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Cornell Notes Topic: Sasquatch Page _1 2_ of _5_. | Lesson 21 Monster Research| Main Idea: Origins of the Sasquatch. Where they are. We will write a custom essay sample on Big Foot Research or any similar topic only for you Order Now What they eat. Any predators? | * Notes: Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot, is an ape-like creature said to live in the United States and Canada. Although sightings have been reported in numerous states, most reports come from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Numerous Bigfoot sightings have also been reported in British Columbia, Canada. In Wisconsin, the Lakota Indians call the creature â€Å"Chiye-tanka†, a word meaning â€Å"Big Elder Brother. Sasquatch is described as a large, hairy bipedal hominoid. Many people think that Bigfoot’s relatives can be found in different areas of the world under different names, such as the â€Å"Yeti† in Nepal and Tibet. The Sasquatch’s footprints can be twenty-four inches long and up to eight inches wide. People who have reported seeing a Sasquatch, that in addition to resembling an ape, it has large eyes and facial structures that bear a resemblance to a male gorilla. The most common color of a Sasqu atch’s hair is black. However, several colors have been reported such as dark brown, reddish brown, light brown, gray, and in rare instances, white. Most sightings have reported that the hair on Sasquatch is quite wiry and appears to be matted to the creature. Sasquatches are foragers. A few cases to support this statement are that they have been seen washing and eating wild onions in a stream. Crouching over a water hole washing edible grass roots. There were two piles, one washed and the other unwashed. Walking through a forested area stripping spruce buds off the trees and eating the seeds. It would also pull down branches to eat the buds. Head lights of a car caught a Sasquatch eating apples in front of a house. Many trees had the fruit stripped off higher than a human could reach. 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Applied Business Ethics Ethical Issues

Question: Discuss about the Applied Business Ethicsfor Ethical Issues. Answer: Introduction As mentioned by the scholars, the idea of ethical dilemma in the commercial set up can involve a number of issues. Here, for the successful completion of this essay, I have chosen the ethical dilemma or the conflict of interests occurs between the purposes of the stakeholders and the shareholders in the context of performing the corporate social responsibility, which I have experienced in my professional career, as a business consultant of a company. In the context of business ethics, ethical issues take place when discretionary decisions can be judged by the principles derived from the idea of good and bad. In the business context, one of the major conflicts arises regarding the purpose of business (Constantinescu Kaptein, 2015). As mentioned by the business experts, the prime responsibility of the management is to serve the interest of the stakeholders, which is concerned to the idea of profit maximization (Schlegelmilch, 2016). However, the essence of the corporate social responsibility advocates that the business organizations needs to take any strategic decision based on the expectations related to the economic, legal, philanthropic and ethical concerns. Thus, it essentially contradicts the conventional purpose of business. Moreover, with the changed focus of the business strategies the CSR creates an ethical dilemma (Andersen, Nielsen Hvring, 2017). In my company, as a consultant I faced such an issue. The company has to invest on CSR initiatives as I had to maintain a sustainable relationship with its stakeholders like the employees, society and government. However, the shareholders were strictly opposing the managements decision of investing in CSR. With a view oriented to the societal good, importance of CSR cannot be ignored. With every organizational strategy the companies make some essential impact upon the society, employees and the ecology as well (Constantinescu Kaptein, 2015). Moreover, the growth of the business is also dependent on the inputs collected by these stakeholders. Hence, it is important for them to incorporate the CSR. The management had successfully identified this responsibility and wanted to invest in the CSR activities for conducting a sustainable business. However, the idea of CSR strikes the liability of the management to the shareholders who have invested in the Company by trusting the management with the assurance of profit. The shareholders claimed that they invested in the company with the aim of making profit, not for philanthropy. They also threatened to their investment in occurrence of such a contribution of the company. Thus, CSR was creating a dilemma regarding the responsibility to stakehol ders and shareholders (Kowalski, 2016). Justification of Considering it as an Ethical Dilemma in a Business Situation: As mentioned by the scholars, the idea of ethical dilemma can be identified as a complex and conflicting situation that involves moral and emotional factors and last but not the least the issues related to the responsibility or liabilities. As discussed by the business experts, the idea of corporate social responsibility largely supports the key concerns of the business ethics (Schlegelmilch, 2016). It advocates the performance of the responsibilities towards the greater society. As discussed by the philosophers, the utilitarianism theory states that an action is right if it leads to the most happiness of the greatest number of people. The idea of corporate social responsibility involves the assurance of well being of the greater society, which is essentially larger than the organizational management or its shareholders (Filosof, Hollinshead Kurinko, 2015). Hence, the managements decision of investing in the CSR activities can be claimed as right under the light of this ethical theory. On the other hand, the theory of ethical egoism states that there is only one ultimate principle of conduct- the