Thomas Jefferson viewed the nature of the common man as self-motivated and egocentric, having little faith in their moral conduct, honorable abilities, and reasoning skills, though politically he was a strong advocate of the rights of the states verses a sovereign central government. ... Though Jefferson did admit to his lack of faith in the decision making abilities of the common man, he writes in the final draft of the "Declaration of Independence" his beliefs on the common rights of man. ... Jefferson believed that the more essential part of our moral sense was innate and intuitive, that ...

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Leadership has meaning only in an organizational context, and only in the sense of on managing within a system of inequalities. ... Two leadership roles are common to all societies, however. ... Cross-cultural research has identified a pattern of characteristics common to effective leaders in these two roles, but these commonalities do not constitute shared traits. ...

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Each writer consistently associates the claims of his discrete individuality with those of a representative cultural identity, and in order to emphasize the sense of common possibility implied by such an association, each chooses to address his audience through a rhetoric of elaborately contrived simplicity.1 As David Levin observes, the movement from private to public standards of identity is the overriding structural feature of Franklin Autobiography.2 What gives this synthesis of democratic identities a cumulative validity and coherence is the attitude of self-conscious discovery with whi...

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The connections that one forms with both individuals and the surrounding world have the ability to provide the individual with a sense of inclusion, security and acceptance. ... Hence, both novels explore the benefits and detriments of relationships, and the way these bonds impact a sense of belonging. ... Despite difficulty fitting in with society, these connections provide the individual with a sense of inclusion and acceptance, and hence making them feel as though they belong. ... It is immediately made apparent that the group's perceptions, based on both cultural and historical co...

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That man is by nature a political animal means in a minimum sense that relationships are necessary to human-kind as well as being desired. ... Aristotle states that the "aim and the end is perfection; and self-sufficiency is both end and perfection" but when he talks of self-sufficiency in this sense, he refers also to the ethical needs of individuals. ... Nevertheless, common interest too is a factor in bringing them together, in so far as it contributes to the good life of each." ... However, the three deviated constitutions: tyranny, oligarchy and democracy seem to have "deviated" part...

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Both Voltaire and Gibbon had the sense of history strong in them; both have set out very plainly and fully their visions of human life; and it is clear that to both of them the system in which they lived, the ! system of monarchy, of leisurely and privileged gentlefolk_s, of rather despised industrial and trading people and of downtrodden and negligible laborers, and poor and common people, seemed the most stably established way of living that the world has ever seen Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century, in this period there was no ruling unifying idea in men's minds. .....

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This reflects on the phenomenon that we, as human, are never quite satisfied with what we have, not necessarily just in the sense that we want more than what we have but also in the sense that we must take action to maintain what we already have. ... Since Hobbes concludes that reputation equates to power in the sense that a reputation of having power will strike fear among those who may wish to cause them harm. Because of this natural condition of mankind, Hobbes describes its' results as follows, "during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in...

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Well, Matheny asserts how his theory is higher-ranking towards other ethical assumptions, basically meaning that utilitarianism can be relevant when facing any type of circumstances through either genuine statistical benefits or even simple common sense. ...

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Warhol uses red, which has connotations of Blood and murder it could also be a suggestion, that Kennedy had a darker side than his common public persona, the blue used in the image contrasts with the red to make the picture, hard to focus on, although the Kennedy smile is there, its hard to find it appealing, the picture could almost be seen as ugly Coplans suggests that "Although stars such as Marylyn Monroe, and JFK are made to look ugly, and distasteful in Warhol's presentation, there is beauty in the work that has nothing to do with the physical attributes of the originals but with t...

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It is easier, and makes more short-term sense, to embrace the global market than to try to build industries from the ground up. ... Due to imported ideas of trade, the development of the use of a standardized common currency has limited barter exchange and subsistence trade (primary components of pre-colonial African economies) within African societies. ...

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Kiehl educates us to look beyond the fact that psychopaths usually appear normal and don't show the classic signs of mental instability - hallucinations, anxiety, insanity - that lead us to common belief they are simply egocentric monsters. ... Both authors try to appeal to our emotions, though Kiehl's method makes sense as he backs it up with facts and logic, Simon's approach is dramatic and graphic but lacks the kind of evidence to support it. ...

