In The Invisible Man, H.G. Wells both demonstrates and criticizes
man's tendency to become moral or immoral with the acquirement of power.
Like many books of the same era, he uses science as the instrument of
retribution for the social crimes that have been committed.
Through invisibility, the Invisible Man gains triumph over science
and from this, great power; he can steal, kill, and abuse anybody without
fear of being caught, as he describes, "It's useful in getting away, it's
useful in approaching. It's particularly useful, therefore, in killing." He
also acknowledges the shortcomings of his invisibility, such as making
sound and being easily imprisoned once caught, vulnerable qualities which
eventually lead to his downfall.
The Invisible Man breaks into many people's homes, stealing money,
and leading eventually to physical abuse and killing. When faced with power,
such as invisibility, man becomes immoral and is willing to do anything for
personal gain and enjoyment. The Invisible Man's nemesis, Kemp, brings up
the immorality by saying, "But-! I say! The common conventions of
humanity." The Invisible Man just reinforces his arrogance by rebutting
with, "Are all very well for common people." He believes there is nothing
wrong with doing anything for his own survival since he is superior. He
also brings the situation one step further with his reign of terror, which
he describes as, "Not wanton killing, but a judicious slaying." He now
wants to have complete control over everybody through terror and wants to
start "the Epoch of the Invisible Man." This shows his complete thirst for
power.
The use of science to give man superpower can likewise be found in
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Man should not create the invisible man or
the invincible man since they are too powerful and this gives them the role
of creator which, according to the society of the day, should only be a
god's role. He shows how science can accomplish great things and also how
it can cause great harm.
The harm that the Invisible Man's exploitation of power causes does
not go unpunished. Wells demonstrates the social need for a sense of
justice, as the Invisible Man is eventually captured and beaten to death
for the terror he both created and wanted to create.
To judge one’s moral worth for his or her actions is a very important task. In the play, Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, the main character, Dr. Stockmann performs in what many would consider a good, but moral worth is not determined by someone making a 10 second analysis of the actions and determining it. In order to determine moral worth, one can use Immanuel Kant’s book, Grounding for a Metaphysics of Morals. Within this book, Kant describes how one’s actions can be determined for the purpose of moral worth. Kant goes into detail and uses the cognitive imperative and other ways to determine moral worth.
The book I am doing my book report on is called “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” by Mark Twain. This book revolves around a poor fourteen year old boy named Huck who runs away from his drunk father and finds friendship within a former slave, Jim, trying to escape to the free states. They adventure along the Mississippi River and end up stopping at various places throughout the novel and meet people who are all morally inadequate. “Tom told me what his plan was, and I see in a minute it was worth fifteen of mine for style, and would make Jim just as free a man as mine would, and maybe get us all killed besides. So I was satisfied, and said we would waltz in on it.” This quotes illustrates the dangers that come to Huck and Jim in this novel, but how Huck chooses to go with the plan anyhow, since it causes a sense of ‘adventure.’ The setting of this novel takes place before the Civil War in different towns along the Mississippi River in Missouri. I will talk about how Huck meets Jim, how he and Jim have to escape from their present issues, how they form a friendship and come across evil in their journey, and how they both end up free with a little help from Tom Sawyer.
A merger is a partial or total combination of two separate business firms and forming of a new one. There are predominantly two kinds of mergers: partial and complete. Partial merger usually involves the combination of joint ventures and inter-corporate stock purchases. Complete mergers are results in blending of identities and the creation of a single succeeding firm. (Hicks, 2012, p 491). Mergers in the healthcare sector, particularly horizontal hospital mergers wherein two or more hospitals merge into a single corporation, are increasing both in frequency and importance. (Gaughan, 2002). This paper is an attempt to study the impact of the merger of two competing healthcare organization and will also attempt to propose appropriate clinical and managerial interventions.
In other words, when two firms link to form a new firm, it is called a merger; whereas, when one company buys the other company wherein no new company formation happens it is called acquisition . Technically, coalitions transpire amid two comparable sized companies. Stocks for both the firms are presented and new company’s stocks are issued. For example, when Chrysler and Daimler-Benz merged, a new company called DaimlerChrysler was created. On the contrary, when a purchase happens and the buyer ‘swallows’ the target firm wherein it ceases to tolerate is called an acquisition. How a deal is uttered and whether the buy is hostile or approachable is what determines whether it is trusted as a coalition or an acquisition.