principle of self-interest (DesJardins, 2014). Hence, in the commercial context, the self interest of a business organization is profit maximization. Hence, with the ideology of this normative theory the business organization can avoid the performance of CSR. In the context of my organization, the shareholders were asking for their self interest. Moreover, according to this particular theory, the management was making an unethical step by ignoring its self interest of profit making and investing in philanthropy. However, the key proposal of corporate social responsibility supports the idea generated by the theory of enlightened egoism. As discussed by the scholars, the philosophy of enlightened egoism states that acting in a certain way that helps others, an individual is likely to help himself (Kowalski, 2016). Here, in the context of CSR, the companies mainly follow this strategy to maintain a good relation with the community and decrease their impacts upon the society and environment to obtain a sustainable business environment within that society. Thus, the enlightened egoism thus supports CSR with the idea of providing sustainable return (Constantinescu Kaptein, 2015). However, it was not essentially clear to our shareholders and they were consistently identifying the lack of strategic profit in the decision of investment in CSR. On the other hand, philosophers have argued that the CSR needs to be performed with the idea of Kants categorical imperatives. This particular theory advocates any act should be done with the sake of duty only. According to Kant, categorical imperative is the only good way to act and without any expectation of reward (Bowie, 2013). Hence, performing CSR with the objective of shareholders return is unethical in its approach. However, as per the ideology of Kant, an act needs to be performed with the idea of good will which is the act for the sake of duty. Duty must not be judged on the consequences. Thus, the categorical imperative of Kant supports CSR as it is the duty of the commercial organizations (Patrus et al., 2013). Now, this philosophical idea made me concerned. I personally was against the idea of investing on the CSR for ensuring sustainable growth to the company. I believed that the management needs to do it as it is our responsibility to the society and the employees. Here, the stakeholders theory can be identified as one of the major supporting ethical ground for CSR. As mentioned by this theory, a business is behaving ethically if profits are generated for the stakeholders (Fernando Lawrence, 2014). As per the stakeholders theory, the major units of a company do not only include the shareholder, but the stakeholders too, and without their input, a company cannot success in the market (Brown Forster, 2013). Hence, the organizational strategies and its performance need to be directed in favour of its stakeholders like, society, employees and suppliers. Hence, I supported the idea of investing in the CSR as I found it an ethical business model. In addition to this, the Virtue ethics propounded by Aristotle, states that the function of human beings is to use their reason in pursuit of the good lives or virtuous lives (McGhee, 2013). This virtue ethics advocates that it is important to not only doing the right thing, but also to have right outlook, motivation and sentiment in doing the good thing and being good (Idowu, Capaldi Zu, 2013). Hence, doing the CSR act is not enough for the companies, they need to be guided with only the ideas like benevolence, humanity, generosity and honesty. Thus, various philosophical theories have discussed the CSR with diversified ideas, which has created an essential conflict among the ideologies and an ethical dilemma for the organizations. In my professional context, I was advocating the idea of investing in the CSR activities and providing consultation in favour of this idea, whereas the shareholders were opposing my thought, which put the management in a major operational dilemma. Ethical Solutions Proposed: Now it is important for the organizations to resolve this dilemma. In such a context of ethical dilemma, the companies can opt for either performing or not performing the corporate social responsibility. As mentioned by various scholars, the main purpose of an organization is to ensuring profit for which the shareholders have invested and put their trust upon the management. In the philosophical context, the theories like ethical egoism supports this option of ignoring the performance of the corporate social responsibility. As mentioned by the philosophers, this normative theory states that each person ought to pursue his or her own self interest exclusively. Now, as mentioned by Milton Friedman, the exclusive duty of a commercial organization is to maximize its profit count (Schlegelmilch, 2016). Hence, the companies need to drop the idea of CSR as it creates a stress upon the financial base of the company and cut down the share of the shareholders. However, the supports of CSR like me argue that corporate social responsibility is the right way of conducting a business organization. In such a context, as mentioned by the theory of Ethical egoism, there is only one ultimate principle of conduct is to behaving in such a manner so that self interest can be ensured (Idowu, Capaldi Zu, 2013). Hence, under the theory of ethical egoism, being a commercial org anization, the business institutions need to concentrate upon the benefits of the shareholders. On the other hand, the companies can opt for performing the CSR activities. A number of ethical theories support this idea of the performance of the CSR activities. The stakeholders theory states that there is a significant responsibility towards the stakeholders form the managements end. Hence, the companies need to exercise the CSR activities. On the other hand, the utilitarianism theory states that the dilemma of choosing the right path of behaving needs to be evaluated with the options outcome in creating greater good. The idea of Act Utilitarianism states that an action is good if its effect produce more happiness than unhappiness (Filosof, Hollinshead Kurinko, 2015). Hence, the companies can create a greater happiness among the stakeholders by ignoring the small scale financial interest of the shareholders. The ideology of utilitarianism supports CSR as an ethical way of behaving. Hence, the above discussion creates a favourable decision for the performance of the CSR activities. Moreover, in the modern business context, the companies are legally bound to exercise the CSR activities (Schlegelmilch, 2016). Hence, the organizations do not have much option to avoid its requirements for performing corporate social responsibility. Hence, my company and the management had no option left but to perform the CSR activities. However, they were in a constant concern about the threat of the shareholders. In such a context, the theory of enlightened egoism provided a practical ground for CSR. As mentioned by this theory, people needs to behave ethically to ensure own happiness. Here, the management needs to identify the ways of performing CSR, which in turn provides a long term benefit for the organizations sustainable operation. With such a long term vision, the investment to the CSR activities can be supported by the shareholders. The CSR activities largely involve strategies like philanthropy, managing the business according to the social norms of the community, employee benefits and many more (Fernando Lawrence, 2014). As mentioned by the business experts, maintaining the social norms, uplifting the communities or ensuring the benefits of the employees, the organizations become able to ensure a long-term business, as these provides an environment without any agitation from the stakeholders end (Patrus et al., 2013). Moreover, the idea of ethical egoism will provide a positive image to the organization. With the CSR activities, the companies become able to create a favourable image into the mind of the customers, which increases their business potential (Kowalski, 2016). Thus, the enlightened egoism provides a long term benefit for the company with CSR. As a consultant, I used this idea of enlightened egoism and talked to the shareholders of the company. I put a big picture before them and made them realize how not investing in CSR may ruin these future ideas of business expansion and increased profit by creating opposition from the society and government. Moreover, I made them realize how we can use our CSR investment step as a promotional campaign for making the brand more popular and loved by the customers. It helped me to earn the shareholders support in investing on the CSR and eliminating the dilemma of the management. References: Andersen, S. E., Nielsen, A. E., Hvring, C. M. (2017). Communicative Dilemmas of CSR: Towards an Integrative Framework of CSR Communication. In Handbook of Integrated CSR Communication (pp. 51-69). Springer International Publishing. Bowie, N. E. (2013). Kantian themes. In Business ethics in the 21st century (pp. 47-71). Springer Netherlands. Brown, J. A., Forster, W. R. (2013). CSR and stakeholder theory: A tale of Adam Smith. Journal of business ethics, 112(2), 301-312. Constantinescu, M., Kaptein, M. (2015). CSR Standards and Corporate Ethical Virtues: A Normative Inquiry into the Way Corporations Integrate Stakeholder Expectations. In Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance (pp. 159-180). Springer International Publishing. DesJardins, J. R. (2014). Doing Well by Doing Good: Distinguishing the Right from the Good in Theories of Corporate Social Responsibility. In Christian Ethics and Corporate Culture (pp. 101-111). Springer International Publishing. Fernando, S., Lawrence, S. (2014). A theoretical framework for CSR practices: integrating legitimacy theory, stakeholder theory and institutional theory. Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research, 10(1), 149-178. Filosof, J., Hollinshead, G., Kurinko, R. (2015). CSR in Ukraine: cynical utilitarianism or Aristotelian common good?. Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L. (2013). 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Was Edward IVs ruling between 1471

Was Edward IVs ruling between 1471-1483 effective? Essay One of Edwards greatest achievements during his second reign was completing and increasing the financial stability of England. He achieved this by adopting a peaceful Foreign Policy. Realising the cost of war was great, Edward he put holts on all the financial draining battles in France. Then, in 1475 Edward continued to back these peaceful policies by signing the peace treaty of Piquigny with France. Due this the treaty Edward was given the luxury of not having to finance war with France for 7 years. This was not the only luxury presented by the treaty. Within the treaty, France also agreed to pay a i We will write a custom essay on Was Edward IVs ruling between 1471-1483 effective? specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now 15,000 down payment followed by another i 10,000 a year. This was very important as it strengthened the countrys economy. During this campaign there was only one mistake made by Edward. Edward kept most of the money he received from parliament that originally was meant to be used on the war effort. Parliament was only able to retrieve 25% of this money. Because of this Edward was looked poorly upon by both parliament and citizens. Keeping a peaceful war policy was not the only method used by Edward in order to improved the economy of the kingdom. He also had a large influence in trade and customs. Customs were up were up from $15,000 under the rule of Henry VI to around i 35,000 under the rule of Edward. The success of Edwards policies when improving the economy gives good insight into Edwards ability as a ruler. Edward was a skilful manager of parliament using charm and sensible choice of speakers to ensure that there were no major difficulties within this area. When considering Edwards involvement in the council during his second reign he was not a prolific attendee. He participated in less than 50% of meetings involving the council. The magnates were not as prominent as they had been during previous reigns.