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A global enterprise is envisioned as being managed through process based discipline, network structures, managed with alliance partners, common IT platforms for low cost management, operating units constructed around unique core competencies. ... In that sense it is distinct from process, which seek competitive advantage by technological breakthrough. ...

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According to many supporters of non-traditional schooling methods, today's current educational system is not only ineffective at enabling children to succeed in the learning process, it is actually preventing students from attaining their true scholastic capabilities. One example of such a non-tradi...

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It is easier, and makes more short-term sense, to embrace the global market than to try to build industries from the ground up. ... Due to imported ideas of trade, the development of the use of a standardized common currency has limited barter exchange and subsistence trade (primary components of pre-colonial African economies) within African societies. ...

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Explaining Development in Africa: An Analysis of Three Approaches While the modernization approach "presented a hopeful general framework of progressive development," and the statist theory "[reassesses] the role of the state and pinpoints the effects of political frailty and mismanagement," the...

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Discoveries of both the known and unknown may be confronting and provocative, but what remains common is that that they are ultimately fresh and intensely meaningful. ... The journey an individual takes can lead ultimately lead to a transformation and a renewed sense of values and perceptions. ...

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Karl Marx set forth the fundamental proposition, which forms the nucleus of the Communist Manifesto: that consequently the whole history of mankind (since the dissolution of primitive tribal society, holding land in common ownership) has been a history of class struggles, contests between exploiting and exploited, ruling and oppressed classes; that the history of these class struggles forms a series of evolutions in which, nowadays, a stage has been reached where the exploited and oppressed class-the proletariat-cannot attain its emancipation from the sway of the exploiting and ruling class...

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A common theme running through all these environmental factors is a cost control orientation, which means that organizations (as it relates to remaining profitable and competitive) have a concentrated focus on containing costs. ... First, it can strengthen motivation by providing employees with the opportunity to attain intrinsic rewards from their work, such as a greater sense of accomplishment and a feeling of importance. ...

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The institution of professional sports in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Steelers" football, Pirates" baseball and Penguins" hockey, has added much more to the city than a pleasurable pastime for the local sports fans; it has caused an increase in charitable works, a strong, amiable sense of community and union, as well as a source of role models for young, aspiring athletes. ... In addition to offering a vast source of aid to Pittsburgh charities, the institution of professional sports in the region boosts the sense of community and union between residents and politicians alike. ...

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The European Union acts as a forum in which common goals of a region are discussed and worked towards through intergovernmental organizations, agencies, and cooperation; these methods are very similar to those of the United Nations, and in fact, often work to implement the goals of the United Nations in the European region in the most effective way to relieve the burden of the United Nations. ...

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Though they emigrated for different reasons (pursuit of wealth or religious freedom) and were of different specific faiths, these three groups shared enough in common with the English colonists (Protestantism, the English language, similar geographic origins) to effectively fuse with the English, forming a new, pluralistic culture found nowhere else in the world. ...

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It would be easy to accept the popular notion that only representative democratic regimes can be legitimate, after all, that is what is familiar to citizens of the modern Western world and humans, being creatures of habit, will often accept the status quo as that which is right. However, it is neces...

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In 1920, the country of Japan was beginning to show outward signs that it was embarking on a path towards political modernization and a model of relatively liberal democracy. Indeed, the previous decade had seen the nation's masses call for a 'constitutional government' and, by the beginning of the 1920's, elected politicians had come in from the peripheries to wield considerable, actual power. Rapid industrialization developed both a moneyed bourgeoisie and an urban proletariat, and trade unions and political organizations had begun to spring up at a greatly accelerate...

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An ambiguous, controversial concept, Jacksonian Democracy in the strictest sense refers simply to the ascendancy of Andrew Jackson and the Democratic party after 1828. More loosely, it alludes to the entire range of democratic reforms that proceeded alongside the Jacksonians' triumph "from expanding...

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The Napoleonic Empire came into existence following the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of France at Notre Dame in 1804. The frontiers of the ancien regime had been expanded up to and beyond France's natural borders, with the momentum of expansion following in direct correlation with the pace of France's military conquests under the leadership of Bonaparte himself. The 'Great Empire' is often referred to as a single entity embracing French controlled Europe, but territories were in fact separated depending on the levels of French control. Territory ruled direc...

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