...Associate Level Material Critical Analysis Forms Fill out one form for each source. |Source 1 Title and Citation: | |Health Care Reform Is a Disaster for All Americans | |Ferrara, Peter. "Health Care Reform Is a Disaster for All Americans." The Uninsured. Ed. Debra A. Miller. Detroit: Greenhaven | |Press, 2011. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "The Right Prescription: The Obamacare Disaster." American Spectator (18 Aug. | |2010). Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. | | | | | | | |1 |Identify the principal issue presented by the |Obamacare will be declining the standard of living for Americans by | | |source. |increasing the cost of health insurance, increasing the amount of money | | | |middle class citizens pay to taxes, and diminishing the acceptance of | | | |Medicare...
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...Joshua Westcott Kohlberg’s Moral Development April 30, 2012 As children’s cognitive abilities mature and expand, so does their ability to reason about moral issues. If we can begin to understand the ways children reason about moral issues, it might help parents and therapists better attune themselves to each child, so as to help each child develop in a positive direction. By attuning to children, the parent or therapist will be better equipped to reason with children at ‘their’ level of development; otherwise, what the adult is trying to communicate will get lost in translation. If we can learn to speak the child’s language, than we can help each child use his or her ‘logic/reasoning’ to effect change in his or her world. Who are the major theorists in the area of moral development? A few of the major theorists in the field of moral development are John Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, Elliot Turiel, and Carol Gilligan. Gilligan is a brilliant feminist psychologist who is best known for her 1982 work, “In a Different Voice” (see http://www.amazon.com/In-Different-Voice-Psychological-Development/dp/0674445449/ref=lp_B000APQF3Q_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335926229&sr=1-1). Turiel is best known for developing his ‘domain theory’, which is discussed in his exceptional work, “The Development of Social Knowledge: Morality and Convention” (see http://www.amazon.com/The-Development-Social-Knowledge-Convention/dp/0521273056/ref=lp_B001HD1YF4_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1335926449&sr=1-2)...
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...| Identify any examples of bias presented by the author. If none exist, explain how you determined this. | There are no examples of bias presented by the author. The premises support the conclusion. There is accurate information provided to show why the tax break should end. | 3 | Identify any areas that are vague or ambiguous. If none exist, explain how you determined this. | There are no areas of vague or ambiguous. The author provides accurate information that shows that the high income tax break should end. By allowing the rich families to be allowed a tax break is only making the economy worst. Rich families have the funding to pay taxes and should be not receiving a tax break. | 4 | Do you find the source credible? Explain your reasoning. | I do find this source credible because there is accurate information provided. That could be used to show the benefit of the economy changing by letting the tax break to end. | 5 | Identify and name any rhetorical devices used by the author. If none exist, explain how you determined this. | There are no rhetorical devices used by the author. The authors provide premises that support the conclusion. There is accurate information provided to support why ending the tax break would...
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...loyalty. Loyalty is definitely an essential quality in almost all relationships, including an engineer’s relationship with their employer and society. Baron argues that we can really only show loyalty to specific people, and not to ideals, causes, or people in general, agreeing overall with the opinions and views of John Ladd and Andrew Oldenquist. In this paper, I will argue against Baron’s view. I think that we can be loyal to ideals, causes and the general public, not only singularly, but to them all at the same time. Loyalty is always going to be a problem or issue for engineers. Being loyal to your beliefs, the company you work for, and society is always going to come as a challenge because you really cannot make everyone happy all of the time. Baron states, “The NSPE Code begins, ‘The Engineer, to uphold and advance the honor and dignity of the engineering profession and in keeping with the high standards of ethical conduct. . . will be honest and impartial, and will serve with devotion his employer, his clients, and the public. . . .’ Can an engineer, no matter how heroic, always serve each of these parties with devotion? Can he or she, in other words, always be loyal to all three? The answer is clearly, ‘No.’“ (Baron 227) Baron says that the answer to this question is clearly “No.” She follows this by giving two conditional examples, the B.F. Goodrich and Ford Pinto engineers, which are very one-sided in agreement to her claim. She believes that you cannot be loyal to everyone...