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Irregular Verb Forms Irregular Verb Forms Irregular Verb Forms By Mark Nichol An irregular verb is one that does not follow the standard progression for various forms. Regular verbs are treated as shown below: Simple present: talk (I talk.) Simple past: talked (I talked.) Present participle: talking (I am talking.) Past participle: talked (I had talked.) Infinitive: to talk (I like to talk.) Irregular verbs take the same form in three of these categories, but their simple-past and past-participle forms are irregular, and there lies the difficulty. However, notice a common feature among verbs with the long i sound: Simple present: ride, drive, write Simple past: rode, drove, wrote Past participle: had ridden, had driven, had written In the simple past, the vowel changes to a long o sound, while the vowel becomes a short i sound in the past-participle form. Therefore, you can extrapolate for the progression from simple present to simple past to past participle for other words, as with rise, rose, had risen. For many verbs with vowels that sound like a long e or a short i, the progression is as follows: Simple present: drink, sink, sing Simple past: drank, sank, sang Past participle: had drunk, had sunk, had sung From this pattern you can deduce that shrink will change to shrank or had shrunk, while begin progresses to began and had begun and swim changes to swam and had swum. Of course, there are many exceptions: Bind progresses to bound, not bond, and to had bound, rather than had binden. Likewise, the progression from blow to blew to had blown is not matched by show, showed, and had shown. When in doubt, search online for a list of irregular verbs to note the correct forms for your problem verb. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Grammar category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:50 Idioms About Talking"Latter," not "Ladder"Conversational Email

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The US Government Framework - Assignment Example President Obama’s entry into the presidency came at a time when the economy was taking a turn for the worst and the spoils for the Iraq War was being reaped.   Thus, the American public gave its support for the time being in the hopes that everything will turn out better. Being a great orator, Obama was able to capture the attention and the hearts of the people.   However, most things are easily said than done. And if even they can be achieved it usually takes time to do it, which most people affected by the failing economy cannot appreciate.Officials in public office, especially the President experiences a decline in popularity mainly because of his decisions, which the majority of the public does not agree with.   And most of his decisions regarding the economy and an unpopular war may either increase or decrease his level of popularity.   If during his term in office, the economy becomes good he will generally have a high level of approval; and if he engages in a wa r that makes the country look like the defender of democracy then normally his ratings will surge upward (King).   It is unfortunate that President Obama’s administration had to deal with a failing economy almost at the start o his term in office and like wise quite unfortunate that the popularity polls have been conducted at a time when the surveyed group was not in favor of the President’s actions and decision. Hence a decline in popularity rating was eminent but not entirely new in the world of politics, since past presidents also went through the same dilemma during their time (King).The veto power of the Texas governor gives him or her authority to reverse budget appropriation items, resolutions and bills passed by the legislation in session.   The President likewise has the veto power to invalidate resolutions and bills forwarded by the legislative body of the national government.   Additionally, the vetoes of the President and the Texas Governor have limit s since they are normally given ten days from receipt of a bill to sign or veto it.  

