“Leadership is by consent, not command. Leaders must persuade.” “Don’t let the urgent crowd out the important.” “Disagreement is not disloyalty.” “The world is run by those who show up.” “If you expect people to be in on the landing, include them in the takeoff.” “Prune ...
This is of course the history of colonialism, where utilitarianism is used to justify past and ongoing colonialism as ‘increasing overall happiness’. Ahmed connects Darwin with John Locke’s influence on how land is cultivated, by defining use through the labour theory of property. She locates ...
In fact, without a sense of materiality, Black joy becomes directionless and easy to co-opt by the varied forces of power that are fueled by anti-Blackness. Beyoncé is an icon who has carefully maintained a sense of accessibility to anyone, anywhere, for any reason. Black musical traditions...
‘Nature’ can be many things which are not biodiverse but do have ‘natural elements’, such as a monoculture plantation which lacks ecosystem diversity but is still called ‘nature’ by many. ‘Positive’ is even more ambiguous and is related to other concepts such as ‘net gain’ and ...
(Brugger also misreads "positivistic fact," by which is meant, not merely an appeal to the empirical facts, but an appeal to the empirical facts taken to be sufficient of itself and without philosophical mediation.) Brugger's misreading of the response is repeated in characterizations such as ...
That responsibility is still framed by the key concepts of materiality and reasonable assurance. AUDITORS ARE REQUIREDTO specifically assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud in every audit. The auditors assessment is a cumulative process that is ongoing through...
(seePhoto 1). At other times, the connection with the royal family would be shared more anecdotally. When we asked several of the KTP actors what the connection with the royal family meant for them, they explained that they the family is much respected in the country and that it provides...
Adam becomes a comic character in the argument, both by having the nerve to blame God and by passing the responsibility for his actions onto his wife. Other biblical figures like Cain are not much better. After Cain kills his brother Abel, God asks him a rhetorical question '''Where is ...
A transforma-tion of the patient’s mental and emotional life thus takes place, and as a result the past can be forgotten and is no longer repetitively acted out.Like the psychoanalyst, the witness also performs a double task: He must prove to be an infallible recording device, a ...
Both have a very prescribed set of values and activities within which an individual is meant to find the entirety of their lifeworld, and both have very definite punishments awaiting those who dare to stray too permanently outside the rules. Both are enforced by a very proactive and paranoid ...