Chapter 1
The Allegory of the Cave
At the beginning of Book VII of Plato’s Republic, Socrates famously invokes an image of human nature with respect to education and the lack of it, likening our situation to that of prisoners in a cave. Imagine an underground cave-like dwelling, its entrance entirely out of sight. Inhabiting this cave are human beings whose feet and necks are chained so that they can neither get up nor turn their heads; they can only see straight ahead. Above and behind them burns a fire, and between them and the fire there is a raised path and a low wall, like the screen above which performers display their puppets. Behind this wall men pass to and fro carrying statues and figures of human beings, animals, and other objects in such a manner that the artifacts appear over the top of the screen, projecting onto the wall opposite the fire. The prisoners, unable to see neither the objects carried behind them nor one another, behold only the shadows of themselves and of the statues cast onto the wall in front of them.
The prisoners represent the vast majority of the human race: “they’re like us.” They live in a world in which images are mistaken for realities. What is a shadow, after all, but a mere image of something real (in this case a statue, which is itself an image of something even more real, namely a living human being or animal)? Moreover, the prisoners have not the faintest clue that throughout their entire lives they have been exposed to nothing but distortions of the truth—they are, in other words, unaware of their ignorance (just like Euthyphro, the fanatical young priest about whom you will read in the next chapter). The shadows represent the authoritative opinions that govern the hearts and minds of whole communities, and give a transcendent purpose and meaning to our particular existence.[1] These shadows are to be contrasted with the light of truth illuminating the world beyond the cave (but which also makes the shadows visible within it). The people carrying the statues are the lawgivers and poets who establish the cultural values and cosmic worldview that characterize and define a given society. In his excellent commentary on Plato’s Republic, Professor Allan Bloom explains: “We do not see men as they are but as they are represented to us by legislators and poets. A Greek sees things differently from the way a Persian sees them. One need only think of…the significance of cows to Hindus as opposed to other men to realize how powerful are the various horizons constituted by law or convention.”[2] These authoritative opinions are not accurate reflections of nature, but rather a curious amalgam of natureandconvention. To quote once again from Professor Bloom: “The first and most difficult of tasks is the separation of what exists by nature from what is merely made by man.”[3]
This, precisely, is the business of philosophy, which literally means “the love of wisdom,” coming from the ancient Greek words philein, me.
The Allegory of the CaveAt the beginning of Book VII of Plato’s .docxtodd801
The Allegory of the Cave
At the beginning of Book VII of Plato’s Republic, Socrates famously invokes an image of human nature with respect to education and the lack of it, likening our situation to that of prisoners in a cave. Imagine an underground cave-like dwelling, its entrance entirely out of sight. Inhabiting this cave are human beings whose feet and necks are chained so that they can neither get up nor turn their heads; they can only see straight ahead. Above and behind them burns a fire, and between them and the fire there is a raised path and a low wall, like the screen above which performers display their puppets. Behind this wall men pass to and fro carrying statues and figures of human beings, animals, and other objects in such a manner that the artifacts appear over the top of the screen, projecting onto the wall opposite the fire. The prisoners, unable to see neither the objects carried behind them nor one another, behold only the shadows of themselves and of the statues cast onto the wall in front of them.
The prisoners represent the vast majority of the human race: “they’re like us.” They live in a world in which images are mistaken for realities. What is a shadow, after all, but a mere image of something real (in this case a statue, which is itself an image of something even more real, namely a living human being or animal)? Moreover, the prisoners have not the faintest clue that throughout their entire lives they have been exposed to nothing but distortions of the truth—they are, in other words, unaware of their ignorance (just like Euthyphro, the fanatical young priest about whom you will read in the next chapter). The shadows represent the authoritative opinions that govern the hearts and minds of whole communities, and give a transcendent purpose and meaning to our particular existence.[1] These shadows are to be contrasted with the light of truth illuminating the world beyond the cave (but which also makes the shadows visible within it). The people carrying the statues are the lawgivers and poets who establish the cultural values and cosmic worldview that characterize and define a given society. In his excellent commentary on Plato’s Republic, Professor Allan Bloom explains: “We do not see men as they are but as they are represented to us by legislators and poets. A Greek sees things differently from the way a Persian sees them. One need only think of…the significance of cows to Hindus as opposed to other men to realize how powerful are the various horizons constituted by law or convention.”[2] These authoritative opinions are not accurate reflections of nature, but rather a curious amalgam of natureandconvention. To quote once again from Professor Bloom: “The first and most difficult of tasks is the separation of what exists by nature from what is merely made by man.”[3]
This, precisely, is the business of philosophy, which literally means “the love of wisdom,” coming from the ancient Greek words philein, meaning “to .
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3
Socrates, Plato
Thus the soul, since it is immortal and has been born many times, and has
seen all things both here and in the other world, has learned everything
that is. —Plato, Meno
Love [is] between the mortal and the immortal. . . . [It is] a grand spirit which
brings together the sensible world and the eternal world and merges them
into one great whole. —Diotima in Plato’s Symposium, 202e
I [Socrates] affirm that the good is the beautiful. —Plato’s Lysis, 216d
f you have heard of only one philosopher, it is probably one of the big three:
Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle.These three were the most important philosophers
of ancient Greece and in some respects the most important, period. Plato was the
pupil of Socrates, and Aristotle was the pupil of Plato.This chapter covers Socrates
and Plato; the following chapter, Aristotle.
SOCRATES
In the fifth century B.C.E., the center of Western civilization was Athens, a city-state
and a democracy. This period of time was some three centuries after the first
Olympic Games and the start of alphabetic writing, and approximately one cen-
tury before Alexander the Great demonstrated that it is possible to conquer the
world or what passed for it then. Fifty thousand citizens of Athens governed the
city and the city’s empire. Athenians did not settle disputes by brawling but rather
I
36 Part One • Metaphysics and Epistemology: Existence and Knowledge
by discussion and debate. Power was not achieved through wealth or physical
strength or skill with weapons; it was achieved through words. Rhetoricians, men
and women with sublime skill in debate, created plausible arguments for almost
any assertion and, for a fee, taught others to do it too.
These rhetoricians, the Western world’s first professors, were the Sophists.
They were interested in practical things, and few had patience with metaphysical
speculation. They demonstrated their rhetorical abilities by “proving” the seem-
ingly unprovable—that is, by attacking commonly held views.The net effect was
an examination and a critique of accepted standards of behavior within Athenian
society. In this way, moral philosophy began. We will return to this topic in
Chapter 10.
At the same time in the fifth century B.C.E., there also lived a stonemason with
a muscular build and a keen mind, Socrates [SOK-ruh-teez] (470–399 B.C.E.).
He wrote nothing, but we know quite a bit about him from Plato’s famous dia-
logues, in which Socrates almost always stars. (Plato’s later dialogues reflect
Plato’s own views, even though “Socrates” is doing the speaking in them. But we
are able to extract a reasonably detailed picture of Socrates from the earlier
dialogues.)
Given the spirit of the times, it is not surprising that Socrates shared some of
the philosophical interests and practices of the Sophists. We must imagine him
wandering about the city, engaging citizens in discussion and argument. He was a
brilliant debater, and he was idolized by many youn.
1.2 PLATO’S ALLEGORY OF THE CAVEWe can follow some of Socrates’ TatianaMajor22
1.2 PLATO’S ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE
We can follow some of Socrates’ themes by exploring the ideas of Plato (c. 428–348 B.C.), Socrates’ most famous disciple. (Further biographical information on Plato can be found in section 3.2.) If we are to search for wisdom and to know how to live our lives, Plato believed, we must have a correct understanding of knowledge and reality. Plato’s view of reality, as well as his view of knowledge and personal enlightenment, is represented in his famous Allegory of the Cave, which has become a classic story in Western literature. In this allegory, Plato suggests the possibility that reality may be entirely different than our taken-for-granted assumptions suppose it to be. In telling this story, Plato uses the figure of his teacher Socrates to present his ideas. As you read the allegory, answer the following questions.
Can you imagine the scene in the cave Socrates describes? Sketch a picture of all the elements in the cave.
Glaucon says the people in the story are “strange prisoners.” Socrates then gives the stunning reply that they are “like ourselves.” Why do you suppose Socrates compares us to these prisoners?
30
This diagram of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave represents chained prisoners whose only reality is the shadow world projected on the wall in front of them. They are unaware that behind them is the higher degree of reality of the fire and the statues that are casting the shadows. Still further up is the steep and rugged passage out of the cave to the upper world. A prisoner who follows this path will encounter the world of real objects and the sun. Plato used this story as a rough analogy to the modes of awareness and levels of reality discussed in his philosophy.
What do the shadows stand for?
What are the “shadows” in our society? In your life?
According to this story, what is enlightenment?
In what sense does the freed prisoner not understand the shadows as well as his friends do when he returns to the cave? In what sense does he understand the shadows better than his friends do?
In what ways are the events in the enlightened prisoner’s life like the events in the historical Socrates’ life?
Summarize what philosophical points you think Plato is making in this allegory.
31
FROM PLATO
Republic10
SOCRATES: And now, let me show in a parable how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened. Imagine human beings living in an underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light. Here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they can not move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning their heads around. Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised walk; and you will see, if you look, a low wall built along the walkway, like the screen which marionette players have in front of them, over which they show the puppets.
GLAUCON: I see.
SOCRATES: And do yo ...
The Allegory of the CaveAt the beginning of Book VII of Plato’s .docxtodd801
The Allegory of the Cave
At the beginning of Book VII of Plato’s Republic, Socrates famously invokes an image of human nature with respect to education and the lack of it, likening our situation to that of prisoners in a cave. Imagine an underground cave-like dwelling, its entrance entirely out of sight. Inhabiting this cave are human beings whose feet and necks are chained so that they can neither get up nor turn their heads; they can only see straight ahead. Above and behind them burns a fire, and between them and the fire there is a raised path and a low wall, like the screen above which performers display their puppets. Behind this wall men pass to and fro carrying statues and figures of human beings, animals, and other objects in such a manner that the artifacts appear over the top of the screen, projecting onto the wall opposite the fire. The prisoners, unable to see neither the objects carried behind them nor one another, behold only the shadows of themselves and of the statues cast onto the wall in front of them.
