King's quote in short means that he does not agree with the use of immoral devices to achieve a moral goal. ... King believes that using the right means to achieve moral goals is necessary at any cost, even if that means jail or personal harm. ... Machiavelli believes that you should use any means necessary to achieve your goals, even if that means you have to use unorthodox methods. ... King, thinks that the "ends" are more important than the way you achieve your goal. ... King shows that his own conscience is more important than acquiring your goals. ...

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Aristotle argues that the ultimate end in life is eudaimonia, or happiness; in order to achieve this goal, one must act in accordance with virtue, the "golden mean" in between excess and deficiency. Aristotle argues that the ultimate goal that we all seek is happiness. ... He also suggests that some ends are clearly subordinate to higher ones, forming a hierarchy where smaller goals serve as stepping stones to higher goals. ... Thus, for a goal to become ultimate, it must be achievable by man, "always be desirable in itself and never for the sake of something else.... " (A...

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The ultimate goal in human activity is to achieve, through reason in virtues, happiness, a state desirable in itself for no other reason. Happiness is the ultimate goal because it is desirable in itself for no other reason, meaning that there is no reason to achieve happiness other than to be happy. ... But in order to achieve happiness Aristotle says that one must use reason in virtue. ... In his teachings Aristotle says "for anyone who is not deformed [in his capacity] for virtue will be able to achieve happiness through some sort of learning and attention" (Aristotle 12). ... Ar...

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Aristotle believed that the goal of every human was to achieve "eudaimonia," or all-round flourishing as a human being. Aquinas, on the other hand related his ideas of purpose to the Christian beliefs of achieving unison with God and receiving beatific vision. ... The business world thrives on different and varying services being provided; often businesses work together as a means of achieving a common goal. To suggest that all humans are working towards common goals (such as the five precepts) downplays the variation essential for the survival of businesses. ... Such theories as Bentham'...

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In the Great Gatsby both Nick and Gatsby seek to achieve the American dream. The American dream symbolizes the goal of every American to achieve wealth and stability. Both Nick and Gatsby try to achieve the American dream, however both of them act immorally in order to obtain it. ... Gatsby acts immorally in order to achieve the American dream. ... Nick acts immorally in order to achieve the American dream. ...

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Teamwork in basketball means that everyone is working toward the same definitive goal. Individual goals are met when athletes are truly working as a team. ... Perseverance in basketball means to overcome the obstacles that are in the path to achieving their goal. ... Poise will be developed rather than learned and needs practice to achieve results. ... The team must develop poise in order to make any sincere effort toward achieving meaningful objectives. ...

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All three characters have contrastingly different goals to achieve and the beautiful plot develops them, as they are put through conflicts reflecting their individualism as they react differently according to their beliefs. ... White does not care about the moral technicalities behind the actions taken, regardless of the methods used, as long as his goal is achieved. ... Although White was not recognized for his efforts in resolving the crime, he intended to only fight for what was "right" staying true to his goal from the beginning. White is therefore the character that best illus...

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It is effective for the corporation to create the positive public image of CSR, and the high degree of brand reputation can stimulate the sales performances and achieve longer-run profits. ... Mayer, Kuenzi and Greenbaum (2010) propose that CSR is possible to restrict the goal of profit maximization and reduce the resources and capabilities to compete with others in the turbulent environment. ... Meanwhile, the ethical leadership is also expected to help the group of followers to achieve the higher ethical standards. ... The ethical leader should attempt to communicate the clear ethic codes to...

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One of the central themes in Shakespeare's Hamlet is revenge, and exacting revenge becomes the principal focus for a number of the characters during the course of the play. Among these characters are Hamlet and Laertes, who is quite pivotal because he is in many ways a parallel to Hamlet and provid...

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Everyone's goal in life has and always will be the pursuit of personal happiness. ... The downfall of this fact is that not every person achieves this goal. ... Some people will never find happiness in themself because they always try to use someone else to achieve it. ... Happiness is everyones number one goal and too many fall short due to searching with selfish desires....

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From society to society and culture to culture, normative law changes to regulate its society and to protect and help achieve whatever its goals are under whatever circumstances are present. ... ESSAY 2 The goal of enforcing law is to protect morality, discover the truth, and ensure ethical conduct among society so surely there should be some clear relationships between law and justice, law and morality, and law and truth. ... Justice is loosely defined as an end result that should achieve social happiness and create the best possible relationship between man and st...

