Egotism

White collar crime can be described as illegal acts, performed by educated people, for personal or organizational gain resulting from deception (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2013). With the growth in technology and globalization, individuals often discover loop holes in order to achieve internet fraud, credit card fraud, and healthcare fraud, in addition to insider trading. In addition, good people can be influenced into making bad decisions by following leaders within their organization.…

Cordelia and is clearly a changed man as he begs for forgiveness, “Pray you now, forget and forgive. I am old and foolish”. Alliteration of the F and o effectively attracts the attention of the audience to perceive the dramatic change of Lear from egotism into…

these sites can be dangerous, especially when accuracy is a casualty” then uses the example of Reddit identifying the wrong man as a suspect. This is an effective use of pathos because the last thing people want to feel when going online is fear. Egotism is also mentioned and according to Evans “we give ourselves too much credit in general”. This supports her argument because it is better to feel successful due to real life accomplishments and not through social media. Although social media may…

The Totality and Infinity In Totality and Infinity, Levinas started his discussion of morality with its opposite. Levinas Stated: “Everyone will readily agree that it is the highest importance to know whether we are duped by morality. Does not lucidity, the minds opened upon the true, consist in catching sight of the permanent possibility of War” and also “War renders morality derisory” War is that which is opposite of morality and so, Levinas holds that one must understand war to know…

The author uses several persuasive techniques in his essay to craft an extremely well thought-out argument for that the animals and humans have much in common and humans should treat animals with more respect. He starts off his essay by suggesting the problems with current situation on the relationship between animals and human and used metaphor to emphasize this point. Moreover, by mentioning specific examples, the author strengthens his claims throughout the passage. The author begins…

the finished product. Her personal testimony was modified to sound as if she only advocated holding therapy for autism. Dr. Welch notes it will cure many diseases caused by mentally unfit mothers, “no matter what I thought I had known about human egotism, the desire for recognition, the desire for fame, I still couldn’t understand why Martha Welch had allowed this distorted view to be broadcast” (Maurice, 1993,…

A common topic within the works of Shakespeare is the role that humanity plays in the creation of, and assignment of, virtue. Within Julius Caesar especially, the virtue of honor and allegiance to virtue is called into question. Had Brutus adapted his idea of honor, he would not have lost so much at the end of the play, but because he clung to his ideals, like Caesar, he too fell. To better understand the faults of Brutus’ honor code, one must understand the fall of Caesar. When Caesar looks…

little power results in chasing after more power. Sir John Dalberg said, “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely”. I find Orwell’s narrative to be extremely depressing. Did he foresee the Trump presidency? Lies, empty promises, egotism, and tyrannical tendencies leads to corrupt…

Additionally, In Voice of Hope by Alan Clements, Suu Kyi defines violence as an action that gives pain to other and defines non-violence as positive action that is not passive. Based off her definition of violence, Suu Kyi believes that true nonviolence is unreachable because even if your intentions are to help you may end up harming. But Suu Kyi does believe that as long as your thoughts, words and emotions are not translated into physical violence then you are nonviolent. Additionally, as a…

A good man is indeed hard to find. Flannery O’Connor is a strong believer in faith, and in this short story, she makes speculations about society and human nature. Using the character the grandmother in the tale, she exhibits her as a representation of all her observations about the inherent characteristics in people. A Good Man is Hard to Find questions the true qualities of human nature and sends readers messages that are most likely ignored and almost never uttered out loud. From this cynical…