At the very end of Chapter 13, there is a Group Exercise that asks: What ideals would you go to war to defend? We are not going to ask you to go to war, but we are going to ask you to think about what ideals or values you believe would be worth defending â even to the point of risking your life in their defense.
When Nazi Germany overtook Europe in the early 20th Century, resistance movements sprung up in the occupied countries, and many civilians risked â and lost â their lives against Nazisim. Today, in Saudi Arabia, women who protested restrictions on the rights of women imposed by that country have been jailed, and remain jailed, even after some of the rights they asked for have been granted.
For the initial post, address the following:
What core values would you risk your life and freedom to defend?
Could a nation going to war be appropriate in certain circumstances â or is war never an appropriate response?
This is not a group exercise â post your thoughts, considering the scenarios proposed in the text or any others you find important. Be sure to give your reasons for your answer.
Notice that this exercise requires deductive reasoning. You are stating a position and supporting it with “top down” reasoning. Be sure to review Three Features of Ideological Reasoning. Apply these concepts as you create your own arguments and evaluate those of your peers.
Remember that you are using ideological reasoning here. Is your post structured like an ideological argument, beginning with a general idea (opinion, belief, or principle) and moving down from these abstractions to their specific applications?
The text warns us that ideological arguments often fail the test of Truthfulness of the Premises. Have you tested the truth of your premises?
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The purpose of this GMP is to test the assumptions of the founders by performing a two-stage analysis and discussion and will answer the question, are economic incubators more or less effective than MFIs at addressing poverty through job creation? Stage one will be a literature review and discussion of microfinance institutions and incubators for economic development. This discussion will answer the three questions; what are they, how are they supposed to operate as well as what are the intended results and what are the actual results? It will also discuss the limitations of these methodologies and provide a broad picture of the study abroad sector. Stage two will be used to describe the organization and its structure, evaluate the external environment and the study abroad industry, and to define the companyâs internal environment through the development of a targeted marketing plan. This two stage analysis will be done to effectively choose a strategic path of entry for this new venture. The findings for the two stage analysis support the founderâs assumptions that formal above-board business creation and providing ongoing support is more effective at addressing poverty than the current approach taken by MFIs. The findings also support their belief that there is a market within the study abroad sector for using students and study abroad programs as a resource for international development. After the 2 stage analysis is performed, two sets of recommendations will be made and are drawn from analyzing the research data. The first is a specific set of recommendations intended for the founders of Global Riplz and are specific to the strategic entry of a new venture into Latin America and will include all resulting recommendations based on the extensive strategic business analysis. These recommendations state that Global Riplz should choose to enter the Costa Rican study abroad market, with a particular interest in the Quepos/Manuel Antonio area. Additionally, Global Riplz should focus its product differentiation and marketing plan on the business student niche market with a secondary focus on students interested in economic development and poverty alleviation. It should also focus on where those two target segments intersect. This will successfully set Global Riplz apart both in the country and within the market. Of particular note is the potential for a lower cost entry model benefitting from a strategic alliance with an existing organization that already has facilities sufficient to house the Global Riplz Accelerator Program.>
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The purpose of this GMP is to test the assumptions of the founders by performing a two-stage analysis and discussion and will answer the question, are economic incubators more or less effective than MFIs at addressing poverty through job creation? Stage one will be a literature review and discussion of microfinance institutions and incubators for economic development. This discussion will answer the three questions; what are they, how are they supposed to operate as well as what are the intended results and what are the actual results? It will also discuss the limitations of these methodologies and provide a broad picture of the study abroad sector. Stage two will be used to describe the organization and its structure, evaluate the external environment and the study abroad industry, and to define the companyâs internal environment through the development of a targeted marketing plan. This two stage analysis will be done to effectively choose a strategic path of entry for this new venture. The findings for the two stage analysis support the founderâs assumptions that formal above-board business creation and providing ongoing support is more effective at addressing poverty than the current approach taken by MFIs. The findings also support their belief that there is a market within the study abroad sector for using students and study abroad programs as a resource for international development. After the 2 stage analysis is performed, two sets of recommendations will be made and are drawn from analyzing the research data. The first is a specific set of recommendations intended for the founders of Global Riplz and are specific to the strategic entry of a new venture into Latin America and will include all resulting recommendations based on the extensive strategic business analysis. These recommendations state that Global Riplz should choose to enter the Costa Rican study abroad market, with a particular interest in the Quepos/Manuel Antonio area. Additionally, Global Riplz should focus its product differentiation and marketing plan on the business student niche market with a secondary focus on students interested in economic development and poverty alleviation. It should also focus on where those two target segments intersect. This will successfully set Global Riplz apart both in the country and within the market. Of particular note is the potential for a lower cost entry model benefitting from a strategic alliance with an existing organization that already has facilities sufficient to house the Global Riplz Accelerator Program.>