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Socrates, believed that the soul was immortal, he taught that the search for truth should be the most important goal in ones life, which would only be fulfilled finally after you die and the soul is released from the body. Epicurus believed that the soul was not immortal; he taught that the most important goal in life was to achieve happiness during your physical life. The Hellenic age was characterized by the high regard for the balance of life, and for moderation in achieving it (text pg. 57). ... In contrast Epicurus does not believe that the soul is immortal therefore there is no need to ...

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To be a virtuous person, one must achieve a mean between extremes. If you are able to achieve this mean you will lead the virtuous life. ... The person will take baby steps to reach their maximum potential, and after countless hours of rigorous training will they reach their goal. Just how the marathon runner invests their time and energy to reach their goal, the person who desires to have virtue of intellect must also put years of argious training to acquire this virtue. ...

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One also is their final goal, God. ... However, tolerance may hinder a person's self-interest goal. ... I choose my major because my guardian, my grandfather, is renowned for what he has achieved as a businessman. ... In conclusion, I think people should use morality in striving to achieve their own self-interests....

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His Foundation mission statement reads, "Our Goal is to serve both the youth and the communities in which they live by providing information about sexual abstinence and social issues that concern our young people and educating them to make responsible choices to prepare them for their future." ... Green is a devoted Christian with strong religious beliefs, ethic and moral status, and many commitments that will lead him to achieve all his goals in life and hopes for the future. ... The A.C Green Youth Foundation believes that young people need to develop morally, ethically, educationally, ph...

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Aristotle Aristotle believes that happiness is the ultimate goal in life. ... As stated by Aristotle that our ultimate goal is happiness but in order to reach happiness you have to succeed. ... As an individual your goal is happiness and as a species their goal is to make the citizens happy. As happiness is the function or goal of the individual, it is also the function of the state this being a natural human organization whose goal is to maximize happiness for its citizens. ... I think that every human that succeeds in life has the same goal, being to achieve happiness. ...

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The goal is essential to success, but the journey should not be overlooked. ... There are many different professions and goals to set out for. ... Morality is a vital part of any successful profession or goal. ... If you know who you are and what you want, you will have a better chance of figuring out how to achieve your own success, happiness and personal fulfillment. ...

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Obtaining power and maintaining power as a leader, these are two goals, which Niccolo Machiavelli believes he has the correct method. ... Another important point is how these goals are achieved. According to Machievelli, it doesn't matter how these goals are reached, as long as they are reached, no matter the cost. ...

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His main goal is to have Chris, his new executive assistant, who has just recently graduated from University of Phoenix write up a business plan, review it with him, and then tell him what he needs to say. ... The CEO should pass the company plans, goals and strategies to all employees, which is also not being done. ... A just organization is one in which morale is high and in which members are motivated to work harder and more productively at achieving organizational goals. ... The two sides that must ultimately be balanced are the self-interests of the company, with the main goal of maxi...

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(Utilitarianism pg.6 greatest good . where as in a big company it's harder to achieve this goal) However, it seems to us that not having a shared ethics understanding is a lot like not having a shared vision statement. ... Our goal was not to take theses results and teach everyone proper business ethics as we see them. Our goal was to come up with something common among their views and ours, to set a standard. ... Although we wanted to implement a social change program, we had to have reasonable goals. ... "If we seek quick results we will not attain the ultimate goal". ...

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Therefore, if we don't fully understand about the roles of ethics in business and contribute to build an ethical business environment, there is a good chance that the company will not be able to achieve its goals. ... So if I want to practice a deception in business, I will have to either treat my costumers or employers/ employee as means in order to achieve my goals. ...

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Eudaimonia is the goal of human conduct, or telos in Greek. ... To achieve this "prospering and flourishing,"" one needs satisfaction of a job well done. ... He then writes how a good man, sets goals for himself on a specific task. ... He believes that virtue is the only way to experience eudaimonia and that everyone seeks it and it is the only way to achieve "true- success. ...

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Textual Analysis Dr. King reacts passionately to comments made referring to several moral and ethical reasons why he non-violently is protesting in Birmingham Alabama. Dr. King discusses in a very logical and valid manner why he and his following have been invited to take place in a non-vi...

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A transformational leader may be energetic, involved in processes, and skilled at guiding his or her organization to focus on organizational goals. ... The leader may emphasize goals and objectives that may do well for his or her followers or organization. ... The primary goal of a transformational leader is to empower his or her followers, and the pseudo-transformational leader will achieve his or her personalized goals by ensuring his or her followers subordinate his and her own good....

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Pleasure is search as end because when one is truly happy pleasure is also achieved. ... Wisdom is a distinctive human goal and we seek it as a end but it is a part of our human end not all of it. ...

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