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    to hide behind, from making avatars, to Facebook, to simply adding a friend on any media site. We constantly avoid human interactions, using media as a front. Hiding Behind the Screen was written by English philosopher Roger Scruton. This article goes into great depth about Scrutons views on the use of technology. A title such as Hiding Behind the Screen can catch the attention of pretty much anyone, mostly more of the younger crowd. The words “hiding” and “screen” already sets up that this article

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    In Roger Scruton's Photography and Representation the author establishes the idea that ideal photography is not art. In the same breath he says that ideal photography is not necessarily an idea which photographers should strive, nor does it necessarily exist. Yet, he bases his argument upon the ideal. In reviewing his paper, I’ll take a look at why he painstakingly tries to make this distinction between ideal painting and ideal photography. His argument is based upon the proposition that photographs

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    contact while online, some people obviously feel free to say whatever they want, and with the lack of initial personal reaction from the recipient of these remarks, the online troll feels no remorse. In the article, "Hiding Behind the Screen," Roger Scruton states, "In human relations, risk avoidance means the avoidance of accountability, the refusal to stand judged in another’s eyes, the refusal to come face to face with another person…to run the risk of rejection. Accountability is not something

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    debates this past couple of months. Does it come up like that? One way to address the political topic of art is through speeches and papers. For example, Roger Scruton wrote a detailed paper, and John F. Kennedy gave a speech at a college. They both dived into the topic of art; however, at different approaches. First off, Roger Scruton, a modern English philosopher, wrote an intriguing paper on how conservatisms view and treat art. This article published in 2015, is more modern than Kennedy’s

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    and ethical arguments of eating meat is not a new debate. Roger Scruton’s essay, “A Carnivore’s Credo”, addresses both carnivores and vegetarians by using an appeal to pathos and ethos to persuade people of the need to “remoralize” eating meat, and extrapolating that to mean that human beings have the conscious ability to choose and stand up for moral right and wrong. The

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    After the September 11th attacks, the United States of America and the rest of the West found their democracies and republics in conflict with the Islamic world and left unable to fully judge the context of the attacks. Roger Scruton offers a conceptual explanation and argument to answer the question “What is exactly Western civilization, and what holds it together?”. He uses his answer to help explain the cultural, political, and social struggle between the internal worlds of Western civilization

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    I agree with Roger Scruton’s view that our responsibility as humans to take care of the environment comes from our love of home, and that we need to take responsibility of our actions in order to protect our future generations. First, I will explain Roger Scruton’s view regarding humans’ role toward the environment, the nature of the human person, and the connection of the human person and their relation to the rest of the environment, what he believes is false, and problems he sees in in those views

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    Strategic Management is the understanding of the information received collectively of the transition of the company or organization resources, the implementation of the mission, vision and the overall goal of the business. Also, it is the fixed alignment plan that is used to transform the company into a systematic objective to provide strategic performance feedback to the decisions that is incorporated to enable the plan to evolve and mutual above performance measurements. Jurevicious (2013) suggests

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    make the transition to talkies easily. However the ones who did, flourished. One such star was Will Rogers. He was a ranch hand, rodeo rider, vaudeville performer, film star, columnist and author, radio personality, pioneer of aviation, tireless master of ceremonies, friend to presidents, and unofficial ambassador of good will under

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    that Marquet merely make his intention known to him. The result of having the authority and ability to develop his team’s training resulted in a paradigm shift about effective leadership for the author. Marquet was then assigned to the USS Will Rogers as the engineer officer. Eager to implement his new ideas, Marquet executed a plan to give control to the members of his engineering department, rather than orders. Unfortunately, his experiment was a profound failure. There were numerous embarrassing

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