...had a lawsuit filed against him after lying about his services in the military. He would lie about being wounded several times in the military by the same person, and also about being awarded with the Congressional Medal of Honor. He would lie to gain respect from everyone. Xavier Alvarez believed he deserved the Congressional Medal of Honor which is why he lied. Most people believe that Xavier Alvarez is not protected by the First Amendment. Some people believe that Alvarez ruined the Medal of Honor for them. This argument had been taken to the Supreme Court. Those who knew Xavier Alvarez personally, say that he had a lying habit. Alvarez's most serious lie had to be about winning the Congressional Medal of Honor. In the passage, from United States v. Xavier Alvarez by Justice Kennedy, it is stated that, “Enhanced Penalty for Offenses Involving Congressional Medal of Honor...The offender shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.” In this case, Alvarez was automatically fined for his false statements. According to the passage, from United States v. Alvarez by Justice Alito, it is stated, “There is ‘no...
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...When Lying is Justifiable Lying is an inevitable behavior, although we may all agree lying is not right, we fall into this behavior many times in our lives. Everyone lies; whether it is to protect, obscure, place blame, or manipulate. As children, most individuals were taught that lying was wrong. From hearing parents say common quotes like, “the truth shall set you free”, or from the many consequences received for lying, people were meant to be have honesty enforced their minds. There is no doubt truth actually is enforced in our minds, according to a study by expert of Developmental Science, Dr. Fu Genyue, Ph.D, “Children of all ages categorize lies as lies and truth as truth” (499). Research in the medical field shows that “deception is judged as justified in some contexts involving the prevention of harm” (Freeman 2274). Of course lying is not acceptable when speaking under oath or at confessions with a priest, but lying is definitely justifiable in certain situations were it can be used as a protection factor to protect the feelings, securities, and lives of others. We are all put into very awkward situations at some points of our lives where we may feel lying to spare one's feelings was the best option. One common situation is being asked, “Do I look fine in this outfit?”. If the person does look fine it is okay to say so, but it is when that person may not that we produce what is called a “white lie”. While many people may recognize the words “white lie”, there...
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...undermine public confidence. Untruths told for seemingly altruistic reasons (to prevent hurt feelings, to promote good will, etc.) are nonetheless resented by the recipients. Straightforwardness adds frankness to truthfulness and is usually necessary to promote public confidence and to ensure effective, efficient conduct of operations. Truths presented in such a way as to lead recipients to confusion, misinterpretation, or inaccurate conclusions are not productive. Such indirect deceptions can promote ill-will and erode openness, especially when there is an expectation of frankness. Candor is the forthright offering of unrequested information. It is necessary according to the gravity of the situation and the nature of the relationships. Candor is required when a reasonable person would feel betrayed if the information were withheld. In some circumstances, silence is dishonest; yet in other circumstances, disclosing information would be wrong and perhaps unlawful. Integrity Being faithful to one’s convictions is part of integrity. Following principles, acting with honor, maintaining independent judgment, and performing duties with impartiality help to maintain integrity and avoid conflicts of interest and hypocrisy. “Do what’s right legally and morally”, these are the words that the Army uses to describe integrity. The word integrity means to be honest and forthcoming about yourself and the things you do. To be a soldier you must have impeccable integrity, nobody should be...
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...Goedjen 1 Jackson Goedjen Mrs. Zinsitz English II GT - 3 22 September 2014 Lying Saints Throughout history and across the world lies have been told, whether it be a simple “white” lie, or the largest lie ever told. Some philosophers even say it’s impossible for humans not to lie. A lie is a false statement made to deliberately deceive the person, or persons to which it is told. Lies and deception take common place in today’s society; An everyday necessity in order to keep society functioning at it’s fullest potential, yet people insist the benefits of lying such as protecting yourself, the nation, or a large number of people the cannot rectify immorality of the lie itself. We as a society lie or deceive generally to protect ourselves from a perceived threat. Oddly though, all of my life, I have been told “Lying is always wrong.” or “There is a never a right time to lie.” yet everybody still seems to participate in this social voodoo. Now of course, I do too, albeit with good intentions of course. For example, when I was much younger, a salesman came to my door. Being young and naive, I answered the door without thinking too much about it. I was home alone at the time and when the salesman asked if my parents were home I said yes, but were on the phone and couldn’t talk. The man looked shocked, and hurriedly left. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but I now realize what consequences telling the truth could have held. I had to lie in that moment as it was for my own safety...