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The Gospel Of Matthew In Depth Analysis Religion Essay In my analysis of the Gospel of Matthew, I found out that it was written with a focus on the King and His Kingdom. Significantly, the concept of the Kingdom that comes from the Greek word ÃŽÂ ²ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ±Ãƒ Ã†â€™ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¹ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ »ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ µÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¯ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ± appears 55 times in the Gospel of Matthew, 55/126=43.65%. Jesus clearly said that All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. (28:18). Likewise, the term kingdom of heaven transcends in the Gospel of Matthew by appearing at least 33 times. Interestingly, this phrase is found only in Matthew. In this sense, I believe that Matthew introduces the Christ and His Kingdom as the fulfillment of the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. His approach to the way of salvation is a call to repentance for entry into the Kingdom, to a commitment of a person to the King as His follower. Jesus stated many will come from the east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 8:11). It becomes clear that Jesus not only moves the meaning of the Kingdom beyond the Jewish community, but He also moves the mission of the Kingdom beyond family ties. For instance, when Jesus emphasizes on whoever does the will of My Father lays the meaning of Kingdom membership open to other people than the Jewish community. Jesus took His disciples to Caesarea Philippi to ask the question, Who do men say that I am (16:13). In this context He stated that He would build His church in the world. Another idea is if we are to be participants in the kingdom of heaven, then we are to live by the rule of the King. a) The Lineage of the King Matthew uses language that relates the rule of Christ to peoples lives by mentioning the lineage of the King (1:1-17). The genealogy of Jesus is presented in three sections with fourteen periods for each. The summary marks off fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the captivity, and fourteen from the captivity to the coming of Christ (1:17). Through this lineage God fulfills Hs promise to Abraham that in his seed, all the earth would be blessed and that the Messiah would come through the seed of Abraham. In addition, Matthew is showing Jesus as born of Mary and not begotten by Joseph (1:16). b) The Birth of the King The birth of the King is referred to in three ways. First, Matthew points out Jesus Christ as the Messiah (1:18). Second, Jesus is the Savior (1:21). Third, Jesus is Immanuel, meaning God with us (1:23). In verse 22 is a statement frequently used by Matthew: that is might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, sayingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦ Matthew selected a passage from Isaiah which states that the birth of the Messiah would come through a young woman, and that His name would be called Immanuel, God with us. Matthew quotes Isaiah as saying that the virgin will be with child, and will bring forth a Son (1:23). In Matthew, the word à Ã¢â€š ¬ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ±Ãƒ Ã‚ ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¸ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ­ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ½ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¿Ãƒ Ã¢â‚¬Å¡ is interpreted as virgin. The birth of the Jesus through a virgin is the biblical affirmation that God actually became man (1:25), and that God entered the world in the person of Jesus (1:21). Matthew affirms that Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary. He also affirms that He was conceived by the Holy Spirit (1:18), which means that in some miraculous way the Holy Spirit ushered the life of the eternal Christ into the body of Mary and here a person was conceived and born who is the true expression of God and the one expression of true man, Jesus. Matthew affirms that the birth of Jesus was confirmed by the angel of the Lord (1:20-21), and contextualized by the Scriptures (1:22-23). c) Johns Announcement of the King John the Baptist was upon the Jewish scene like a flaming voice from God. He came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, acclaimed by the people as a prophet of God (3:1). He saw himself as only a slave for the coming Messiah and as the voice to prepare the way (3:11). His ministry was respected and understood because people came from Jerusalem and from the total region to Johns ministry (3:5-6). His baptism was understood as a baptism of repentance (3:11). Matthew notes the character of John the Baptist as the forerunner of the Messiah. John was indeed a voice of transition from the old covenant to the new (1:11-14). John announced that the baptism with the Spirit and the baptism with fire as superior to his baptism with water (3:11). d) The Inauguration of the King Matthew describes the transition made from John the Baptist to the proclamation of the Messiah Himself. John had been the announcer of the coming of the King and His Kingdom (4:12-17). In this passage, Matthew describes the context and content of His ministry. The context is Galilee with Jesus moving from Nazareth to Capernaum by the sea (4:12-13). Not only did Jesus begin His ministry in a setting where many people might hear Him, but His move to Capernaum from Nazareth was a breaking of the ties with His home and community. The content of the Jesus message is stated in verse 17. Jesus preached the same message which John the Baptist had been announcing: Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand (4:17). The word preach is translated from the Greek word ÃŽÂ ºÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ·Ãƒ Ã‚ Ãƒ Ã‚ Ãƒ Ã†â€™Ãƒ Ã†â€™ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ µÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¹ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ½ that means the heralds proclamation. I believe that preaching is an announcement with both certainty and authority. Jesus proclaimed the gospel of the kingd om (9:35). Church A significant emphasis in the Gospel of Matthew is the church. In all of the Synoptic Gospels, the concept of church as ekklesia is found only in Matthew. It is clear that Matthew introduced the church as the fellowship of disciples who evidence the rule of Christ, or the reality of the Kingdom. In this sense, Jesus introduced the church in response to Peters confession, as the ultimate redemptive purpose of the Christ. It was