...In order for a speech to be effective, the speaker must use rhetorical devices that can grab an audience’s attention and help them remember the speech forever. Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and Abraham Lincoln have made the most memorable speeches of all time because of the rhetorical devices they used. Reagan (“The Challenger”) used pathos, allusion, and parallelism. Kennedy (“Inaugural Address”) applied antithesis, parallelism, and anaphora. And Lincoln utilized allusion, anaphora, and epistrophe into his speech. Each of these speeches lasted anywhere from a minute to two hours. But in the end, length did not matter; the only thing that mattered is the rhetorical devices these president's used in order to get the nation to listen to them and therefore do what they are told. In Ronald Reagan’s “The Challenger” speech, he uses the rhetorical device pathos, or the appeal to emotion, in order to connect the pain that his family, the entire nation, and the families of those affected by the disaster were feeling. As WordPress.com said, “Reagan uses his delivery, use of dictation, and appeals to pathos to help attempt a nation to recover, eulogize seven men and women, and give a new home to the American people”. About his family and the entire nation, “Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the Challenger[…]We know we share this pain with all of the people of our county.” (Reagan 1), and about the families of those in the disaster, “For the families of the seven,...
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...WOR KshEET • ChEsT & BACK • DIs C 1 DATE / WEEK Warm-Up (2:30 + 6:30) 01 ChEsT - standard Push-Ups 02 BACK - Wide Front Pull-Ups 03 ChEsT - Military Push-Ups 04 BACK - Reverse Grip Chin-Ups R ___________________ R___________________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R___________________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R___________________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R___________________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R___________________ R ___________________ R ___________________ Water Break (0:49) 05 ChEsT - Wide Fly Push-Ups 06 BACK - Closed Grip Overhand Pull-Ups 07 ChEsT - Decline Push-Ups 08 BACK - heavy Pants R ___________________ R ___________________ R___________________ R_________W_________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R___________________ R_________W_________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R___________________ R_________W_________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R___________________ R_________W_________ R ___________________ R ___________________ R___________________ R_________W_________ Water Break (0:47) 09 ChEsT - Diamond Push-Ups 10 BACK - Lawnmowers 11 ChEsT - Dive-Bomber Push-Ups 12 BACK - Back Flys R ___________________ R_________W_________ R___________________ R_________W_________ R ___________________ R_________W_________ R___________________ R_________W_________ R...
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...The act of lying (Ashken, Yefery, Leslie, Martha, and Randy) When asked about whether or not the act of lying is considered to be acceptable in some cases and the need to always tell the truth is the right thing to do, all sorts of arguments will appear and will create an attention-grabbing combination or exchange of different ideas and perceptions about what is right or wrong. This discussion of ideas if done in an organized way will provide an audience with an increased understanding of different and intricate issues and will help to identify which arguments are better and well-supported than others. This formal discussion of ideas took place few days ago in our Critical Thinking class. The topic was “a young brother is always telling lies. What is your response? Is it necessary to tell the truth always?” On one side were my classmates Ashken, Yefery, and Randy who believe lying is alright as long as its outcomes are positive and beneficial. On the other hand, there were Martha and Leslie who believe lying is unconstructive and can become very a negative habit. Both sides seemed to believe in what they were saying and looked convincing and well-informed, however when discussing complex topics such as the morality of lying or the justification for it, subjective arguments tend to prevail over objectives ones. For instance, Ahsken presented a good persuasive argument full of examples and questions that made us think about the benefits of lying. However...
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...It seems to me that Twain is actually satirizing adult or "learned" behavior, or perhaps conformity in general. Notice how he treats several topics, such as obedience, deference or respect, and lying. He inserts certain words that betray the stated purpose. For example, he writes, "obey your parents, when they are present," because they "think they know better than you," actually implying that parents do not know more. Regarding respect, he writes, "Respect your superiors, if you have any...," as if to say there may be none superior to you. His discussion of lying is very interesting. He warns youth "to be very careful about lying," or else "you are nearly sure to get caught." He then continues the discussion of how we should not lie until we've grown & learned enough to become "perfect" liars, with "confidence, elegance, and precision." He then continues to further support his theme of the adult world that so admires a "lie well told" that it rewards the liar with profit & accolades. Twain advises youth to start "early" to learn "this gracious and beautiful art...If I had begun earlier, I would have learned how." One view might be that he is advising youth to prepare to join & be competent in adult life, in which disobedience, disrespect, and lying might be considered survival skills. However, considering that the true purpose of satire is to try & bring change, it is more likely that Twain is satirizing the "do as I say - not as I do" adult world. I believe his comments are...
