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    The Ethical Dilemmas of Dr. Zimbardo`s Stanford Prison Experiment Alexander Claerbaut Michigan Technological University Abstract This paper is about the ethical errors that can be observed in the Stanford Prison Experiment ran by Philip Zimbardo, PhD. This experiment involved Zimbardo randomly assigning college aged volunteers to either play a guard or a prisoner role in a prison simulation. His goal was to discover how human behavior was affected by a bad setting. I will discuss multiple…

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    In Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dick distinguishes humans from androids by their ability to develop empathy through the social interactions between androids and humans, in which they highlight each other’s differences, thus Dick reveals that the lack of empathy within human society leads to the misunderstanding and segregation of societal classes. The characterization of androids and people within Rick’s society displays the potential effects of Dick's society if it…

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    of Substance D. Philip K. Dick -a highly regarded science fiction writer who is said to be one of the greatest of his time (Metzger and Straub 88) brought this idea to life in his novel A Scanner Darkly. By referencing his first-hand experience with narcotics, Dick was able to accurately illustrate the mind of a substance abuser and portray the potentially harmful effects drugs may have on the brain; however, his novel contradicts society’s…

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    The kingdom of Berbania is ruled by the king, Don Fernando and his wife , Doña Valeriana. They have three sons, Prince Pedro, Prince Diego and Prince Juan. The King’s favorite child is his youngest son, Prince Juan. He cared for him so much that when he had a dream about his favourite being betrayed and beaten, he grew very ill, and sadly no doctors in the entire kingdom had a cure. So King Fernando's illness worsened. But as luck would have it, an old traveling doctor arrives at Berbania and…

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    In Phillip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the character J.R. Isidore is what most people call a “chicken head.” The term “chicken head” was given to those who were mentally damaged by the radioactive dust that has covered their atmosphere. Even though J.R. has been mentally damaged, he is by far the most empathetic character in the novel. Most of the so-called “normal” humans think people like J.R. are less than human. J.R. goes as far as saying, “But what does it matter to me?…

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    significant role in his rise to prominence. Along with the legacy of his father Philip, he inherited traits from both his father and mother Olympia’s. Alexander inherited a strong and powerful state, a highly trained and experienced army with excellent generals and overlords. Modern historian Bosworth…

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    Alexander the Extraordinary Caris Daneker Pd. 8 In 336 B.C., there was a man named Alexander, from Macedonia. Alexander is now more modernly called “Alexander the Great”, for he did great things for the world and made history. Alexander did something so amazingthat the common man of his time would only dream about what he accomplished in only a decade! So, I believe a more suitable name is “ Alexander the Extraordinary”. Extraordinary means remarkable, or worthy of attention and in this…

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    Srinivasan Dawson Geography 3 20 October 2015 Alexander the Great; Questioning the credibility of his title “On the night of the birth of Alexander III of Macedonia, his mother [Queen Olympia] dreamed of mighty thunderbolts and his father [King Philip II of Macedonia] dreamed his son would be as strong as a lion” (Demi, Alexander the Great). Alexander didn’t disappoint his parents; he grew up to be just that and much more. Alexander the Great, was born in Pella, Greece in 356 BC. In his…

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    never being officially declared, and is best remembered for the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The English and Spanish were quite different from each other in terms of their religion, politics, and military structure, which lead to the King Philip II’s plans to overthrow Queen Elizabeth. However, when the invasion fleet arrived in the English Channel, they experienced a number of challenges and strategic blunders that lead, inevitably, to its defeat. While the battle was not a…

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    The book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was published in the year of 1968 by the author Phillip Dick. This novel was a depiction of a futuristic outcome of androids being created with similarities to humans. Within the book, readers are given a vivid understanding that the main character Rick Deckard is human. Shortly after, readers compare Dick’s book to an adapted version in 1982, of a futuristic film interpretation by Ridley Scott, who utilized the book to call into question the theme of…

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