when He introduced it that Jesus also told His disciples of His coming death and resurrection. It seems appropriate to affirm that Matthew expressed the acts of God in salvation history. The church is not parenthesis in salvation history as we wait for the coming Kingdom of God, but it is rather the activity of the Kingdom of God in the world. It is this Kingdom that penetrates all nations, Jew and Gentile, to extend the grace of God to all people. a) The Disciple Community I believe that Jesus strategy to establish His church was to develop a disciple community. He called a group of associates who would be with Him and learn from Him (4:13-21). Jesus began by calling Peter and Andrew (4:18). Matthew states that Jesus said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men (4:19). He was moving these men from their occupation as fishermen to recognize the vocation to be disciples. Jesus next called the two brothers, James and John, sons of Zebedee, from their occupation of fishing, asking them likewise to follow Him (4:21). At least the reference in Matthew tells us that upon Jesus call, they immediately followed Him (4:22). Jesus called disciples who would in turn disciple others. He called them to be fishers of men (4:19). Jesus called disciples and asked them to put Him and His will above all else (8:18-22). Another clear example was the calling of Matthew, the tax collector (9:9). His calling to be a disciple places the authority of Jesus over o ccupation. Matthew gives the list of the twelve disciples called by Jesus and gave them power over unclean spirits, cast them out, and heal sicknesses and diseases (10:1-4). b) Discipline in the Church Women God has created man and woman under His image. The writer of the Gospel of Matthew highlights the events when Jesus ministered to women throughout the Gospel. The word ÃŽÂ ³Ãƒ Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ½ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ · has two connotations. The first connotation of ÃŽÂ ³Ãƒ Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ½ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ · with the meaning woman in the singular form appears 9/49 in the Gospels representing the 18.36%. The second connotation of ÃŽÂ ³Ãƒ Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ½ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ · has to do with the term wife. This term appears 14/35 in the Gospels representing 40%. The last connotation of ÃŽÂ ³Ãƒ Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ½ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ · found in Matthew means women. The times that Matthew uses the term women in his gospel are 5/15 representing 33.33%. a) Jesus view on women The question that I have always had is: How did Jesus view women during His ministry? In my analysis of the Gospel of Matthew, I found several references that serve as evidences that Jesus had a clear perspective on women. In fact, prominence is given to four women who are named in the Messiahs lineage such as Tamar of whom Judah begot Perez and Zerah (1:3); Rahab who is spoken of as the harlot of Jericho in Joshua 2:1-7 (1:5); Ruth who was a Moabite (1:5); and Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, the woman whom David seduced, and whose husband Uriah he afterwards killed in an attempt to cover his sin (1:6). Jesus elevates the status of women by stating that the marriage commitment is binding for life and that the only exception is immorality, which has already broken covenant (5:31-32; 19:1-12). Jesus made no distinction between women and men even though He often addressed men, holding them accountable for their responsibilities. Miracles Jesus not only preached and taught. Matthew records that He healed all kinds of sicknesses and diseases among the people (4:23-25). His ministry was one of restoring people to wholeness. The man who preached radical change, who announced the Kingdom, was performing deeds of mercy. He healed and restored common people to wholeness and elevated them to a sense of worth. He restored their spiritual well being as He preached and their physical well being as He administered healing (4:24). Matthew concludes this section to show how popular the ministry of Jesus actually was (4:25). This description is an affirmation of Jesus popularity as a teacher. He attracted people from all over the land of Palestine to both learn from Him and to be healed by Him (4:24). Furthermore, Jesus touched persons at their point of need and from that point of need led them to the experience of faith. The ten miracles reported in chapter 8 and 9 express Christs authority over disease, over demons, over destructive forces of nature and over death. They were performed out of compassion and confirmed the authority of the Christ. a) Healing Diseases Jesus expressed His authority in miracles over illnesses and diseases. After Jesus came down from the mountain where He had delivered His sermon, Matthew says that great crowds followed Him and became witnesses to His deeds (8:1). Matthew inserts the story of the leper coming through the crowd and worshipping Jesus (8:2), and Jesus reached out, touched, and healed him (8:3-4). Then, the writer inserts the story of the centurion approaching to Jesus in humility and asking to heal his servant from paralysis (8:5-6). Without going to the mans home, Jesus simply said, Go your way and healed him that very moment (8:13). Jesus also healed Peters wife mother that suffered from fever (8:14-17). There is another miracle over paralysis in Matthew 9:1-8 that is more brief than that of either Mark or Luke, emphasizing on the teaching and meaning of Jesus acts. Later, Matthew shares three consecutive stories of miracles including the ruler of the synagogue, the woman with a hemorrhage, and the bl ind men (9:18-31). b) Casting Out Demons Matthew records the story of the demon-possessed. The Greek word ÃŽÂ ´ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ±ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¹ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¼ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¿ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ½ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¹ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¶Ãƒ Ã…’ÃŽÂ ¼ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ µÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ½ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¿ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¹ indicates the presence of demons inside of a person. Matthew states that Jesus cast out demons with a word (8:16). In another account, the story involves two men who were living among the tombs that presented signs of