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...Assignment #1: “Don’t Like Taxes? Consider the Alternative.” Peter L. Bernstein. New York Times. 2/10/08. 1) According to this author what is one of the primary functions of government? (4 points) Governments function is to produce and manage public goods. 2) According to this article what are public goods?( 4 points) Public goods would be all of the things that all people, or at least a larger majority, want but don’t want to pay for as individuals 3) What are the negatives to government providing public goods according to this article? (4 points) “Governments’ spending on public goods involves waste, corruption, and is often badly executed. In the private economy, the pressures of competition tend to minimize these kinds of costs, although government surely has no monopoly on waste (think Enron) or bad execution (automobile recalls). “ 4) Would you characterize this author as more of a liberal or more of a conservative and why? It is really important to explain your reasoning for identifying the author as liberal or conservative, as it is a bit tricky with this article, but it is possible to misdiagnosis the author’s ideology and still earn points by using certain supporting arguments. (4 points) I would consider the author as liberal character, simply because today’s liberals continue to believe that government should or even has responsibility to stay active, and in this particular case its according taxpayers and obligations coming from tax money...
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...Should they change the name of Confederate monuments because of the issue on racism? The names of monuments should not be changed. It is very important that we do not make light of the history of the Confederacy. The names of leaders in the Confederacy should not be forgotten. We should always remember their names and faces because they were an important part of our history. The United States would not be what it is today without those people and the Civil War. Schools that are named after the Confederacy should also remain for the same reasons. You do not just name a monument or a school after someone or something without reasoning. We must stand behind our reasoning just like the Confederacy stood behind their reasons for succession. Parks that are named after Confederate battles should also keep their names. This is a very educational chance for children and teenagers to learn about the battles. If parks have a replica of a battle field they should remain intact. This is a wonderful way for children to get an idea of the areas and conditions that the Confederate soldiers fought...
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...the arts. Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented This is not a black-and-white issue; however, I believe that government funding of the arts does threaten the integrity of the arts. First, how are this government funding to be proportioned out? Would the arts be ranked in order of popularity, with the most popular type of art receiving the most funding? This is not a good use of limited government funding because it, in essence, awards monies to forms of art that most appeal to the public. Instead of true patronage of the arts, the government would be funding a popularity contest. Forms of art already popular with the public are funded by paying customers and do not need government funding. Second who determines what is worthy of funding? Are so-called community standards to be applied to each place where the goverment funds the arts? After all, what may be considered art, be it painting, music, theatre, etc., in New York City may not be considered art in Boise, Idaho. To establish a national standard of what is worthy of funding would be nearly impossible. In the early 1990s there was a controversary concerning Robert Mapplethorpe's sexually graphic photographs that had received public funding. The photographs may have well received by an audience in a large metropolitan...
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...REASONING SKILLS SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY REASONING SKILLS SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY 2nd Edition ® NEW YORK Copyright © 2005 LearningExpress, LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Reasoning skills success in 20 minutes a day.—2nd ed. p. cm. ISBN 1-57685-493-0 1. Reasoning (Psychology) I. Title: Reasoning skills success in twenty minutes a day. II. Title. BF442.C48 2005 153.4'3—dc22 2005047185 Printed in the United States of America 987654321 Second Edition ISBN 1-57685-493-0 For information on LearningExpress, other LearningExpress products, or bulk sales, please write to us at: LearningExpress 55 Broadway 8th Floor New York, NY 10006 Or visit us at: www.learnatest.com Contents HOW TO USE THIS BOOK ix PRETEST 1 LESSON 1 Critical Thinking and Reasoning Skills The importance of critical thinking and reasoning skills, justifying your decisions, the difference between reason and emotion 15 LESSON 2 Problem-Solving Strategies Identifying the main issue of a problem and its parts, prioritizing issues 21 LESSON 3 Thinking vs. Knowing Distinguishing between fact and opinion, determining whether facts are true or tentative truths 27 LESSON 4 Who Makes the Claim? Evaluating credibility: recognizing bias, determining level...
