Month: February 2020 (Page 4 of 6)

C.W. Mills’s Sociological Imagination

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Sociological Imagination Write a paragraph introducing C.W. Mills’s Sociological Imagination and give a general overview of how you’ll be applying it to the personal situation that you will discuss later. First, describe sociological imagination. Then, clearly specify your topic by providing a brief description (1-2 sentences) of the personal situation that you have selected. Next, identify three sources that will be utilized to draw sociological concepts from that you will use to analyze your personal situation.

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Utilitarianism

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Discuss and define utilitarianism.  Analyze how a utilitarian would view the issue within your community.  Discuss and define deontological ethics, social justice ethics, OR virtue ethics  in relation to utilitarianism.  Analyze how a person holding an ethical view would view the issue within your community. Discuss and define your ethical viewpoint. Using your ethical viewpoint, analyze how you feel about the issue .

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Informed Consent: Max Perrin Case Study

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Max Perrin, a 55-year-old male, was brought to the ER by the local rescue squad following a suicide attempt by means of consuming rat poison. The ER physician, Dr. Christopher LeMarke, recognized him immediately, as did the ER nurses. He had been a regular in the facility, having visited for his primary medical care and for two previous suicide attempts within the past eighteen months. During the previous visits his history had been explored completely. He was divorced, alienated from his adult children, and chronically depressed, but was not considered sufficiently impaired that he could be declared incompetent.

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Community Issues

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Define your community (county, city, neighborhood, or school), define the issue facing your community, and discuss how this issue affects your community. Provide a brief “road map” letting the reader know what you will be discussing throughout the paper.

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United Technologies Case Discussion

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In mid-2000, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) was two years into a supplier development integration program. The major focus of this initiative was to strengthen relationships with “key” suppliers to fully leverage the supply chain. The qualities sought in the relationships included long-term commitments, confidential information sharing, cooperative continuous improvement efforts, and sharing risks and rewards. Both the nature of these relationships and the associated behaviors were new for UTC and represented a significant challenge.

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Organic Architecture

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Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century. In many of his works he strives for an “organic architecture,” where the building mirrors or blends with the environment where it is placed. Because of this, many of his buildings are site specific – meaning if they were moved to an alternate location they would no longer have the same appeal or carry the same meaning for viewers.

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The Inquisition and You

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Contemporaries use the word ‘inquisition’ as something to be avoided: the hot seat, the third degree, a challenging trial. Inquisition from the time of the Middle Ages into the Renaissance and beyond was of a different kind and a much harsher degree. Over 700 years, inquiries into personal orthodox beliefs by a variety of authorities led tens of thousands of people to be investigated before tribunals and punished, at times by death for beliefs that deviated from the accepted orthodox understanding at the time. Inquisitions grew from the soil of moral certainty and intolerance of heterodox (non-orthodox) views.

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Famous People of the Renaissance

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The new day and rebirth of learning that came with the Renaissance introduced a new generation of creative thought leaders and ground breakers. With the advent of new sources of learning recovered from the classical past; with the advantage of wide distribution of books and growing centers of learning in the universities in England, France, Germany, Italy, Bohemia and elsewhere; individuals of learning and standing exercised influence in an ever widening and significant manner.

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