For this forum, choose one of the following topics to respond to for your initial post. When you respond to your peers please respond to a learner who has posted a contrary view on the topic you selected and then respond to a learner who has posted on the topic you did not select.Topic A: Environmental EthicsLook up the term Environmental Ethics at http://plato.stanford.edu/, then answer the following questions: Do you think that a book, a plant, or a building can be said to have a good of its own? Can things be done in its best interest? Does it have interests? Explain your answers and whether you think that this is a good reason to think of that as having intrinsic value.Topic B: Self-Evident IntuitionsWestermarck writes, "…a theory which leads to an examination of the psychological and historical origin of people's moral opinions should be more useful than a theory which postulates moral truths enunciated by self-evident intuitions that are unchangeable". Agree or disagree and give your reasons.Final Reflection: And finally, please reflect on the following:How will you include ethics in your present or future career?How will you talk about ethics as a career competency?

For this assignment, you need to watch the video Busting Bureaucracy by Gary Hamel. Here is the link: https://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Ga.... Once you complete this video, you will draft an essay that covers the following points from the video:Describe and define the term bureausclerosis. What elements in your organization contribute to bureausclerosis? How would you resolve or reduce the effects of bureausclerosis in your organization? Your bureaucracy paper should meet the following requirements:2 pages in length, not including cover and reference pages. Include headings in your paper to organization your thoughtsCite a minimum of one source to support your responses.

Q.1 Discussion Thread: Create your own Romantic LandscapeDirections:First, watch and read the videos that describe the work of German Romantic landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich:Friedrich, The Abbey in the Oak Forest (Links to an external site.)Friedrich, The Lone TreeRomanticism was a diverse style of painting that often focused on nature as means to emphasize spirituality. Contrary to Enlightenment painters, Romantic artists were attracted to the magical connotations of landscape as a limitless repository of the universal cosmos. Many of these paintings emphasized the smallness of man in comparison with the omnipotence of G-d or the cosmos. Romanitc paintings were also used to encourage colonization by presenting the rich and wild resources of nature.I was surprised by how many landscape shots were on my phone and social media accounts. If you do not have any landscapes photos already, please take one of your neighborhood, and use that.Your assignment is to choose a landscape picture that you have taken or to take a new one, and to write a 150-300 word essay describing why it is meaningful to you, and whether it possesses any qualities of Romantic Art. Make sure to make a comment on another students photograph!Q.2Comparison Esssay, The Odalisque: Ingres vs. Boucher Directions:First, read and watch the texts and videos that cover the sytle of painting called Romanticism, and more specifically Orientalism:RomanticismOrientalism"Painting and Colonial Culture" Ingre's The Grande OdalisqueIngres The Grand OdalisqueThen use the comparison images to write a 200-400 word essay comparing and contrasting Ingres's Grande Odalisque the Romantic/Orientalist period with Boucher's The Toilet of Venus from the Rococo period. Consider these questions:How is the setting and atmosphere of the scen different?How are the bodies of the subjects portrayed differently?How does each painting communicate sensuality?Which painting do you like better, and why? Or do neither suite your taste?Q.3 Comparison Essay, Military Occupation: Goya vs. Velasquez Directions:First, watch and read the video and text that covers Goya's painting, The Third of May, 1808:Goya's Third of May 1808Goya, The Third of May 1808Then use the Velasquez vs. Goya comparison images to compare and contrast Goya's Third of May, 1808 with Velasquez's The Surrender of Breda in a 200-500 word essay, considering the following questions:How is the occupation of a terriotry by a foreign power presented differently in both works?How is the point of view of the artist different?Who is emphasized as the hero in both works?How are the style of the paintings different?Q.4Critical Thesis Essay #3: Nochlin, "The Imaginary Orient" Directions:Read Professor Nochlin’s article "The Imaginary Orient". It is helpful to take notes while reading in order to organize your thoughts, and then write the essay afterreading the complete article. Answer the prompt in the format of a 500-1000 word,double-spaced, typed essay. Remember to edit and check your work so that it reads asnicely as possible. Be sure to read all the texts and watch all the videos in this weekscourse module, they are related to the content of this paper.PROMPT: What are some stereotypes of the Middle East that Nochlin indicates bothfascinated and repelled Europeans in their construction of an “Imaginary Orient.”How did nineteenth century painters represent and depict the “Orient” for Europeanviewers? In what ways do race, gender, and sexuality influence the conception of the“Imaginary Orient” in the European psyche.