Rational-legal authority

To start this article, Wayne K. Durrill, tells of how four freedmen by the names of Jim and Lewis Coppedge who are brothers, Ned Myers who is Coppedge’s step-father, and George Chambers kill James W. Redfearn. Redfearn is the owner of a general store called Whites Store in Anson County North Carolina. It is believed that the freedmen committed crime because the KKK was coming to the store. Testimony was used to convict Lewis and Ned of Murder. This same testimony was used to convict Jim as well,…

another level of powerlessness in the lives of these farmworkers. Moreover, even when these women reported their supervisors to the police, no one was ever charged with sexual assault, showing that the stories of these women were not valued by our legal system. Lastly, the undocumented status of these women takes away some of their power. Since they did not enter the country legally, they are afraid to speak against their employers and…

on top. Arguably, being a man of having power to rule, then there was a time where he needed strength to rule as well. Finally, with the combination of having strength and power, the statue must have had authority due to him being a leader. The fact that is arm is in the air; which signify authority, and it seem as if he is ready to tell something to the crowd. The view and understanding of this statue reminds me of the statue of Augustus of Primaporta and Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). The…

Conflict is a struggle or clash between two opposing forces, (Collins Dictionary). This essay will investigate the view that people are predisposed to conflict by critically examining two different psychological approaches. Biological approaches, such as the dogmatic personality and moral development from childhood will be evaluated. Social Cognitive approaches will also be critically evaluated, such as realistic conflict and social identity theory. Social development, such as, helping,…

What Can Happen When Someone Is Given Too Much Power? When you were a kid, you probably played games with your friends or siblings right? Simon Says, for example, is a game pretty that much anyone has played. One person is given the power to make others do whatever movement they want, but only if they say “Simon says” first. What if someone you really didn’t like was standing a bit too close to the left of someone? You could make the person to their right hit them just by saying “Simon says…

Persuasive speaking is a type of speech in which the speaker is trying to convince the audience to do some type of action. The Greek philosopher, Aristotle, divided persuasive speaking into three categories: ethos, pathos, and logos. Logos is persuading by the use of data, statistics, and interpretation. Pathos is a type of persuasion which testifies to the reader’s emotions. Lastly, ethos is a type of appeal which is influenced by the speaker’s language and by the actions taken by the speaker.…

Figure 9.6 is the less effective version of the persuasive message. This message uses two psychological tools of influence. Reciprocation and liking are the tools used to persuade the reader. Reciprocation is used by offering the members who sign up for the walkathon free items. Once members pay for the registration and receive the free items, they will feel obligated to attend to walkathon to repay their acceptance of the free items. Additionally, current credit unions members are being…

decades. Individuals have begun to fall out of line by refusing authority resulting in a more barbaric state of civilization. People that question or refuse authority might not realize that without the proper authority, they would begin to digress and become less civil. Another reason that authority is essential in societies is because people who have authority create an audience that will support them. Abraham Lincoln, for example, had authority and as a result, had many followers and they all…

Anyone who knows me, knows that I do tend to use persuasion a lot. Over my winter break I used lots of persuasion. Those including Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. I used those three persuasion techniques while trying to go to a party, going shopping, and when trying to go to a friend’s house. While on break I used the persuasion technique Logos. It means that logic is used to support a claim. Over the break I was invited to a Christmas party that a few of my friends were going to. When I told my…

Authority In literature authority means power to influence to change reader's perception to recognize things differently and to create mythical debate around some special events, to embody unforgettable period of time in the heart of history, and to form a future canonical text for many coming generations and cultures. Greeks of the ancient and classical period look upon Homer as their greatest author, as well as his poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. They are epic, oral, poetic traditional…