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...code of ethics will manage an organization throughout its expansion and outset. The code of ethics will guide and teach the organization stay on board to its vision, plans, and goals but doing it in a manner or alignment that will protect the organization and its employees. Serving in the military, working in human resource, has introduced and taught a code of ethics for its organization which has many requirements to make it successful, organized, and valued. Working for the military has ethical fundamentals that help address or solve issues and situations that happen. Being in the military there is a certain look that soldiers must represent; this includes the proper uniform attire, attitude, and behaviors. If a soldier goes against what is expected of him or her there are different approaches and regulations that must be considered. For instance, when a soldier violates the law in his or her workplace like lying on documents or stealing, the outcome is an article15 and chances of getting promoted. The code of ethics for the military offers information on reporting suspected violations in reference to enforcement of the provisions of joint ethics. Having a code of ethics in the military keeps soldiers, as well as their families, protected professionals from themselves and from those who they perceive abuse their power of their profession. Theoretically the code of ethics in this organization sets guidelines for ideal behaviors, but represents least standards of behavior...
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...code of ethics will manage an organization throughout its expansion and outset. The code of ethics will guide and teach the organization stay on board to its vision, plans, and goals but doing it in a manner or alignment that will protect the organization and its employees. Serving in the military, working in human resource, has introduced and taught a code of ethics for its organization which has many requirements to make it successful, organized, and valued. Working for the military has ethical fundamentals that help address or solve issues and situations that happen. Being in the military there is a certain look that soldiers must represent; this includes the proper uniform attire, attitude, and behaviors. If a soldier goes against what is expected of him or her there are different approaches and regulations that must be considered. For instance, when a soldier violates the law in his or her workplace like lying on documents or stealing, the outcome is an article15 and chances of getting promoted. The code of ethics for the military offers information on reporting suspected violations in reference to enforcement of the provisions of joint ethics. Having a code of ethics in the military keeps soldiers, as well as their families, protected professionals from themselves and from those who they perceive abuse their power of their profession. Theoretically the code of ethics in this organization sets guidelines for ideal behaviors, but represents least standards of behavior...
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...the one I have acquired and believed in my family. These virtues, I have learned from church, my family, the military, and the community as I have grown to become adult. When faced with such dilemmas so one can know what is right, wrong, and righteous. Today in any business people can face ethical dilemmas. From day-to- day basic people or workers are posed with ethical dilemmas. Did they have to decide what is right and the wrong choice to make. People may not know that they make ethical work choices all the time. Just like when a person will be late for work and notices no one has seen noticed that person is late. The dilemma would be to clock in where there is a record showing one was late. Does the person just start working and takes advantage of the situation and later has his or her time card fix as nothing has happen. What one may see as cover their behind, but it actually violates ones business ethics. People may not realize that business ethics and personal values can be similar to each other. Business ethics ask the same thing that society does that is no lying, stealing, or cheating. Step up to the plate and take responsibility for one’s own actions and choices. Making the right choice but is that for oneself or the company. Most people when making ethical decision and it is put oneself at risk they chose their self over the company. When one’s personal value comes into play and in most people their personal value is to look out for oneself first...
