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Justifying murder in "The Lottery" and "The Most Dangerous Game"

A reader of both Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" must decide when can murder be an acceptable action. Is the tradition of an annual stoning acceptable? Is murder as a game acceptable? Is murder as self-defense acceptable?

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History of folk medicine from ancient civilizations to modern times

This course will provide an overview of the history of folk medicine from the earliest civilizations to modern times.

~9 min read

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Immanuel Kant's epistemology and moral philosophy in the Enlightenment

The eighteenth century stands as the birthplace of the modern world. Influenced by the scientific advancements in astronomy and gravity in the seventeenth century and in art and literature in the sixteenth century, the eighteenth century sought to fuse together all the improvements in human thought…

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Obtaining child assent for a blood draw study

Before making any decisions I would do two things: first I'd put the needle away and calm the child down. I'd assess if the child's reaction were that of a normal seven years faced with having their blood drawn or if the reaction was beyond a normal seven-year-old.

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Customer adoption of mobile computing and value chain transformation

Customers are redefining their strategies for learning about, evaluating, purchasing and seeking support of new products and services at an accelerating rate.

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Saudi employee motivation and performance in private sector firms

Saudi workers in the private sector in Saudi Arabia. This project draws on various primary sources and secondary sources. The primary sources consist of interviews and surveys I have conducted with Saudi employees and managers.

~11 min read

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Coca-Cola's 2000 racial discrimination lawsuit and settlement

Coca-Cola has faced a number of issues with regards to diversity and human rights over the years.

~14 min read

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Pope John Paul II's Fides et Ratio: Faith and reason in modern theology

Pope John Paul II delivered Fides et Ratio in his twentieth year as the supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church, and the United States Catholic Conference published it in English a month later.

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The history and science of magnetism

Our understanding being Science and how the world works and by and large the world works just well whether we be aware of it or not. For instance take magnetism, People have known about magnets for many years and they've been using them almost as compasses, for almost as long.

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Frederick Taylor's scientific management theory and ancient management practices

Management theory technically came into being in 1899, when Frederick Winslow Taylor, the author of the Principles of Scientific Management, came forth with a new management style by which he sought to increase the productivity of laborers off-loading steel (Stewart).

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