The prisoners represent the vast majority of the human race: “they’re like us.” They live in a world in which images are mistaken for realities. What is a shadow, after all, but a mere image of something real (in this case a statue, which is itself an image of something even more real, namely a living human being or animal)? Moreover, the prisoners have not the faintest clue that throughout their entire lives they have been exposed to nothing but distortions of the truth—they are, in other words, unaware of their ignorance (just like Euthyphro, the fanatical young priest about whom you will read in the next chapter). The shadows represent the authoritative opinions that govern the hearts and minds of whole communities, and give a transcendent purpose and meaning to our particular existence.[1] These shadows are to be contrasted with the light of truth illuminating the world beyond the cave (but which also makes the shadows visible within it). The people carrying the statues are the lawgivers and poets who establish the cultural values and cosmic worldview that characterize and define a given society. In his excellent commentary on Plato’s Republic, Professor Allan Bloom explains: “We do not see men as they are but as they are represented to us by legislators and poets. A Greek sees things differently from the way a Persian sees them. One need only think of…the significance of cows to Hindus as opposed to other men to realize how powerful are the various horizons constituted by law or convention.”[2] These authoritative opinions are not accurate reflections of nature, but rather a curious amalgam of natureandconvention. To quote once again from Professor Bloom: “The first and most difficult of tasks is the separation of what exists by nature from what is merely made by man.”[3]
This, precisely, is the business of philosophy, which literally means “the love of wisdom,” coming from the ancient Greek words philein, meaning “to .
353Socrates, PlatoThus the soul, since it is immorta.docxgilbertkpeters11344
35
3
Socrates, Plato
Thus the soul, since it is immortal and has been born many times, and has
seen all things both here and in the other world, has learned everything
that is. —Plato, Meno
Love [is] between the mortal and the immortal. . . . [It is] a grand spirit which
brings together the sensible world and the eternal world and merges them
into one great whole. —Diotima in Plato’s Symposium, 202e
I [Socrates] affirm that the good is the beautiful. —Plato’s Lysis, 216d
f you have heard of only one philosopher, it is probably one of the big three:
Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle.These three were the most important philosophers
of ancient Greece and in some respects the most important, period. Plato was the
pupil of Socrates, and Aristotle was the pupil of Plato.This chapter covers Socrates
and Plato; the following chapter, Aristotle.
SOCRATES
In the fifth century B.C.E., the center of Western civilization was Athens, a city-state
and a democracy. This period of time was some three centuries after the first
Olympic Games and the start of alphabetic writing, and approximately one cen-
tury before Alexander the Great demonstrated that it is possible to conquer the
world or what passed for it then. Fifty thousand citizens of Athens governed the
city and the city’s empire. Athenians did not settle disputes by brawling but rather
I
36 Part One • Metaphysics and Epistemology: Existence and Knowledge
by discussion and debate. Power was not achieved through wealth or physical
strength or skill with weapons; it was achieved through words. Rhetoricians, men
and women with sublime skill in debate, created plausible arguments for almost
any assertion and, for a fee, taught others to do it too.
These rhetoricians, the Western world’s first professors, were the Sophists.
They were interested in practical things, and few had patience with metaphysical
speculation. They demonstrated their rhetorical abilities by “proving” the seem-
ingly unprovable—that is, by attacking commonly held views.The net effect was
an examination and a critique of accepted standards of behavior within Athenian
society. In this way, moral philosophy began. We will return to this topic in
Chapter 10.
At the same time in the fifth century B.C.E., there also lived a stonemason with
a muscular build and a keen mind, Socrates [SOK-ruh-teez] (470–399 B.C.E.).
He wrote nothing, but we know quite a bit about him from Plato’s famous dia-
logues, in which Socrates almost always stars. (Plato’s later dialogues reflect
Plato’s own views, even though “Socrates” is doing the speaking in them. But we
are able to extract a reasonably detailed picture of Socrates from the earlier
dialogues.)
Given the spirit of the times, it is not surprising that Socrates shared some of
the philosophical interests and practices of the Sophists. We must imagine him
wandering about the city, engaging citizens in discussion and argument. He was a
brilliant debater, and he was idolized by many youn.
1.2 PLATO’S ALLEGORY OF THE CAVEWe can follow some of Socrates’ TatianaMajor22
1.2 PLATO’S ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE
We can follow some of Socrates’ themes by exploring the ideas of Plato (c. 428–348 B.C.), Socrates’ most famous disciple. (Further biographical information on Plato can be found in section 3.2.) If we are to search for wisdom and to know how to live our lives, Plato believed, we must have a correct understanding of knowledge and reality. Plato’s view of reality, as well as his view of knowledge and personal enlightenment, is represented in his famous Allegory of the Cave, which has become a classic story in Western literature. In this allegory, Plato suggests the possibility that reality may be entirely different than our taken-for-granted assumptions suppose it to be. In telling this story, Plato uses the figure of his teacher Socrates to present his ideas. As you read the allegory, answer the following questions.
Can you imagine the scene in the cave Socrates describes? Sketch a picture of all the elements in the cave.
Glaucon says the people in the story are “strange prisoners.” Socrates then gives the stunning reply that they are “like ourselves.” Why do you suppose Socrates compares us to these prisoners?
30
This diagram of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave represents chained prisoners whose only reality is the shadow world projected on the wall in front of them. They are unaware that behind them is the higher degree of reality of the fire and the statues that are casting the shadows. Still further up is the steep and rugged passage out of the cave to the upper world. A prisoner who follows this path will encounter the world of real objects and the sun. Plato used this story as a rough analogy to the modes of awareness and levels of reality discussed in his philosophy.
What do the shadows stand for?
What are the “shadows” in our society? In your life?
According to this story, what is enlightenment?
In what sense does the freed prisoner not understand the shadows as well as his friends do when he returns to the cave? In what sense does he understand the shadows better than his friends do?
In what ways are the events in the enlightened prisoner’s life like the events in the historical Socrates’ life?
Summarize what philosophical points you think Plato is making in this allegory.
31
FROM PLATO
Republic10
SOCRATES: And now, let me show in a parable how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened. Imagine human beings living in an underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light. Here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they can not move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning their heads around. Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised walk; and you will see, if you look, a low wall built along the walkway, like the screen which marionette players have in front of them, over which they show the puppets.
GLAUCON: I see.
SOCRATES: And do yo ...
Chapter 27 The purchase agreement 185After read.docxwalterl4
Chapter 27: The purchase agreement 185
After reading this chapter, you’ll be able to:
• describe the multiple functions of a purchase agreement form;
• identify various types of purchase agreements; and
• understand the sections and provisions that make up a purchase
agreement.
Learning
Objectives
The purchase
agreement
Chapter
27
A newcomer’s entry as a real estate agent into the vocation of soliciting and
negotiating real estate transactions typically begins with the marketing and
locating of single family residences (SFRs) as a seller’s agent or a buyer’s agent
(also known as listing agents or selling agents, respectively).
Other properties an agent might work with include:
• one-to-four unit residential properties;
• apartments;
• commercial income properties (office buildings, commercial units and
industrial space);
• agricultural property; or
• unimproved parcels of land.
For real estate sales conveying ownership of a property, the primary
document used to negotiate the transaction between a buyer and seller
Types and
variations
equity purchase (EP)
agreement
purchase agreement Key Terms
For a further discussion of this topic, see Chapter 51 of Real Estate
Practice.
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is a purchase agreement form. Different types of properties each require
a different variety of purchase agreement. Various purchase agreement
comprise provisions necessary to negotiate the sale of a particular type of
property.
Three basic categories of purchase agreements exist for the documentation of
real estate sales. The categories are influenced primarily by legislation and
court decisions addressing the handling of the disclosures and due diligence
investigations in the marketing of properties
The three categories of purchase agreements are for:
• one-to-four unit residential property sales transactions;
• other than one-to-four unit residential property sales transactions,
such as for residential and commercial income properties and owner-
occupied business/farming properties; and
• land acquisition transactions.
Within each category of purchase agreement, several variations exist.
The variations cater to the specialized use of some properties, the diverse
arrangements for payment of the price, and to the specific conditions which
affect a property, particularly within the one-to-four unit residential property
category.
Purchase agreement variations for one-to-four unit residential sales
transactions include purchase agreements for:
• negotiating the conventional financing of the purchase price [See
Figure 1, RPI Form 150 ];
• negotiating a short sale [See RPI Form 150-1];
• negotiating a cash to new or existing mortgage, or a seller carryback
note [See RPI Form 150-2];
• negotiating for separate brokerage fees paid each broker by their client
[See RPI Form 151];
• negotiating the government insured financing (FHA/VA) of t.
Chapter 27Gender and Media Content, Uses, and ImpactDar.docxwalterl4
Chapter 27
Gender and Media: Content, Uses, and Impact
Dara N. Greenwood and Julia R. Lippman
Although research offers compelling evidence to suggest that men and women are far more simi-
lar than they are different across a wide variety of domains, our perceptions of gender difference
can lead us to believe that men and women do inhabit distinct gendered universes and can trigger
self-fulfilling prophecies that confirm these expectations. These perceptions can even guide how aca-
demics choose to interpret the research literature. Hyde’s (2005) review of 46 meta-analyses supports
a “gender similarities hypothesis,” namely, the magnitude of gender differences across these studies
as measured by effect size is small or negligible in over three quarters of the cases assessed. Put
differently, a “small” effect size (i.e., d < 0.35; Hyde, 2005) means that 85% of the distributions for
women and men overlap. This is not to say that a 15% difference in distributions is an insignificant
percentage, but it certainly illustrates that emphasizing difference to the exclusion of similarity paints
an inaccurate picture. Further, where moderate or large gender differences did emerge, they were
often the product of social context. For example, women are more likely than men to smile when
they know they are being observed (LaFrance, Hecht, & Paluck, 2003, as cited in Hyde, 2005). The
latter finding suggests that a given social situation may be of paramount importance in the apparent
differences between men and women.
The social environment can influence the manifestation of present attitudes and behaviors, but
it is also a powerful shaping force throughout the lifespan. In their discussion of a social cognitive
approach to gender development, Bussey and Bandura (2004) suggested that the mass media, in
addition to ongoing input from parents and peers, offer a “pervasive cultural modeling of gender
roles” (p. 108). It is not just children who assimilate cultural models, however; research on the
phenomenon of “possible selves” (Markus & Nurius, 1986) suggests that over the course of our
lives, we continue to draw hoped for as well as feared selves from “the categories made salient by the
individual’s particular sociocultural and historical context and from the models, images, and symbols
provided by the media and by the individual’s immediate social experiences” (p. 954, emphasis
added).
So how does the media environment contribute to our gendered perceptions and experiences?
With a few exceptions, the basic cognitive and emotional processes by which media exert an impact
tend to be similar for both men and women. The most robust gender differences exist at the level
of media representation and content and the selective exposure patterns that are, in part, a response
to gender-typed content. In order to understand how media affect women and men, it is crucial first
to understand systematic gender differences in media content, as well as any gender difference.
