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    flaw, and that is her objection’s conclusion. Wolf’s conclusion states that a moral saint does not live the good life, however, the “good life” does not have any universally agreed upon definition that needs to be met in order to be true. Therefore, what defines a “good life” is completely subjective; so, the definition of a good life can be logically considered a variable that is undefined and

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    operationalizing their research question the authors made several critical clerical errors that could have impacted their results. In their discussion of uncertainty there is a lack of clarity in the definition used which could cause confusion given the associated context in which the measure is being used. The definition of uncertainty within the scientific community most certainly differs from the

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    The classic “American Dream” can be envisioned as a white picket fence, crisp lawn, and two young children playing about in front of a lightly hued colonial style home. Once the ideal of ultimate success within the United States, this life goal is now just an image on a page of a 1960’s chapter within a United States history textbook. Now, America’s strong-willed and influential Millennials have thoroughly and unapologetically redefined the “American Dream”. The Center for a new American Dream defines

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    It has been said time and time again that actions define man, but how can one begin to reify such an abstract concept, when actions alone are merely only a facet of the definition of what it means to be human. Nature does not uphold limitations during our existence, as such it is unnatural for one human to limit the freedom of another. To be human also means to have the ability and possibility to learn, experience, digest, and create. As social creatures, it also means to empathize and to love. Finally

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    Afterlife is Where We Come From, Gottlieb’s (2004), and The Nuer, Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (1940). In the first paragraph, I selected to use a quotation from one of the assigned textbooks of my course. Since, the definition of a culture has been vague and there are wide ranges of different definitions that were explained by many anthropologists. Therefore, first of all, I used one citation from the Kottak’s book to integrate and define the view of culture. The reasons why I decided to quote his sentence

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    presses forward societies adapt to the advancement and breakthroughs that come with passing time. With that, the definition and characteristics that describe heroes has evolved over time as well. Analyzing what makes a hero, differences and similarities are present pertaining to the definition of heroes among myself, Hollywood, and the Anglo-Saxons, however, aspect of each definition may be applicable to today’s world. What is a hero? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a hero as “a mythological

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    quality, and price are met.’ The reality of Customer Satisfaction is in the eyes of the beholder – the customer. And all about how to meet the expectation of those customers and even exceeding those expectations. According to Business Dictionary definition it is ‘the degree of satisfaction provided by the good or service of a company as measured by the number of repeat customers.’ Or it is "the number of customers or percentage of total customers, whose reported experience with a firm, its products

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    The internet and generally the web, have an increased interest in studying communities. It seems that it is important how they act, what is their purpose and how companies can take benefit of them. Software companies have tried to create groups of users which have been tested with new programs and experimentations. These experimentations have led to the creation of online or virtual communities in the early years of the internet. Online communities have been characterized in the first place as

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    1 Why should you have a leadership philosophy? Leadership philosophy has a foundational element to it. The different components included create a strong basis on which to build on and take your leadership forward. You are better equipped to lead and to succeed in your leadership with a leadership philosophy due to three core benefits: character, consistency and collaboration. Character Drafting a leadership philosophy will provide clarity and focus to your character. Character matters because

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    its true nature. What’s more, it seems that with each generation this task becomes increasing difficult as words find new mediums across which to be expressed and heard. Conventional definitions of literature, in turn, seem to be of increasingly less use as the words multiply around us. The most successful definitions, under these circumstances, are those which seek not to assess the nature of literature, which is ever-changing, but its function in human society, which has remained relatively unchanged

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