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...?Machiavellian Ethics Unlike Cicero, Machiavelli could accurately be described as a realist and not an idealist. He believed that without using cunning and deceit one could easily fall from power. The focus of “The Prince” is how to achieve and maintain power. He writes that the best ventures are those that will bring the most rewards. He also says that a Prince should keep their word only if it is to their benefit to do so and that the illusion of keeping one’s word is just as effective as actually keeping it. His views have more to do with how one is perceived as opposed to how thing really are. As a result, morality and immorality is not as black and white as Cicero sees it. In a society where there is a lot of crime and strife...
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...as important. This type of person may be doing their job but they are not engaged in examining their lives and therefore it is difficult for them to achieve a truly fulfilled working life. The study of liberal arts is something that is capable of making a person’s everyday life better because it can take a person out of their narrow focus and allow them to examine and, as a result of examination, improve their overall lives. In contrast to the other authors discussed, Machiavelli does not place much of an emphasis on liberal arts or ethical behavior. He believes more in realism as opposed to the idealism of, say, Cicero. Machiavelli feels that it is necessary to use...
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...?Darwin and St. Benedict The “survival of the fittest” concept contributes significantly to who is and who will be successful in a career. Everyone is basically trying to survive and make as much money as they possibly can. Those who are the most successful gain the ultimate prize, which is financial stability as well as the satisfaction of being regarded as a professional. In this sense, modern society is no different from the animal kingdom because we are all competing and struggling to obtain not only things like food and shelter, but other things like wealth, fame, power, honor, and respect. So, although the modern world sees itself as quite civilized, it could easily be seen as just as savage as the animal world... and St. Benedict The...
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...?Augustine and the Professional The life experiences of Saint Augustine show that self-doubt and despair led him to question the life he was living. This self-doubt allowed him to be open to new values and religions and he was willing to accept life-transforming changes. Many of these significant changes were the result of personal tragedy. Similarly, a professional should be willing to question themselves and be open to suggestions. It could be effectively argued that this is how a professional improves in their field. In regards to a career path, a professional should also be willing to accept life-transforming changes. This may include seeking new opportunities that are more fitting to the individual person and are able to make...
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...or civic culture” (2007). This is where liberal arts comes in and shows people that there is perhaps more to a professional career and life in general than just money or advancement. In this way, a professional can add the goal of finding more personal fulfillment in their careers to the goal of achieving higher status and higher pay. References Arendt, H. (1963). Eichmann in Jerusalem. Westminster, London: Penguin Classics. Augustine, St. (397). Confessions. Retrieved from http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/confessions-bod.html Bellah, R.N., Madsen, R., Sullivan, W.M., Swidler, A., & Tipton, S.M. (2007). Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. Berkeley, CA: University of...
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... Master’s Degree in Jazz Music
I am an aspiring musician from Thailand. I am passionate abut music, jazz in particular, and would be privileged to have an opportunity to study the same from your prestigious university.
The main reason I would like to take up this course and become a professionally qualified jazz musician is that I will be able to provide better opportunities for other aspiring young musicians. As a student I found it very hard to find a well qualified teacher to guide me. The few teachers available here were also not degree holders and were under qualified. With no mentors to guide the hundreds of musicians in my country there is tremendous waste of talent. Also with few schools to teach music and with fewer... ...
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...October 4, Dear admission committee, Please allow me to introduce myself. My is X and I am deeply interested in this Criminal Justice program. Let me tell you a bit about myself. I work hard at everything I do and believe that anything worth doing is worth doing well. I think you will find my grades and life experience would recommend me strongly for this field of study. I am a highly motivated and empathetic person and consider myself to be a leader.
Although I feel I have learned a lot so far, I am fully aware that in order to follow my career goals, I still need to expand my perspective and acquire further knowledge in my field. There is always more to be done. I will need to have a very good credential to succeed in this field... . That...
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...Plato’s “Guardians” Plato believes that an ideal leader is a philosopher-king. His definition of this type of person is one who has the right temperament; meaning one who not vicious yet not passive either. Also, this type of person has to have the right education; meaning he is taught virtue and not taught anything that is false or would lead to justification of being unjust. This leader would also study mathematics and later study philosophy. The one chosen to lead would stand out from this group of students as the one who is the most virtuous.
Leaders of Plato’s ideal state would need to possess wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice. They would also need to possess knowledge and reason that rules...
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...Agricola and Plunkitt Agricola would agree that under unfavorable circumstances discretion is the better of action. He spent his life “workingfor” a Despotic and unjust “boss” yet he did not openly rebel against him. Despite this, he was still able to accomplish great things in his position even though his “boss” was a tyrant. Agricola didn’t provoke his fate by doing or saying things that would cause the emperor to look unfavorably upon him. Although this may be difficult to accomplish a professional setting with a bad boss, Agricola proved throughout his life that he was able to keep his honor and accomplish great things despite “working for” a “bad boss.”
Plunkitt would agree that there was such a thing as an honest profit... and Plunkitt ...
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... Set To do the right thing for Banham (78) means to act out of a sense of moral obligation. In other words, an individual does an action not because of its consequences but because he/she recognizes by reasoning that it is ethically the right thing to do and therefore regards him/herself as having an obligation to do that action. A person may at times get some pleasure or other gain from doing what is right, but to act ethically, one does not do it for the sake of its wanted outcome, but rather because he/she knows that it is morally the right thing to do. In this context, Banham’s (79) view towards morality parallel’s the Christian view regarding obedience to God’s commands, according to which the Christians obey God’s commands... Set To do...
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