CHAPTER 25Arab Unity and Disunity (since 1967)THE CRIS.docxwalterl4
CHAPTER 25
Arab Unity and Disunity (since 1967)
THE CRISIS OF 1973
'Abd al-Nasir lived for three years after his defeat. His position in the
world had been badly shaken by it; his relationships with the United States
and Britain were soured by his accusation and belief that they had helped
Israel militarily during the war, and by the American insistence that Israel
would withdraw from conquered territories only in return for peace. His
position in regard to other Arab rulers was weakened as the limitations of
his power became clear. One immediate result of the war of 1967 was that
he cut his losses in Yemen, and made an agreement with Saudi Arabia by
which his forces were withdrawn.
Inside Egypt, however, his position was still strong. At the end of the
fateful week in June 1967 he announced his resignation, but this aroused
widespread protests in Egypt and some other Arab countries, perhaps
because of skilful organization, but perhaps because of a feeling that his
resignation would be a deeper defeat and humiliation. His hold over
popular sentiment in other Arab countries also remained strong. Both
because of his own stature and because of the recognized position of Egypt,
he was the indispensable broker between the Palestinians and those among
whom they lived. In the years after 1967, the growth of Palestinian national
feeling and the increasing strength of Fatah, which controlled the PLO
from 1969, led to a number of incidents of guerilla action against Israel,
and Israeli reprisals against the lands where the Palestinians had some
freedom of action. In 1969, Egyptian intervention brought about an
agreement between the Lebanese government and the PLO, which set the
limits within which the PLO would be free to operate in southern Lebanon.
In the next year, 1970, severe fighting broke out in Jordan between the
army and Palestinian guerilla groups which seemed on the point of taking
over power in the country. The Jordanian government was able to impose
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its authority and end the freedom of action of the Palestinian groups, and
once more it was the mediation of 'Abd al-Nasir which made peace between
them.
Immediately after this, 'Abd al-Nasir suddenly died. The extraordinary
scenes at his funeral, with millions weeping in the streets, certainly meant
something; at least for the moment, it was difficult to imagine Egypt or the
Arab world without him. His death was the end of an era of hope for an
Arab world united and made new.
'Abd al-Nasir was succeeded by a colleague of long standing, Anwar
Sadat (19 1 8-81). It seemed, at first, that Egypt would continue as before.
In other Arab countries, too, changes in 1969 and 1970 brought to power
people who seemed likely to follow a policy roughly similar to Nasirism or
at least consistent with it. In Morocco and Tunisia, it is true, there was no
basic change at this time; King Hasan and those around him, and Bourguiba
.
Chapter 28 presents historical challenges to creating a sense of pe.docxwalterl4
Chapter 28 presents historical challenges to creating “a sense of personal meaning and value in life” with the growth of technology. What additional supports/strategies might be used to complement using technology in the human services field? How can these services be used to enhance socialization?
.
Chapter 24 Palliative and End-of-Life CareThe hospice nur.docxwalterl4
Chapter 24
: Palliative and End-of-Life Care
The hospice nurse has a unique role in the provision of end of life services.
1. Mention important roles (at least 3) of the nurse while providing quality end -of-life care to seriously ill persons and their families. Explain your answer.
.
Chapter 3Linking IT to Business Metrics From the first time IT.docxwalterl4
Chapter 3
Linking IT to Business Metrics
From the first time IT started making a significant dent in corporate balance sheets, the holy grail of academics, consultants, and business and IT managers has been to show that what a company spends on IT has a direct impact on its performance. Early efforts to do this, such as those trying to link various measures of IT input (e.g., budget dollars, number of PCs, number of projects) with various measures of business performance (e.g., profit, productivity, stock value) all failed to show any relationship at all (Marchand et al. 2000). Since then, everyone has prop- erly concluded that the relationship between what is done in IT and what happens in the business is considerably more complex than these studies first supposed. In fact, many researchers would suggest that the relationship is so filtered through a variety of “conversion effects” (Cronk and Fitzgerald 1999) as to be practically impossible to demonstrate. Most IT managers would agree. They have long argued that technology is not the major stumbling block to achieving business performance; it is the business itself—the processes, the managers, the culture, and the skills—that makes the differ- ence. Therefore, it is simply not realistic to expect to see a clear correlation between IT and business performance at any level. When technology is successful, it is a team effort, and the contributions of the IT and business components of an initiative cannot and should not be separated.
Nevertheless, IT expenditures must be justified. Thus, most companies have concentrated on determining the “business value” that specific IT projects deliver. By focusing on a goal that matters to business (e.g., better information, faster transaction processing, reduced staff), then breaking this goal down into smaller projects that IT can affect directly, they have tried to “peel the onion” and show specifically how IT delivers value in a piecemeal fashion. Thus, a series of surrogate measures are usually used to demonstrate IT’s impact in an organization. (See Chapter 1 for more details.)
More recently, companies are taking another look at business performance met- rics and IT. They believe it is time to “put the onion back together” and focus on what
1 This chapter is based on the authors’ previously published article, Smith, H. A., J. D. McKeen, and C. Street. “Linking IT to Business Metrics.” Journal of Information Science and Technology 1, no. 1 (2004): 13–26. Reproduced by permission of the Information Institute.
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really matters to the enterprise. This perspective argues that employees who truly understand what their business is trying to achieve can sense the right ways to per- sonally improve performance that will show up at a business unit and organizational level. “People who understand the business and are informed will be proactive and ... have a disposition to create business value every day in many.
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Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell
Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell
Name ________________________ Period _________
Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell
Guided Reading Activities
Chapter Content: The Microscopic World of Cells
1. The ____________ states that all cells come from existing cells and that organisms are made of cells.
2. Complete the table that compares prokaryotic to eukaryotic cells.
Prokaryotes
Eukaryotes
Description of cells
3. A scientist discovers a cell in a sample of water from Utah’s Great Salt Lake. She discovers the cell has a cell wall, ribosomes, and a nucleoid region. Upon further microscopic observation the scientist notices the nucleoid region contains a single chromosome. Which of the following cells would it most likely be?
A) Prokaryote
B) Animal cell
C) Plant cell
D) Eukaryote
4. Complete the following table illustrating the differences between plant and animal cells.
Plant cells
Animal cells
Shared features
Unique features
Chapter Content: Membrane Structure
Complete the following questions as you read the fourth chapter content—Membrane Structure:
1. True or false: If false, please make it a correct statement. The plasma membrane regulates the movement of substances into and out of the cell.
2. Students, when asked to diagram a simple cell membrane, many times draw the structure
below. What is wrong with this structure? In other words, briefly explain why it is incorrect.
3. Which of the following statements best describes the structure of a cell membrane?
A) Proteins sandwiched between two layers of phospholipids
B) Proteins embedded in two layers of phospholipids
C) A layer of protein coating a layer of phospholipids
D) Phospholipids sandwiched between two layers of protein
4. A cell’s plasma membrane is described as being a ______________ because it is composed of a variety of molecules that are constantly in motion around each other.
5. Figure 4.5b on page 60 of your textbook indicates that membrane proteins will have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions. Briefly explain why a membrane protein would need both regions. Refer to the figure to aid you in answering the question.
7. List three common bacterial targets of antibiotics.
Chapter Content: The Nucleus and Ribosomes: Genetic Control of the Cell
Complete the following questions as you read the fourth chapter content—The Nucleus and Ribosomes: Genetic Control of the Cell:
1. Complete the following table regarding the nucleus.
Nuclear envelope
Nuclear pores
Nucleolus
Nucleus
Function
2. The nuclear envelope has passages for substances moving into and out of the nucleus. These passages are called nuclear pores and they are made by proteins that are inserted into the plasma membrane that makes up the nuclear envelope. These proteins would be assembled by:
A) Free-floating ribosomes
B) The nucleus
C) Ribosomes bound to the endoplasmic reticulum
D) Nuclear pores
3. What are the functions of a protein.
4. Does DNA lea.
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Chapter 4: Data Communications and Networking
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ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS: A DATABASE APPROACH
by: Uday S. Murthy, Ph.D., ACA and S. Michael Groomer, Ph.D., CPA, CISA
Data Communications and Networking
Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter you should be able to:
• identify the five components of a telecommunications network,
• distinguish between terminals and workstations,
• explain the various types of transmission links, including physical and “through
the air” links,
• differentiate between alternative transmission methods such as analog and digital
transmission, circuit switching and packet switching,
• describe in general terms the functioning of line sharing devices and switches,
• explain the role of network architecture and standards,
• explain the OSI telecommunications model,
• distinguish between local area networks and wide area networks,
• describe alternative computer network configurations including ring, star, and bus
networks,
• understand the various types of wide area networks, including the options for
centralized data processing networks and distributed data processing networks,
• explain the concept of a client/server system,
• understand the architecture and functioning of the Internet,
• distinguish between the Internet and Intranets,
• describe the operation of electronic data interchange arrangements between
organizations,
• explain the concept of e-business and its emerging importance in the global
economy.
The dramatic technological advances that swept the computer industry in the seventies
and eighties resulted in the development of extremely fast and powerful personal
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computers. These personal computers made it possible to maximize individual
productivity. However, most current hardware and software technological developments
have been aimed at maximizing group productivity. Increasingly, personal computers
are networked together to enable communication between users and to facilitate
sharing of data and resources. This chapter is aimed at providing a basic understanding
of a range of telecommunications concepts including local area and wide area networks.
We also discuss some recent communications technologies affecting business such as
client/server systems, the Internet, and electronic data interchange. Almost all
computer systems in organizations today are networked, and these networked
computer systems invariably house a wealth of accounting information. It is therefore
important for accountants to have a working knowledge of data communications and
networking concepts.
Telecommunications concepts
Telecommunications refers to the electronic transmission of information from a point of
origin to a point of destination. A telecommunications network is composed of five
components: (1) terminals and workstations, (2) transmission links, (3) tra.
