy father and husband. He has been loyal to the company and his position in the company for past twenty years and has had the job experience of nearly thirty years. The fact that could play for him to be the favorite would be his time of retirement. He is retiring and he could get the sympathy vote to be promoted from the concerned people or person for the last time before he retires. Although he has had long job experience, the fact that he is...
Words: 1063 - Pages: 5
.... Forget her birthday. (Deadly mistake) 2. Forget your anniversary. 3. Spend more time with your buddy instead of spending time with her. 4. Bring her out with your buddies and ignoring her. 5. Criticize her dress sense. 6. Choosing work over her. (Balance is the key here) 7. Multitasking when talking to her over the phone. 8. Want to hang up the phone after just 1 minute of conversation. 9. Make your room untidy. 10. Chose to watch your sport activities (football match) over her. 11. Forget to put the toilet lid down. 12. Never pick up her phone calls. 13. Took half an hour to reply her text messages. 14. Never plan for outings. 15. Spineless. 16. Make fun of her in front of others. 17. Ridicule her make up skills. 18. Saying she is fat. 19. Talk bad about her family members. 20. Never seek her opinion for the week end getaway. 21. Forget to shave. (Differs for different people) 22. Appear untidy. 23. Criticize her career choice. 24. Lack of hygiene etiquette. 25. Ogle at other girls. 26. Text messages in your phone from other girls are more than hers. 27. Lie to them. 28. Judging her. 29. Any contact with your ex. 30. Compare her with other girls. (Deadly mistake) 31. Forget to put the toilet lid down after peeing. 32. Lack of ambition in life. (Girls do not like potato couch. It just doesn’t give them a sense of security) 33. Fail to give her a sense of security. 34. Appearing insecure. 35. Guys who do not know how to take care of themselves...
Words: 324 - Pages: 2
...presenter began her presentation very enthusiastically making me interested in what she had to say and had very good body language projection. Her description of the reasoning for choosing her bag was very well put together and very detailed. She gave a good introduction on bags which lead to her over reasons of why she choose her specified bag and wanted to let audience no the emotional connection behind her choice which I got fully. She projected her voice clearly and introduced each topic flawlessly and in detailed. The organization of how she made each segment of her presentation was well put together. In her presentation on her item of the past she gave a good description and presented an item that completely complimented each other and as the audience listening to her speech I could completely relate to what she had to say without having gone through it myself. She had the same flow of connections in her second item as she did in the first one. At this point her voice was still projected excellently and her body language was still projected perfectly keeping me interested throughout the presentation. She then followed up her presentation on the final items was done in the same manner. She made sure that the audience cud relate to what she was saying and if need, paint their own picture of what she was saying in their heads. Personally I didn’t see any flaws in her presentation, she introduced the speech nicely, had a solid and descriptive body, and concluded her presentation...
Words: 372 - Pages: 2
...What choices do we make in our lives that are driven by our needs and wants? There are many differences between our needs and wants when making decisions. Some purchases are driven by the basic everyday items that we need to survive. Other choices are made by the personal desires of our own wants. We see in our society new items coming out everyday. There are things such as new technology, cars, houses, and more. Everyone in the modern day society, everyone wants what everyone else has. They want to be better than one another. Some of the choices that we make will affect us for the rest of our lives. There are some things in life that we feel are obligated to do such as attend college, purchase our everyday needs, and provide for our families....
Words: 1005 - Pages: 5
...the rest of his life. Throughout a lifetime everyone face situations where one has to make choices without being able to know the consequences. Sometimes people make decisions without even being aware of it.. Some choices can have an influence on life's path and the consequences of making choices can therefore be fatal and frightening. To close a door can sometimes be the opening of another – another path in life. In the story the father is a teenager and he is confused about growing up and at the same time he, like many teenage boys, has a difficult time expressing his feelings. This becomes evident in this paragraph: “She is going to walk out the door and leave them here to their sodas and silence. At this point my father, frantic, takes hold of the girl on the stool next to him, leans her in Eula’s direction, and kisses her recklessly, right on the mouth”. Here he has gotten himself into an uncomfortable situation because he has chosen to make Eula jealous instead of telling her how he feels. This disability has the consequence of making the pale-haired girl pregnant. This creates huge problems, because our protagonist does not wish to marry the pregnant girl. He believes that he is in love with Eula; unfortunately this seems to be unrequitedly. He is very ashamed of himself and finds it hard to tell his father about the pregnancy but he chooses to do it anyway, which is a choice that is going to change him. His father is a very conservative man, who follows the...
Words: 1116 - Pages: 5
...EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CHOICE? A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF CHOICE IN ORGANIZATIONS Roy Yong-Joo Chua and Sheena S. Iyengar ABSTRACT The provision of choice is one of the most common vehicles through which managers empower employees in organizations. Although past psychological and organizational research persuasively suggests that choice confers personal agency, and is thus intrinsically motivating, emerging research indicates that there could be potential pitfalls. In this chapter, we examine the various factors that could influence the effects of choice. Specifically, we examine individual-level factors such as the chooser’s socioeconomic status and cultural background. We also examine situational factors such as the content of choice and the number of choices offered. We then expand our discussion on the effect of giving employees extensive choice by looking at its influence on creative performance. In the second half of this chapter, we discuss implications for future organizational behavior research and examine how emerging research on choice making can inform specific managerial practices. Research in Organizational Behavior: An Annual Series of Analytical Essays and Critical Reviews Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 27, 41–79 Copyright r 2006 by Elsevier Ltd. All rights of reproduction in any form reserved ISSN: 0191-3085/doi:10.1016/S0191-3085(06)27002-3 41 42 ROY YONG-JOO CHUA AND SHEENA S. IYENGAR INTRODUCTION Douglas McGregor’s (1960)...
Words: 17066 - Pages: 69