It is proper to present a business definition of merger as it found on legal reference with the ultimate goal in the pursuing of an explanation on which this paper intents to present. A merger in accordance with the textbook is legally defined as a contractual and statuary process in which the (surviving corporation) acquires all the assets and liabilities of another corporation (the merged corporation). The definition go even farther to involve and clarify about what happen to shares by explaining the following; “the shareholders of the merged corporation either are paid for their share or receive the shares of the surviving corporation”. But in simple terms is my attempt to define as the product or birth of a corporation on which typically extends its operation by combining with another corporation. So from two on existence corporations in the process it gets absorbed into becomes one entity. The legal definition also implied more than meet the eye. The terms contractual and statuary, it implied a process on which contracts and statuary measures emerge as measures to regulate, standardized, governing or simply at times may complicate whole process. These terms provide an explicit umbrella and it becomes as part of the agreement formulating or promoting a case for contracts to be precedent, enforced or regulated in a now or in the future under a court of law under the Contract Business Law Statue of Practice. As for what happens to the shares of the involved corporations no more explanation is needed as the already actions mentioned clearly stated of the expectations of a merge’s share involvement.
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, filmed in 1975, based on the 1962 novel of the same name, tell a story about the lack of autonomy for mental health patients due to rigid rules of conformity, manipulation and authority. The Institutionalised Mental Hospital is where the patients are mainly governed through a paternalistic and/or authoritative approach which results in a general lack of autonomy in the film. This leads to the following ethical problems such
An enigmatic person strolls into a humble village secluded in the mountains, ignorant to many things. The enigma then enlightens the villagers to the truth whether good or bad. Mark Twain uses such a scenario in many of his works such as The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg, and The Mysterious Stranger. In both stories are set in small towns who's residents are oblivious to their own moral hypocrisy. The sudden appearance of a stranger spreading a sort of knowledge, initiates a chain of events the leads to certain residents to self-evaluate their own character and that of the whole human race. It's is through these "Mysterious Strangers" and the events they trigger that Twain is able to depict his unfiltered cynical view of the moral status of the damned" human race.
thou knowest that I was frank with thee. I felt no love, nor feigned any"
Wicked behavior is inside of all humans in one point of their lives. Some behaviors are more wicked than others, but the severity is determined by a matter of opinion. Three of the main characters of The Scarlet Letter are Hester Prynne, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. The three of them are said to have sinned; two in the same way and one in another. I believe that Roger Chillingworth has committed a greater sin than the sin of Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale for numerous reasons. It also appears that Nathaniel Hawthorne expresses the same opinion as I do.
middle of paper ... ... Even though he has escaped the immediate and blatant prejudice that overwhelms Southern society, he constantly faces subtle reminders of the prejudice that still exists in society at this time. Even if they are not as extreme as the coin-eating bank. A major reason the invisible man remains invisible to society is because he is unable to escape this bigotry that exists even where it is not supposed to.
Over the last few years, the pressures emanating from international competition, financial innovation, economic growth and expansion, heightened political and economic integration, and technological change have all contributed to the increased pace of mergers and acquisitions.
I believe that merger waves occur as the result of industry shocks (regulatory changes, technological developments, etc.). However, mergers can only happen if there is liquidity in markets and capital is easily available, so this is the reason we see mergers primarily during times of economic prosperity. Industry shocks and economic conditions that lead to bull markets can also be reason for companies to spin off or seek out different divisions in order to adjust to new market environments. These factors together are what drive mergers and cause them to occur in waves.
In the world today, many mergers and acquisitions are happening as a result of financial losses, gaining an advantage on a competitor, increasing capabilities, and strengthening services by diversifying the products. There are numerous other reasons, but this paper will focus on the reasons indicated above.
Mergers mean two or more companies combining together to form one business or firm. There are six different types of mergers: Horizontal, Vertical, Conglomerate, Market extension, Product Extension and Diversified activity.
A successful organization recognizes its need to adapt changes to survive global competition. Locally and around the globe, mergers and acquisitions are becoming more common between companies. Mergers occur when two or more companies combine their operations and participate as equal partners in order to achieve strategic and business objectives (Sudarsanam, 2003). Sudarsanam, S 2003, Creating Value from Mergers and Acquisitions The Challenges An Integrated and International Perspective, Harlow FT Prentice Hall. An acquisition occurs when a company takes over a smaller company and gets control to determine how combined operations will be managed (Shook & Roth, 2010). Shook, L V & Roth,