Chapter 3 The APA Ethics Code and Ethical Decision MakingThe APA.docxwalterl4
Chapter 3 The APA Ethics Code and Ethical Decision Making
The APA’s Ethics Code provides a set of aspirational principles and behavioral rules written broadly to apply to psychologists’ varied roles and the diverse contexts in which the science and practice of psychology are conducted. The five aspirational principles described in Chapter 2 represent the core values of the discipline of psychology that guide members in recognizing in broad terms the moral rightness or wrongness of an act. As an articulation of the universal moral values intrinsic to the discipline, the aspirational principles are intended to inspire right actions but do not specify what those actions might be. The ethical standards that will be discussed in later chapters of this book are concerned with specific behaviors that reflect the application of these moral principles to the work of psychologists in specific settings and with specific populations. In their everyday activities, psychologists will find many instances in which familiarity with and adherence to specific Ethical Standards provide adequate foundation for ethical actions. There will also be many instances in which (a) the means by which to comply with a standard are not readily apparent, (b) two seemingly competing standards appear equally appropriate, (c) application of a single standard or set of standards appears consistent with one aspirational principle but inconsistent with another, or (d) a judgment is required to determine whether exemption criteria for a particular standard are met.
The Ethics Code is not a formula for solving these ethical challenges. Psychologists are not moral technocrats simply working their way through a decision tree of ethical rules. Rather, the Ethics Code provides psychologists with a set of aspirations and broad general rules of conduct that psychologists must interpret and apply as a function of the unique scientific and professional roles and relationships in which they are embedded. Successful application of the principles and standards of the Ethics Code involves a conception of psychologists as active moral agents committed to the good and just practice and science of psychology. Ethical decision making thus involves a commitment to applying the Ethics Code and other legal and professional standards to construct rather than simply discover solutions to ethical quandaries (APA, 2012f).
This chapter discusses the ethical attitudes and decision-making strategies that can help psychologists prepare for, identify, and resolve ethical challenges as they continuously emerge and evolve in the dynamic discipline of psychology. An opportunity to apply these strategies is provided in the cases at the end of each chapter and the 10 case studies presented in Appendix A.
Ethical Commitment and Virtues
The development of a dynamic set of ethical standards for psychologists’ work-related conduct requires a personal commitment and lifelong effort to act ethically; to encourage ethical.
Chapter 3 3Plainchant Alleluia, Caro mea”Composed ca. 1275This.docxwalterl4
Chapter 3 3Plainchant Alleluia, “Caro mea”
Composed: ca. 1275
This brief chant is from the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi. It is a responsorial chant in which a chorus “responds” to a solo singer. As is so often the case with medieval plainchant, we do not know the identity of the composer, though it was probably written by a monk or priest. This chapter's recording, by an all-male ensemble, reflects the way this chant would have been sung in a medieval monastery.Learning Objectives
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3.1Describe how the Alleluia functioned in the context of the Mass.
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3.2Define responsorial chant.
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3.3Identify the unison texture of plainchant as it is heard in “Caro mea” from the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi.
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3.4Explain the use of contrast in the performance of “Caro mea.”
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3.5Define melisma and identify melismas in “Caro mea.”
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3.6Describe how plainchant assists in promoting calm and well-being.
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Plainchant was an integral part of every service of worship in the Medieval church. The Alleluia “Caro mea” is one of many plainchants used during the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for “Body of Christ”), which celebrates the Holy Sacrament, the body (bread) and blood (wine) of Christ. Like all Masses, the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi consists of a combination of elements that are unchanging (the “Ordinary”—the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei) and elements that change according to the specific Sunday or feast day (the “Propers”—Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion). The texts for the Propers of the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi all deal in some way with the ritual of the Holy Sacrament.
The text for the Alleluia for this feast day is taken from the Gospel of John, 6:55–56. These are the words Jesus spoke to his disciples and others at the synagogue at Caprenaum, and they foreshadow the words he would say at the Last Supper the night before his crucifixion, when he distributed bread and wine to his disciples as part of the traditional Passover meal.
A priest (center) leads the celebration of Mass with the assistance of monks (left), who are singing from a notated manuscript.PERFORMANCEChilling to Chant
Plainchant has long been recognized as an element that enhances meditation, prayer, and devotion: It figures prominently in many of the world's religions (see Expand Your Playlist: Chant, Chapter 1). The gentle flow of the melodies, the absence of repetitive rhythms, and the relatively narrow range of timbre all help create a sense of calm and well-being. Scientists are gradually discovering that there is a physiological factor at work here as well. Dr. Alan Watkins, a senior lecturer in neuroscience at Imperial College London, has noted that “the musical structure of chanting can have a significant and positive physiological impact . . . studies also demonstrate that such practices have been shown to lower blood pressure, increase levels of the performance hormone DHEA as.
chapter 3
Chapter 3 Managerial Decision Making
1. Describe the phases of managerial decision making.
2. Describe the barriers to managerial decision making.
3. Describe the challenges involved in managing group decision making.
4. Describe the components involved in Herbert Simon’s organizational decision-making process.
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Chapter 3
What are GPNs and how do they function and operate? Who are the GPN actors that are referred to in Chapter 3 and do they work with each other or against each other?
Discuss extent to which capital is becoming reterritorialized or disembodied. What does this currently mean to international business which attempts to expand internationally?
Discuss the extent to which TNCs and / or financialization affect process of globalization, and vice versa.
Are Non-Government Production entities (NGOs) an effective way to curb excesses of YNCs, or part of the problems?
Group #1 members will take the argument in support of this statement that NGOs are an effective way to curb excesses of TNCs.
Chapter 4
Technological change is defined as a socially and institutionalized embedded process. Do you agree with this statement and why or why not?
There are supposedly four types of technological change. List them and define what they mean. Are there more? List these as well.
Which is more significant, communications technology or transportation technology?
Group #2 members are to take the position in support of transportation technology.
Conduct the trends identified by this chapter and where they might lead to the future, if at all.
Book: ISBN:978146251955-2
GLOBAL SHIFT 7E
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CHAPTER 3the story of the slave ship, the Zong- in Novembe.docxwalterl4
CHAPTER 3
the story of the slave ship, the Zong:
- in November of 1781, after 3 months at sea the Zong was nearing the ‘New World’ from the western coast of Africa
- had started with 471 African individuals intended for the slave trade
- fresh water was very low and disease had broken out
- in accordance with the ‘economics’ of the slave trade and the norms of the time, the slaves were considered ‘cargo’ – no different from livestock
- the ‘cargo’ had been insured at the beginning of the trip
— slaves that died of natural causes (lack of water, disease) would not be covered by the insurance
— however, if the slaves died from being thrown overboard while still alive, the ship owners’ insurance would cover the lose
— hoping to save water and reduce the spread of disease, 54 sick slaves were chained together and thrown overboard
— over 2 days, more live slaves were thrown overboard (total: 132 persons)
at 1st the insurance company was going to pay, but a new freed slave, Equiano (living free in England now) made an abolitionist aware and a new trial determined the slaves were people, not cargo or livestock and the ship owners did not get the insurance
foundations of US
- beginning in 1600s and through 1700s the US is an agricultural society
- land and labor are needed
- to get land and labor 3 groups were made into minority status
— these groups joined the colonies, then the US through colonization
— these 3 groups are still having problems today (Native American, African American, Hispanic/Mexican American)
two themes throughout this text
1) what the current subsistence technology is for a specific time period) (impacts majority – minority relations at that time (subsistence technology: how a society provides for basic goods, services (shelter, food, water) for its people) (see table)
what’s important
hunting / gathering / foraging
human energy
little stratification
- dependent of what nature provides
agriculture
human energy and animal energy
- more surplus
- increased stratification
- majority / minority relationship is likely to be patriarchal
- land ownership
- cheap, easily controllable workforce
industrialization
addition of other energy sources, culminating in electricity
- even more surplus
- even more stratification
- capital to build factories, buy machinery and raw materials, pay workers
post industrialization / information
electricity
human energy
- high stratification
education
2) what the contact situation is when 2 or more groups first make contact (impacts majority – minority relations at the time and later)
the initial contact situation
- application of the Noel and Blauner Hypotheses
- they are not mutually exclusive; they look at similar, overlapping issues
- much can be learned by applying both hypotheses
— Noel hypothesis
Noel Hypotheses
at contact
conditions
result
Noel
Two or more groups come together
if the following conditions exist
- ethnocentrism
- competition
- power differential among the groups
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Chapter 3
What is the basic accounting equation? Give an example of how a business transaction would effect the basic accounting equation.
Give an example of a journal entry using at least two accounts.
Give one example each of asset, liability, equity, revenue and expense accounts and the normal balance of debit or credit.
Give an example that shows the basic steps in the recording process.
What is the purpose of a trial balance?
Define cash activities as operating, investing, or financing and give one example of each.
Please rephrase for student A and student B. Attachments below is their answers.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
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Chapter 27: The purchase agreement 185
After reading this chapter, you’ll be able to:
• describe the multiple functions of a purchase agreement form;
• identify various types of purchase agreements; and
• understand the sections and provisions that make up a purchase
agreement.
Learning
Objectives
The purchase
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A newcomer’s entry as a real estate agent into the vocation of soliciting and
negotiating real estate transactions typically begins with the marketing and
locating of single family residences (SFRs) as a seller’s agent or a buyer’s agent
(also known as listing agents or selling agents, respectively).
Other properties an agent might work with include:
• one-to-four unit residential properties;
• apartments;
• commercial income properties (office buildings, commercial units and
industrial space);
• agricultural property; or
• unimproved parcels of land.
For real estate sales conveying ownership of a property, the primary
document used to negotiate the transaction between a buyer and seller
Types and
variations
equity purchase (EP)
agreement
purchase agreement Key Terms
For a further discussion of this topic, see Chapter 51 of Real Estate
Practice.
186 Real Estate Principles, Second Edition
is a purchase agreement form. Different types of properties each require
a different variety of purchase agreement. Various purchase agreement
comprise provisions necessary to negotiate the sale of a particular type of
property.
Three basic categories of purchase agreements exist for the documentation of
real estate sales. The categories are influenced primarily by legislation and
court decisions addressing the handling of the disclosures and due diligence
investigations in the marketing of properties
The three categories of purchase agreements are for:
• one-to-four unit residential property sales transactions;
• other than one-to-four unit residential property sales transactions,
such as for residential and commercial income properties and owner-
occupied business/farming properties; and
• land acquisition transactions.
Within each category of purchase agreement, several variations exist.
The variations cater to the specialized use of some properties, the diverse
arrangements for payment of the price, and to the specific conditions which
affect a property, particularly within the one-to-four unit residential property
category.
Purchase agreement variations for one-to-four unit residential sales
transactions include purchase agreements for:
• negotiating the conventional financing of the purchase price [See
Figure 1, RPI Form 150 ];
• negotiating a short sale [See RPI Form 150-1];
• negotiating a cash to new or existing mortgage, or a seller carryback
note [See RPI Form 150-2];
• negotiating for separate brokerage fees paid each broker by their client
[See RPI Form 151];
• negotiating the government insured financing (FHA/VA) of t.
