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    took notes to perform well on our tests), I was able to navigate the system because I knew what teachers expected from me and…

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    10. Would it help the ICC if a new Asian Regional Criminal Court will be created? Could such a new court harm the interest of the ICC? In my opinion, creating a new court would not help the ICC, rather it would harm its interest in a way that it would totally undermine the judicial powers of the ICC. 11. Can the facts exposed by the ICC help to improve the international community even if the ICC itself doesn 't put many criminals in prison? Even if the facts are exposed by the ICC, it would…

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    parents may have instructed us not to do something if it was not permitted, by firmly saying “don’t do that!” Power is inherent in all arenas of life from family to the workplace to our relationships. We start to learn and become more exposed to power as soon as we attend school, with a certain structure in place that assures some line of authority. As university students, we should all by now have a reasonably decent gist on the basic elements of organisational power as it has become…

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    Within the books of John Berger and Michel Foucault’s thoughts and ideas, they’re shown throughout their short anthologies. In “Ways of Seeing” and Panopticism; we see a lot of similarities and differences between the authors. From the way they write, to the way they express, to the way they think about their emotions and how they translate it out to their readers. John Berger talks about how we have our own perspectives on seeing things and how we can maintain different views in our society.…

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    power or authority. These can be authority figures, those with high status, or those in parental roles. However, you do not have to have social anxiety - fear of being negatively evaluated, embarrassed or humiliated, found inadequate, and rejected - in order to become anxious in the presence of someone with authority. In general, we have been taught to respect all authority. As a consequence, we also have a deeply buried sense of guilt about possibly being caught doing something authorities…

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    can hurt. I can manipulate. I’ll kill you. A simple three word phrase can change a life. They can rewrite the history books. They can change the dates carved into the headstones of young children and newlyweds. When a person realizes they have the authority, they have to make a choice. When “I want” transforms into “I can”, it will soon become an action. This is the type of power people crave. When you have power, the fragile life of another soul subsists within your grasp … “The reason I beat…

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    When looking at power and authority throughout history, they both are tied together in very similar ways with each other. When one is absent from the other, it does not work properly; so it is very hard to have one without the other. Even in the early years of a society, there were signs of both these two topics. Although they are very similar, they can have their differences because they mean two totally different things. Power and authority show up in American history from beginning to end,…

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    knowledge amongst individuals of authority. Socrates’s form of philosophical discussion forced the burden of the conversation upon his opponents though this questioning. In the Republic, Socrates provides an apt example of the Socratic practice as he argues against Thrasymachus. The first and foremost aspect of Socrates’s rhetoric is that he claims to speak only the truth. In the Apology, Socrates begins his speech by saying to his fellow Athenians that “From me you will hear the whole truth,…

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    Zaid Alsubaie Professor David Dahl Hansson Composition II 04 April 2016 The Problem We All Live With This argument essay is about the integration of black as well as white students at school beyond color discrimination. This American Life is actually a radio show which is programmed for American public. “The Problem We All live with” is 58th episode of this radio show and it discusses segregation in education in 2015. The program is composed to interview an investigative reporter at The New…

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    keeping the truth from the person/s they are lying to. A bullshitter does not care about these things. The only thing that matters to the bullshitter is being able to get away with not telling the truth. When someone lies, they always have to keep one eye on the truth so that they can continue to avoid it. A bullshitter, on the other hand, does not focus on keeping up with the truth because they have zero regard for the person who they are bullshitting. 2. Analyze McGinn’s moral argument and…

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