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MBA Application Essays: Career Goals and Leadership

A five-part MBA application essay covering career goals, innovative problem-solving, community passion, Boston University program fit, and personal background.

Career

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Parsons' Sex Roles Essay: Functionalism vs. Conflict Theory

Analysis of Talcott Parsons' 1943 essay on sex roles, comparing his functionalist view with conflict theory and tracing its influence on modern gender relations.

Sociology

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618 words

Analysis of Jonathan Rowe's essay on cell phone usage and tone

The author struck a nice balance between keeping the essay moving and almost humorous, but he still makes it clear that his attitude regarding cell phones is very real and somewhat serious. Another good balance found in the essay is between logic and emotion.

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Peter Singer's argument for obligations to assist those in absolute poverty

In Rich and Poor, Singer outlines the proportion of the global human population that lives in poverty and considers the respective arguments about whether or not (and to what extent) citizens of industrialized so-called First-World countries have a moral obligation to assist citizens of so-called…

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729 words

Leon Kass's argument against human cloning and repugnance

The argument Leon Kass puts forward is aggressively positioned against the prospect of human cloning.

~4 min read

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626 words

Dalrymple's argument for consensual cannibalism and self-determination

The author of "The Case for Cannibalism," Theodore Dalymple, presents a rather convincing argument that cannibalism, nor any other action, for that matter, is neither morally nor legally incorrect when it takes place between consenting adults.

~4 min read

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651 words

Kenneth Myers' essay on popular culture and the family

Upon initially evaluating Kenneth A. Myers' essay, "Popular Culture and the Family: How Mass Mediated Culture Weakens the Ties That Bind," which appears in Katherine J.

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664 words

Kathie Snow's argument for people-first disability language

People with disabilities comprise a large portion of contemporary society's population base.

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938 words

Franz Rosenzweig's argument for the Bible's historical significance

Bible," Franz Rosenweig argues, "The only way in which the scholar can grasp and prove the significance of the Bible is by its effect on, and destiny in, the course of world history," (236).

~5 min read

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Don Marquis's argument against abortion based on future deprivation

Author Don Marquis's view justifies the immorality of abortion on identical grounds with that of the immorality of killing an adult human being. Akin to killing an adult human which is prima facie wrongful as it denies him of a future life, killing a fetus also deprives it of a future life.

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