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Chapter 27
Gender and Media: Content, Uses, and Impact
Dara N. Greenwood and Julia R. Lippman
Although research offers compelling evidence to suggest that men and women are far more simi-
lar than they are different across a wide variety of domains, our perceptions of gender difference
can lead us to believe that men and women do inhabit distinct gendered universes and can trigger
self-fulfilling prophecies that confirm these expectations. These perceptions can even guide how aca-
demics choose to interpret the research literature. Hyde’s (2005) review of 46 meta-analyses supports
a “gender similarities hypothesis,” namely, the magnitude of gender differences across these studies
as measured by effect size is small or negligible in over three quarters of the cases assessed. Put
differently, a “small” effect size (i.e., d < 0.35; Hyde, 2005) means that 85% of the distributions for
women and men overlap. This is not to say that a 15% difference in distributions is an insignificant
percentage, but it certainly illustrates that emphasizing difference to the exclusion of similarity paints
an inaccurate picture. Further, where moderate or large gender differences did emerge, they were
often the product of social context. For example, women are more likely than men to smile when
they know they are being observed (LaFrance, Hecht, & Paluck, 2003, as cited in Hyde, 2005). The
latter finding suggests that a given social situation may be of paramount importance in the apparent
differences between men and women.
The social environment can influence the manifestation of present attitudes and behaviors, but
it is also a powerful shaping force throughout the lifespan. In their discussion of a social cognitive
approach to gender development, Bussey and Bandura (2004) suggested that the mass media, in
addition to ongoing input from parents and peers, offer a “pervasive cultural modeling of gender
roles” (p. 108). It is not just children who assimilate cultural models, however; research on the
phenomenon of “possible selves” (Markus & Nurius, 1986) suggests that over the course of our
lives, we continue to draw hoped for as well as feared selves from “the categories made salient by the
individual’s particular sociocultural and historical context and from the models, images, and symbols
provided by the media and by the individual’s immediate social experiences” (p. 954, emphasis
added).
So how does the media environment contribute to our gendered perceptions and experiences?
With a few exceptions, the basic cognitive and emotional processes by which media exert an impact
tend to be similar for both men and women. The most robust gender differences exist at the level
of media representation and content and the selective exposure patterns that are, in part, a response
to gender-typed content. In order to understand how media affect women and men, it is crucial first
to understand systematic gender differences in media content, as well as any gender difference.
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CHAPTER 25
Arab Unity and Disunity (since 1967)
THE CRISIS OF 1973
'Abd al-Nasir lived for three years after his defeat. His position in the
world had been badly shaken by it; his relationships with the United States
and Britain were soured by his accusation and belief that they had helped
Israel militarily during the war, and by the American insistence that Israel
would withdraw from conquered territories only in return for peace. His
position in regard to other Arab rulers was weakened as the limitations of
his power became clear. One immediate result of the war of 1967 was that
he cut his losses in Yemen, and made an agreement with Saudi Arabia by
which his forces were withdrawn.
Inside Egypt, however, his position was still strong. At the end of the
fateful week in June 1967 he announced his resignation, but this aroused
widespread protests in Egypt and some other Arab countries, perhaps
because of skilful organization, but perhaps because of a feeling that his
resignation would be a deeper defeat and humiliation. His hold over
popular sentiment in other Arab countries also remained strong. Both
because of his own stature and because of the recognized position of Egypt,
he was the indispensable broker between the Palestinians and those among
whom they lived. In the years after 1967, the growth of Palestinian national
feeling and the increasing strength of Fatah, which controlled the PLO
from 1969, led to a number of incidents of guerilla action against Israel,
and Israeli reprisals against the lands where the Palestinians had some
freedom of action. In 1969, Egyptian intervention brought about an
agreement between the Lebanese government and the PLO, which set the
limits within which the PLO would be free to operate in southern Lebanon.
In the next year, 1970, severe fighting broke out in Jordan between the
army and Palestinian guerilla groups which seemed on the point of taking
over power in the country. The Jordanian government was able to impose
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its authority and end the freedom of action of the Palestinian groups, and
once more it was the mediation of 'Abd al-Nasir which made peace between
them.
Immediately after this, 'Abd al-Nasir suddenly died. The extraordinary
scenes at his funeral, with millions weeping in the streets, certainly meant
something; at least for the moment, it was difficult to imagine Egypt or the
Arab world without him. His death was the end of an era of hope for an
Arab world united and made new.
'Abd al-Nasir was succeeded by a colleague of long standing, Anwar
Sadat (19 1 8-81). It seemed, at first, that Egypt would continue as before.
In other Arab countries, too, changes in 1969 and 1970 brought to power
people who seemed likely to follow a policy roughly similar to Nasirism or
at least consistent with it. In Morocco and Tunisia, it is true, there was no
basic change at this time; King Hasan and those around him, and Bourguiba
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Chapter 28 presents historical challenges to creating “a sense of personal meaning and value in life” with the growth of technology. What additional supports/strategies might be used to complement using technology in the human services field? How can these services be used to enhance socialization?
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Chapter 24
: Palliative and End-of-Life Care
The hospice nurse has a unique role in the provision of end of life services.
1. Mention important roles (at least 3) of the nurse while providing quality end -of-life care to seriously ill persons and their families. Explain your answer.
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Chapter 3
Linking IT to Business Metrics
From the first time IT started making a significant dent in corporate balance sheets, the holy grail of academics, consultants, and business and IT managers has been to show that what a company spends on IT has a direct impact on its performance. Early efforts to do this, such as those trying to link various measures of IT input (e.g., budget dollars, number of PCs, number of projects) with various measures of business performance (e.g., profit, productivity, stock value) all failed to show any relationship at all (Marchand et al. 2000). Since then, everyone has prop- erly concluded that the relationship between what is done in IT and what happens in the business is considerably more complex than these studies first supposed. In fact, many researchers would suggest that the relationship is so filtered through a variety of “conversion effects” (Cronk and Fitzgerald 1999) as to be practically impossible to demonstrate. Most IT managers would agree. They have long argued that technology is not the major stumbling block to achieving business performance; it is the business itself—the processes, the managers, the culture, and the skills—that makes the differ- ence. Therefore, it is simply not realistic to expect to see a clear correlation between IT and business performance at any level. When technology is successful, it is a team effort, and the contributions of the IT and business components of an initiative cannot and should not be separated.
Nevertheless, IT expenditures must be justified. Thus, most companies have concentrated on determining the “business value” that specific IT projects deliver. By focusing on a goal that matters to business (e.g., better information, faster transaction processing, reduced staff), then breaking this goal down into smaller projects that IT can affect directly, they have tried to “peel the onion” and show specifically how IT delivers value in a piecemeal fashion. Thus, a series of surrogate measures are usually used to demonstrate IT’s impact in an organization. (See Chapter 1 for more details.)
More recently, companies are taking another look at business performance met- rics and IT. They believe it is time to “put the onion back together” and focus on what
1 This chapter is based on the authors’ previously published article, Smith, H. A., J. D. McKeen, and C. Street. “Linking IT to Business Metrics.” Journal of Information Science and Technology 1, no. 1 (2004): 13–26. Reproduced by permission of the Information Institute.
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really matters to the enterprise. This perspective argues that employees who truly understand what their business is trying to achieve can sense the right ways to per- sonally improve performance that will show up at a business unit and organizational level. “People who understand the business and are informed will be proactive and ... have a disposition to create business value every day in many.
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Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell
Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell
Name ________________________ Period _________
Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell
Guided Reading Activities
Chapter Content: The Microscopic World of Cells
1. The ____________ states that all cells come from existing cells and that organisms are made of cells.
2. Complete the table that compares prokaryotic to eukaryotic cells.
Prokaryotes
Eukaryotes
Description of cells
3. A scientist discovers a cell in a sample of water from Utah’s Great Salt Lake. She discovers the cell has a cell wall, ribosomes, and a nucleoid region. Upon further microscopic observation the scientist notices the nucleoid region contains a single chromosome. Which of the following cells would it most likely be?
A) Prokaryote
B) Animal cell
C) Plant cell
D) Eukaryote
4. Complete the following table illustrating the differences between plant and animal cells.
Plant cells
Animal cells
Shared features
Unique features
Chapter Content: Membrane Structure
Complete the following questions as you read the fourth chapter content—Membrane Structure:
1. True or false: If false, please make it a correct statement. The plasma membrane regulates the movement of substances into and out of the cell.
2. Students, when asked to diagram a simple cell membrane, many times draw the structure
below. What is wrong with this structure? In other words, briefly explain why it is incorrect.
3. Which of the following statements best describes the structure of a cell membrane?
A) Proteins sandwiched between two layers of phospholipids
B) Proteins embedded in two layers of phospholipids
C) A layer of protein coating a layer of phospholipids
D) Phospholipids sandwiched between two layers of protein
4. A cell’s plasma membrane is described as being a ______________ because it is composed of a variety of molecules that are constantly in motion around each other.
5. Figure 4.5b on page 60 of your textbook indicates that membrane proteins will have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions. Briefly explain why a membrane protein would need both regions. Refer to the figure to aid you in answering the question.
7. List three common bacterial targets of antibiotics.
Chapter Content: The Nucleus and Ribosomes: Genetic Control of the Cell
Complete the following questions as you read the fourth chapter content—The Nucleus and Ribosomes: Genetic Control of the Cell:
1. Complete the following table regarding the nucleus.
Nuclear envelope
Nuclear pores
Nucleolus
Nucleus
Function
2. The nuclear envelope has passages for substances moving into and out of the nucleus. These passages are called nuclear pores and they are made by proteins that are inserted into the plasma membrane that makes up the nuclear envelope. These proteins would be assembled by:
A) Free-floating ribosomes
B) The nucleus
C) Ribosomes bound to the endoplasmic reticulum
D) Nuclear pores
3. What are the functions of a protein.
4. Does DNA lea.
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ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS: A DATABASE APPROACH
by: Uday S. Murthy, Ph.D., ACA and S. Michael Groomer, Ph.D., CPA, CISA
Data Communications and Networking
Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter you should be able to:
• identify the five components of a telecommunications network,
• distinguish between terminals and workstations,
• explain the various types of transmission links, including physical and “through
the air” links,
• differentiate between alternative transmission methods such as analog and digital
transmission, circuit switching and packet switching,
• describe in general terms the functioning of line sharing devices and switches,
• explain the role of network architecture and standards,
• explain the OSI telecommunications model,
• distinguish between local area networks and wide area networks,
• describe alternative computer network configurations including ring, star, and bus
networks,
• understand the various types of wide area networks, including the options for
centralized data processing networks and distributed data processing networks,
• explain the concept of a client/server system,
• understand the architecture and functioning of the Internet,
• distinguish between the Internet and Intranets,
• describe the operation of electronic data interchange arrangements between
organizations,
• explain the concept of e-business and its emerging importance in the global
economy.