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...Running Head: Models of Decision Making Models of Decision Making Table of Contents Training Proposal for Managers: 3 Based on the results, are the decisions of new managers likely to be objective or subjective? Rational or irrational? Explain your answers. 6 Bibliography 7 Models of Decision Making Training Proposal for Managers: There are different ways of improving decision making among employees. Some of the ways to improve decision making among the newly promoted managers includes: ▪ Improving practical thinking: Practical thinking denotes the strengths of how we think for everyday problems, calling on experience more than formal models. Practical thinking includes creative and critical elements. Creative thinking techniques normally help to generate new information. The new manager’s can be encouraged to more of practical thinkers. ▪ Applying guidelines: There is no perfect set of guiding principle for success; to improve requires self-reflection and hard work to adopt new habits. Therefore making manager’s thinking habits more deliberate will prompt self-reflection and through practice will ultimately make the improved thinking less effortful. Improved thinking strategies will create greater self-confidence, making it more probable that challenges will be dealt with rather than being ignored. ▪ Moving thinking upstream: Thinking ahead and predicting potential ways that a situation assessment may be wrong or...
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...thing to do. As we grow up we learn the difference between a bold faced lie, which always causes more damage than telling the truth, and a little white lie, which usually causes little to no harm. For example lying about stealing money from your dads’ wallet and blaming it on someone else is a bold faced lie and the other person usually faces consequences that they don’t deserve. Telling your three year daughter she looks beautiful when she has mismatched clothes and blue eyeshadow all over her face is a little white lie that is harmful to both parties involved. This is how the media portrays itself to the public whether it is on the internet, newspaper/magazine cover or on television. The whole truth is always told regardless of the outcome; the deontological approach, or half of the truth is told to benefit the greater amount of the public; the utilitarianism approach, just because the media feels that they don’t need to know the harsh reality of what is really going on. The reasoning behind the approach being used would be emotivism, which is basing ones moral decisions on ones feelings or emotions, so basically how that person feels about the given situation. The media is how people normally get their information about what is going on in the world either for entertainment purposes or factual world-wide information and it is up to the specific corporation on how this news is distributed. If the owner is leaning one way about an issue than he/she will gather information...
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...theorists have developed theories to understand and define the ability of people to reason morally. Moral reasoning is defined as the thinking process where the objective is to determine whether an idea is right or wrong and involves the formation of values on which someone bases their decisions. Theorists have different views on moral reasoning and the factors that contribute to an individual’s level of reasoning capabilities. Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan developed cognitive theories to explain moral reasoning in a series of stages. The movie John Q, raises the question of what is considered morally right and what is wrong and by whose perspective. The characters in the movie can be classified into either Kohlberg’s or Gilligan’s theories of reasoning. Theorist Lawrence Kohlberg (1973) had a qualitative perspective of moral development. His theory breaks development into three levels, each of which is divided further into two stages. The levels consist of: pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional. These can be loosely correlated with age. He theorized that moral growth begins at the beginning of life and continues until the day one dies. He believed that people proceed through each stage of moral development consecutively without skipping or going back to a previous stage. Level One, the Pre-Conventional level, is the level of moral reasoning based solely on a person’s own needs. The person is ego-centric and does not take into consideration the...