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...of the Flies is an example of “Cognitive Dissonance” in humans, in that both the novel and the psychological theory illustrate the premise that humans tend to justify their actions by lying to themselves. William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys whose plane crashes, leaving them stranded on an island. Throughout the book the boys lose their sanity and begin to fight. As the boys struggle to find a balance in power between Ralph, a young boy who was originally elected as leader, and Jack, a wild, ill tempered, boy who challenges Ralph; the two shy intelligent boys, Piggy and Simon, are ostracised and viewed as unreliable and suspicious.Subsequently Simon is brutally murdered after trying to alert the group that the monster they have feared is really just a dead military parachutist (Golding, 138-139). Later Piggy also dies as an effect of Roger, Jack’s second in command, crushing him with a boulder (Golding, 164-165). “Cognitive Dissonance Theory” is the theory that humans justify our actions by...
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...Foreign Ground The themes expressed in this chapter are those of crime and the struggle of single mothers. Author Wes gets into big trouble when he gets caught by the police tagging a wall. He was getting involved with the wrong crowd and being heavily influenced by them. His mother is very worried about him and even threatens to send him to military school, a threat which will prove to be true. Meanwhile, Other Wes digs himself deeper and deeper into the drug game. He runs into some roadblocks, but he is able to continue down this path by lying to his mother who is oblivious to what he is doing. Other Wes Wes started selling drugs to receive money; he told his mother he earned it from being a DJ. But Tony becomes suspicious, and thee two fight over whether Wes was lying or not. Tony couldn't believe Mary bought his story. He's been trying to make Wes a different person, nothing like himself. Then Tony gave up. Mary had began to wonder about what Tony had said. So she went into Wes's room and found a Nike box under his bed filled with drugs. When Wes came home, he found his shoe box on his bed, empty. He confronted his mother and she said she flushed his material down they toilet. He became furious with her and left to his girlfriend's house, which became the new quarters for his stach. Author Wes Wes and his friend, Shea, were caught by the police for graffiti. While Shea denied what he had done, Wes...
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...The truth between the lies The Truth Between The Lies Lying is inevitable. We see it in our everyday lives. We see it in the moments we used to tell our mothers we were done with our homework. We witness it pour out of the mouths of politicians. We even see it in those that we trust the most. Little white lies are the most common, outward lies are often less common; even so they are both considered lies. Lies come in many degrees, but their purpose is the same, lies are meant to deceive. Stephanie Ericsson plunges deep into this subject. She mentions in her article “The Ways We Lie” that a lie, whether in good faith or not is never a good thing to do. The result of a lie is always something hurtful. Ericsson says that as bad as lies are, telling the truth all the time is nearly impossible. Doing so would mean dealing with some harsh consequences, so we decide to just lie instead. In many nations lies are the status quo, they are both hidden and public. Many people though either don’t bother to point them or are not even aware of them in the first place. One type of lie is group thinking: this is when a group suppresses different, creative, or complicated ideas that unlikely to happen. By only considering some ideas and not others it leads to an ignorant sense of loyalty to the group and a not so smart final decision. For example, in Dec, 5, 1941, after many warnings about the Japanese planning a military attack the U.S just dismissed it as a fluke. The United States reasoned...
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...The book (that’s written by Joyce Carol Oates in mid-2000 and republished in 2005) kicks off by introducing the main characters Betty and Teena Mcguire. Teena was a vibrant woman in her early 30’s until a horrible incident struck her that would affect not only her family but the entire community. After being brutally raped by a gang of criminal teenagers who were high on drugs her daughter Betty was left with huge responsibilities, from taking care of her wounded mother to struggling for justice against the people who did her mother wrong. The case is led by a policeman that’s also a former military soldier named John Droomor; he was the man that found Teena lying naked and torn on the floor of the boathouse. The book consists of three parts where each part tells the tale from different people and perspectives. The first part starts the tale with the actual rape and some insight on how the people think of Teena but apart from that the entire chapter is fairly uneventful. The second chapter is all about the solving of the case from Droomors perspective and how Betty wants her mother to stand up for herself and put the people who did the horrible deed behind bars. And lastly the third part is more of an epilogue where some is left to be answered and the main protagonists moving on. Because of the omniscient style of perspectives you could say that the book has a few different main characters. These I would say are Teena, Betty and Droomor as they are the ones (apart...