The dramatic technological advances that swept the computer industry in the seventies
and eighties resulted in the development of extremely fast and powerful personal
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computers. These personal computers made it possible to maximize individual
productivity. However, most current hardware and software technological developments
have been aimed at maximizing group productivity. Increasingly, personal computers
are networked together to enable communication between users and to facilitate
sharing of data and resources. This chapter is aimed at providing a basic understanding
of a range of telecommunications concepts including local area and wide area networks.
We also discuss some recent communications technologies affecting business such as
client/server systems, the Internet, and electronic data interchange. Almost all
computer systems in organizations today are networked, and these networked
computer systems invariably house a wealth of accounting information. It is therefore
important for accountants to have a working knowledge of data communications and
networking concepts.
Telecommunications concepts
Telecommunications refers to the electronic transmission of information from a point of
origin to a point of destination. A telecommunications network is composed of five
components: (1) terminals and workstations, (2) transmission links, (3) tra.
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Chapter 3 The APA Ethics Code and Ethical Decision Making
The APA’s Ethics Code provides a set of aspirational principles and behavioral rules written broadly to apply to psychologists’ varied roles and the diverse contexts in which the science and practice of psychology are conducted. The five aspirational principles described in Chapter 2 represent the core values of the discipline of psychology that guide members in recognizing in broad terms the moral rightness or wrongness of an act. As an articulation of the universal moral values intrinsic to the discipline, the aspirational principles are intended to inspire right actions but do not specify what those actions might be. The ethical standards that will be discussed in later chapters of this book are concerned with specific behaviors that reflect the application of these moral principles to the work of psychologists in specific settings and with specific populations. In their everyday activities, psychologists will find many instances in which familiarity with and adherence to specific Ethical Standards provide adequate foundation for ethical actions. There will also be many instances in which (a) the means by which to comply with a standard are not readily apparent, (b) two seemingly competing standards appear equally appropriate, (c) application of a single standard or set of standards appears consistent with one aspirational principle but inconsistent with another, or (d) a judgment is required to determine whether exemption criteria for a particular standard are met.
The Ethics Code is not a formula for solving these ethical challenges. Psychologists are not moral technocrats simply working their way through a decision tree of ethical rules. Rather, the Ethics Code provides psychologists with a set of aspirations and broad general rules of conduct that psychologists must interpret and apply as a function of the unique scientific and professional roles and relationships in which they are embedded. Successful application of the principles and standards of the Ethics Code involves a conception of psychologists as active moral agents committed to the good and just practice and science of psychology. Ethical decision making thus involves a commitment to applying the Ethics Code and other legal and professional standards to construct rather than simply discover solutions to ethical quandaries (APA, 2012f).
This chapter discusses the ethical attitudes and decision-making strategies that can help psychologists prepare for, identify, and resolve ethical challenges as they continuously emerge and evolve in the dynamic discipline of psychology. An opportunity to apply these strategies is provided in the cases at the end of each chapter and the 10 case studies presented in Appendix A.
Ethical Commitment and Virtues
The development of a dynamic set of ethical standards for psychologists’ work-related conduct requires a personal commitment and lifelong effort to act ethically; to encourage ethical.
Chapter 3 3Plainchant Alleluia, Caro mea”Composed ca. 1275This.docxwalterl4
Chapter 3 3Plainchant Alleluia, “Caro mea”
Composed: ca. 1275
This brief chant is from the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi. It is a responsorial chant in which a chorus “responds” to a solo singer. As is so often the case with medieval plainchant, we do not know the identity of the composer, though it was probably written by a monk or priest. This chapter's recording, by an all-male ensemble, reflects the way this chant would have been sung in a medieval monastery.Learning Objectives
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3.1Describe how the Alleluia functioned in the context of the Mass.
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3.2Define responsorial chant.
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3.3Identify the unison texture of plainchant as it is heard in “Caro mea” from the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi.
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3.4Explain the use of contrast in the performance of “Caro mea.”
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3.5Define melisma and identify melismas in “Caro mea.”
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3.6Describe how plainchant assists in promoting calm and well-being.
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Plainchant was an integral part of every service of worship in the Medieval church. The Alleluia “Caro mea” is one of many plainchants used during the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for “Body of Christ”), which celebrates the Holy Sacrament, the body (bread) and blood (wine) of Christ. Like all Masses, the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi consists of a combination of elements that are unchanging (the “Ordinary”—the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei) and elements that change according to the specific Sunday or feast day (the “Propers”—Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion). The texts for the Propers of the Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi all deal in some way with the ritual of the Holy Sacrament.
The text for the Alleluia for this feast day is taken from the Gospel of John, 6:55–56. These are the words Jesus spoke to his disciples and others at the synagogue at Caprenaum, and they foreshadow the words he would say at the Last Supper the night before his crucifixion, when he distributed bread and wine to his disciples as part of the traditional Passover meal.
A priest (center) leads the celebration of Mass with the assistance of monks (left), who are singing from a notated manuscript.PERFORMANCEChilling to Chant
Plainchant has long been recognized as an element that enhances meditation, prayer, and devotion: It figures prominently in many of the world's religions (see Expand Your Playlist: Chant, Chapter 1). The gentle flow of the melodies, the absence of repetitive rhythms, and the relatively narrow range of timbre all help create a sense of calm and well-being. Scientists are gradually discovering that there is a physiological factor at work here as well. Dr. Alan Watkins, a senior lecturer in neuroscience at Imperial College London, has noted that “the musical structure of chanting can have a significant and positive physiological impact . . . studies also demonstrate that such practices have been shown to lower blood pressure, increase levels of the performance hormone DHEA as.
chapter 3
Chapter 3 Managerial Decision Making
1. Describe the phases of managerial decision making.
2. Describe the barriers to managerial decision making.
3. Describe the challenges involved in managing group decision making.
4. Describe the components involved in Herbert Simon’s organizational decision-making process.
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Chapter 3
What are GPNs and how do they function and operate? Who are the GPN actors that are referred to in Chapter 3 and do they work with each other or against each other?
Discuss extent to which capital is becoming reterritorialized or disembodied. What does this currently mean to international business which attempts to expand internationally?
Discuss the extent to which TNCs and / or financialization affect process of globalization, and vice versa.
Are Non-Government Production entities (NGOs) an effective way to curb excesses of YNCs, or part of the problems?
Group #1 members will take the argument in support of this statement that NGOs are an effective way to curb excesses of TNCs.
Chapter 4
Technological change is defined as a socially and institutionalized embedded process. Do you agree with this statement and why or why not?
There are supposedly four types of technological change. List them and define what they mean. Are there more? List these as well.
Which is more significant, communications technology or transportation technology?
Group #2 members are to take the position in support of transportation technology.
Conduct the trends identified by this chapter and where they might lead to the future, if at all.
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CHAPTER 3
the story of the slave ship, the Zong:
- in November of 1781, after 3 months at sea the Zong was nearing the ‘New World’ from the western coast of Africa
- had started with 471 African individuals intended for the slave trade
- fresh water was very low and disease had broken out
- in accordance with the ‘economics’ of the slave trade and the norms of the time, the slaves were considered ‘cargo’ – no different from livestock
- the ‘cargo’ had been insured at the beginning of the trip
— slaves that died of natural causes (lack of water, disease) would not be covered by the insurance
— however, if the slaves died from being thrown overboard while still alive, the ship owners’ insurance would cover the lose
— hoping to save water and reduce the spread of disease, 54 sick slaves were chained together and thrown overboard
— over 2 days, more live slaves were thrown overboard (total: 132 persons)
at 1st the insurance company was going to pay, but a new freed slave, Equiano (living free in England now) made an abolitionist aware and a new trial determined the slaves were people, not cargo or livestock and the ship owners did not get the insurance
foundations of US
- beginning in 1600s and through 1700s the US is an agricultural society
- land and labor are needed
- to get land and labor 3 groups were made into minority status
— these groups joined the colonies, then the US through colonization
— these 3 groups are still having problems today (Native American, African American, Hispanic/Mexican American)
two themes throughout this text
1) what the current subsistence technology is for a specific time period) (impacts majority – minority relations at that time (subsistence technology: how a society provides for basic goods, services (shelter, food, water) for its people) (see table)
what’s important
hunting / gathering / foraging
human energy
little stratification
- dependent of what nature provides
agriculture
human energy and animal energy
- more surplus
- increased stratification
- majority / minority relationship is likely to be patriarchal
- land ownership
- cheap, easily controllable workforce
industrialization
addition of other energy sources, culminating in electricity
- even more surplus
- even more stratification
- capital to build factories, buy machinery and raw materials, pay workers
post industrialization / information
electricity
human energy
- high stratification
education
2) what the contact situation is when 2 or more groups first make contact (impacts majority – minority relations at the time and later)
the initial contact situation
- application of the Noel and Blauner Hypotheses
- they are not mutually exclusive; they look at similar, overlapping issues
- much can be learned by applying both hypotheses
— Noel hypothesis
Noel Hypotheses
at contact
conditions
result
Noel
Two or more groups come together
if the following conditions exist
- ethnocentrism
- competition
- power differential among the groups
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Chapter 3
What is the basic accounting equation? Give an example of how a business transaction would effect the basic accounting equation.
Give an example of a journal entry using at least two accounts.
Give one example each of asset, liability, equity, revenue and expense accounts and the normal balance of debit or credit.
Give an example that shows the basic steps in the recording process.
What is the purpose of a trial balance?
Define cash activities as operating, investing, or financing and give one example of each.
Please rephrase for student A and student B. Attachments below is their answers.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
MATATAG CURRICULUM: ASSESSING THE READINESS OF ELEM. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS I...NelTorrente
In this research, it concludes that while the readiness of teachers in Caloocan City to implement the MATATAG Curriculum is generally positive, targeted efforts in professional development, resource distribution, support networks, and comprehensive preparation can address the existing gaps and ensure successful curriculum implementation.
Delivering Micro-Credentials in Technical and Vocational Education and TrainingAG2 Design
Explore how micro-credentials are transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) with this comprehensive slide deck. Discover what micro-credentials are, their importance in TVET, the advantages they offer, and the insights from industry experts. Additionally, learn about the top software applications available for creating and managing micro-credentials. This presentation also includes valuable resources and a discussion on the future of these specialised certifications.