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...It seems to me that Twain is actually satirizing adult or "learned" behavior, or perhaps conformity in general. Notice how he treats several topics, such as obedience, deference or respect, and lying. He inserts certain words that betray the stated purpose. For example, he writes, "obey your parents, when they are present," because they "think they know better than you," actually implying that parents do not know more. Regarding respect, he writes, "Respect your superiors, if you have any...," as if to say there may be none superior to you. His discussion of lying is very interesting. He warns youth "to be very careful about lying," or else "you are nearly sure to get caught." He then continues the discussion of how we should not lie until we've grown & learned enough to become "perfect" liars, with "confidence, elegance, and precision." He then continues to further support his theme of the adult world that so admires a "lie well told" that it rewards the liar with profit & accolades. Twain advises youth to start "early" to learn "this gracious and beautiful art...If I had begun earlier, I would have learned how." One view might be that he is advising youth to prepare to join & be competent in adult life, in which disobedience, disrespect, and lying might be considered survival skills. However, considering that the true purpose of satire is to try & bring change, it is more likely that Twain is satirizing the "do as I say - not as I do" adult world. I believe his comments are...
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...message through speak or action. For instance, assuming that Rita is lying down on the sofa while watching TV, but Jessica coincidentally walked in passed by Rita looking at her sour face. Is that any message that Rita transmit to Jessica when she showed her sour face? Jessica takes in as Rita want to be left alone because she just broke up with her boyfriend. In this scenario, is that any communication between Rita and Jessica? There is no communication in the situation when nobody carry out an intentionally message. Let us review the situation again. Jessica walked pass through and see Rita lying down on the sofa so that she thought Rita’s sour face sent her a message that she did not want to be disturbed. But Rita did not intend to send the message that whatever Jessica had been received. In fact Rita wants someone to sit and talk. If there “all behavior communication”, why Jessica did not perceive that Rita was waiting for her to sit and talk instead of did not want to be disturbed? Let’s have a look into another situation. Jack, Melissa and Himanshu were joining in a group discussion. During the discussion, Melissa keeps looking on her watch. This action was interpreted as “rushing time” by Jack and as “discussion was very bored” by Himanshu. Did Melissa’s action, keep looking on her watch, transmitting any message out? If that behavior looking the watch showing that Melissa is bored with the discussion or rushing time as what Jack and Himanshu perceive so they decided to...
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...CHAPTER 3 Emerging Business Ethics Issues Chapter Objectives • To define ethical issues in the context of organizational ethics • To examine ethical issues as they relate to the basic values of honesty, fairness, and integrity • To delineate abusive and intimidating behavior, lying, conflicts of interest, bribery, corporate intelligence, discrimination, sexual harassment, environmental issues, fraud, insider trading, intellectual property rights, and privacy as business ethics issues • To examine the challenge of determining an ethical issue in business Chapter Outline • Recognizing an Ethical Issue • Ethical Issues and Dilemmas in Business • The Challenge of Determining an Ethical Issue in Business Recognizing an Ethical Issue • An ethical issue is a situation or a problem that requires thought, discussion, or investigation to make a decision • Failure to do so puts corporations at great risk Honesty • Honesty: Truthfulness or trustworthiness • Dishonesty: A lack of integrity, incomplete disclosure, or an unwillingness to tell the truth Fairness and Integrity • Fairness: The quality of being just, equitable, and impartial – Equality – Reciprocity – Optimization • Integrity: One of the most important terms regarding virtue. It means uncompromising adherence to ethical values Ethical Issues and Dilemmas in Business • An ethical issue is a problem or opportunity that requires an individual or group to choose among actions that are evaluated as ethical...
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...urinate does not bring about positive emotions, as individuals can describe it to be quite uncomfortable. Although the sensation may be unpleasant, a full bladder can feel great, for liars. The Inhibitory Spillover Effect shows individuals with a full bladder resulted in better lying. The lying and deception is correlated with inhibition, a central cognitive mechanism. Typically, lying and a full bladder are not associated with one another, but both effect inhibitory abilities. When lying, individuals use more brainwork, as they have to think of the truth, keep it in mind, while placing layers of lies on top. Compared to telling the truth, areas in the prefrontal cortex and the anterior cingulate cortex operate greater. There is also more activity in the front and cingulate regions (p.113). Experiments were done in order to determine whether or not a full bladder does actually help create better liars (p. 114). Predictions were made that the high inhibition lying individuals with a full bladder would have better control of their behavioral cues. It was also predicted that third-party observers would not be able to easily detect the full...
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...According to the reading Norman Gillespie is classified as a moral holist. Unlike Kant and St. Augustine, Gillespie believed in the situational dependence of moral decisions. Gillespie's believes in 'rules of thumb', but not absolute rules. Going back to last weeks discussion on situational dependence, Gillespie believes that in certain instances, we possess the moral 'right' to break absolute rules if the cost to the person making the decision is greater than the cost to others. In the case of a person fleeing to your home in hopes of evading a person intent on hurting them. According to Gillespie, lying to the individual looking for the person is justified because you are preventing harm to the other person.This example was explored in previous...