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...and miscellaneous babbling on stage. However, not every case of insanity shows itself as a ranting and raving madman, it can also be cool, calm, and collective.Yet, a characters mental state is not so black and white and it would be an injustice simply label a character as “insane” or “sane”, especially when it comes to more intricate, and developed works of theatrical art, such as one of William Shakespeare’s famous tragedies The Tragedy of Othello. Within the tale of Othello, the main driving force of the plot and sole conductor of Othello’s suicide by the end...
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...Personal Responsibility Jordan Xxxxxxx GEN/200 November 27, 2012 Margo Xxxxxxx Personal Responsibility Although so many people are lying, cheating and stealing their way through their lives, it is those who show personal responsibility by do things the right way that succeed. As a student, it is easy in today’s society to be drawn toward the many tools available to cheat their way to a degree. Learning the courses, material, and submitting work that one can honestly be proud of, knowing that they gave their best honest effort, is the most important part of that personal responsibility. For students to show a personal responsibility toward their college career is one of the most important attributes they can have. There is a fine line between personal responsibility and how it applies to college success. For instance, one could use the many avenues available on the Internet, such as purchasing a paper that was written by someone else, is not only illegal as far as universities are concerned, but it does not prepare them properly for life after college. When I was in high school, I hated math. I had always wondered, “Why do we need to know this garbage?” Sometimes, ones weaknesses get the best of them. Rather than learn the subject, they would rather find a way to submit work they did not do, just to get an A or at least a passing grade. The problem is that even...
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...Military and Societal Values 2799 words (8 double-spaced pages) Colonel Malham M. Wakin, in his evening address, asks whether Plato's claim that "knowledge is virtue" is true. Much contemporary experience suggests otherwise. To some extent, such an observation could apply to the military as well. Col Wakin argues that we do have some basic knowledge about human conduct, but that we live in a highly pluralistic society in which some practices reject that basic knowledge. Nonetheless, even though we draw members of the military from that pluralistic society, the uniqueness of the military function will always keep its leading practitioners apart from the mainstream of civilian society. The military profession swears to defend the values, the lifestyle that incorporates the minimal conditions for human dignity. After examining the convergence of the values that are functionally necessary for the military and those that we know are fundamental to social existence, he concludes that a competent military profession can serve as a moral anchor for its parent society. I Many years ago when I learned I was going to have the opportunity to study philosophy at the graduate level, I was tremendously excited. What a wonderful opportunity this would be, I thought, to sit at the feet of Socrates and be enlightened by those who studied the crucial problems of human existence. I expected that senior philosophy professors would be marvelous role models in their personal lives and I looked...
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...becomes pretty obvious that the differences between the two conflicts greatly outnumber the similarities. This is especially true in the strategic and military dimensions of the two wars. There is simply no comparison between the environment, the scale of military presence, losses incurred over time, the quality of enemy resistance, the role and scope of enemy allies, and the duration of open warfare style combat. There are, however, two political parts of the Iraq and Vietnam wars that are similar in nature: our attempts at nation-building in a foreign culture, and our trying to sustaining domestic popular support in a long and drawn out war against insurgents. Policymakers should have an understanding of the reasons for U.S. political failure in South Vietnam, as well as for the Johnson and Nixon administrations’ failure to sustain popular support for the accomplishment of U.S. military objectives in Vietnam. A repeat of those failures in Iraq could have uncalculated consequences for U.S. foreign policy. Many people on the far left who have questioned the U.S. invasion of Iraq now doubt the chances of creating a stable democracy in that country and have pulled the Vietnam card as a comparison. In their opinions, the United States has again fallen into a foreign quagmire, a drawn out, abstract, indecisive political and military struggle which...
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