For more detailed information on delivering micro-credentials in TVET, visit this https://tvettrainer.com/delivering-micro-credentials-in-tvet/
How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
it describes the bony anatomy including the femoral head , acetabulum, labrum . also discusses the capsule , ligaments . muscle that act on the hip joint and the range of motion are outlined. factors affecting hip joint stability and weight transmission through the joint are summarized.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
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Chapter 1The Allegory of the CaveAt the beginning of Book VII .docx
1. Chapter 1
The Allegory of the Cave
At the beginning of Book VII of Plato’s Republic, Socrates
famously invokes an image of human nature with respect to
education and the lack of it, likening our situation to that of
prisoners in a cave. Imagine an underground cave-like dwelling,
its entrance entirely out of sight. Inhabiting this cave are human
beings whose feet and necks are chained so that they can neither
get up nor turn their heads; they can only see straight ahead.
Above and behind them burns a fire, and between them and the
fire there is a raised path and a low wall, like the screen above
which performers display their puppets. Behind this wall men
pass to and fro carrying statues and figures of human beings,
animals, and other objects in such a manner that the artifacts
appear over the top of the screen, projecting onto the wall
opposite the fire. The prisoners, unable to see neither the
objects carried behind them nor one another, behold only the
shadows of themselves and of the statues cast onto the wall in
front of them.
The prisoners represent the vast majority of the human race:
“they’re like us.” They live in a world in which images are
mistaken for realities. What is a shadow, after all, but a mere
image of something real (in this case a statue, which is itself an
image of something even more real, namely a living human
being or animal)? Moreover, the prisoners have not the faintest
clue that throughout their entire lives they have been exposed to
nothing but distortions of the truth—they are, in other words,
unaware of their ignorance (just like Euthyphro, the fanatical
young priest about whom you will read in the next chapter). The
shadows represent the authoritative opinions that govern the
hearts and minds of whole communities, and give a transcendent
purpose and meaning to our particular existence.[1] These
shadows are to be contrasted with the light of truth illuminating
2. the world beyond the cave (but which also makes the shadows
visible within it). The people carrying the statues are the
lawgivers and poets who establish the cultural values and
cosmic worldview that characterize and define a given society.
In his excellent commentary on Plato’s Republic, Professor
Allan Bloom explains: “We do not see men as they are but as
they are represented to us by legislators and poets. A Greek sees
things differently from the way a Persian sees them. One need
only think of…the significance of cows to Hindus as opposed to
other men to realize how powerful are the various horizons
constituted by law or convention.”[2] These authoritative
opinions are not accurate reflections of nature, but rather a
curious amalgam of natureandconvention. To quote once again
from Professor Bloom: “The first and most difficult of tasks is
the separation of what exists by nature from what is merely
made by man.”[3]
This, precisely, is the business of philosophy, which literally
means “the love of wisdom,” coming from the ancient Greek
words philein, meaning “to love,” and sophia, meaning
“wisdom.” Philosophy is a rigorous, logical, and systematic
activity of the mind that seeks to discover the ultimate nature of
reality, including and especially the nature of the human being.
For Socrates, the single most important question the philosopher
grapples with is: “What is the best way of life for a human
being?” Socrates reasoned that if he could provide a correct
answer to this question, he would have solved the riddle of
human happiness, which is what everyone longs for and
actively, if not always thoughtfully, pursues. We are all of us,
therefore, in need of philosophy. But let us continue with the
cave allegory.
Next, imagine that one of the prisoners is forcibly turned toward
the firelight. He would be pained by the sudden brightness in
his eyes, and would be unable to make out the statues being
carried before the fire. Moreover, he would have difficulty
3. believing that the statues are more real than their pale shadows
decorating the cave wall, as these latter are all that the prisoner
has ever known since childhood. And if the prisoner were
compelled to look at the light, his eyes would hurt and he would
avert his gaze, turning instead toward the comfortable and
familiar darkness. Lastly, if someone dragged him away by
force up the rough, steep path out of the cave and into the
daylight, he would be distressed and annoyed at being so
dragged. Once out of the cave, the glaring sun would leave him
temporarily blinded, unable to see objects in the natural world.
Gradually, however, he would recover his sight, first making
out the shadows of things on the ground, then seeing their
reflections in pools of water, followed by a direct vision of the
objects themselves. Lifting his gaze still higher, he would
behold the moon and the stars at nighttime, and then finally see
“the sun itself by itself in its own region.” The prisoner, having
spent his whole life mistaking the soiled fragments of the truth
for the truth itself, has finally achieved liberation from the cave
of ignorance; he has literally become enlightened.
The sun represents what Socrates refers to at the end of your
reading as “the idea of the good,” which is the source of all
being and intelligibility. That is, the idea of the good is
responsible for all that exists as well as for the fact that
whatever exists is capable of being understood by us. It is “the
cause of all that is right and fair in everything…—and that man
who is going to act prudently in private or in public must see
it.” This idea is the key to the mystery of the good life. Anyone
who is to live the best and most satisfying life—a life wherein
one is in possession of the comprehensive human good—must
be emancipated from the prison house of ignorance, making the
ascent to the fundamental principle that informs not only the
human condition, but the very cosmos itself. (Exactly how we
are to liberate our minds from false opinions and strive for and
ultimately apprehend the truth about the ultimate nature of
things is a question we will discuss in the next chapter.[4])
4. To the one who has been liberated from the tyranny of
shadows—and who is therefore genuinely happy because he has
seen the light of truth—the habits, opinions, honors, customs,
and praises, indeed the very lives, of the prisoners languishing
in the darkness below can only be seen as pitiful, slavish, and
crude. The philosopher, meditating on the lives of the cave-
dwellers, will echo the sentiments of Achilles as he wandered
miserably through Hades in Homer’s Odyssey: better it is “‘to
be on the soil, serf to another man, to a portionless man,’” and
to undergo anything whatsoever rather than to think and live as
they do.
Upon re-entering the cave, the philosopher will be unable to see
properly because of the darkness, and the other prisoners will
ridicule him, thinking that the voyage into the light of day had
ruined his sight, thus rendering him incapable of competing
with them in forming judgments about the shadows. Finally, if
the philosopher attempted to liberate and enlighten the other
prisoners, he would be met not with gratitude and an open mind,
but with violent hostility; they would kill him.[5] Why is this
so?
You will notice from the above that the emancipated prisoner
does not exit the cave on his own initiative and by his own
unaided efforts: rather, he must be compelled to escape. He
must be dragged away by force up the rough, steep path out of
the cave and into the light of the sun, after which he will be
distressed and annoyed at being so dragged. Why the dogged
resistance to enlightenment? One reason why so many people
are disinclined to live “the examined life” is that, in addition to
requiring a sharp mind, iron self-discipline, and a formidable
memory, doing philosophy is extremelyhard work. The path out
of the cave is not smooth and flat, but arduous and rugged. In a
sense, it is much easier and perhaps more superficially pleasant
for us to remain smugly contented prisoners in the cave, human
5. beings tending as they do to follow the path of least resistance.
It is a lamentable fact of human nature that not everybody is
willing to carefully examine his or her most basic assumptions
and thereby gain freedom from the uncritical acceptance of the
beliefs that we inherit from those who came before us. Do most
human beings seem to prefer a comforting illusion to an
unsettling truth? If the answer is “yes,” then we have discovered
another reason why philosophy is a difficult enterprise: it
requires a degree of courage on the part of the truth seeker,
namely, the courage to follow the argument wherever it may
lead. This in turn forces us to risk abandoning some of our most
comforting and emotionally sustaining beliefs once we discover
them to be philosophically unsound. For the lover of wisdom,
this risk is worth taking. Why? Because by doing philosophy,
we achieve true freedom and independence of mind. As Socrates
says near the end of the Apology, “the unexamined life is not
worth living for a human being.”
[1] I am here reminded of the fundamental claims about the
human being, as well as the nature and scope of government,
postulated in the Preamble to the U.S. Declaration of
Independence—claims which most Americans (as Americans)
accept as indisputably true.
[2] Plato Republic, trans. Allan Bloom (New York: Basic
Books, 1968), 404.
[3] Ibid., 405.
[4] It is important to note that Socrates himself never claims in
the Republic to have made the ascent to the idea of the good, a
point we will come back to when discussing his paradoxical
description of “human wisdom” in the Apology.
[5] This is exactly what happened to Socrates in the year 399
B.C., when he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death by
6. the city of Athens for corrupting the youth.
Chapter 2Plato’s Euthyphro
Plato’s Euthyphro, consists of a brief conversation between the
philosopher Socrates and a younger priest named Euthyphro, a
man who boasts that he has superior knowledge of divine
things. The discussion takes place at the courthouse in Athens,
where Socrates has arrived to give his apology, or defense
speech, before a large gathering of his fellow-citizens. Socrates
stands accused by certain prominent members of his community
of corrupting the youth. To corrupt here means to do harm or
make worse. As Socrates explains, his accusers say that he
creates new gods while not believing in the old gods, the gods
of Athens, who are the protectors of her laws. By making
innovations in the established religious tradition (presumably by
way of his “divine sign”), and by calling the ancestral gods’
existence into question, Socrates is believed to undermine the
youth’s attachment to Athens’ laws as well as to the shared
understanding of right and wrong, good and bad, just and
unjust, which gives purpose and meaning to his fellow citizens’
lives. In the eyes of the political community, Socrates is a
dangerous subversive.
Euthyphro, on the other hand, is at the courthouse for an
altogether different matter: he is prosecuting his father for
murder. He relates that one of his servants had killed a
household slave in a drunken rage. Euthyphro’s father tied up
the perpetrator and threw him in a ditch (in order to prevent
escape) and then sent someone to consult a priest (homicide in
ancient Greece being a religious crime) to find out what should
be done. Before the messenger returned, however, the servant
died of exposure. In today’s legal parlance we would probably
7. describe what occurred as a “negligent homicide,” but in
Euthyphro’s eyes, his father has committed murder, thereby
arousing the wrath of the gods. In proceeding with the
prosecution, Euthyphro aims to cleanse himself by bringing his
father to justice.
Euthyphro remarks that his relatives (to say nothing of his own
father) consider it impious for a son to prosecute his father for
murder, especially given the particular circumstances of the
case. Socrates himself expresses shock when he hears the news:
most men, he says, would not know how they could do this and
be right. Euthyphro, says Socrates (and not without a tinge of
irony), must indeed be far advanced in wisdom regarding divine
things in order to move forward with the prosecution. Euthyphro
(without the slightest trace of irony) wholeheartedly agrees: his
relatives’ understanding of piety is simply wrong. In fact, it is
Euthyphro’s accurate knowledge of the divine attitude to piety
and impiety that accounts (in his mind at least) for his
superiority to the majority of men.