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...Applying Critical Thinking: Analyzing Memo from FSEU Director of Human Resources to President, FSEU Local No. 343 Abstract The Illinois State intends to privatize the Department of Transportation (DoT) information systems management function. This function is currently being performed by 75 State employees, 43 of whom are members of Federated State Employee Union (FSEU) Local 343. On May 12, 2010 the Governor of Illinois notified the President of FSEU Local 343 about the State’s intent. The President of FSEU has asked the union members if the union should oppose the outsourcing proposal. On June 5, 2010 the FSEU Director of Human Resources responded to the President of FSEU Local 343 with the union member’s discussion and recommended opposing the outsourcing proposal. The paper uses the methodology from the book “Asking the Right Questions – A Guide to Critical Thinking” by M. Neil Bowne and Stuart M. Keeley, to analyze the memo from FSEU Director of Human Resources to the President, FSEU Local No. 343. Introduction The Illinois State intends to privatize the Department of Transportation (DoT) information systems management function. The Governor of Illinois notified Mr. Cesar Padilla, the President of Federated State Employee Union (FSEU) Local 343 about the State’s intent on May 12, 2010. The President of FSEU has asked the union members if the union should oppose the outsourcing proposal. In response to the request from the President of FSEU Local No. 343, Ms...
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...Chapter 1 Ethical Reasoning: Implications for Accounting Ethics Reflection PENN STATE CHILD ABUSE SCANDAL: A CULTURE OF INDIFFERENCE What motivates an otherwise ethical person to do the wrong thing when faced with an ethical dilemma? Why did Joe Paterno and administrators at Penn State University look the other way and fail to act on irrefutable evidence that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had raped and molested young boys, an offense for which Sandusky currently is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence? According to the independent report by Louis Freeh that investigated the sexual abuse, four of the most powerful people at Penn State, including president Graham Spanier, athletic director Timothy Curley, senior vice president Gary Schultz, and head football coach Joe Paterno, sheltered a child predator harming children for over a decade by concealing Sandusky’s activities from the board of trustees, the university community, and authorities. The Freeh report characterizes the inactions as lacking empathy for the victims by failing to inquire as to their safety and wellbeing. Not only that, but they exposed the first abused child to additional harm by alerting Sandusky, who was the only one who knew the child’s identity, of what assistant coach Mike McQueary saw in the shower on the night of February 9, 2001.1 McQueary testified at the June 2012 trial of Sandusky that when he was a graduate assistant, he walked into the locker room and heard sounds of slapping...
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...express and communicate your skills, personality and values” (Lake, n.d.). Building a personal brand one must evaluate and assess his or her image and see oneself in the ways others are and will find that individual. An individual must develop and enhance ones’ professional presence and making sure that this image reflects and benefits this individual in the world of diversity. “A strong personal brand can yield tremendous ROI whether you are working with an organization or leading one” (Forbes, 2014). When a resume is selected, a recruiter takes just a few minutes to review the information that is on the resume. In order to be a part of that process ones’ resume must possess the quality and experience that is required for the position. In addition, the resume should reflect the job description and ones’ experience should be in alignment as well. In this paper I will discuss my background, identify three to four companies I would love to work for in the future, my reasoning and determining the best methods for contacting and engaging recruiters. Background Having a personal brand is just as important as having a roof over ones’ head. A personal brand helps in showcasing that individual to the marketers by telling them exactly who this individual is and with branding provided it is properly sold can open doors to many different opportunities. My personal brand that I am known for is, I am a people’s person. As a person who is always in the public eyes, I have geared my past...
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...changed d) The latest research of a warrant e) Factors influencing the decision of the legal requirements of why obtaining a search warrant should be changed III. Supporting Facts a) Data analysis b) Comparisons between why it should and shouldn’t be changed c) Research towards the legal requirements of search warrants IV. Conclusion a) An analytical summary of what my reasoning and fact is of obtaining a search warrant and should it be changed b) My thesis reworded to state the final paper Thesis Statement In this thesis statement we are going to explore the reasoning, should the legal requirements of obtaining a search warrant be changed. This is going to show you how it is all designed and many different examples of why it should be changed along with different cases that proves why it should be changed. The passage is going to demonstrate many sources and legal forms that result to this topic of study of why search warrants should be changed in this type of matter because to some citizens this seems to be a problem when going against their own rights. The most important thing that I would like to leave you guys with is the importance behind why this is a problem and why it should be changed legally along with the requirements in all states. Search warrants are something that is issued by a judge in order for an officer or any type of agency can have permission to go search and seizure. The question is; should the legal requirements...
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