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    In "The Perils of Obedience," Stanley Milgram conducted a study that tests the conflict between obedience to authority and one's own conscience. What he found that through fear and threats anyone could commit a crime and what he believed that authority plays a huge role in our lives. However, Cave believes that people should be able to learn what is right and wrong from around them. I believe that Milgram’s study helps us better understand rules. First, in 1963 Milgram wanted to know whether…

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    John Deere Research Paper

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    John Deere was born in February 1804. In 1837 Deere developed and manufactured his first cast-steel plow. A blacksmith by trade, Deere determined that the wood cast iron plow in use at the time was ill suited to the challenges presented (John Deere). His company made 1,600 plows in 1850, and began producing other tools to complement its line of plows. Deere’s next move was to contract with Pittsburgh manufacturers to develop comparable steel plates, thereby avoiding the troubles of overseas…

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    Four Winns Research Paper

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    Know About The Four Winns Boats Four Winns is known for making fabulous boats. They have been recognized for their expertise in the deck boat and circle categories. The deck and runabout boats are simply perfect for water skiing and wake up boarding because of their easy maneuverability and high engine performance. Four Winns has been given the Marine Industry Excellence in Client Satisfaction Awards for three separate years. Discussing find out why they are acquiring so much acclaim. The boat…

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    would either say “teacher” or “student” on the card. The teacher then reads off a list of word pairs to the student, and if the student guesses the word wrong then the student gets shocked. On the shock generator the shocks range from 15 volts all the way up to 450 volts and it went up from slight shock all the way up to Danger: Severe shock. When it comes to the topic of the book Obedience to Authority, most people understand that people will almost always obey authority figures. Indeed, it…

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    In his article "The Perils of Obedience," Stanley Milgram describes what, in his opinion, was an ethical experiment performed at Yale University designed to test how ordinary people respond to authority figures' direct orders, even if the orders violate the test subjects' conscience. In order to prevent psychological damage, Milgram's test subjects were reconciled with their victims after the experiment was terminated; he also claims there was an attempt to reduce tensions that resulted from the…

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    which were the authority,the teacher and student.The authority encouraged the teacher to conduct the acts of the experiment as to the student is responsible for memorizing the words.If the student fails, he is then shocked with a progression of high volts. This experiment can be discussed as both ethical and unethical . The people volunteered and were advised of the process which would make the experiment ethical.The people were yet pressured by the authority to continue and keep causing harm…

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    They actually believed they were shocking the learners for not knowing the right answer. To me, I feel like the participants were being made a fool out of. What if they were actually hurting those people by going up in volts? They were so pressed on following orders, they didn’t care they could hurt or even kill a human being. Another issue that was unethical was the urge for the participants to continue. Even though they had the right to withdraw, it wasn’t made clear…

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    Female Mechanic Analysis

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    In an Interview about a female mechanic published on July, 2013in the website MyCarGossip Hannah says “ I had plenty of comments about being a female mechanic. I don’t Expect everyone to accept it all the time .I have even had people refuse to have me work in their cars just because I am a female,” People's perceptions are sexists because women are the same as men , women can do the job , female mechanics were trained to do this job and People needs to understand that not because women are the…

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    Uranium Research Paper

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    number ninety-two. It gives off power in a single way, using uranium 235 and 238. Fission is this process of removing protons and electrons from unstable nuclei, converting them to lead. This process gives of anywhere from 1 to 5 MeV (million electron volts). You can even produce more energy by splitting the unstable nuclei even further. This type of power can, with just 75 grams of uranium, fulfill an average person’s needs for a year! To be able to do this with coal, you would need 4.4 tons!…

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    Korean War and he said it was quite dangerous because you were sailing over water and could be shelled and electricity and water don't work well together. He also said that if he was not paying attention when fixing things he could have gotten a 120 volt shock. Any other job in the military is very dangerous whether its being the first group to hold off an enemy in heavy gunfire or being the cook for everyone in your…

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