Since Socrates is about to be put on trial on the charge of
impiety, he proposes that he become Euthyphro’s pupil, that he
may once and for all acquire a correct understanding of piety
from one who purports to be preeminently wise in this regard.
Euthyphro consents, and so begins the discussion of the nature
or essence of piety and impiety.
Socrates wants to know what kind of thing piety is, what form it
takes such that one can discern it in a multiplicity of pious
actions. As he says a little later, Socrates wants to understand
the “form itself that makes all pious actions pious…so that I
may look upon it, and using it as a model, say that any action of
yours or another’s that is of that kind is pious, and if it is not
that it is not” (6d–e). Let us give an example to illustrate what
Socrates means by a “form.” Imagine you are in a room full of
different varieties of chairs: you see arm chairs, deck chairs,
8. plush recliners, dining room chairs, bean bags, collapsable
camping chairs. They all bear different shapes, colors, and
styles: no two chairs are identical. And yet somehow we
immediately recognize them all as belonging to the same class
because, different as they are, they all exhibit the exact same
form or essence—what we may call the form of chair-ness, if
you will. The overall purpose and design of the different styles
of chair is one and the same. This is precisely what Socrates
seeks to elicit from Euthyphro with respect to piety: what is the
unifying form or essence which all pious actions exhibit?
Euthyphro responds that the pious is to do what he is doing
now, namely to prosecute the wrongdoer, be it about murder or
theft or anything else, and without regard to whomever the
wrongdoer happens to be. His understanding of piety is
grounded in Greek ancestral tradition or, more precisely, in the
tales the poets tell about the gods. Euthyphro appeals to the
story in Hesiod’s Theogony where Zeus imprisons his father
Kronos, who in turn had castrated his own father, Ouranos. Zeus
was believed to be the best and most just of all the gods, which
therefore makes him (in Euthyphro’s eyes, at least) the most
appropriate model for human conduct. Euthyphro denounces his
indignant relatives as hypocrites for accusing him of impiety
while at the same time honoring Zeus as the best and most just
of the gods. Their self-contradiction is a sure sign of their
ignorance of divine things.
Socrates then admits that he finds it difficult to accept such
stories about the gods, and that this is likely the reason for
which he stands accused of impiety. How can Euthyphro
possibly believe such things to be true? Are we really to accept
that there is perpetual war among the gods, and terrible enmities
and battles, and many other such things as are spoken of by the
poets? (It is worth noting that Socrates casts doubt on the
veracity of the poets’ accounts of the gods on four different
occasions between 6a and c.) Not only does Euthyphro believe
9. the above-mentioned stories about the gods, but he knows of
still more tales that are sure to amaze anyone who hears them.
Socrates, however, shows no interest in mere stories, but rather
in arguments. As he says later in the dialogue: “…if one of us,
or someone else, merely says that something is so, do we accept
that it is so? Or should we examine what the speaker means”
(9e)? For Socrates, the truth can only be discovered through
reasoning, not by an appeal to tradition or authority.
Socrates points out that Euthyphro’s first attempt at a definition
of piety, that it is what he is doing now (i.e., prosecuting his
father for impiety), is defective insofar as it is (at best) an
example of piety rather than a definition of the form or standard
of piety. For how can we know this or that action to be an
example of piety before we have even established a definition
of piety? Proud as he is of his own wisdom, Euthyphro clearly
has not given the matter very much thought.
At this point Socrates repeats the question: “Tell me then what
this form itself is, so that I may look upon it, and using it as a
model, say that any action of yours or another’s that is of that
kind is pious, and if it is not that it is not” (6e). Euthyphro then
comes up with a new formulation: what is dear to (or loved by)
the gods is pious, and what is not is impious.
Socrates almost immediately seizes on a potential problem with
Euthyphro’s second attempt at a definition of piety: the gods (at
least as the poets depict them) are in a state of enmity and
discord with one another. Now what, asks Socrates, are the
kinds of subjects which give rise to hatred and anger? If two
people were to disagree as to which of two numbers is greater,
or which of two objects is larger, or heavier, they could turn to
counting, measuring, and weighing, and soon resolve the
disagreement once and for all. Thus quantifiable or measurable
objects cannot be the cause of insoluble disagreement. But what
about such things as the just and the unjust, the beautiful and
10. the ugly, the good and the bad? Is it not because we humans
differ about these things and cannot reach a sufficient decision
about them that we become enemies to each other? This is as
much the case with human beings as it is with the Greek gods as
portrayed by the poets Hesiod and Homer; as we saw earlier, the
gods are constantly quarreling with one another because they
consider different things to be just, beautiful, ugly, good, and
bad. And since they like what each of them considers beautiful,
good, and just, and hate the opposite of these things, it turns out
that the same things are loved by some gods and hated by other
gods. In other words, if, as Euthyphro claims, piety is what is
dear to the gods, and if, as the poets tell us, different gods love
and hate different things, then we are left with the absurd
conclusion that the same action will be both pious and impious.
Euthyphro retorts that on one subject in particular no gods
would disagree with one another, that whomever has killed
anyone unjustly should be punished. Socrates agrees with this,
and merely points out that the gods (if indeed they have
competing notions of the just and the unjust) may differ as to
who the wrongdoer is, what he did, and when.
We remarked earlier that Socrates has a difficult time taking
seriously the poets’ portrayal of the Greek gods as being in
constant enmity with one another. Why do you think Socrates
views such tales with suspicion? One might begin to formulate
an answer to this question by examining the nature of the
divine. What does it really mean to be a god? Perhaps we could
start by distinguishing the divine from the merely human. Man
is a mortal creature, and as such he is needy, incomplete,
imperfect. His reason, as Socrates says in the Apology, may be
worth little or nothing. The divine, by contrast, emerges as
perfect in every conceivable way: the gods are immortal (they
are indestructable, and hence beyond natural necessity, i.e., they
do not have to eat or sleep, they never get sick, etc.) and they
must be perfectly rational and wise (that is, they are not
ignorant, because, as perfect beings, they enjoy perfect
11. rationality). Now if to be divine means to have perfect wisdom,
then all the gods would be in perfect agreement about what is
good, beautiful, and just, because they would each know the
truth about goodness, beauty, and justice—that is, they would
know the forms of the good, the beautiful, and the just. In other
words, there could be no enmities or battles among perfectly
wise gods. What I think Plato is trying to get the reader to see
here is that the poets’ (and therewith Euthyphro’s)
understanding of the divine is not at all philosophic, but rather
completely irrational, a product not of disciplined reason but of
a wild imagination.
Once again Socrates implores Euthyphro to explain to him in no
uncertain terms what proof he has that all the gods believe that
man died unjustly who while in his service became a murderer,
and then, bound by the master of the dead man, died in his
bonds before the one who bound him found out from the seers
what was to be done with him, and that it is right for a son to
proceed against his father and denounce him on behalf of such a
man. Seeing that Euthyphro hesitates to respond, Socrates
suggests revising the second failed attempt at a definition of
piety in a way that avoids that failed definition’s absurd
consequence. Euthyphro agrees and formulates his third attempt
as follows: piety is what all the gods love, and impiety is what
all the gods hate. Socrates, insisting that he and Euthyphro
should carefully examine this new definition rather than merely
accepting it as true, now asks: is the pious loved by the gods
because it is pious, or is it pious because the gods love it? The
two questions may look very similar upon a cursory glance, but
are in fact completely opposed to one another. What is the
difference?
The first question presupposes that the nature or essence of
piety can be known independently of the gods. This is
consistent with Socrates’ discussion of the form of the pious, a
rational standard that can be grasped by reason and used as a
12. model to determine whether a given action is pious or impious.
The second question assumes that the pious (whatever it is)
depends entirely on the arbitrary whims (the likes or dislikes) of
the gods, and this, one might add, tells us nothing about the
nature of piety. At best it gives us a quality or characteristic of
piety, namely the quality of being loved by the gods.
Socrates then asks Euthyphro whether piety is a part of justice
or justice a part of piety, to which, after a little clarification,
Euthyphro agrees with Socrates that piety is a part of justice,
namely the part concerned with the care of the gods. But does it
make any sense to speak of caring for the gods in the same way
that men care for horses or cattle? To care for something is to
bestow a benefit on the object of one’s care, to make it better.
Can the gods be benefitted from our care? Clearly not, as they
are immortal and thus beyond natural necessity. What
Euthyphro means by caring for the gods is the kind of care that
slaves take of their masters, a kind of service of the gods that
takes the form of prayer and sacrifice, or begging from and
giving gifts to the gods. Piety would then be a kind of trading
skill between gods and men: we give them sacrifices in return
for the many good things they give to us. But how exactly are
the gods benefitted by what they receive from us? They receive
honor, reverence, and gratitude, all of which are pleasing to the
gods. Piety once again is defined as that which is dear to the
gods. We have gone around in a circle!
Socrates insists that he and Euthyphro investigate again from
the beginning what piety is. This is especially critical in
Euthyphro’s case, as he could be on the verge of making a
terrible mistake if it turns out that his prosecution of his father
is in fact an impious act. The intransigent Euthyphro will have
none of it, however, and he quickly departs.
There are a number of important lessons to be learned from
Plato’s Euthyphro. One is that, although Socrates and Euthyphro
13. fail to arrive at a satisfactory definition of piety (thus making
the whole conversation seem like a waste of time), they can at
least be said to have made some progress toward a correct
definition by removing three bad definitions from the pool of
potentially good ones. Secondly, one might say that this
dialogue is an exercise in self-knowledge, which Socrates
believed to be an essential ingredient in the human being’s
quest for wisdom. Euthyphro proclaims his superiority to
everyone else with respect to his knowledge of divine things.
Yet, when pressed by Socrates to provide an account of piety,
Euthyphro fails miserably, revealing that all along he was not
even faintly aware of his severe limitations as a thinker, of his
complete ignorance of the nature of piety. Euthyphro is, in other
words, ignorant of his ignorance, which is why he does not take
philosophy seriously (as evidenced by his hasty departure at the
end). Thinking himself already wise, he sees no need to pursue
wisdom. Men such as he, as Socrates states in the Apology, are
like a sluggish horse which needs to be jolted into coherence
through the gadfly’s sting, that is, through living the examined
life. This involves a deep and lasting commitment to
discovering the truth by way of critical examination of one’s
own (and others’) opinions about what Socrates calls the
“greatest things,” the good, the just, and the beautiful.