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...The Discussion Board (DB) is part of the core of online learning. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires the active participation of students and the instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Every student is expected to create an original response to the open-ended DB question as well as engage in dialogue by responding to posts created by others throughout the week. At the end of each unit, DB participation will be assessed based on both level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion. At a minimum, each student will be expected to post an original and thoughtful response to the DB question and contribute to the weekly dialogue by responding to at least two other posts from students. The first contribution must be posted before midnight (Central Time) on Wednesday of each week. Two additional responses are required after Wednesday of each week. Students are highly encouraged to engage on the Discussion Board early and often, as that is the primary way the university tracks class attendance and participation. The purpose of the Discussion Board is to allow students to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the DB question. Because it is not possible to engage in two-way dialogue after a conversation has ended, no posts to the DB will be accepted after the end of each unit. Consider the following scenario: Lucy Shafer wants to borrow $100,000 to expand her dog-breeding...
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...One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. So the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern, or attracted much sustained inquiry. In consequence, we have no clear understanding of what bullshit is, why there is so much of it, or what functions it serves. And we lack a conscientiously developed appreciation of what it means to us. In other words, we have no theory. I propose to begin the development of a theoretical understanding of bullshit, mainly by providing some tentative and exploratory philosophical analysis. I shall not consider the rhetorical uses and misuses of bullshit. My aim is simply to give a rough account of what bullshit is and how it differs from what it is not, or (putting it somewhat differently) to articulate, more or less sketchily, the structure of its concept. Any suggestion about what conditions are logically both necessary and sufficient for the constitution of bullshit is bound to be somewhat arbitrary. For one thing, the expression bullshit is often employed quite loosely -- simply as a generic term of abuse, with no very specific literal meaning. For another, the phenomenon itself is so vast and amorphous that no crisp and perspicuous analysis of its...
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...Entering the dark and mysterious world that is adulthood can be scary and cumbersome without the proper guidance. Rudyard Kipling’s “If” is filled with life lessons for those going into the world of adulthood. Holden Caulfield does not seem to quite appreciate the advice and chooses to ignore it. Holden ignores the advice in “If” by lying, being conceited, and by not keeping his virtue as he talks. For instance, Holden displays his habit of lying constantly on a daily basis. Holden lies whether it is about his age or interests, and it is mostly just for his own pleasure. He says this about himself as he speaks about himself. Holden says, “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life”(16, Salinger). He goes on to list what he lies about...
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...On the news, in the paper, and all over Facebook for the last few months, there has been much discussion on the topic of homosexuality and whether or not same-sex marriage should be legalized. The red equal signs have been popping up all over my newsfeed as a visual representation of my friend’s and family’s support of equal rights for all people. The other day I happened upon a discussion on a friend’s profile picture accusing them of being a hypocrite because they were a Christian and still had made the red equals sign her profile picture. One of the comments actual said, “Don’t you read the Bible?” This statement made me ponder the actual content of the Bible. I knew that there were a few verses that were usually related to homosexuality: the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20, Romans 1, and 1 Corinthians 6. What do the verses commonly used by people to condemn homosexuality really mean? And how are we supposed to interpret Jesus’ silence on the subject? After having thorough discussion in class and watching the most of “For the Bible Tells Me So” I am prepared to go over these passages and deduce a reason for Jesus’ silence. The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is one that is taught in many Christian Sunday school classes as a story to introduce kids to the brutal side of God. Most people only hear this story a few times in their whole life and almost always out of context. The basic rundown of the story is that God was displeased with two cities for...
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...Christine M. Korsgaard’s position about lying to the murderer at the door. I will also discuss the two problems that arise when discussing her reasoning, neither of which come from any propositions central to Kant’s argument. Then, I will argue that though these problems may be objected by Korsgaard, she is ultimately incapable of creating neither a persuasive argument nor defense. I will begin by introducing several crucial terms that will aid in the understanding of these arguments. First, the Categorical Imperative may best be defined by its first formulation or the Formula of Universal Law: to act only in accordance to a maxim so that you should will it to become universal law1. Secondly, the second form or Formula of Humanity: acting so that you should treat humanity (as a whole) as an end and never a means2. The next term, maxim, will be referred to as a set of principles that simply govern our actions. Lastly, Kantian...
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...Unit 7 Discussion There are some advantages in using a ruse to gain rapport with an actor; however a negotiator has to be mindful about taking a ruse to far because his/her mistake can lead to detrimental circumstances. To clarify, hostages as well as the negotiator’s fellow police officers may be hurt due to a ruse gone badly. A ruse that could be an advantage according to Mcmains & Mullins (2013) is lying to the actor about a favor. For example, if the lights were left on where the actor was located, the negotiator can lie and tell the actor that he talked the incident commander into keeping the lights on because he/she felt that the actor was basically a good person that made a bad mistake. This lie can never be revealed by the actor (unless leaked out by law enforcement) because the actor really does not know if the negotiator was lying to them or not. This lie would be a good one if the negotiator gained a good rapport with the actor. Therefore the actor may feel that they are obligated into returning a favor by possibly releasing a hostage, or surrendering (Mcmains & Mullins, 2013). A negotiator should not use a ruse that could be easily found out by an actor because that ruse would probably eliminate any rapport the negotiator had with the actor which would be a huge disadvantage. Also a negotiator should not utilize a ruse with an actor that they do not have any rapport with because that form of dishonesty if revealed as a dishonest gesture may be the final...
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