violence (8:28). The men were so fierce that people were afraid to pass near them. There is an indication that the two demon-possessed knew who Jesus was (8:29). Matthew records that the demons came out and went into the pigs and the pigs perished (8:32). Matthew gives us another testimony of Jesus casting out a demon in a mute man (9:32-33). c) Miracles Over Nature While crossing the Lake of Galilee a great storm swept down upon them. The Greek word à Ã†â€™ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ µÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¹Ãƒ Ã†â€™ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¼Ãƒ ¡Ã‚ ½Ã‚ ¸Ãƒ Ã¢â‚¬Å¡ means earthquake emphasizing the violence of the storm (8:24). The disciple had great fear and awaked Jesus to cry, Save us, Lord; we are perishing! (8:25). Jesus first tested their fear, emphasizing their little faith (8:26). He recognized the faith they had, and He rebuked the storm (8:27). Discipleship The Sermon on the Mount is recorded in Matthew 5:1-7:29. Matthew presents Jesus as the Messiah of word and deed. The sermon, as recorded by Matthew, includes numerous passages that Jesus gave, recalled by Matthew under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to give us a presentation of the teachings of Jesus. The message was given primarily to His disciples, although doubtless the crowd listened as he introduced the sermon (5:1-2). In presenting this sermon, I believe that Jesus called for a change in the thinking of the disciples about the Kingdom of God. Jesus calls His disciples to be humble (5:3), living with repentant spirit (5:4), showing meekness (5:5), longing for God (5:6), mercy (5:7), purity (5:8), peace (5:9), and gladness (5:11). The calling of disciples was a central aspect of Jesus ministry. a) The Influence of Being a Disciple Jesus followed the beatitudes with two designations of the disciple: salt and light. I believe both designate a service beyond itself, and both are important in human experience. Jesus addresses them as characteristics of the people that live in His Kingdom. In my understanding, when Jesus says, You are the salt of the earth (5:13), it has to do with purity, preservation, and flavor. The disciple as the salt of the earth makes the earth more authentically as it should be. On the other hand, I understand that when Jesus says, You are the light of the world (5:14), it has to do with radiance, openness, and joy. What an incredible calling from Jesus to His disciples to be salt and light in the world. They obtain the light from the One who is the light of the world, Jesus. For this light to be seen we live openly in the midst of the world as His disciples witnessing His ruling and presence of His Kingdom. Jesus gives a clear reminder about the harvest. Sowing and reaping go on together. Jesus speaks on reaping the harvest of Gods acts in salvation. The message to His disciples is clear: the harvest is great, the laborers are few (9:37). With this in mind, Jesus commissions His disciples to have influence over the world (10:5-15). b) The Spirit of a Disciple Jesus introduces us to some of the more important ethical teachings in the New Testament. The first is the prohibition against killing (5:21). He teaches that anything that leads to killing is sin, and He calls His disciples to be free from anger and take the initiative of reconciliation (5:23-26). The second issue that Jesus addresses is about adultery and the importance of keeping the covenant of marriage (5:27-30). The sacredness of marriage is emphasized in the prohibition against divorce (5:31-32). Another teaching is that Jesus calls for honesty without the oath. In other words, the disciple is to be honest and trustworthy making the swearing of an oath unnecessary (5:33-37). In addition, the disciple is to live by the higher law of love and respond to the treatment he receives from others in a way that reflects the freedom and love of Christ (5:38-42). Jesus also teaches us on loving our enemies as an expression of Christ love (5:43-48). Not only that but He also calls to love on the very nature and practice of the Father (5:45). There is a remarkable teaching from Jesus to His disciples in regards to the relationship between disciple and master. A disciple learns and identifies with His teacher, and the servant is not over His master. Jesus calls them to continue to learn from Him, to continue to follow Him, to continue to serve Him (10:24-25). c) The Lifestyle of a Disciple Having called the disciple to be mature in love, Jesus then turned to the matter of the lifestyle that a disciple should have (6:1-7:29). The beauty of this prayer, called the Lords Prayer, has been the model prayer (6:9-13). In this sense, I believe that prayer is opening our lives to God. It is inviting Him to acts in our lives. Prayer is relational (6:9). For His Kingdom to come is the experience we can have of His full reign now (6:10). He always sustains us with provision (6:11). He forgives us of all of our sins so we can forgive our debtors (6:12). It is a prayer to deliver us from the evil thoughts and actions we have committed and are not according to Gods purposes (6:13). Jesus also teaches that fasting is not to be a ritual, done by the calendar, but it is a voluntary time of meditation, or drawing near to God (6:16-18). In Matthew 7:7-11 there is a threefold command to ask, seek, and knock. These three words Αà ¡Ã‚ ¼Ã‚ °Ãƒ Ã¢â‚¬Å¾ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ µÃƒ ¡Ã‚ ¿-à Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ãƒ ŽÂ µ, ÃŽÂ ¶ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ·Ãƒ Ã¢â‚¬Å¾ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ µÃƒ ¡Ã‚ ¿-à Ã¢â‚¬Å¾ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ µ, and ÃŽÂ ºÃƒ Ã‚ ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ ¿Ãƒ Ã‚ ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ µÃƒ Ã¢â‚¬Å¾ÃƒÅ½Ã‚ µ are present imperatives in the Greek, which means continuous action (7:7). Another important aspect that Jesus wants as our lifestyle is our attitude toward others (6:14-15). Also in chapter 18, Matthew shares some very searching words from Jesus on forgiveness (18:21-29). Jesus expects from his disciples to have clear goals in life. He said that where a mans treasure is, there his heart is. When ones goals are set on the eternal will of God, his values reflect the same (6:19-21). In fact, He states, no body can serve two masters (6:24). We should have clear that the disciple is to give undivided loyalty to the Master. On the other hand, I strongly believe that respect for others is an indication on our self-understanding. In this sense, Jesus asks His disciples to avoid prejudgment or prejudice from stereotyping people (7:1-6).

