Hello Mrs. Repp and fellow classmates!!
The title of my presentation for now is, “Moral Warrior”. I keep changing it, as I’ve gone through this process. First, I did the typical guy thing, and I did not read ahead. So, this whole time, I’ve been doing a research paper with multiple rewrites, scrapping the whole thing, and now a 99% done product that I didn’t need to do.
My thesis: For ethics to be effective for a Soldier, ethics cannot be imposed by policy makers or the Judge Advocate General's office (JAG). The ethics must be understood, accepted and internalized at all times, off duty as well as on. The ethics has to become more than a list that's memorized; it has to become a part of one's own identity, even one's soul.
Please see the attachment for my updated outline.
I will have to use power point for my presentation, mostly because I’m deployed and the only access that I have to a computer is my government one and I cannot use any other tools.
So far my research does still support my thesis and topic. With the draw down in military force power and the changing ways we fight, the
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Maybe, just maybe, if some of the training that officers received at West Point, Annapolis, The Citadel, and other higher learning institutions, then the failures at Abu Ghraib prison scandal might not have happened or some of the other infamous examples that can be found in the past 10 years of warfare. I don’t believe it’s an officer vs. an enlisted issue, right now, officers, enlisted, and cadets are reviewing the ethical standards for our military and debating what is acceptable military behavior based on American values. From my research, military ethics training is vital to moral leadership, without it, military leaders are unprepared to make the difficult choices required in war and sometimes those leaders are the ones on the battle
The PowerPoint presentation must be 18 to 20 slides in length, not including title and reference slides. You are encouraged to creatively address the material by including graphics, visuals, charts, graphs, and/or sound. Slides should be designed to clearly and concisely address the material. The PowerPoint presentation must be formatted according to APA style (i.e., include the title and reference slides and citations within each slide when appropriate.) The notes section of the PowerPoint must be utilized to expand on your presented points. The notes section should also include any additional information necessary to explain or show your point of view. You must also use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text and include at least four community resources (with websites included).
The following are the key ethical decision points shown in Platoon. In each of them soldiers make decisions with large ethical ramifications. For each example, where the
Quite a daunting read, The Warrior Ethos by retired Marine Steven Pressfield, is a short, non-fiction book based off of the Warrior Ethos of the Ancient Spartan People. Although it is not probable that there will be another organization that comes remotely close to comparing to the Spartans, this book does serve as a good leadership tool for men and women who serve, but also for non-military members who are looking to upheld a set of values to enhance the purpose they're fighting for.
Combating in modern warfare does not simply mean killing the enemy. There are ethical rules and standards of behavior that soldiers must strictly follow because these rules are essential for defeating the enemy, winning "hearts and minds" of potential allies, and maintain the morale of the troops. These tasks have become especially challenging in the face of the proliferation of guerilla warfare that has been adopted by weaker military forces in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. In fighting insurgencies, abiding by the ethical standards of the Army behavior may be even harder than in fighting conventional battles. The ethical rules may sometimes put the soldiers in dangerous positions. Disregarding the acceptable standards of behavior, however, may have even graver consequences, putting innocent non-combatants at risk and risking total demoralization of the Army unit participating in disorderly behavior. It is therefore essential that Army leaders maintain an ethical command climate during the war.
The book The Warrior Ethos, by Steven Pressfield depicts the warrior’s mentality from ancient times to the present through a variety of different aspects and stories. In The Warrior Ethos, Pressfield states that men are not born with the certain qualities that make a good warrior, but instead are inculcated through years of training and indoctrination, stating at an early age. He goes on to show how different societies have been able to instill the same or very similar ideals throughout history while maintaining their own unique characteristics. Things have changed from ancient Sparta where parents would be enthusiastic about their children going to war, and even more elated
From examining both ethical statutes, therapists can take it one step forward by taking ownership in violating the bond between therapist and client. Years of education, training and personal responsibility should prevent therapist from violating the bond between client and therapist. Clients entrust therapist with intimate details and instill trust in the therapist. This relationship can sometimes cross boundaries and cause the client to view the therapist in a different light. The same can be said of therapists who have gained the admiration and trust of their client. This places them at an unfair disadvantage and gives them the upper hand and a manipulative stance in entering any relationship outside of the proper scope of the therapist-client relationship.
Ms PowerPoint is suitable to make a presentation as it has all the features you need to present
Warriors of ancient Greece were considered heroes by following the Heroic Code of excellence. They achieved this by acquiring a kleos; establishing fame, glory and a positive reputation. It was not an easy task to become a Grecian hero. Building and maintaining kleos meant that a warrior must be brave and strong, be “a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.” The solider had to protect his friends and harm his enemies, respect the gods and his elders, and most of all value his honor over his life. To die in battle, and be spoken of after death was the most important act of honor for a hero. The Greek tragedy, Iliad, attributed to Homer, portrays Achilles as the most gallant hero of the Athenian army. The story tells of Achilles, who develops into the greatest hero of the Trojan War. While the end of the end of the poem does portray Achilles as the solider that the story foretells throughout the poem he does not act like that. Many times in the story Achilles actions are perceived as unheroic but ultimately they shape the course of the few weeks of the Trojan Wars described in the Iliad, the Achaean’s final victory at Troy and his emergence as a hero.
Even though their armor varies widely on thing thy have in common is their clawed gauntlets
“Come from who you are. Presentations are personal. You 're the one giving the presentation, not your company. Your audience won 't buy into what you 're saying unless you buy into your own purpose in being there.”[3]
Microsoft PowerPoint (Slide Show) is a complete presentation, graphics program that allows users to produce professional-looking presentations (Gary Shelly, 2008). PowerPoint allows users to create bulleted info, charts, and drawing. It also allows users to add photos and audio clips to presentations to make them as creative and/or professional as possible, depending on the audience.
I’ve blogged many times on how NOT to use Power Point. Most people use it incorrectly, and it becomes a barrier between speaker and audience. For example, they create word slides, really speaker notes, with many bullets of text, expecting – what? – the audience to read along with them? Or, they go nuts with the animation, swoops, and flying headlines that make audiences dizzy to little purpose. Or they use cheap-looking clip art that creates a tacky image of speaker and organization in the mind of the audience.
Image editing and preparing card can easily be done using Photoshop application. A business organization can hold seminars using the power point and present it to its audience. Accounts can be well done using Microsoft Excel to prepare ledgers, balance sheet and also trial balance that are used in accounting.
A PowerPoint grants me the ability to provide slides with full descriptions of what I will do and pictures as my supporting details.
MS PowerPoint and Google Slides – creating presentations like photo slide shows, topic presentation, animations which currently used by my grade 4 students who share their Google slides to my account