Tragedy and the Common Man - Miller Redefines the Tragic Hero :: Tragedy and the Common Man Essays

Tragedy and the Common Man - Arthur Miller redefines the Tragic Hero Arthur Miller states in his essay, "Tragedy and the Common Man," " . . . we are often held to be below tragedy--or tragedy below us . . . (tragedy is) fit only for the highly placed . . . and where this admission is not made in so many words it is most often implied." However, Miller believes " . . . the common man is as apt a subject for tragedy in its highest sense as kings were" (1021). It is this belief that causes Miller to use a common man, Willie Loman, as the subject of his tragedy, Death of a Salesman. Miller redefines the tragic hero to fit a more modern age, and the product of this redefinition is Willie. Miller states, " . . . the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life . . . to secure one thing, his sense of personal dignity" (1021). Willie is no exception. Willie's sense of personal dignity is primarily found in his family, most notably his son Biff. Willie transfers his dreams of being great onto Biff and, when Biff is a failure in the world, these dreams affect Willie's self-image and sense of personal dignity. To regain this personal dignity, Willie must make Biff great. In the end, it is the love for his son and the belief that his insurance money will make Biff "magnificent" that give him the needed excuse and cause him to end his life. "Tragedy, then, is the consequence of a man's total compulsion to evaluate himself justly" (1021). It is the nature of man to make evaluations of himself based upon his peers. Willie's peer with whom he evaluates himself is Charley. Willie and Charley are about the same age, their children grew up together, and have been friends for many years. Charley has achieved what Willie has dreamed of for so long. Charley's son is a successful lawyer, whereas Biff is a loafer. Charley is successful in business, whereas Willie has "washed out." As mentioned before, for Willie to be great, Biff must be great. Willie has failed his job in making Biff better than Charley's son, therefore he fails his evaluations of himself. "The flaw Tragedy and the Common Man - Miller Redefines the Tragic Hero :: Tragedy and the Common Man Essays Tragedy and the Common Man - Arthur Miller redefines the Tragic Hero Arthur Miller states in his essay, "Tragedy and the Common Man," " . . . we are often held to be below tragedy--or tragedy below us . . . (tragedy is) fit only for the highly placed . . . and where this admission is not made in so many words it is most often implied." However, Miller believes " . . . the common man is as apt a subject for tragedy in its highest sense as kings were" (1021). It is this belief that causes Miller to use a common man, Willie Loman, as the subject of his tragedy, Death of a Salesman. Miller redefines the tragic hero to fit a more modern age, and the product of this redefinition is Willie. Miller states, " . . . the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life . . . to secure one thing, his sense of personal dignity" (1021). Willie is no exception. Willie's sense of personal dignity is primarily found in his family, most notably his son Biff. Willie transfers his dreams of being great onto Biff and, when Biff is a failure in the world, these dreams affect Willie's self-image and sense of personal dignity. To regain this personal dignity, Willie must make Biff great. In the end, it is the love for his son and the belief that his insurance money will make Biff "magnificent" that give him the needed excuse and cause him to end his life. "Tragedy, then, is the consequence of a man's total compulsion to evaluate himself justly" (1021). It is the nature of man to make evaluations of himself based upon his peers. Willie's peer with whom he evaluates himself is Charley. Willie and Charley are about the same age, their children grew up together, and have been friends for many years. Charley has achieved what Willie has dreamed of for so long. Charley's son is a successful lawyer, whereas Biff is a loafer. Charley is successful in business, whereas Willie has "washed out." As mentioned before, for Willie to be great, Biff must be great. Willie has failed his job in making Biff better than Charley's son, therefore he fails his evaluations of himself. "The flaw